Books you read over and over again

[Stacey]

Now that I'm using the library more, I find that I re-read fewer books. That being said, the ones that I come back to again and again:

all of the Harry Potter Books
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (and the following three that tell her whole story)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The Lost Continent
Last Days of Summer
Angela's Ashes
Shopgirl

[Sashana]

Hey Stacey, I tend to re-read the Harry Potter books too. I loved I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings but I didn't read any of her other books in her autobiography. The library is a God sent, too bad I owe some money on my card so I can't use it at the moment :( but I read a lor of eBooks to make uo for library books.

[Samantha]

Judith McNaught - Perfect
Judith McNaught - A Kingdom Of Dreams (Westmoreland.#1)
Julia Quinn - The Duke and I (Bridgertons,#1)
Julia Quinn - The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever (Bevelstoke,#1)
Julie Garwood - The Bride (Lairds' Fiancees,#1)
Julie Garwood - The Wedding (Lairds' Fiancees,#2)

Actually, I read paranormal books more but I dont love read them over and over again. I think historical-romance is best :)

[Katherine]

Samantha you have good taste in book. LOL Though I have not read Garwood yet, I have two on my shelf to read next month.

[Samantha]

Thanks Katherine :) if you like Judith McNaught or Julia Quinn you should try Julie Garwood, too. I think JG's book are so funny:)

[Elise]

Harry Potter (all of them) // J.K.Rowling
Little Women // Louisa May Alcott
Heart-shaped Box // Joe Hill
Watership Down // Richard Adams
Wuthering Heights // Emily Bronte

I love re-reading books. It's like re-visting old friends.

[Sashana]

Elise, it's great that your putting your books to use instead of letting them gather dust on the shelf (I'm guitly of that sometimes).

[Elise]

I can't help but re-read them haha
I love my books, so many of them are very worn out and falling apart! I need to re-buy them.

[Geraldine]

Elise, I know exactly what you mean.I studied for a PHd in Enlish literature so I read, it seems, every classic there is. I loved them all but you know what I want to re-read. A book I read when I wast ten yeears old an will never forget the effect it had on me "A Tale of Two Cities" by my beloved Charles Dickens.

[Geraldine]

Geraldine wrote: "Elise, I know exactly what you mean.I studied for a PHd in Enlish literature so I read, it seems, every classic there is. I loved them all but you know what I want to re-read. A book I read when I was ten years A Tale of two Cities by my beloved Charles Dickens. I can never forget the effect it had on me. It was my first love and always returns to my heart.

[Samantha]

OMG! yes I forgot write it!!!!!! A Tale of two Cities!!!!!!! it's our homework for literature lessons and our class hate to read classics but all of us cried when we reading it. I can remember when I finished the book. I understood that I'm crying when I felt my tears on my face!!! I dont know but if someone need a advice for classics then shoul read A Tale of two Cities!

[Sashana]

I'll read this one for my first Freestyle Challenge. Thanks guys :)

[Samantha]

:) I think you'll like it:)

[Sashana]

I'll tell you what I think of it once I've read it. I'm going to check it out from my library.

[Geraldine]

Yes Samantha, I can still feel the tears running down my face. But I won't tell the story because of those who are reading it yet.

But Samantha, what do you think it is about this book that makes us cry? Are we just sentimental women? And when was the last time somebody read or wrote a good review of ATOTC? Probably when Dickens was alive. Wouldn't that be an interesting/challenging exercise for any writer/reader today? Gerry
modern reader/writer? Gerry

[Geraldine]

Yes, Smantha, I can feel the tears running down my face also.But I won't tell the story because of those who plan on reading it. They You won't be disappointed.
But Samantha, what is it about this book
that makes us cry? And when was the lasst time someone wrote a good/bad review Of AROTC Wouldn't that make an interesting challenge for any reader/writer today? Gerry

[Samantha]

Yeh! we shouldnt tell the story at all because this book really awesome. I dont know actually why we cried I just thought about it and figured out that Dickens wrote it perfectly with deep emotin. When I was reading it I didnt feel myself like ok I'm reading a book and the story bla bla bla... I felt like I'm really in the story like I'm a character so I impressed too much and cried and didnt understand that I'm crying.So I think it impressed us so much and mada us cry because Dickens is a really great author!

[Samantha]

Also I can said that I cried when I'm reading book for 5 times just 5:) so I think yes authors are write great novels but not like some author like Dickens:) I like to read classics and I love Anna Karenina, too:)And I know you can say that you're a really romantic but I love Romeo& Juliet but I cried just when I was reading A Tale of two Cities...

[Nuthouse]

"Return of the Dittos"
"Moe Howard Died For Our Sins"
"Charlotte's Web"
"Cross Creek"
Saki's short stories
"Even Cowgirls Get the Blues"

[Sans]

I've read Abigail Reynolds' Pride & Prejudice Variations several times each. They're amazing books, very true to the original characters. Well, except for The Last Man in the World. That was a bit of a stretch but I still enjoyed it.


These versions were self-published and are being re-released with different names now. Regardless what version you find, these books are simply amazing.

[Lauren]

I don't re-read books often...

[Elaine]

Any books that I read and like, I re-read. Lately:

Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
Tamora Pierce books
Jayne Ann Krentz Arcane series
Jayne Castle Harmony books
Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory Phoenix series

There are lots more, those are just the past week and a half or so.

[Sashana]

Elaine wrote: "Any books that I read and like, I re-read. Lately:

Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
Tamora Pierce books
Jayne Ann Krentz Arcane series
Jayne Castle Harmony books
Mercedes Lackey and Jame..."

