Have you read a book more than once?

[Kenny]

Well you know I re-read my Hiccup Horrendous books mum.

[Kate]

I don't generally re-read books, there is too much out there to spend time re-reading, I want to get my teeth into something new

[Guest Robert Johnson]

I find that reading a book the second or third time is never as good as the first. Reading a book many years later, what you've learnt and experienced in the meantime can completely change your views of the book when you read it again.

Edited August 28, 2008 by Kell
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[bookworm44]

In the winter on a snowy day I like to sit home and re-read a classic or one of my personal favorites.

[polemole]

As a child I read most of my books over and over again some of the Enid Blyton books I could almost recite parts word for word.

As an adult 'Dream house' by Alison Habens is the only book I have to read again every so often, I have lost count of the number of times. I love it so much. I also loved and intend to read the Adrian Mole books again.

[KW]

I can't count how many times I've read Hones Illusions by Nora Roberts. Simply: it's her very best novel.

[wordsgood]

I read many, many books more than once and often several times each over the years. When I love a book or series, I can never get enough of it! Each reading seems to bring me more pleasure and provide new insights into both the story and subject matter!

Edited October 10, 2008 by wordsgood

[kelly2008]

No I have too many books to read and plus I have only been reading properly for a couple of years. I think I will end up reading some of my favourite books one day but not quite yet

[angelofboox]

"A good reader, a major reader, an active and creative reader is a rereader."

 

There are many delights that come with rereading books. I reread some books several times and hopefully will continue to do so. I like noticing things you didn't see the first time. There are quite a lot of books to be read, so while I love to read new books I don't think we should forget the ones we read before!

[Ceinwenn]

There have been a few I have been known to re-read. Like Murphy's Boy - I first read it when I was 10 (my Mom was reading it for a phych course she was taking), then re-read it many years later & I've read the Diary of Anne Frank a few times.

[Colin Jacobs]

As a child I read most of my books over and over again some of the Enid Blyton books I could almost recite parts word for word.

As an adult 'Dream house' by Alison Habens is the only book I have to read again every so often, I have lost count of the number of times. I love it so much. I also loved and intend to read the Adrian Mole books again.

 

I recently read the Enid Blyton Books The Magic Faraway Tree with my young nephews and nieces but they are all very pc re prints, Dick and Fanny have been changed to less (Rude) names. and some other obvious un-pc characters have had name changes

 

Adrian Mole reminds me very much of my rather "wet" Cousin

[Nellie]

When I am particualrly stress or tired I retreat back into the books I loved as child. Partly becuase they are easy to read, but also they remind me of the joy I had of escaping into them, curled up in my bedroom.

 

The one I normally return to is Over Sea Under Stone, part of the Dark is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper. (The film was terrible, I was gutted).

[Icecream]

I recently read the Enid Blyton Books The Magic Faraway Tree with my young nephews and nieces but they are all very pc re prints, Dick and Fanny have been changed to less (Rude) names. and some other obvious un-pc characters have had name changes

 

Adrian Mole reminds me very much of my rather "wet" Cousin

 

I still have my own Enid Blyton's with the original characters. I plan on reading them to the girls in a few years time.

[marlyly]

Many, many times. My memory is like a seive, so everytime I read a book it feels like the first time. I'm ashamed to say, teh books I must have read more than any other would be the Harry Potter books, I'm sure I've read the 3rd one 10+ times.

[Sofia]

I don't think I have ever re-read any. there are way to many I want to read a first time!

[grabit]

i'm a big re-reader of books, which is one reason i keep so many of them.. can't remember how many times i have read Dune.. or the entire Anne of Green Gables series - that really takes me back to my childhood.. talking of childhood, someone else here mentioned lots of Enid Blyton books, i read them too from time to time.. also the Abbey Girls series, (EJ Oxenham) i only have three of those, but i had more when i was a kid.. i'd love to find more of them..

[Witt]

When I read any kind of fiction the words fall away, soon I can see and hear the characters. So re-reading a book is like re-watching a movie ,if I like it it will be read again.

[LG1976]

The Green Mile - Stephen King. I love it and I love the film.

[Charm]

No never - unless i forgot that i had already read it! but then i stopped after i realised

[WW2artist]

Oh yes. There are some books that I'll never part with and will read again many months or even years later.

 

Here's one I recently reread. It's a wonderful WW2 memoir that brings a lump to my throat. It's also a book that inspires me to press on with life no matter what obstacles are placed in my way.

''Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman and POW''

[roddglenn]

The books that I tend to re-read are I Am Legend by Richard Matherson, The Hobbit and LOTRs trilogy and The War of the Worlds by H G Wells.

[AWoolford]

From Good to Great by Jim Collins

I've read it twice and have listened to it on CD once.

I apply it more for work, but it's still a great read!

 

I also read the Vincent Price biography written by his Daughter Victoria Price, twice.

Such an incredible story about such an incredible man, who lived his life to its absolute fullest.

And for those who like well written books, Victoria Price has a masters in English.

 

 

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Those who limit their intrests limit their lives -- Vincent Price

Edited October 7, 2008 by AWoolford

[Stephanie2008]

I have read The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 3 times. I love it. I had to read it for my A Level English Literature, rereading parts of the book over and over again. But I had a break from it and love it again

[Roadrunner]

Yes, 1984 - can read that again and again and it never stops being scary

[Suzanne123]

I got My Booky Wook by Russell Brand last Christmas and had read it by Boxing Day; I thought it was brilliant! In the summer, I was looking for a book to take on holiday, and I saw it at the back of my bookshelf, so it took it and read it, and id forgotten how brilliant it was! Im now reading it again- im sure I will finish it by the weekend