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One of the main reasons I buy books, rather than check them out of a library, is that I am a re-reader. I would etimate that every six months or so I pick up a book that I read a few years ago and re-read it--and I enjoy it just as much, and sometimes more, than I did on the first go-round. There may be a big stack of new, unread books sitting by my bed, but I ignore them and re-read an "old" book. Sometimes I re-read several older books. About once a year I go on a re-read kick with a particular author--Steven King, Jonathon Kellerman, Michael Connelly, Amy Tan--and re-read everything he or she has written to date.

These days, thanks to having seen it mentioned in another thread, I'm re-reading The Secret History.

What are your re-reading habits?

Fiona wrote: "I love re-reading - you can pick up so much more from reading again - a different perspective, something you missed on the first read perhaps - and some books once you know the ending you will see ..."

Fiona, that is so true! I always seem to pick up on new things and understand more subtle references when I re-read a book.

i LOVE to re-read. some i re-read more than others, and i have one book that i used for the summer challenge that i will be using again for the fall challenge. one of my favorites to re-read is Jennifer Crusie, especially Faking It. i have parts of the book memorized, but it makes me laugh every time that i cant help but re-read every couple of months.

I don't reread too much any more. I used to read the whole Chronicles of Narnia once a year. And I recently read all of Anne of Green Gables for the second time since my first 12 years ago. But I have to agree, there are so many new books out there and all my other hobbies, I don't feel like I have time to reread. I do rewatch things a lot when I crochet, but that's only because my library doesn't have any good audio books.

Like Abigail I don't re-read as much as I use too. Finding too many other things I want to try. As they say too much literature not enough time. But I used too a lot, and still there is a few ones I will keep going back too. Like Terry Pratchett's disc-world novels, or Cross Stitch (aka Outlander) which is really good when you are having a bad day. Pride and Prejudice, Pillars of the Earth, and anything by Michael Chabon.

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Im a little OCD about that.... sorry!

I usually don't re-read.

I try to re read my favorites every couple of years. Amazingly I can always find something that escaped me, or i forgot about.

I am sure I would benefit from re-reading, but I just don't.

I guess I should try. :)

I re-read occassionally. Sometimes it is unintentional as in I pick up a book, it sounds good, I start to read it and the farther I go the more I think "gee I think I've read this" but I'm not 100% sure so I read a little more and then I think "yep, I'm pretty sure I've read this" and I read a little farther and I know I've read it but I can't quite remember how it ends so I just finish it. Other times I re-read a book intentionally. My two favorite books to re-read are Little Women and Gone With The Wind. I have probably read both of them at least a dozen times each. I have also re-read Stranger in a Strange Land and Time Enough for Love both by the amazing Robert A. Heinlein. I am currently reading For Us, the Living A Comedy of Customs by Heinlein. It is supposed to be the first book he wrote and was not published during his life time. I just heard of it and had to read it as I have read (and own) all of his other books. Reading this book makes me want to go back and re-read several of his other books that I just don't remember the stories all that well.

For the most part though I don't re-read. There are truly too many books and not enough time (in my lifetime) to read all the books that I would like to read and with new wonderful books being published every year re-reading is just not a luxury that I allow myself very often.

I re-read all the time; particularly if I hit a "bad stretch" with the new books I'm reading and need a palate cleanser.

The only book I ever re-read wasA Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I keep a lot of my favorites around just to re-read but somehow always seem to gravitate to something new. You all are convincing me though.

I re-read a lot- it's like seeing an old friend again! I feel like I get new things out of a book every time I read it, especially since as you get older your perspective on things changes.

Re-reading is a good practice especially for literature. Now with my socialization on goodreads, I may find more books to re-read and discuss. :D

I re-read all the time. It's very relaxing to read a book you've already read. And it gives you an opportunity to notice or remember details that you either didn't notice at the first reading or didn't remember. I read Kipling's Mowgli at about age 10. I used to reread this book about twice a year, then during high school and college about once a year. As I got older, I read it less often, but it occurs to me that it's about time I read it again. It will be a good book for the Around the World in 80 Books challenge!

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Every summer. One of my holiday pleasures and traditions is to re-read a Regency romance or two by Georgette Heyer.

I sometimes re-read nonfiction but I never intentionally re-read fiction. (I have occasionally, without realizing it, purchased a book I've already read. Then I feel like I kind of have to read it again!)

I also don't like to watch a movie I've already seen. I guess I get bored easily. Knowing what's going to happen next sort of spoils the adventure for me.

Perhaps it also has to do with the genre. Historical novels, literature, etc., may be more pleasurable to re-read than mysteries/suspense.

Up until recently I almost never reread. I always meant to, but reading new books always seems more pressing. However, lately I've become a huge propenent of it. I started to reread East of Eden, one of my favorite books of all time, and have found it to be much more profound the second time around (and I thought it was very profound the first time around). I now believe this is the best way to read all books and if schools had time this is how they should be taught in class as well. That way the first time a books was read it could be read purely for plot and enjoyment, but the second time around you can go through and find the bits that stand out and foreshadow and all that other stuff, which is then easier since you know where the story is going.

