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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Jun 24, 2019 23:39:46 GMT
Spin off: What older books have you re-read?
I have been re-reading all the books of my favorite Authors.
Currently re-reading all the Rosamunde Pilcher books.
Have re-read:
All the Danielle Steel books
Some of Jackie Collins
Some Judith Krantz
On the re-read list:
Barbara Taylor Bradford
James Patterson - Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
Cecelia Ahern - PS I Love You
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Post by roundtwo on Jun 24, 2019 23:43:47 GMT
I re-read my Robertson Davies novels. He has been my favourite author since high school.
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Post by ntsf on Jun 25, 2019 0:04:33 GMT
I reread the hornblower series, the Williamsburg series by E.thane. I reread Middlemarch recently. I read fast and often reread both fiction and non-fiction books.
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Post by mnmloveli on Jun 25, 2019 0:22:22 GMT
None that I remember. Just too many books on my TBR List.
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Post by peasapie on Jun 25, 2019 0:23:43 GMT
Siddhartha
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Post by tampascrapper on Jun 25, 2019 0:40:15 GMT
I’ve reread The Stand numerous times. It’s my favorite book.
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Post by scrappinwithoutpeas on Jun 25, 2019 0:44:26 GMT
I reread the Rosamunde Pilcher books about every 5 years or so, and also these:
* all the Guy Gavriel Kay books (usually those are more like 3-4 years between re-reads)
* the Jan Karon Mitford series ("Father Tim" books)
* Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, & Emma
Every so often (~more than 5 years or so) I reread some of Maeve Binchy's books, and/or some from Jeffrey Archer.
I'm the type of reader that usually has 2-3 books going at once, often something old and something new. I'm just starting to decide what I'm going to take with me to read on our cruise that starts in 2 weeks (!!!) - so excited!
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Post by Linda on Jun 25, 2019 1:05:38 GMT
I'm seeing some of my answers above
The Stand
The Mitford Series
Janette Oke books
Maeve Binchy
The Joshua book series (although I don't have all of them)
I'm sure there's more...
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Post by katiescarlett on Jun 25, 2019 1:11:58 GMT
I’ve reread The Stand numerous times. It’s my favorite book. Ditto. The Stand and Gone with the Wind are the only books I've re-read. |
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Post by PolarGreen12 on Jun 25, 2019 2:04:16 GMT
Jurassic Park. I’m on my 4th copy since it originally was released. I don’t read it quite every year, but probably ever few.
I’ve re-read the Harry Potter books a few times.
Several different Stephen King books, It, Pet Semetary, The Shining, etc.
I’ve read The DaVinci Code and Angels & Demons more than once.
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Post by cadoodlebug on Jun 25, 2019 2:11:48 GMT
Back in the day, two of my favorite novels were Rage of Angels by Sidney Sheldon and Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann. Not exactly classics but, in their day, quite popular. They are the only 2 books I can recall rereading. I'm at the age that I don't have time to reread anything!  |
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Post by hutchfan on Jun 25, 2019 2:16:17 GMT
I reread the North and South series by John Jake, Mr. And Mrs. Bo Jo Jones by Ann Head, The Ambassador's Women by Catherine Gaskin (my favorite book) usually once a year.
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Post by Skellinton on Jun 25, 2019 2:18:52 GMT
I reread the Anne of Green Gable series every summer.
I read 9 Stories by Salinger quite often, just randomly one of the stories when I want too.
I have reread the Harry Potter series twice, and will probably do it every couple of years.
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Post by momx1 on Jun 25, 2019 2:38:48 GMT
I too usually have at least a couple of books going. Right now I’m rereading(actually listening) to The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon and reading the Poldark series for the first time.
I’ve reread all of Tolkien’s books
All of the “big” books in the Outlander series
And several of Edward Rutherfurd’s books
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Post by quinlove on Jun 25, 2019 3:11:28 GMT
Does it count that I often put books down and go on about other things, that when I go to continue reading - I always have to start the book over again because I can’t remember what was going on ! Throughly enjoying the read but no discipline to follow through at a normal pace. Read some, put it down. Start it over...
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Post by scrapnatya on Jun 25, 2019 3:44:10 GMT
I used to re read all the Judith Krantz books back in the day. Mistral's Daughter/ Princess Daisy/ Scruples/ I'll take Manhattan. The Barbara Taylor Bradford bestsellers as well. The Stand and Bag of Bones from Steven King and Ghost Story as well. Lots of the earlier Danielle Steel books. I don't have many I would re read nowadays.
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Post by Zee on Jun 25, 2019 3:47:22 GMT
I can't recall re-reading many older books as an adult, though I often did as a kid. Usually once is enough.
Some I have re-read as an adult include:
Anne of Green Gables series
A few Victoria Holt books
Under the Tuscan Sun (I have no idea why but I love reading this every few summers, it's not really like the movie)
The Little House series
The Outlander series, if audiobooks count as re-reading
White Fang and Call of the Wild
Little Women
The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
Watership Down
Animal Farm
The Handmaid's Tale
Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Various Lois Duncan books
Actually, all sorts of books from my childhood but not many I read as an adult
I'm sure I'm forgetting quite a few and now I want to dig out a copy of White Fang again, but generally I am looking for new books.
