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A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile
It's just not one book but an entire shelf in my personal library that's devoted to re reads but the one that I can go over a million times is Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt. It’s delightfully funny and inspiring at the same time.
Cold Comfort Farm for me, read it several times and does always make me smile. The other two I reread often are Wuthering Heights (pretty low on smiles!) and Pride and Prejudice.
Emma wrote: "Cold Comfort Farm for me, read it several times and does always make me smile. The other two I reread often are Wuthering Heights (pretty low on smiles!) and Pride an..."</i>Wuthering Heights is the book that got me hooked to reading , the most powerful romance ever.
I am a teacher, and I never fail to giggle and smile when I read "The Book With No Pictures" by B.J. Novak. The kids love to have me read it.
Lynette I love that book!! I keep reading it to my toddler just waiting for the day when he'll finally "get" it
I find this a very easy category even though I rarely re-read. But when I do re-read, it is always a book that makes me smile. Those I do reread: Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, Frederica or Venetia by Georgette Heyer, several Agatha Christies, Marion Babson's The Twelve Deaths of Christmas and, the one I used for the challenge, Charlotte MacLeod's Rest You Merry.
I think I'm going to re-read To Kill a Mockingbird. I wasn't sure about it until I read this thread. There are moments (the snowman) that made me laugh out loud even though the book has some deep themes. After I first read it in high school, I read it so many times that my Dad threatened to throw away my tattered copy if I left it laying around anymore.
My first thought was that I don't want to do a re-read, but more I think about it, I am looking forward to the books that came to mind The Best Laid Plans or Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal.
Kerri wrote: "I'm going to re-read Anne of Green Gables. It's one of my all time favorites. Looking forward to reading it again. I may do this challenge first."That's what I would do if I hadn't reread it recently :(
So I think I'm going to do Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch for this, since it's my go-to book that makes me feel good, or maybe Tales of the City if I decide to reread the series before finally reading the last one.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch!!! This book not only makes me smile, usually I'm laughing so hard I end up crying.
ETA: I just noticed the commenter above me is doing the same book!
ETA: I just noticed the commenter above me is doing the same book!
This bookThe Two Princesses of Bamarre
Always makes me smile. It's such a beautiful book. I have reread it 3-4 times in the span of 10 years. I just read it again last year, but I'm excited to use it for this challenge anyways!
I've just finished reading The Hobbit for this one. I think I've read this one so many times, annually since I was 11.
I just read Artemis Fowl (book 2) by Eoin Colfer for this prompt... It makes me want to read the whole series again! :)
I'm going to re-read either David Sedaris or Malcolm Gladwell. Not sure which book yet.
I love that so many people are choosing a Harry Potter book. I didn't read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone until the 3rd or 4th in the series was released, and then I finally decided to jump on the bandwagon. I'm glad I did! I'm definitely going to read it for this prompt.
Sonia wrote: "It's just not one book but an entire shelf in my personal library that's devoted to re reads but the one that I can go over a million times is Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt. It’s del..."I looked at the description, almost looks like it could be story within a story (says father is a storyteller?). I've added it to my TBR for sure!
I think I'm going to read "All Things Great and Small". I haven't read it in years and years - and I know some of it made me cry but a lot of it made me laugh and I really enjoyed it.Of course, I will probably re-read HP during the year as I usually do so that may count also.
I just finished reading It Must Be Your Love
. I decided to not do a reread for this prompt because a number of the books I'm reading for this challenge are rereads. So, instead this is a book from a series that never fails to make me smile. This particular book didn't exactly make me smile, but I'm still counting it.
I'm another one struggling with this. I don't necessarily smile when reading either, and nothing is coming to mind. I may just have to pick a new book.
I've been listening to The Wizard of Oz for the audiobook prompt and like many of you, I don't like to re-read so my idea is to listen to another audiobook instead of reading for this one. That way it's not eating into my actual reading time! Think I'll go with Alice in Wonderland or Northern Lights (The Golden Compass in the US)
Shannon wrote: "I'm going to go for Pride and Prejudice. I read it last year but I'm looking forward to it again. Austen's wit gets me every time, I love the basic story-line of P & P, and I adore Lizz..."It's worth going back to just to read the two contenders for "Worst marriage proposal in history." :)
Lisa wrote: "My first thought was that I don't want to do a re-read, but more I think about it, I am looking forward to the books that came to mind The Best Laid Plans or [book:Lamb: The Gospel A..."I just finished LAMB.. and loved it. I wish I had read it earlier so I could reread it now.
A Reunion of Ghosts-though ultimately sad-has some real-and apologies for the cliche-"laugh out loud"moments.I bought my own copy after reading the library book....
I think I'm going to re-read Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir. That one definitely makes me laugh!
Shannon wrote: "I'm going to go for Pride and Prejudice. I read it last year but I'm looking forward to it again. Austen's wit gets me every time, I love the basic story-line of P & P, and I adore Lizz..."Great idea! I've been wracking my brains over this one, but Pride and Prejudice would really work! Thanks!
