Question 11 - Re-Reads

[Faye, The Dickens Junkie]

Aside from children's books, what would you say is the book (or books) that you have re-read most often?

[Melissa]

I normally do not repeat, but Jane Austen for some reason, I can repeat every 10 years, more or less. Also, the movies are very soothing and relaxing to watch every so often.

[Amber]

The books I've re-read most often is Kiss of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Upon the Midnight Clear by Sherrilyn Kenyon (because I read that at Christmas every year), and I've read Robert Englund's Autobiography Hollywood Monster: A Walk Down Elm Street with the Man of Your Dreamsseveral times now and that's it.

[Lauren]

The Handmaids Tale I tend to re read at least yearly.

[Roseanne]

I never reread. No matter how much I want to I never find the time. The only rereads I do are with the kids. I did the lion the witch and the wardrobe and Alice in Wonderland last year with the kids.

[Irene]

Apart from my Bible which I read through every year it would have to be The Lord of The Rings.

[Cindy (BKind2Books)]

I haven't reread a book in a long time - there are waaaaay too many books that are waiting to be read for the first time to reread a book, not matter how beloved.

[Kassandra]

Generally speaking, I don't re-read anything. My TBR pile is huge as it is so I can't make time for repeats. However, for a good ten years or so I was reading The Outsiders every Christmas for nostalgia purposes.

[Faye, The Dickens Junkie]

I don't get much time for re-reading either, what with my insane book list that could easily stretch as far as the moon, but I do treat myself every now and then to a re-read of Jane Eyre, A Tale of Two Cities, or pretty much anything that L.M. Montgomery ever wrote. They're my happy places. :)

Also, every Christmas I HAVE to read A Christmas Carol. That's probably my most-read right there.

[Michael]

A Separate Peace
A Christmas Carol

[Rob]

Usually i will reread some of John Grisham. I also try and reread Friday Night Lights during football season.

Once I get my tbr pile under control, I want to reread all of my 5 stars.

[A]

Pride and Prejudice, Twilight Saga and Harry Potter. And also A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.

[Susan]

I never reread. I intend to often but there's always a new book I want to get to first. I'd really love to reread Game of Thrones series in the vain hope that the next book is somewhere close on the horizon.

[Mayme]

perhaps Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits, or Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet (:

[Clare]

I don't reread anything. My list of books I want to read is just too long for me to do that.

[Amy]

The only fiction book I've ever reread is A Little Princess. I love the story and imagery; I can really escape into Sara's world.

[Irene]

Rob wrote: "Usually i will reread some of John Grisham. I also try and reread Friday Night Lights during football season. ."

I know nothing about American Football, my game being rugby union, however when this series was on television it became my secret passion. I was devastated when the series ended and couldn't understand why there wasn't a huge petition to bring it back.

[Judy]

I usually don't repeat either. Exceptions are when I've put a book down for a long time and have forgotten details, I'll start over. The only books that I consciously re-read where the first 5 of the Clan of the Cave Bear series before the 6th book was finally finished.

[Trisha]

I re-read Haruki Murakami-usually at least one re-read a year.

[Srividya]

Gone With the Wind is one book that I have re read many times as well as the Harry Potter series.. :)

[Amy]

forever by judy blume, i 1st read it as a teenager and i stil have my original copy some 15+years later, and i have re-read it lots.

[♞ Pat]

Anne Rice's Vampire trilogy -- Lestat is a great literary character, possibly my favorite.

[Karen]

I flip though the best parts of some paperback romances when I'm in the mood for something happy and light, e.g. The Bride

[Leianne]

I wish there was enough time to re-read but there are way too many books yet to be read.

[Lindsay]

Faye wrote: "Aside from children's books, what would you say is the book (or books) that you have re-read most often?"

I don't usually reread.

[Bridget]

I usually don't usually intentionally reread, though my memory is not the best on marginal books, so frequently I find myself 2 chapters into a book thinking, "This sounds familiar. Have I read this book already?"

[Emily]

The hunger games trilogy and the Twilight series are the only books I read more than once

[Overbooked ✎]

I tend not to reread, but when I do it's books that I read when I was very young.
I found some surprises; while I discovered that I changed my mind on some favourites (i.e. I was puzzled on why I loved some books so much), other books I loved even more during a re-read. A very strange experience.

[Sarah. B]

I usually don't re-read much. However, I do like reading A Christmas Carol every now and again.

[AmberZehr]

Ravished by Amanda Quick. I just love that book. I could read it through and start its over right away when I've finished it and get the same enjoyment out of it it more :-)

[Laura]

I've lost count of how many times i've reread this series at this point.. It would have to be Kelley Armstrong's "Women of the Otherworld" series.

[sonya]

I read the basketball diaries three times

[Becca]

I have read Jane Eyre and Gone with the Wind 6 or 7 times each, but these days I rarely repeat. Too many other things to read.

[Stephanie]

I used to re-read the Harry Potter series once in a while and I have read Lungbarrow by Marc Platt three times. Recently I haven't been re-reading any books. Instead there's lots of books on my TBR pile to read.

[[deleted user]]

I hardly ever re-read books, so the only ones I can think of are :
A Prayer for Owen Meany
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All .

[Raquel]

Summer Sisters and Flowers in the Attic

[Happy]

I used to re-read frequently. I do so less now, as I find I am so hungry for new new new. But my old favourites are:

The Lord of the Rings
Persuasion
Sense and Sensibility

And a special shout-out to:
How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers
which has helped me through the past 6 years of illness.

[Karolyn]

I have too big of a TBR pile to re-read much. But I do go back to Dickens every now and again. A Tale of Two Cities and A Christmas Carol seem to get re-read every few years.

Note to self: Re-read A Christmas Carol over the holidays.

[Marina]

Auto-da-Fé and Komödie der Eitelkeit. Drama in drei Teilen (haven't found an English version, sorry), both by Elias Canetti.

[Deborah]

The Far Pavilions

To Kill a Mockingbird

All of Susan Howatch's books - wonderful psychological stuff!

Anything by Edith Pargeter especially The Heaven Tree and The Brothers of Gwynedd

Margaret George's The Memoirs of Cleopatra and The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers

Anything by Pauline Gedge, especially The Eagle and the Raven

Jan Guillou's Jerusalem trilogy

All of Sharon Kay Penman's Plantagenet novels

and I will be re-reading Geraldine Brooks, especially March and several newer writers - Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, Stephanie Thornton, Sophie Perinot, Michelle Moran.

There are others also....

[beth]

Percy Jackson and the Olympians Boxed Set without a doubt. All of them. Probably #3 the most, but just all of them in general...