lesley
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Post by lesley on Aug 1, 2014 23:15:59 GMT
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. I love The Power of One! Grandpa Chook and no doubtski aboutski! I haven't read it for years, but I think I have to go and find it and put it on my bedside table. Thank you for mentioning it Meg.
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suzette
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Jun 26, 2014 23:35:03 GMT
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Post by suzette on Aug 2, 2014 14:18:02 GMT
The Stand by Stephen King All Harry Potter books
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Post by Sassy Sabrina SWZ on Aug 3, 2014 0:24:59 GMT
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. I felt the same way when I reread Wuthering Heights a few years ago. When I read it as a teenager, I thought it was the quintessential romance. But a few years ago, I picked it up again and was totally dismayed. I thought Catherine was a fool, and Heathcliff was a rotten cad! I later reread another childhood favorite, Little Women, with great trepidation after being so disappointed in Wuthering Heights, and it was just as good! (However, this time, I didn't actually cry when Beth died.) Generally, I don't reread literary works unless a long time has passed since the last read. My son, OTOH, read Lord of the Rings so many times during his high school years that I often found loose pages floating around under his bed! At the time, I worried that he had become "stuck" on that series and wasn't being exposed to a variety of good books. I needn't have worried, though ... he and his sister are both avid readers.
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Post by atomicdog on Aug 3, 2014 0:35:47 GMT
I'm one of the Potter fans - have read that series a few times. Had completely forgotten LIttle Women - I need to go find that again! I used to love and re-read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and I've read Gone With The Wind several times. I have lots of Nora Roberts and Susan Elizabeth Phillips books that I'd like to read again, and the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich is wonderful too!! I love books and a lot of those characters are like old friends.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2014 0:43:40 GMT
The Harry Potter Series Pride and Prejudice To Kill a Mockingbird A Time to Kill Little Women The One Hundred and One Dalmatians Charlotte's Web Agatha Christie-mostly Miss Marple-total comfort reads
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Post by Skellinton on Aug 3, 2014 1:03:58 GMT
Every summer I reread the Anne of Green Gables Series ( I am on Rilla of Ingleside currently). I also reread Little Women and the follow ups every couple of years. I reread Salinger's books quite often, but 9 Stories is a favorite and I will read various stories at random times. I have read them all probably more than 20 times each. I love a Perfect Day for Bananafish so much.
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Nanner
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Jun 25, 2014 23:13:23 GMT
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Post by Nanner on Aug 3, 2014 1:22:28 GMT
I re-read most books. I always catch something new when I re-read a book.
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Post by melanieg on Aug 3, 2014 2:28:08 GMT
I re-read books as if I am visiting old friends. Yes! This!
I have a few books that I have read so often I feel like that.
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Post by misadventurous on Aug 3, 2014 3:51:44 GMT
I read almost exclusively on the Kindle app now, but if I think I'll re-read a book at least twice more I'll buy it in hardcover as well. I recently got rid of every book that I knew I would never read again, so what's left on my bookshelf are only the keepers:
Harry Potter Chronicles of Narnia Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander The Hobbit & LOTR The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper The Eyes of the Dragon - Stephen King The Magicians/The Magician King - Lev Grossman (and the third is coming out this week!!) Jurassic Park and Timeline - Michael Crichton His Dark Materials (The Golden Compass, etc.) - Philip Pullman Stardust and Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman Dragonriders of Pern series - Anne McCaffrey Crystal Singer trilogy - Anne McCaffrey The Sparrow - Mary Doria Russell Sphinx - Robin Cook (a one-off non-medical thriller) The Seventh Scroll - Wilbur Smith a few Mary Stewart books a few Sidney Sheldon books The Fever Tree - Ruth Rendell short stories The Firm - John Grisham
I also have a bunch of audio books that I can listen to over and over again without tiring of them. The main criteria for multiple audiobook listens for me is a great narrator. The Harry Potter series narrated by Jim Dale is just genius, as is an old recording of The Hobbit by Nicol Williamson.