I'm not a fan of re-reads either, but I just finished Water for Elephants and I already want to reread it. I think I'll wait a few months and revisit it. After finishing it, I learned that the author weaved connections to the biblical story of Jacob. I'm thinking I'll revist the biblical story first and then try to see more of that layer on my next read.
I am either going to read "playing James" by Sara Manning (sorry on my IPad). That book actually brought me to tears at one point, I was laughing that much. (Yes! I was in public at the time. I was the crazy lady that people avoided) Or I am going to be reading "I've got your number" by Sophie Kinsella. Very funny as well.
Kelly wrote: "I'm not a fan of re-reads either, but I just finished Water for Elephants and I already want to reread it. I think I'll wait a few months and revisit it. After finishing it, I learned ..."Have you read At the Water's Edge by Gruen? I think I love it more than Water for Elephants (which I really enjoyed and recommended a few times to friends).
Turkey Trouble. It's a kids book that I throughly enjoy!
The last couple of years, whenever I've done a reading challenge that requires me to reread something I've read before, I will grab the audiobook and listen to it in my car to and from work. I've done both I, Robotand Animal Farm and I think I'm going to do Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone this year since all of the talk about it in this thread has inspired me. I think listening to the book rather than reading it gives the story a whole new perspective.
Eve wrote: "I read Matilda, which the movie and the book always make smile."good idea, i might change mind to this onw
Lisa wrote: "I think I'm going to re-read Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir. That one definitely makes me laugh!"I just finished this book, and was reading on a plane and had to stop because I was laughing so much.
Pioup wrote: "Kerri wrote: "I'm going to re-read Anne of Green Gables. It's one of my all time favorites. Looking forward to reading it again. I may do this challenge first."That's what I would do..."
Love your idea of Anne, I also thought of one of the Little Houses.
This one is so difficult for me because while I love books there are so few I actually like enough to even consider rereading.I think I'll either read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone to my son (once we've finished the Lemony Snicket series), or wait until the end of the year to read The Martian, as I finished reading it two days ago and enjoyed it a lot. Or, I might even read North and South again as I really enjoy that book/movie. At least I have enough time to decide which book to enjoy again.
Julie wrote: "I think I'm going to read "All Things Great and Small". I haven't read it in years and years - and I know some of it made me cry but a lot of it made me laugh and I really enjoyed it.Of course, I..."
I've noticed lots of people are saying things like this, is there some rule where you can only read one book per prompt? Lots of mine cross over into different categories, for example Matilda is a book I loved as a child and a title that is a characters name...
Kate wrote: "Julie wrote: "I think I'm going to read "All Things Great and Small". I haven't read it in years and years - and I know some of it made me cry but a lot of it made me laugh and I really enjoyed it...."You can do whatever you want!
I loved All Creatures Great and Small too, that's a great idea! If I don't read that, I will read one of the Jeeves books. Those are guaranteed to get a smile, and I haven't read most of them for years and years.
I realized today that this task is the PERFECT opportunity for me to read the updated edition of Sherwood Smith's Crown Duel, in which she added some extra scenes from a favorite character's POV. I LOVED this book in high school and college and always wind up smiling ridiculously as I read it.I've been dying to read the new scenes, as I haven't done so yet, so I'm going to take advantage of the opportunity and leave the Harry Potter series for my audiobook experiment at some point this year.
I really do love re-reads. I've picked Me and Mr. Darcy. I randomly found it at a bookstore a few years ago and have read it four or five times. It's a quick read and it always makes me smile
I just started a (number unknown) re-read of A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) for this category. It doesn't just make me smile, it makes me laugh out loud!!! :)
As soon as I read this prompt, I knew I would be reading Little Women again. I read it for the first time in my adolescent years, and after all these years I feel like this book has made a refuge inside of me. It resonated with me then and it still does. I will pass on any opportunity to read Little Women again!
I hold Little Women near and dear to my heart. I was thinking to pick this book for the prompt as well. Such a special story. I just finished March for another prompt which is kinda a back story on Mr March in the war. I did not like it. The author portrayed Mr March into a character that was deeply flawed, and to me, unlikeable.
Carrie wrote: "I hold Little Women near and dear to my heart. I was thinking to pick this book for the prompt as well. Such a special story. I just finished March for another prompt which is kinda a back story on..."Carrie, which book are you talking about? Is it also written by Alcott? I would love to read more about the March family.
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Carrie, which book are you talking about? Is it also written by Alcott? I would love to read more about the March family.
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Not by Alcott. It's March by Geraldine Brooks
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Philémon : Intégrale tome 2 by Fred.
So, while it's technically not a re-read (I haven't read *this*volume, but I've read the five original books that are included, time and time again. And it was just great to read them again! I'm thus quite happy to make this the first book of my 2017 challenge.