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Post by kaycee on Jul 31, 2014 23:16:24 GMT
I used to re-read books all the time when I read actual books. My favourites to re-read were Sidney Sheldon (Master of the Game is my favourite) and Jackie Collins. (almost scared to admit that since on three pages not one person has mentioned her books!)
Since I got my kindle and discovered the peas weekly reading threads and recommendations I have way too many books on my list and just don't have time to re-read a lot any more. I am always reading two books at a time, one novel and one biography/historical, and I have actually started to work my way through the Harry Potter series again recently but that's it. Too many new books on my list.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2014 23:28:32 GMT
I do not recall re reading any fiction. I can re read anything by Philip Yancy. I can finish one of his books and turn back to page one immediately.
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Post by BarbaraUK on Jul 31, 2014 23:31:04 GMT
I have a lot of books that I like to re-read both on my Kindle and in paper form. Some of them are very old favourites that I've read many times. I read lots of new books too but would be sad if I couldn't revisit my old favourites from time to time.
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Post by azredhead on Jul 31, 2014 23:32:16 GMT
I love re-reading books. Sometimes it's hard to find new ones.
Chronicles Of Narnia Anne Of Green Gables ANY Shel Silverstein HP (but only up to book 4 - hated the rest)
My other new/ old favorite is the British old mysteries by Anne Perry. I just started her new one Sunless Sea. LoVe it!!
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Post by mnmloveli on Jul 31, 2014 23:45:18 GMT
I don't think I've ever re-read a book on purpose. I have so many books in my Kindle library, sometimes I have trouble deciding what to read next. I just plunge ahead reading new ones.
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Post by littlefish on Jul 31, 2014 23:46:44 GMT
I've reread the HP books as well, usually before the movies came out. Now that DD is a reading machine I'm rereading some of my favorites with her--Ramona and the Little House books right now.
I reread books at school all the time, especially for read-alouds. My favorite reread right now is Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles.
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Post by Charlotte on Aug 1, 2014 0:07:44 GMT
I used to reread, but these days I have such limited time to read, that I'd rather check out something new. This is me. I am hoping someday I will have extra time to re-read.
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Post by keknj on Aug 1, 2014 0:58:00 GMT
I don't re-read so much as re-listen. And I love it. I listen to audiobooks while cleaning, cooking and trying to sleep at night. My DH snores and the only way I can sleep is to drown him out. I redo the In Death series by JD Robb. I LOVE the lady who reads it. It is entertaining to me just listening to her. I also redo the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs. I agree with the other poster who said that it's like visiting friends.
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Post by Linda on Aug 1, 2014 1:02:49 GMT
I often re-read old favourites. DH is a read once and one sort. He doesn't get re-reading "but you already know what's going to happen"
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Post by kaycee on Aug 1, 2014 1:28:10 GMT
I often re-read old favourites. DH is a read once and one sort. He doesn't get re-reading "but you already know what's going to happen"
This is why I can't re-read authors like Harlan Coban or Mary Higgins Clarke, as much as I LOVE them and can't put them down once I start. Once I know the "mystery" I don't feel the same heart-racing, page turning, can't put this book down feeling again.
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Post by chaosisapony on Aug 1, 2014 2:14:24 GMT
I re-read books all the time. I don't have that great of a memory so if I've been away from a book for a year or so I will only remember the vague story line; not any of the details.
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Aug 1, 2014 2:43:43 GMT
A few that I can think of are the Anne of Green Gables series the Betsy, Tacey & Tibb series Having It All by Helen Gurley Brown most of Jennifer Weiner's books and yes, a few of Danielle Steele's (there - I admit it) dulcemama, my hat is off to you - I barely got thru Great Expectations once! I reread the Betsy series every December! I love to read about their Christmas traditions during the holidays.
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Post by chickenb00 on Aug 1, 2014 2:58:16 GMT
The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
I have 152 books on my to read list on GoodReads so I don't plan on rereading anything right now until I can get through some of those books.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Aug 1, 2014 8:38:17 GMT
Another Sharon Kay Penman lover here. I have all her books and have reread most of them. I've reread the Outlander series To Kill a Mockingbird several times (amazing book) Pride and Prejudice (it never gets old) The Elegance of the Hedgehog The Lynley series by Elizabeth George The Beaumont series by J A Jance And YES the In Death series by J D Robb
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Post by SuPeaNatural on Aug 1, 2014 9:34:05 GMT
I can't imagine not re-reading my books, they bring back so many fond memories. I still enjoy my pony books from when I was 12.
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Aug 1, 2014 10:50:13 GMT
I re-read Gone with the Wind on average every year. Usually I read it cover to cover then go back and just read the Rhett and Scarlett bits. I have two copies, both of which are literally falling apart, but are both bookmarked with all my favourite parts.
I also re-read the Thursday Next series by Jasper FForde. I love The Eyre Affair (the first book in the series) and then usually find myself having to re-read Jane Eyre once I've finished it.
Most of my Bill Bryson books get a regular look in. I love At Home because there is just so much trivia that I cannot possibly absorb it all, and Down Under since it covers off a lot of the places I have visited here.
I have no qualms in re-reading a book I love and am definitely moving towards a book collection where I love every single book I keep.
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Post by pjaye on Aug 1, 2014 11:55:14 GMT
I'm one of those people who almost never re-reads books. I also hardly ever watch movies twice and don't watch TV shows again (even when I really liked them)...until enough time has passed that I don't remember everything that happened. If I still remember everything about a story, then I don't get any additional enjoyment out of reading it again. I recently bought The Woman In White by Wilkie Collins in audiobook - I read it in my early 20's and enjoyed it. Now, 25 years later I feel ready to read it again!