I love Tamora Pierce. I can't wait for the third book in the Bekah Cooper series

[Angela]

I read most of my books over and over and over again.
If I don't want to read a book again, I donate it.

[A Voracious Reader (a.k.a. Carol)]

1. Jean M. Auel's Earth Children series
2. LKH's Anita Blake and Merry Gentry series
3. Christine Feehan's Dark series
4. Dan Brown's books
5. Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality series
6. most of Anne McCaffrey's books
7. Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series

[Angela]

The Hobbit, JR Tolkein
The Twilight Series, Stephanie Meyer
The Harry Potter Series, JK Rowling
The Black Dagger Brotherhood, JR Ward
The Night Huntress Series, Jeaniene Frost

[Sashana]

I could probably recite Twilight, that's how obsessed I was.

[Chelly]

Harry Potter and Darkest Powers... it's gotten to the point where I don't even know how many times I've read them

[Melanie]

I'll be rereading Jane Eyre, btw:-) Fabulous book!!

[Nathalie]

I usually reread Treasure Island or Darren Shan's Cirque du Freak series.

[An]

Nikki wrote: The Tomorrow When the War Began Series (John Marsden)

I detested this book when I read it for school... Maybe I should pick it up one day...

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I've read Inkheart more times than I could count and am about to read it again, I think. It was (read: is) my wildest dream come true and I still am captivated by the idea of books and characters being read to life. If only. =p

@Nathalie: The Cirque du Freak series was amazing! Have you read the Demonata series at all?

[Christen]

I have been reading Harry Potter books since I started reading them the first time. It has been a ritual of mine to read them every year and it never gets old.

[NayNay]

The Winter Sea, The Rose Garden, Mariana by Susanna Kearsley
My Name Is Memory by Ann Brashares
Fireflies in December, Cottonwood Whispers, Catching Moondrops by Jennifer Erin Valent
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson
The Diary by Eileen Goudge

[Mary]

I've been wanting to read something by Susanna Kearsley. I've got several of her books on my TBR. *mentally pushes her up on the list*

For me, definitely the Harry Potter series. Like Christen, I reread it all the time. Planning another reread sometime soon, but with all that I have to read, I don't know when it'll happen!

Some others:
Emma by Jane Austen
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier

[Olivia]

A Sealed Fate
'A Sealed Fate' is not my usual kind of read and so I didn't expect much, but I was surprised to be hooked from the first chapter and devoured the whole book in one sitting!

I was impressed by the tightly plotted structure, unusual in a first novel, and even at the most shocking moment, everything still made sense. I have to be careful not to spoil the plot for other readers, but although I was completely surprised by the action of one character, I didn't have any trouble believing the event... the character was so fully rounded, and described so well in earlier chapters. I wonder if I would have been so shocked if a male character in a similar situation had done the same thing. Probably not, so I learned something about myself there!

Although the themes of the book are serious, Ms Gordon has a light touch and a rich vein of humour runs throughout. I laughed out loud on the train more than once. The story is thoroughly modern, but spiritual themes are woven into the plot and the motivations of the characters with a deft hand: a reader without an interest in these subjects would not be bored, but a reader with some knowledge might notice the cleverness of many little details in the writing... extra fun for me!

But the best thing about this book is the characters. The author understands so well how people hang together, how one thing in life relates to another, and how we tend to act in line with our personalities, no matter how perverse this may occasionally be! A real warmth shines through the writing... this author really cares about these characters and I really fell in love with the two main ones! I had a bit of a crush on the love interest too!

My one regret is that we did not get to find out more about Larissa's life beforehand, and I would love to know what happened next. I do hope that the author is planning a sequel, or even a prequel!

[Sarah]

NONE.

[Kat]

My family and I read A Christmas Carol aloud every Christmas Eve (it takes about three hours).

I read Dracula every Halloween.

I've read all of Anne McCaffrey's books over and over.

[Booklover6]

I've re-read:

The Kissing Club by Julia Clarke
The Time of the Ghost by Dianna Wynne-Jones
The Mediator series by Meg Cabot
Chaos Walking trilogy by Patrick Ness
The Gallagher Girls series by Ally Carter and...
Need series by Carrie Jones

I have approximately 120 books on my bookshelf, most of which I've read a couple of time, but those are the ones I always go back to!

[Tabatha]

Duma Key by Stephen King. The audible. I love the narration of it. Also The Gunslinger series by him.

Everything by Terry Pratchett. He just takes me to a happy place. So long as he makes me laugh out loud I'll keep rereading them.

[Jenn]

I read The Time Traveler's WifeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's StoneThe Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your DreamsThe Forbidden Game

[❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Daryl Dixonღ♥ღ]

the Harry Potter books
the books from the Immortal After Dark series by Kresley Cole
the books from the Cowboys by the Dozen series by Tina Leonard
the books from the Bride quartet series by Nora Roberts

[Shelby]

Vampire Academy
Something Witchy This Way Comes
Wait for You
Obsidian
Beautiful Disaster
Fifty Shades of Grey
Perfect Chemistry

[Sarah]

NONE

[MJ Codename: ♕Duchess♕]

One for the Money and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Where the Red Fern Grows.

I've read these books so many times it's ridiculous.

[Nikki]

Easy By Tamara Webber
Breakable By Tamara Webber
The Twilight Series,
The Harry Potter Series,
Beastly By Alex Quinn

[Syndiciate]

The Silmarillion.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
The Belgariad/The Mallorean.
The Uglies Series.
The Hobbit.