What were the last books your re-read?

[jon-nyc]

I was on an Orwell kick in 2018 and while burning through his stuff re-read Animal Farm and 1984.

I haven’t re-read many books in my life though. Other than children’s books of course.

[George K]

@jon-nyc oh, my.

Dune, the first book of the series.

Catch-22.

And (ahem) Altered Carbon.

Those are the three that come to mind.

[Aqua Letifer]

What'd you think of Catch?

My last was Paradise Lost I think.

[George K]

@Aqua-Letifer said in What were the last books your re-read?:

What'd you think of Catch?

I must've been in college the first time I read Catch-22. Being in my 20s, much of the sardonic, bitter irony was lost on me. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the story.

I did it again about 20 years ago, when I was in my 40s, and it gave me a very different impression.

There's a huge trend toward non-linear storytelling these days, especially in TV (viz: "Three Days Ago..."). Although it was not a huge stylistic point in Catch-22, I remember thinking how confusing it was as I read it, and as I plowed through, there were lots of "Oh yah!" moments.

I was really looking forward to the HULU retelling of the story, and it was a huge "meh" for me. It wasn't bad, but it was sarcasm and comedy done with a sledgehammer, rather than with a scalpel.

One of my favorite books.

[George K]

@George-K said in What were the last books your re-read?:

@jon-nyc oh, my.

Dune, the first book of the series.

Catch-22.

And (ahem) Altered Carbon.

Those are the three that come to mind.

[The Expanse geek]
I forgot "Cibola Burn" which I read last summer.
[/The Expanse geek]

[Doctor Phibes]

The Robin Hobb Fool Series - six books altogether. I figured I must have read them the first time round when we had toddlers, as I could barely remember anything about them.