Comments on: The guilt of the half-read book https://www.isegoria.net/2013/06/the-guilt-of-the-half-read-book/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Wed, 13 May 2026 19:08:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2013/06/the-guilt-of-the-half-read-book/comment-page-1/#comment-880161 Isegoria Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:12:04 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=31929#comment-880161 I think plenty of folks — most of them? — reading this blog have read Lord of the Rings more than once, which is odd, when you think about it.

I found Catch-22 unreadable, as a twenty-something, because it read like it was written by one of my more insufferably “clever” high-school friends back in 10th grade. (I only powered through Catcher in the Rye, as an adult, because it was so short. It was… lousy.)

]]> By: Chris https://www.isegoria.net/2013/06/the-guilt-of-the-half-read-book/comment-page-1/#comment-880119 Chris Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:09:02 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=31929#comment-880119 I got half way through Gravity’s Rainbow before I couldn’t take any more. Brilliant and unreadable.

Read Catch-22 a long time ago. I may revisit it.

]]> By: Stretch https://www.isegoria.net/2013/06/the-guilt-of-the-half-read-book/comment-page-1/#comment-879759 Stretch Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:03:48 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=31929#comment-879759 Heck, I’ve read and re-read LOTR over a dozen times. Catch-22 was read for an English class. Only reason I stuck with it? The teacher was a hottie and I wanted to impress her.

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