I've been doing ThrowbackThursdays for a while but I noticed that I wrote a lot of reviews in a short time when I first started. So, I post more than one Throwback every week. These are my reviews from June/July 2014.
Heller, Joseph "Catch-22" - 1961
If you love dark humour (which I do), this is a great book. I never thought I could laugh about a war book. But I did. A lot. The novel still illustrates the insanity of war, probably even more than any serious book every would. Even though there is a lot to laugh about, it's the kind of laugh you do despite the situation not because of it.
Palma, Félix J. "The Map of the Sky" (E: El mapa del cielo) - 2012
Palma, Félix J. "The Map of the Sky" (E: El mapa del cielo) - 2012
Félix J. Palma makes a spin on an H.G. Wells novel, this time it was "The War of the Worlds".
In this novel, we have a lot of adventures to pass. We are stuck on a ship in the frozen North Sea and we have to fight alien machines who want to overtake the whole world. At that point, we arrive in a dystopian environment.
Sienkiewicz, Henryk "Quo Vadis" (PL: Quo Vadis) - 1895
This is a surprisingly easy book to read with an astonishing story and a lot of historical background. I have read other books about the early Christians in Rome and I have always been fascinated by them.
It's been so long since I read Catch-22...I was a junior in high school. But I thought it was so funny. It's a book I wouldn't mind reading again.
ReplyDeleteTrue, Lark. It's definitely a book you can read again after a couple of years.
DeleteNice! Thanks for reminding me I really need to read Catch-22!!
ReplyDeleteIt's definitely a great classic, Emma.
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