What Book(s) Have You Read More Than Once?

[Tabitha]

This is kind of a piggyback off of Lily's library topic, but I'm curious what novel(s) you read more than once, or those ones that you have to read once a year (like Christopher Lee with his annual Lord of the Rings reading), etc.

[Tabitha]

While I typically only purchase/keep books that I'm bound to read again, it often takes me years to do so.

However, I have to reread a Carol Goodman adult novel at least once a year. I own them all so last year it was The Drowning Tree, this year I'm feeling The Ghost Orchid or The Night Villa. They are my comfort/escape books that I never tire of.

[Lily]

Good topic!

Let's see, only books I'll read over and over...

Mister God, This is Anna by Fynn
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Horg
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
The Rose and the Beast by Fransesca Lia Block
Brother Grimms collected stories
Hans Christian Anderson collected stories

Do comic books and art books count? If so, then...

Sin City by Frank Miller
Sandman by Neil Gaiman
The collected works of Aubrey Beardsley.

All of these books I own, as well as many more, but these are the ones I keep rereading.

[Jason]

The Belgariad and Mallorean series by David Eddings.
It, the Stand, the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. Also On Writing.
I Am Spock by Leonard Nimoy.
American Gods by Neil Gaiman (damn skippy!)

My rereading has dropped because I have so many new things to read :)

[Mike]

I have a few books I'v read twice, but only one or two I've read multiple times. The Lord of the Rings was one when I was young. and more recently J. B. Priestley's Bright Day.

[Lily]

Oh shoot, I forgot to add The Gunglinger series. I knew I was forgetting something. I might add more later... big library, shitty memory.

[Tabitha]

Oooo, good choices.

I also return to Wuthering Heights, White Oleadner, and Housekeeping a lot. And Ironically, although I love Charlotte Bronte, I've reread April Lindner's Jane more than Jane Eyre; Linder is a nice escape read though; she writes so effortlessly but with deep emotion.

Love The Last Unicorn. Love Lia Block! Love King's On Writing :)

[Lily]

King's On Writing is good too, I have the ebook. But for whatever reason, it's not a book I reread.

[G.G.]

I can only recall these. When I said I didn't reread much, I meant it.

1-Angel of Vengeance by Trevor Munson (around four years ago)

2-The first three books of The Death Gate series by Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman (however, the first time I read them was in French while the second time was in English. Does that count? (15-16 years ago)

3-Awaken by Victoria Clapton (I've read it before she published it and once again about six months later when she did.) (this year)

[Quentin]

Lily wrote: "King's On Writing is good too, I have the ebook. But for whatever reason, it's not a book I reread."

That's ironic that this book is coming up, I literally just finished it last night and wrote my review minutes ago. Really good book.

I like to reread Stephen King's NIGHT SHIFT and really any of his short story collections. And there are too many comics to list, but I will reread any graphic novels I really like over and over as well.

[Shari-amor]

Both the CON series Most of the Dark Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Both the Highlander and Fever series by Karen Moning
The Texas Siren series by Sophie Oak
The Locke and Key graphic novels
New Species series by Laurann dohner
Russian Protector series by Roxie Rivera
Eve Duncan series by Iris Johansen

*Beams* Trust me there are lots more.....lots!

[Shari-amor]

Oh and

[Lily]

And Shari gives us a visual presentation show. Nicely done.

[Shari-amor]

Well I wanted it to look presentable

[Lily]

Mission accomplished.

[Quentin]

And all this time I just thought Shari read hardcore erotica...

Nice selection there Shari!

[K.P.]

Fahrenheit 451 (3! copies)
is my fav. i really dont reread books... but yeah...

[Lily]

I wonder what my list would look like?

[Shari-amor]

Quentin wrote: "And all this time I just thought Shari read hardcore erotica...

Nice selection there Shari!"

Nope not just hardcore erotica. *looks at Quentin* A real friend would have known that if they had searched through my bookshelves *sticks nose in the air*

[Lily]

Neat. Though I couldn't find the book I have for Hans Christian Anderson, illustrated collection of stories. It doesn't appear to be on GR.

[Shari-amor]

Lily wrote: "I wonder what my list would look like?

