Irish Readers discussion

I dont normally read a book more than once but have just finished Wuthering Heightsas a book club choice and I read this book years ago in school, I was amazed when reading it for the second time as i had remembered this book as being really romantic and mysterious but found it dark and a disturbing read second time around. Just wondered if any members have read books more than once.

Lord of the Flies by William Golding . I've read it three time. It's the only one. An absolute classic.

Emmmm...the Harry Potter series. Shame on me...haha!

Vicki wrote: "Im the same I normally dont read any books more than once, life is too short, like i said already I've read wuthering heights and another one I've read twice is pride and prejudice, once in my teen..."
isn't that exactly what reading is all about a book that can draw you in and have that wow factor and everyone has favourite books that do that for them.

just one for me that I've read twice and can see myself coming back to every few years
Infinite Jest
read like a different book 2nd time around.

I might give that a go, once I've gotten through my backlog.

For me The Magician by R E Feist is abook I first read when I was 16 and I think I have read it at least 10 times since them, I absolutely love it and it was one of the first books to get me hooked on fantasy.

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Hobbit
Harry Potter (the Shame)
The Myth of Sisyphus
Beyond Good and Evil
The Belgariad
The Mallorean
The Black Magician Trilogy
The Age of the five Trilogy
And a few more

The Harry Potter Series (I have absolutely no shame!)

& My Uncle Oswald by Roald Dahl.

Actually, I've read many of the Roald Dahl books several times over.

Cabal; Clive Barker

Louise wrote: "The Harry Potter Series (I have absolutely no shame!)

& My Uncle Oswald by Roald Dahl.

Actually, I've read many of the Roald Dahl books several times over."

I agree that My Uncle Oswald by Roald Dahl can be read many time's! Great book, that not many people have read, but should.
I used to read Pete Dexter's book's over and over as well.

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

I can't actually think of any more but i'm sure i have!

The Warlord Trilogy by Bernard Cornwell.

It's a true to life adaption of the Arthurian Legend, written by probably the best historical fiction author alive. It begins with The Winter King.

I am reading My Sister's Keeperfor the second time for a book club read and so far enjoying it, but cant believe how much of the book I have forgot. Rated it 3 stars so will see if that remains the same second time around.

Woow.. Really? I re-read books all the time. Pretty much everything I liked. Stuff I REALLY liked I read every couple of years, and I've ritually re-read LOTR at least once a year since I was 13. It's like visiting old friends. If you like them, why wouldn't you visit again? There again I read rather quickly (less so in English, although even then it doesn't usually take me too long to get through a book) but in Polish I positively swallow books.

I also re-read books I didn't like but I suspect it might have been to do with my age/mood/state of mind at the time. And thank god for that, 'cause otherwise I would go on hating some of the books that have actually became my favorites upon second reading (for example The Information American Pastoral or The Book of Laughter and Forgetting.

Just finished My Sister's Keeperfor the second time as it was my book club monthly read. I gave it 3 stars first time round but reading it a second time confirmed why I gave it 3 stars I enjoyed the book but found found the writing too flowery for my liking and too much going between past and present. But great book club read.

Dem wrote: "Just finished My Sister's Keeperfor the second time as it was my book club monthly read. I gave it 3 stars first time round but reading it a second time confirmed why I gave it 3 star..."

Have you read Never Let Me Go Dem? It explores a similar concept, but it's done in a less "flowery" way.

The only book I've read more than once was "Brave New World" by Aldus Huxley

With there being so many classics I've still to get too I don't ever think about re-reading something.

Keith wrote: "Dem wrote: "Just finished My Sister's Keeperfor the second time as it was my book club monthly read. I gave it 3 stars first time round but reading it a second time confirmed why I ga..."

No will def put it on my to read list Keith thanks for that.

I have only read Catch-22 more than once. I just have too many books that are unread on my shelves to be re-reading any..:p I'd love to read a couple again, The Secret History or Battle Royale maybe. I have re-read some Calvin and Hobbes book countless times but they don't really count since they're comics :p

Comics are like the very best books.

>_>

olittlebear wrote: "Comics are like the very best books.

>_>"
I don't know if you'd call Calvin and Hobbes a comic exactly. It's a cartoon strip type thingie, I dunno.. What I do know though, is that IT IS AWESOME. I used to read Asterix and Obelix when I was a kid, I just never even look at comics these days.

What were those ones back in the newspaper when i was like 6. you're older so you should remember them. i duno what newspaper it was so don't ask. they were one panel. black and white. a little guy and a little girl and it was always like 'love is ....'

Bah, now what would I be doing as a 9 yr old boy reading a paper? Never mind a comic that starts "love is..." :p I don't know which one you're talking about. I think I was just too poor to get into them as a kid. Could never buy Beano or the other one, so was always down blabbering to the librarians about the new Asterix or Tintin..:p "WHY YOU NO HAVE NEW ASTERIX?!"

They still have comics in the paper though.

These ones? Never saw them before in my life...:p

Why do those kids have a baby? They're about 12 ffs.

uhm i think it might have been but it was in black and white. iuno. it's one of those things that you remember as a blur..

oh shit. i kept meaning to say good luck w/your last exam today! hectic day and kept forgetting then. x_x i know it's done, but hey, thought that counts right. ;]

Haha, wow, thanks sophie. :) Yeah it went fine though. HOLIDAYS.

JEALOUS.

ah at least it's the bleedin weekend thank god.

I read One Hundred Years of Solitude three times. The first at 13 out of curiosity, and it was the scariest book I had ever read then. Mind you I read Jaws and The Exorcist at about the same age. Then read OHYS in University in Spanish and then in English for a dissertation. It was a totally different experience all three times-- but I found myself guessing scenes and dialogues. This project made me decide, not to read books a second time or in translation--when possible. I envy people that can go back to books, but my pile of books to read is way too tall.
Wuthering Heights was a disconcerting book the first time, but loved it. Disconcerting is good.

olittlebear wrote: "Comics are like the very best books.

>_>"
I read comics in the thousands, glad I had them... saved my childhood. I would still read them, but I am not into sci fi too much... and those are the better ones being put out. Still read Asterix, over and over again....

I'm into all the manga. And the libraries fail when it comes to that so lately i've been missing out on any that i can't loan from mates. ;_;

Lol! by saved your childhood, do you mean you didn't read novels as a kid ? .. for some reason i never read comics when i was little .. all enid blyton and such..

I read novels also, but we didn't have a public library, and I would finish books in a day and there was nothing else to read. There were never enough books to read. We did not have computers and television sucked. I read voraciously, I don't even remember the names of everything I read. I have been trying to rebuild my memories with this site. But most of what I read in Spanish way back then is in a mist in my head. I remember one every week. I am an artist, and I loved the image thing. We even had comics with photographs... and lots of historical comics. Comics were cheap, 5 cents a piece... I am old...

Oh, tried Manga.. too out there for an old fuddy like me. I would have loved them. The ART IS AMAZING... I love grafiti also. But the story lines... hmmm not so much. And I hate the violent stories that my kids read. But again, I can appreciate the art.