Is there a book(s) that you can't help but re-read?
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March 26th, 2009
I have so many but all of Christopher Moore’s satire I’ve read more than once.
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White Oleander…3 or 4 times now.
I hate re-reading things. I also hate having to repeat myself and hearing things be repeated. Basically all things repetitive annoy me.
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The Master and Margarita. Considered to be one of the greatest novels of the 20th century, I agree.
A censored version (12% of the text removed and still more changed) of the book was first published in Moscow magazine 1966. It wasn’t until the Soviet Union eased their censorship laws that this masterpiece finally saw the light of day in 1973.
Aren’t you glad this happened so long ago and finally rid themselves of those archaic ideals? Gotta love the Russians!
@Facade You just left yourself wide open to an incredibly annoying comment…you know that right? ;)
@Sr_Q What’s the gist of the novel? It sounds like it may be interesting to me.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide series and the Voidship series.
The Clan of the Cave Bear series, which I have read countless times. :)
Autobiography of Malcolm X
Tales of Power (Carlos Castenada)
I have read all of the Harry Potter books more than once.
@FGS The book woven around the premise of a visit by the Devil to the fervently atheistic Soviet Union. The Devil meets with two atheist who try to convince him, that he himself and the supernatural does not exist. And that when, literally, all hell breaks loose.
The novel has three different setting. As I explained, the first is in Moscow in the 1800s. Then you read a novel within this novel which was written by the Master about Pontius Pilate and Christ. The strong rejection of his book by critics leads to him getting beaten on accusations that he possessed censored literature. This leads to the separation from Margarita, who is left in love and without word of her Master and will now embark in an amazing journey to recover her Master.
You will not be disappointed in this book!
@Sr_Q That does sound good!! I’ll definitely check it out.
Pride and Prejudice.
Sure I know how it ends, but I can’t help myself. I love Mr. Darcy, and I can’t help but laugh at Mr. Collins.
“A Tree Grows In Brooklyn”, “Let’s Go For Broke!”, & the all of the Clan of the Cave Bear books.
I’m a chronic re-reader. It’s why I hate libraries. I don’t want to give the book back, dammit, I may need to read it again someday! I’ve read most books that I like at least twice. There are a few that I’ve read literally hundreds of times. It’s not uncommon for me to have to buy a new copy of a book because the first one fell apart.
God Bless You Mr Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut. I think I’ve read that at least 15 times now since I was 20. The older I get, the more I believe I get what Mr Vonnegut was trying to say.
The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough. I got it last year at a Goodwill and have already reread it twice. I’m fascinated by the Roman Republic; how it was so civilized and utterly savage at the same time.
There are far too many for me to name them all, but Ender’s Game and A Swiftly Tilting Planet are definitely two of my favorites – I could read them over and over and never get tired of them (I’ve actually finished reading Swiftly Tilting Planet, flipped to the front, and started it right over again – I love it that much!
@Sr_Q – I loved Master and Margarita – it’s a really enthralling book, and I’ve definitely thought about reading it again. I actually worked on a stage adaptation of it a few years ago, which was also pretty cool – but nowhere near as powerful as the book. I’ll have to dig up my copy so I can re-read it…
HHGTTG, Jane Eyre, Animal Farm, Harry Potter. There is always something new in those that you didn’t read the first time through.
@Sr_Q Wow – I didn’t even know there was a film – I’ll have to check it out! I wonder if Netflix has it…
THE GREAT GASTBY.
favorite book.
I’ve read The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath umpteenth times. Currently I’m re-reading my battered copy of Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (the southern vampire series about Sookie Stackhouse). I must have read that one about nine times now. I reread all them when a new one comes out, i can never get enough. I have read Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause probably four or five times. I do the same thing with Tithe by Holly Black.
I’m also a huge fan of the classics. Have read Hunchback of Notre Dame several times. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo is a great one too
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