Comments on: Catch-22: Ch. 22-26 http://dearj.wordpress.com/2007/11/23/catch-22-ch-22-26/ correspondence and calamities Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:58:40 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: dearJ http://dearj.wordpress.com/2007/11/23/catch-22-ch-22-26/#comment-1872 dearJ Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:26:25 +0000 http://dearj.wordpress.com/2007/11/23/catch-22-ch-22-26/#comment-1872 Thanks, I'm so close to the end I can smell it now (it has gotten a lot quicker-paced, too). I think that in one of my hundred prior attempts I must have finished, but thanks to my complete lack of long-term memory, it still feels freshly read. It's the casual horror, something I've read in other novels-written-by-veterans that still surprises me. Folks like Stephen King can only pretend at it; war changes people immutably. Thanks, I’m so close to the end I can smell it now (it has gotten a lot quicker-paced, too). I think that in one of my hundred prior attempts I must have finished, but thanks to my complete lack of long-term memory, it still feels freshly read.

It’s the casual horror, something I’ve read in other novels-written-by-veterans that still surprises me. Folks like Stephen King can only pretend at it; war changes people immutably.

]]> By: Junior http://dearj.wordpress.com/2007/11/23/catch-22-ch-22-26/#comment-1869 Junior Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:26:17 +0000 http://dearj.wordpress.com/2007/11/23/catch-22-ch-22-26/#comment-1869 Hang in there, you can and will finish, and you'll be glad you did. The last eight or ten chapters are the big payoff for reading the book. I have been reading along with Matthew too, though I had to charge ahead and finish this past weekend because of upcoming work commitments. You've been doing much better at blogging your way through the book. I've only managed a two or three posts and one weak-ass attempt at assembling some book clubby type thoughts on the novel. Good job! Hang in there, you can and will finish, and you’ll be glad you did. The last eight or ten chapters are the big payoff for reading the book. I have been reading along with Matthew too, though I had to charge ahead and finish this past weekend because of upcoming work commitments.

You’ve been doing much better at blogging your way through the book. I’ve only managed a two or three posts and one weak-ass attempt at assembling some book clubby type thoughts on the novel. Good job!

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