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30-day Challenge! - Day 2: A book you have read more than three times
Put me down for Pride & Prejudice too. Oh and The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - fantastic book.
Suzie wrote: "...Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - fantastic book."I first heard about that book on goodreads, never had come across it before. Looks interesting!
The only book I read more than twice is the Bible.
Bridge of Birds: A Novel of an Ancient China That Never Was, Barry Hughart (5x)Harry Potter series (3x)
A Wrinkle in Time series, Madeleine L'Engle (3x)
The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey (4x)
The Hobbit (4x) & Lord of the Rings (2x)
I'm sure I'm forgetting a few.
I read the first four Harry Potter books at least 30 times each when I was a kid. I left them lying around the house, and whenever I passed by one I would flip to a random page and just start reading. I even tried memorising them once, but I didn't get very far with that. I think I've read Romeo and Juliet at least three times too. I can't think of any other book that I've read three times, unless you count my school textbooks!
Kalyn wrote: "To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee"Looking forward to reading it. I read somewhere online that the author finally accepted it to be available in kindle :)
May 2nd Entry:I'm going to be reading the entire series again, and it will be for the 3rd time this year.
I have read this book when it first came out, and in my college class: children's literature. Will be reading again this year. I feel it brought back the joy of reading to children.
The book I have read 3 times is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling.
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Bob wrote: "This year I read A Cry of Angels for the third time after it sat on my shelf for 30 years. It's still a great read and one of my favorites,"contemporary is still open to nominations .... (hint ;-))
Bob wrote: "This year I read A Cry of Angels for the third time after it sat on my shelf for 30 years. It's still a great read and one of my favorites,"This book looks like a great followup read to Mockingbird. I hope you don't mind, but I copied your post up into a new thread in the Mockingbird Book Discussions Folder:
link - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bud, Not Buddy
and
Because of Winn-Dixie
These are the only ones I believe I've read 3 times at least.
My groaning bookshelves would attest to the fact that I read many books numerous times (otherwise I'd just borrow a library copy), so the hard part is picking one - since no one's mentioned it yet and I know people use these answers for ideas for their own next book, I'll say Dune by Frank Herbert.
I have never read a book more than once!
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. I've read it 4 times and it's still on my to re-read list.
The Road may be the only one other than children's books. And it's only because I taught it several times.
I noticed that I have already answered this question, the situation hasn't changed. (Though there might have been one children's/youth book that I read first for myself and then for a book report because I had liked it that much.)Kelly wrote: "And I think I'm the only person in the world who hasn't read any of the Harry Potter books. I've got to get on that!"
I haven't read them either. Tried the first one, maybe more than 10 years ago(?), but it felt too childish. I don't think I got even past the first chapter.
I've read Harry Potter books 1 to 6 multiple times, but the seventh book was a bit of a disappointment and I read that only once (or one and a half times, as I quited the Finnish translated version about half way).
I think the only book that I read 3+ times is Animal Farm There are just too many good books to read :)
Watership Down, the best Christmas pageant ever, the Mists of Avelon, Foundation Trilogy. There is a list for ya lol
Sue wrote: "Watership Down, the best Christmas pageant ever, the Mists of Avelon, Foundation Trilogy. There is a list for ya lol"I do believe I've read The Best Christmas Pageant Ever multiple times as well. :-)
I've read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as a child and as an adult twice or thrice, The Wind in The Willows twice and Pride and Prejudice twice.
I think there are only two that I have read more than twice. The Bible, and The Lord of The Rings + The Hobbit. (counting that as a single story)My review of LOTR: http://100greatestnovelsofalltimeques...
Pride and PrejudicePersuasion
Harry Potter Boxset
Enid Blyton Collection
Heidi
Wings of Fire: An Autobiography
Jane Eyre
When I was in elementary school I practically had Little Women memorized. Later, it was Dandelion Wine that I tried to read at the beginning of every summer. Then, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values, but I only read that maybe three times. I love knowing a book really well. Time to pick a new annual re-read!
East of Eden and The Grapes of Wrath (although it's been awhile)!
Pride and Prejudice, The Stand, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. These are re-reads every year few years for me.
Pride and Prejudice, The Stand, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. These are re-reads every year few years for me.
Crime and Punishment, because I couldn't get into it the first two times and Slaughterhouse Five which I loved.
A Tale of Two Cities, Anne of Green Gables, The Sign of the Anchor (I really loved that one as a child) and a dozen others....
House of the Spirits, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent; entire Harry Potter series; All of a Kind Family series when I was a kid.
I don't reread books. Maybe once after a long time. But not usually. When I was in middle school I really loved this book called Përtej Largësive so I reread it many times. Set during the Bellum Batonianum, it tells the story of two military leaders fallin in love with the same woman, risking to create a conflict among the revolting tribes and divide their forces along tribal lines, and do the Romans' job for them. The end message is one of unity for a greater cause even if personal matters divide you.
"Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
I rarely re-read, so the list is short:Ender's Game
Vorkosigan-series:
Mirror Dance
A Civil Campaign
Memory
However, I have read all Harry Potter books two times. Once for myself and some years later for the kids.
Rick wrote: "Earth Abides by George R. Stewart. A little dated at this point but a powerful story."Only read it once. I may read it again someday.
Jane Eyre I've seen all the movies, too.😁😁
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The Bible, Pride and Prejudice, The Stand and my new obsession, light novels, specifically My Next Life as a Villainess All Routes Lead to Doom and I Swear I Won’t Bother You Again. Also Harry Potter.
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Hi Kalyn, welcome :)
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