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Post by ~summer~ on Jun 25, 2019 6:47:12 GMT
I’m currently rereading Angle of Repose.
I’ve reread A Farrwell to Arms multiple times
I’ve reread MFK Fisher multiple times too
There are many others too I’m not thinking of
There are books on plants and gardening and cooking that I’ve read so many times they should be falling apart.
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Post by Kymberlee on Jun 25, 2019 6:47:34 GMT
I’m currently rereading Herman Wouk’s Winds of War and will reread War and Remembrance after I finish WofW. Really, really great books about the the years leading up to WWII and the war itself. I recommend it highly!
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Post by uksue on Jun 25, 2019 10:41:43 GMT
I’ve recently re-read ‘a nightingale sang in Berkeley square’, the whole Sue Barton nurse series ( having found them all as a job lot on eBay cheap ), ‘the sunne in splendour ‘( glorious book about Richard 3rd) and HE Bates ‘a moment in time’.
ETA - is that what the first book is called? Not sure but I’m at work so can’t look until I get home.
ETA it’s ‘a tree grows in Brooklyn ‘ 😬
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Post by lisae on Jun 25, 2019 11:36:27 GMT
Scruples by Judith Krantz and I think one or two of her other books.
Can't Wait to Get to Heaven by Fannie Flagg
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Post by schizo319 on Jun 25, 2019 11:44:30 GMT
I just recently re-read (or rather listened to) the Sword of Truth novels by Terry Goodkind.
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Post by Skellinton on Jun 25, 2019 12:47:26 GMT
I can't recall re-reading many older books as an adult, though I often did as a kid. Usually once is enough. Some I have re-read as an adult include: Anne of Green Gables series A few Victoria Holt books Under the Tuscan Sun (I have no idea why but I love reading this every few summers, it's not really like the movie) The Little House series The Outlander series, if audiobooks count as re-reading White Fang and Call of the Wild Little Women The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan Watership Down Animal Farm The Handmaid's Tale Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Various Lois Duncan books Actually, all sorts of books from my childhood but not many I read as an adult I'm sure I'm forgetting quite a few and now I want to dig out a copy of White Fang again, but generally I am looking for new books. I loved Lois Duncan books! I still have some of mine, I should reread them. Daughters of Eve was so brutal, but I loved it. My favorites were Stranger With My Face and, of course, I Know What You Did Last Summer. |
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Post by disneypal on Jun 25, 2019 12:49:02 GMT
I recently re-read Gone With the Wind since I read it when I was a teen and had forgotten some of the aspects of the book. I also forgot what a long book it was - haha!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2019 12:50:15 GMT
Re-reading The Shining right now, then Doctor Sleep, both Stephen King in preparation for the Doctor Sleep movie coming out November 8th. 🙂
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Post by tara595 on Jun 25, 2019 14:00:59 GMT
Just started to re-read Lucky by Jackie Collins and it's just as good as the first time. It was such a long time ago that I hardly remember anything that happened.
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Post by pierkiss on Jun 25, 2019 14:10:25 GMT
I re-read Summer Sisters by Judy Blume at least once a year. It is my favorite book and I really do love it that much. I loved it when I first read it at 17.
I have re-read Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood several times, but it’s been about 6 years since I’ve last read it.
I don’t re-read books too often. There are so many awesome stories to read!
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Post by tc on Jun 25, 2019 14:33:59 GMT
My old book club - our first pick was "Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons" by Lorna Landvik. We re-read it for our ten year anniversary. I was worried, but it was just as good as the first time. I re-read it again not too long ago. I don't know how she did it, but I connect with something in each one of those angry housewives. ;-)
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Post by monklady123 on Jun 25, 2019 14:56:09 GMT
I have quite a few that I'll re-read from time to time... -- "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit", on Tolkien's birthday -- "Narnia Chronicles", on Lewis' birthday and sometimes just because I feel like it -- "The Tripod Trilogy" -- "A Little Princess" -- the Mitford series -- various Agatha Christie, mostly the Miss Marple ones -- "Winds of War", and "War and Remembrance" -- "Armageddon" -- "The Cat Who..." books -- "The Stand" -- "The Watchers" but only the chapters about the dog That's just off the top of my head. I know the naysayers say "life is too short to re-read books" but I always tell the kids at school that it's like revisiting a good friend... if we had a friend who moved away would we just say "oh it's okay, I won't try to be in touch with them ever again"? nope... Same with books.  eta: I forgot the Lord Peter Whimsey books! and eta again because as I read the replies I realized I forgot Harry Potter! oy |
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Post by Susie_Homemaker on Jun 25, 2019 15:00:28 GMT
I just finished re-reading the Harry Potter series. My first re-reading and I do plan to do it again. Love them!
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