Readers! Book Lovers! What Book would you like to read again for the first time?

Sunday night at 9pm, my high school Junior announced the he needed to start The Catcher in the Rye on Monday. Did we have a copy, he asked. 

Thanks for the head’s up! Fortunately, we have a bookshelf filled with Classics We Read in High School and College. Moneysaver ! I pulled the classic edition with the maroon cover off the shelf, along with Nine Stories by Salinger. As I handed him the books, I told him, “I wish I could read The Catcher in the Rye again for the first time.” 

That got me thinking, of course. And posting on my Facebook Page about that very thought.   What book would you like to read again for the first time? The responses poured in:

Anne of Green Gables

To Kill a Mockingbird ( My 8th grader is reading this one now and loves it.)

Lots of props for Gone with the Wind

Slaughter House Five

John Irving fans weighed in with A Prayer for Owen Meany and Ciderhouse Rules

The Grapes of Wrath made a lot of lists

The Good Earth

Lonesome Dove ( Nice choice!)

A Confederacy of Dunces ( On my list, along with The Moviegoer)

Pride & Prejuduce

The list goes one and on. What’s interesting to me is that most of these books are assigned classics in college and high school. It makes me wonder if our reading experience is the book or the age or the circumstance. Most likely, a magical mystery of all three.

Let’s talk a little more about books this week on the podcast. Haven’t answered yet? Put your picks in the comment section.

BTW, Brookes loves A Catcher in the Rye. Loves it. A first…

Embracing my Chaos, Lian

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