3rd books

[Teresa Edgerton]

I reread books I like fairly often, and I usually find that I discover new reasons to fall in love with them, so that they rise ever higher on my list of favorites. If I told you who was my favorite now, that might not be true by the time someone reads this thread in two or three months. (But it might be true again two or three years from now.)

 

[Connavar]

You know i cant understand people that reread. I have been reading
books for enjoyment for less than two years. It feels like you are a 100 years behind every other book fan and i have this big urge to read books and authors new all the time that i cant even think about rereading my alltime favs.

Only the few books i read when i should have been reading alot of books as a kid do i think maybe to reread since i cant remember them.

So i cant imagine people that have read 1000's books and that reread all the time. Heh im barely over 100 books.

No wonder many reread alot, how can you remember books after you have thousands of books.

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

Usually when I reread a book it's because I do remember it, and want to repeat the experience a second (or third, or fourth) time. Although it's never really the same experience twice, and good books tend to get better with rereading (and great books always do), because you notice new things.

I have a lot of time to read, and I've been reading fantasy and science fiction steadily since the early 1970's -- and before that, when I could get it. But because it wasn't always possible to get the kind of books I wanted, I formed the habit of rereading early. Now, I'm glad I did. As I said, it's never exactly the same experience.

 

[j d worthington]

I agree with Teresa here; a good book (or a good writer) is always worth revisiting, as you see new things, come at it from a different place in your own life (and therefore bring your own experiences to the book for a new understanding of the characters, the nuances of the book, the writer's philosophies, etc.), and truly great books -- like all great art -- is always surprising you with new levels of perception of the human heart. They aren't just entertainment when they're this type of book; they are a way to better understand life and the world (and universe) around you... and yourself, into the bargain....

Connavar... would it surprise you to know that I've read The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings complete at least 20 times? (Granted, it's been over the past 37 years.....)