I've read Pride and Prejudice several times, but that doesn't really count as it was the main book I studied in two separate years at school. I still loved the story, but I was only re-reading so I could really analyze every aspect of it and write good essays, I wasn't reading it for pure pleasure. I read Cold Comfort Farm the first time when I was about 16 and read it twice since. But apart from those mentioned, I can't recall any others.
I like the 'rush' of a new story, I like the emotions it brings up the first time, I want to be surprised. Even when I chose a new book...I generally only know the most basic details about it. I'll read a couple of sentences of the blurb and that's it, I want to just launch into a story and see where it takes me. Once I know who lives or dies or who the killer was or who marries who - it's never the same as it was the first time.
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Post by Ellie on Aug 1, 2014 12:12:03 GMT
Great Expectations Bleak House A Prayer for Owen Meany The Cider House Rules To Kill a Mockingbird The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Great Gatsby Charlie and the Chocolate Factory I know there are more but these are the ones that I've probably read more than 5 or 6 times each. I love to reread! I don't have a ton of time to post (headed to Boston), but all of dulcemama's list are beloved favorites!! Oh I reread all the Jane Austen novels over and over.
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Post by peasapie on Aug 1, 2014 12:19:34 GMT
I used to reread books as a child when there weren't many books around in my life to read, but these days I have so many on my want to read list that I don't. Reading this post makes me wonder about rereading, though. Maybe I'll go back to one I read as an adult and reread. Edgar Sawtelle comes to mind.
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Post by AussieMeg on Aug 1, 2014 12:24:02 GMT
I have so many great books on my Kindle that I am looking forward to reading that I just don't have time to re-read any books.
There are a couple of books that I have read more than once. The first one that comes to mind is The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay. I'm sure I will read that one again one day before I die.
I have read all 3 books in The Enchanted Woods series by Enid Blyton what feels like a gazillion times. Several times to myself when I was a kid, then several times to each of my kids.
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Post by Scrapbrat on Aug 1, 2014 13:08:12 GMT
I have reread a few books in my lifetime. I recently read the Thornbirds for the first time, and I have no doubt that at some point I will reread that book. I also read Gone With the Wind for the first time a few years ago. When I reached the last page of the book, I had the strongest impulse to simply go back and start reading on page 1 all over again. That is the first time that has ever happened to me with a book.
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Post by ~Susan~ on Aug 1, 2014 14:06:02 GMT
I usually don't reread books because there are so many more that I need to read, lol. I have reread To Kill a Mockingbird and Gone with The Wind.
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Post by picotjo on Aug 1, 2014 14:16:56 GMT
I re-read books as if I am visiting old friends. I feel this way too! I have re-read all my Stephen King books! I enjoy catching details I missed before.
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Post by DinCA on Aug 1, 2014 14:28:43 GMT
The only time I reread a book is if it's part of a series and I need a refresher. And usually, I only reread parts of the book. I can only remember rereading one book from cover to cover. There are so many books on my list to read that I can't justify reading something again.
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Post by NanaKate on Aug 1, 2014 14:57:01 GMT
I reread To Kill a Mockingbird, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and Rosemary's Baby every few years. There's probably more but those three are the first to come to mind...
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Post by paula on Aug 1, 2014 18:11:19 GMT
I reread constantly, but I read so much that it might still be five or ten years between each read, so by then I've forgotten most of the plot and it's like reading the book for the first time Favorites that I reread often are books by Agatha Christie and Jane Austen.
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Post by pb on Aug 1, 2014 18:25:30 GMT
My mom is a re-reader and so am I. My husband isn't. One son re-reads and the other doesn't. Recently my DH did reread a book and he was amazed at how much differently he perceived it now. Books can resonate differently at different times. My book group once read Anna Karenina and most of us had read it in our early twenties. We all agreed, back then we thought it was so romantic and now, in our late forties we all wanted to slap Anna and tell her to suck it up, marriage isn't perfect.
There is also reading again for comfort and I do that frequently. When life is really stressful, Agatha Christie can always bring me a little peace as will Jane Austin and others. Sometimes I re-read because the book was so good. I am the only person I know who has read Middlemarch three times and I will reread The Fountain Overflows usually once every two years are so.
As for Harry Potter, my youngest believed that you shouldn't read a new one without re-reading the whole series to that point so he read the series every summer. When no new books came out, he decided to reread them backwards. Now he just reads his favorite parts.
All the re-readers I know are voracious readers so we read lots of other things as well.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2014 18:42:36 GMT
There aren't many I've reread as an adult. I do try to read A Christmas Carol every year in December.
Others: To Kill a Mockingbird The Joy Luck Club The Kitchen God's Wife The Secret Garden Little Women
When I was younger Homecoming by Cynthia Voight Babysitting is a Dangerous Job (I know that's dumb!) Many R.L. Stein Fear Street series books
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Post by grammyj64 on Aug 1, 2014 18:51:46 GMT
I re-read books as if I am visiting old friends. Oh, I do too! My favorites that I have re-read at least once: Susan Wittig Albert's China Bayles; Robin Paige (a pseudonym for SWA and her husband) Edwardian series; SWA Beatrix Potter series Tony Hillerman's Leaphorn/Chee mysteries Margaret Maron's Deborah Knott series I have just started re-reading the V I Warshawski mysteries from Sara Paretsky. For some reason, plots do not stick in my mind so, while I remember the characters, I forget the stories. After a bit of time passes, I can re-read and it's almost like reading a new book.
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Post by kckckc on Aug 1, 2014 18:55:38 GMT
I have a question for all you "re-readers". Have you ever reread a book that you loved and not really liked it when you reread it?
I read The Thornbirds when it first came out in the late 70s and absolutely loved it. I read it again a few years ago and thought it was just okay. I was so disappointed!
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