Do You Ever Read A Book More Than Once ??

JustDave said:
I've read James Michener's Hawaii twice, and Alaska three times. Good books like good movies can be revisited. But my record of rereads is Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything, which I have read too many times to possibly count. It's the only book that once when I finished the last page, I flipped back to the first page to begin reading again. After that I would pick it up from time to time and reread it. His style of writing flows so easily for me. It's like he's talking to me. In addition, that book has so much factual information written in such a light style, that I couldn't digest all of it in one read. I've read it maybe 10 times.

But this is weird, I bought copies of that book twice to send to friends, who never read it, or started, and put it down unfinished.
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Well, you are responsible for me ordering a new hardcover "A Short History of Almost Everything". I can't believe I never heard of it before, but it appears to be right up my alley! Thank you!
 

Mobilman44 said:
Well, you are responsible for me ordering a new hardcover "A Short History of Almost Everything". I can't believe I never heard of it before, but it appears to be right up my alley! Thank you!
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I hope you enjoy it. Like I said, I gave copies of that book to two other friends, who didn't read it. My original copy was a soft bound given to me by a girlfriend. It was one of the copies I passed on to my friends, and then I bought a hardcover for myself. By that time, I had probably read it 4 times.

Much of it, you will already know, but the conversational style of writing puts the language of science into a entertaining review. Somethings will be new to you, and for me, somethings I learned in college 60 years ago, changed while I wasn't looking.
 
I’m currently reading Stephen King’s ‘The Talisman’ for the third time. I’ve read his seven (later eight) book series ‘The Dark Tower’ four times and listened to the audio books three times :)
 

C50 said:
Very rarely, probably less than ten times in my life. Same with movies, it's rare I will watch a movie more than once.
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Same for me. But that I’d mainly for fiction. With philosophy I’ve found it useful to literally reread passages a paragraph at a time working back toward the beginning until I recapture the thread of an argument.

But with fiction which is closer to my heart these days I’m always greedy for new conquests.
 
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I have a few favorite books I have read more than once. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith is one. Another is The Stand by Stephen King....that being a longer, busier story, had me seeing new things each reading. Stephen King has also written many short stories that I have read multiple times
 
Marie5656 said:
I have a few favorite books I have read more than once. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith is one. Another is The Stand by Stephen King....that being a longer, busier story, had me seeing new things each reading. Stephen King has also written many short stories that I have read multiple times
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I finally got around to reading A Tree Grows In Brooklyn in the last few years and I definitely see the attraction. I love a book where I can love the characters. But honestly I thought the end meandered too long, like a dog looking for a lost scent. Didn't diminish my enjoyment of what I liked about it but it would prevent me from wanting to reread it.
 
I started to list them in my mind and realized the list is pretty long. So yes, I have reread books. Mostly before regular full-time work, getting married, and having kids in my 20s though.

Specifics aren't worth mentioning, I imagine that few here have read any on my list.
 
Right now, I'm rereading "The Bird Hotel", a novel by Joyce Maynard.

I read it last year, then recommended it to my sister who used it as her choice when her time came around in her book club. The members loved it.

I saw it at the library last week and had to check it out again. I'm liking it as much as last time.
 
I’m now re-reading Children of the Night by Dan Simmons. I remember it being this good but it’s been long enough since I last read it that it’s all new which is cool.
 
When I was young usually got tonsillitis once a year and every time I would read Jane Eyre. It got me through.

Until recently I read about two books a week so thank God for libraries, I never could have afforded to buy 100 books a year. I have a few favorites that my library has to send to another library for and I can tell I'm the only one who ever reads it , so I tell them it would be less trouble just to give it to me, They just laugh.
 
I have.
The 2 the come to mind are Stephen King's "The Stand" & "Shoeless Joe" (the movie Field of Dreams is based on this book).

I also reread bible passages frequently.
 
Some books, I just read and send back to Kindle Unlimited, but now and then, I find a story that just resonates with me enough that I want to own the book (usually e-book) so that I can read it over again. Some of the old classic books are ones that I have read more than once.
Zane Grey has been a favorite since I was a teenager, and I have read most of his books, and re-read a few of them again later.

I love Jane Eyre back as a teenager, and have read it several times now and then during my life, and I always find parts that didn’t catch the first time through. I have re-read some of the other older books that my mom had when I was growing up, like Trail o f the Lonesome Pine, The Harvester, and others of that generation.

The book that I have read the most is one called “Leaving Time”, by Jodi Picault. It is one of those stories that is interesting in itself, but has those twists and turns that you do not expect, and the first time I read it, I went right back and started it over, once I understood the whole plot of the book.
It is the story of a teenage girl who had her mother disappear when she was about 3 years old, and she is desperate to find out what became of her mother.
 
One author in particular - John D. MacDonald and his Travis McGee series. MacDonald was the kind of author that, when describing the human condition, made you sit up and say, "Whoa....."
 
jujube said:
Right now, I'm rereading "The Bird Hotel", a novel by Joyce Maynard.

I read it last year, then recommended it to my sister who used it as her choice when her time came around in her book club. The members loved it.

I saw it at the library last week and had to check it out again. I'm liking it as much as last time.
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Put a hold on it but may have to wait as I’m really enjoying Magnificent Rebels.

Looking through her other book titles I think there is much more by her I’d also like.
 
I reread my books but let some time pass and I find I do not remember parts of them or the endings. I like to buy new books but running out of room on my book shelves. I will have to decide which ones to give away with an exchange organization.
 
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