Is it possible to over-read a book?

[Kat]

Have you read a book too often? What's your most read book?

[Kaila]

I think I've only reread The Count of Monte Cristo. I loved that book. But I've only been an avid reader for the last 2 years or more. My to-read list is so long. I tried rereading Invisible Monsters a little while ago but I got bored and moved on.

What are your favorites to reread?

[Kat]

I've listened to Pattern Recognition so often, I almost know it word for word.

The Millennium Trilogy were on loop for a while, until I started to pick holes in the plot....

[Kaila]

Kat wrote:
The Millennium Trilogy were on loop for a while, until I started to pick holes in the plot...."

Uh, oh...I wouldn't want to know the plot holes either. I don't think I picked them out in my read. I like to live in perfect plot ignorance when I can. ;)

[Kaila]

I'll probably reread The Gargoyle at some point. I fell in love with that story.

[Kat]

It's a book I've read a few times, but cant read anymore - it's one of those books that tears at your insides.

I just picked up Zoo City by Lauren Beukes, and she's an author on Goodread - she's listed as reading the Gargoyle at the moment :)

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman is probably my most read book - I've read several copies until the covers fell off.

[Kat]

I first read Good Omens as a teenager, and still love it to this day. Initially it was just a very good, funny, clever story.

As a mother, it means even more now, especially as the mother of boys. I see a lot of Adam in Jack. It's a good book that feels like it has a deeper meaning, in the nature v nuture debate. While Adam is the son of Satan, he's brought up in a normal household, without influence. Half devil, half angel, all human.

[Kaila]

Very interesting. I put it on my "to read" list.

You are so right about The Gargoyle tearing your insides out. I cried like a baby for a long time when I finished that book. Heart wrenching.