What Books Do You Read Repeatedly?

[+ Vegas_Millennial]

The TV Guide.

I used to read that thing every day

[Jim_n_NYC]

I don't think I've ever reread a book.  There's so many to read, that rereading one would take away too much time from new stuff.

[Rod Hagen]

On 4/21/2023 at 7:42 AM, Jim_n_NYC said:

I don't think I've ever reread a book.  There's so many to read, that rereading one would take away too much time from new stuff.

rereading is reserved for those books integral to ourselves.  And a lot of the time rereading just means picking them up and reading well-worn and/or less-familiar passages, then putting it back down.  You keep them in a very convenient place.

Edited April 30, 2023 by Rod Hagen

[Jim_n_NYC]

15 minutes ago, Rod Hagen said:

rereading is reserved for those books integral to ourselves.  And a lot of the time rereading just means picking them up and reading well-worn and/or less-familiar passages, then putting it back down.  You keep them in a very convenient place.

I wasn't judging, just making a comment.

[dutchal]

The one book I can remember reading and re-reading was a volume that combined the two Lewis Carroll masterpieces, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass".  I first read it in grade school and probably last re-read it in college.

[samhexum]

On 7/2/2021 at 7:24 AM, EastCoastGuy said:

Money by Martin Amis. 

The late Martin Amis, RIP

[+ Lucky]

I have never read Martin Amis novels, but after his death I picked up Money and tried to read it. Pure gibberish if you ask me. A waste of paper.

[+ WilliamM]

Death in Venice by Thomas Mann

Surprise that Mann was married with six children

He had an understanding wife 

[Jaggg]

On 5/3/2023 at 12:49 PM, dutchal said:

The one book I can remember reading and re-reading was a volume that combined the two Lewis Carroll masterpieces, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass".  I first read it in grade school and probably last re-read it in college.

I read them every year

[Guest]

The phone book, but unfortunately it’s out of print.

I’m jealous; I haven’t read for pleasure in some time. Too much reading on the job…. But I do reread a collection of Robert Frost’s poetry on my bedside table. I’ve reread all of Hemingway’s works. And I’m very fond of Ken Follett spy novels (and his historical fiction, too). I’ve also reread Margaret George’s historical fiction.

I was just in a boutique in a small town on the Turquoise Trail. I noticed a shelf of used books for sale in a corner. As I read through the titles, I realized they were all my favorites, even a few obscure titles. It was my book shelf at home. I had to ask if it was a random collection. Turns out they belonged to the shopkeeper’s father, who recently died.  Books are so personal; would have like to meet that man.