Revisiting an Old Friend

Writing Home was my fourth book, and it released in 2021. Four years ago, January. It's still one of my favorites, although every one of my books is my favorite in some way or another.
Needless to say, it broke my heart when I found out the publisher who had released Writing Home was dying at the end of last year. Writing Home still has one paperback copy on Amazon, and that is all. But, I'm working on republishing it. Because it's still a really good story. And because I have an amazing friend who knows how to do all these publishing things and is willing to help me figure this out. Of course, even though I got everything back from the original publisher, it doesn't mean we can just snap our fingers and *voila* a book is published. We have to upload it to different software. And make sure it all transferred over correctly (it didn't). And tweak the cover to remove the original publisher information. You get the idea.
Well, did you hear me when I said it didn't transfer over smoothly? Instead of everything being spaced the way it was supposed to be, for some reason, the program made quite a few spaces disappear. Which meant I had to go through the whole manuscript and make sure all the words were the way they were supposed to be.
Of course, while skimming through, I quickly went from skimming to reading. 
Y'all. I never reread my stories once they're published unless it's to skip through and find a scene to read for someone else. But I read the whole book. And I love it just as much today as I did four years ago when it released.
When that publisher accepted it, their letter told me it "gave them all the feels." It still does that for me too. Even knowing what will happen and how, I still went through all the emotions and joy and loveliness. And it made me so happy.
I pray all my readers feel the same way about my books. That not only do you enjoy them the first time, but you also want to pick them up again down the road and re-experience that story once more.
Do you reread books? I've reread others' in the past, but not my own. Until now. Maybe I need to go reread another one or two of my stories. Which are your favorites?