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Post by smokeynspike on Aug 3, 2014 5:29:56 GMT
Typically, I will only re-read books that are part of a series since they usually wait a year between releasing the next book. I have re-read other books but I would say it is the exception, rather than the rule. I have a few thousand books on my TBR GoodReads list, so I don't have time to re-read tons of old books. I have new stories to discover!
Melissa
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Grom Pea
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Jun 27, 2014 0:21:07 GMT
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Post by Grom Pea on Aug 3, 2014 5:56:02 GMT
I don't see this as any different than re watching a movie or TV show, that being said I don't devote a lot of time to reading but recently r read the great Gatsby on my phone and enjoyed it. I just picked up the Anne of green gables series to re read since its been probably 25 years. I also read 2.5 of the Harry potter series when it came out but I moved and no longer commuted by train. I got some at the library book sale because I figured one day I'll read it with my sons :-)
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paula
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Jun 26, 2014 12:34:35 GMT
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Post by paula on Aug 3, 2014 10:31:55 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! Absolutely! But I have also reread books I didn't care for very much the first time that I loved after rereading, so it goes both ways I'm in some reading groups on Shelfari and sometimes books I've already read are chosen as group reads. It's always interesting to reread and then discuss with the group because I almost always find something new to either love or hate.
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twinsmomfla99
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Jun 26, 2014 13:42:47 GMT
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Post by twinsmomfla99 on Aug 3, 2014 11:13:56 GMT
A Prayer for Owen Meany To Kill a Mockong Bird
I've read both of these MANY times and plan to read them again.
Oh. And IIslNd of the Blue Dolphins. Love that one, too.
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twinsmomfla99
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Jun 26, 2014 13:42:47 GMT
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Post by twinsmomfla99 on Aug 3, 2014 11:15:04 GMT
I forgot to add The Stand.
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Post by melonhead on Aug 3, 2014 13:42:24 GMT
When I was a kid I must have read Heidi and Misty forty times!
As an adult I re-read:
Time and Again & its sequel From Time to Time (brilliant) The Harry Potter books Jean Auel's Earth's Children series (Clan of the Cave Bear) Outlander series The Thorn Birds Sookie Stackhouse novels
Books I enjoy greatly but have NO interest in re-reading are cozy mysteries.
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Post by canadianscrappergirl on Aug 3, 2014 14:53:52 GMT
Oh I love to reread books, I don't read a ton of novels mostly romances but anything written by Diana Palmer who has a massive collection and I have most of her books I have reread them all probably 30 + times, I have been collecting and reading her books since I was a teenager. Each time I reread her books I feel like I am revisiting an old friend and a lot of characters from previous books will be in a newer one so it is a double reunion sort of speak lol.
I have reread the Little House series at least 10 times as a kid
Thornbirds several times as an adult.
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Post by onescrappygirl on Aug 3, 2014 15:47:48 GMT
My adult re-reads include: Harry Potter series Lord of the Rings series Jane Eyre Water for Elephants Anne of Green Gables series Twilight series (hanging head in shame)
Just re-read Judy Blume's "Are You There God, It's Me Margaret" and loved it just as much as when I read it 30+ years ago. Wonder how "Forever" holds up as a re-read?
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Post by PenandInk on Aug 3, 2014 16:26:26 GMT
Love this thread! I've just added a huge list of books to my to-read list.
Yes, books ARE old friends, I had a bit of a crazy childhood, and many times re-reading a book gave me the one constant in my life. My friends in books were always the same, and yet upon re-reading I could usually learn something new about them.
My favorites to read again:
Little Women-- well, ALL of Louisa May Alcott Anne Of Green Gables Heidi Jane Eyre A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Anything John Steinbeck The Outlander series The Clan of the Cave bear series The Mitford Series The Number One Ladies Detective Series The Secret Garden The Last Temptation Of Christ Dear and Glorious Physician
Oh gosh, there are so many!
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