'Harry Potter' is next on my reread list.

Lisa Anne wrote: "'Harry Potter' is next on my reread list. "

Harry Potter is my rereading WEAKNESS! I've read the first four more than ten times (since they have obviously been out much longer), and the others a few times. I just love those books :)

Mary wrote: "One of the main reasons I buy books, rather than check them out of a library, is that I am a re-reader. I would etimate that every six months or so I pick up a book that I read a few years ago and ..."

how can you reread a book mary i have tried it an it seems to be so boring

Denise wrote: "how can you reread a book mary i have tried it an it seems to be so boring "

You can't do it right away. The point is to revisit something you do not remember completely, or something that was so epic that following that journey once more can be exhilarating, and you may pick up on things you missed the first time around. Also, it's fun to take another look at books you read at different points in your life. I have gone back and read several things I read in high school again, to find that now I have a completely different opinion of/take on the book.

I love re-reading books. There are a few books that I have read about 2 dozen times and i still havent tired of them. The first time I read a book, I am in a rush to know what happens in the end, what the climax/anti-climax is like. The next time, its more of getting to know the characters and picking up all the nuances that I missed the first time. After that, re-reading is just for pure pleasure!!!

The two books that I have re-read the most are Gone With The Wind and Little Women. I love Louisa May and continue to read her books even though I am 57. I have also re-read Stranger in a Strange Land and Time Enough for Love both by Robert A. Heinlein. I just read (for the first time) For Us, the Living A Comedy of Customs by Heinlein. It is supposed to be the first book he ever wrote (in 1938) and published after his death. Although I can see why it wasn't published (I love this man's writing but this book was mediocre) by reading it I am now wanting to go back and re-read some of his books.

I only tend to re-read books that I really, really like. Otherwise, I mostly won't bother.

There aren't that many I'll spend the time to re-read. I think what I like about books is their ability to constantly surprise me. Books I've read I seem to remember fairly well, hence no surprise. There are exceptions, though, particularly the works of Dickens & Austen.

I'm a huge re-reader. The ones I mostly re-read are the Sisterhood of Traveling Pants series, Lucky by Alice Sebold, and of course the Harry Potter series. I re-read the Harry Potter series this year, and it was my first time re-reading The Deathly Hallows. What was weird was that after I finished, I had the urge to re-read it again (just that book). I really had to stop myself. I've never wanted to re-read a book right after I immediately read it, but it's just that good.

There are very few books that I would re-read...The Great Gatsby is one of them though.

Amber wrote: "There are very few books that I would re-read...The Great Gatsby is one of them though."

I did not enjoy the book. I can't tell you why,other than it did not appeal to me.

I haven't been able to bring myself to re-read because there's so many books I haven't read that i want to read, that I can't see myself wasting time reading something I already read. However, I do plan on re-reading, Don Quixote, Art lover, Fortunes Rock.

Generally if I re-read something it's after a long period of time has gone by--three years or more--and because I really, really enjoyed the book.

Examples:
The Stand -- Stephen King (which I've now read three times, I think)
The Hitchhiker's Guide series --Douglas Adams (the first four anyway... I've only read Mostly Harmless once so far)
The World According to Garp -- John Irving
Strangers -- Dean Koontz
Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn -- Mark Twain
Red Dwarf novels -- Grant Naylor
To Kill a Mockingbird -- Harper Lee

Alisha wrote: "I'm a huge re-reader. The ones I mostly re-read are the Sisterhood of Traveling Pants series, Lucky by Alice Sebold, and of course the Harry Potter series. I re-read the Harry Potter series this ..."

I read somewhere that J.K. Rowling's point was to get the reader to re-read the entire series after finishing the Deathly Hallows because of what you learn in the final book. I FINALLY got around to reading it at the end of the summer this year and when i finished, even though I had just re-read the last several books, I wanted to read the whole series again.

The only book I have ever re-read was To Kill a Mockingbird. I just never have liked reading the same books over. There are too many new books out to discover. I am the same way about movies, I hardly ever watch a movie a second time.

I think the only book I've ever re-read is Shag, Last of the Plains Buffalo when I was 10 or 11. I always feel like there's too much new stuff to get to, so there's no time for re-reading and I've rarely felt that a book had more to offer me once I finished it. That second factor has changed this year with my reading of Gravity's Rainbow and V. by Thomas Pynchon. As much as I got from the first readings, I know there's more to get from subsequent readings under different life circumstances. I have a feeling that most of Pynchon's work will be that way for me.

I do not usually reread books at this point in my life. There were years where I did reread a number of books like The Lord of the Rings or Morning Glory. I have recently reread a couple of books by Jodi Picoult and Chris Bohj... This has been to help with books I read when they first came out and then I reread them again for one of my book groups.

Marti wrote: "I do not usually reread books at this point in my life. There were years where I did reread a number of books like The Lord of the Rings or Morning Glory. I have recently reread a couple of books..."

Did you find you had a different perspective, especially if it had been years since you had last read them?