[bookcover..."

Seee. Look how awesome it looks. A few of the covers make me wanna read them now

[Lily]

It does look awesome lol I love my bookshelf :)

[Quentin]

Shari-amor wrote: "Quentin wrote: "And all this time I just thought Shari read hardcore erotica...

Nice selection there Shari!"

Nope not just hardcore erotica. *looks at Quentin* A real friend would have known that..."

I'm kidding, I'm kidding, get that nose down! And yes, I like the lists you ladies are making, the covers look cool lined up like that.

[Shari-amor]

Otay you are forgiven *hugs* And thank you. And you have lots of comics and graphic novels that I like. I try to check them out at the library if I can. Most of the time I gotta put in an ILL for em.

[Lily]

Hey, how about a new topic for the Booshelf Selfie game? I'll uplaod a pic of mine if you upload yours.

[G.G.]

A fun thing to do might be to write a story with the titles. One starts with a book and another reply with another done in such way that it makes a sentence, or a story and see how far it can get. Would it reach a happy ending or would it dry out for lack of choices? :P

[Lily]

Ugh, that sounds like work... lol

[Quentin]

Lily wrote: "Hey, how about a new topic for the Booshelf Selfie game? I'll uplaod a pic of mine if you upload yours."

You can call it "I'll show you mine if you show me yours." Eh? Eh?

[Lily]

Quentin wrote: "Lily wrote: "Hey, how about a new topic for the Booshelf Selfie game? I'll uplaod a pic of mine if you upload yours."

You can call it "I'll show you mine if you show me yours." Eh? Eh?"

Yes lol

[Tabitha]

Everyone's visual lists look so nice, I have to do it, too:

[Andrew]

I have quite a few, many of which are Doctor Who New Adventures.

But I also regularly reread The Lord of the Rings and Reaper Man (as well as many other Discworld novels, but Reaper Man is the most consistent.

Oh, and Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch.

[Jenn]

All the highlander books by Karen Marie Moning. I've read them like 5 times and will be reading them again lol.

Love at first stake series by Kerrelyn Sparks

The Argeneau Vampire series by Linsay Sands

Wings in the Night series by Maggie Shayne

And any book by Shelley Laurenston

[Gem]

Off the top of my head, although there are others.

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[Michael]

King's Hearts in Atlantis
Gainman's Smoke and Mirrors (gonna add Fragile Things to that list once I finish it)
Clive Barker's Books of Blood and Abarat
and most likely there's more haha

[Tiger]

The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy The Shocking Inside Story

The Bundy Murders: A Comprehensive History

The Forest for the Trees

Magic's Pawn

The Black Gryphon

[Tabitha]

B. wrote: "I told someone once about my regularly revisiting 1984 and Howards End and she fixed me with an odd look and asked me "then which of the characters are you?" "

What an odd yet wonderful question!

[Tabitha]

B. wrote: "Tabitha: she was an odd yet wonderful lady! Although, now I reconsider, perhaps she was just calling me a narcissist ... :p"

:P

[Shari-amor]

Jenn wrote: "All the highlander books by Karen Marie Moning. I've read them like 5 times and will be reading them again lol.

Love at first stake series by Kerrelyn Sparks

The Argeneau Vampire series by Linsay..."

Aaaw I love Maggie Shayne. I haven't read one of her books in awhile

[Jacek]

I rarely do read a book more than once. The few significant exceptions:

Zaksięgowani
The Girl Next Door
Off Season

Oh, and there's one book (or, in particular, one story) I read almost every month: a title story from I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream.

[Jacek]

Hm. "The Girl Next Door" is one of my favourite books ever because of the topic and the way it's presented. "Off Season"... I first tried to read it in English, I failed heavily, then read it in Polish (since I've heard a very positive opinion so just needed to see it myself), then re-read it in English. Same thing - the topic and the way the story is told appeals to me.

There's also another thing - as an author, I really appreciate Ketchum's workshop (as it is a direction I would want my writing to go) so re-reading his works lets me concentrate on the way he tells the story rather than the story itself.

[Sarah]

So many!! :)

(the entire series) ...there are many more, but these tend to be go to books when I need a repeat!