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Curmudgeoness

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3. I reread some books every five to ten years.

Reply to mvccd1000 (Original post)

Sun Jun 3, 2012, 05:11 PM

Jun 2012

If I really love a book, I want to enjoy it again, and that time span is long enough for me to forget all the details. I love to reread a good book because I know that I will enjoy it. There are too many so-so and lousy books that I have read, so an old friend is savored. I always find new things when I reread a book, nuances that I missed before.

There are other books that I read when I was younger, and I forget a lot about them. All I remember is that I loved them at that time in my life.....so I reread them with my different view on life that I have now. Sometimes I still love them, and other time, I don't see what I saw in the book.

My most reread books: "Pride and Prejudice" and "A Tale of Two Cities".

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Do you like to read books a second (or third) time? [View all] mvccd1000 Jun 2012 OP

Almost every single one krispos42 Jun 2012 #1

I reread for many reasons. Staph Jun 2012 #2

Your first paragraph is my main reason.. fadedrose Jun 2012 #4

I reread some books every five to ten years. Curmudgeoness Jun 2012 #3

That's my approach too. Chemisse Jun 2012 #19

You named two of mine that it is time to reread. Curmudgeoness Jun 2012 #20

Nope. I almost never reread books jp11 Jun 2012 #5

Some books I do. I've read ALAS BABYLON several times. I like the way the characters raccoon Jun 2012 #6

Sometimes, but rarely getting old in mke Jun 2012 #7

Varies dmallind Jun 2012 #8

I'm rereading "The Mysterious Island" but this time the original. Sometimes there's dimbear Jun 2012 #9

Where do you find the original Verne Curmudgeoness Jun 2012 #21

Great French site: dimbear Jun 2012 #22

layering and depth violetsurf Jun 2012 #10

A good book is like an old friend JitterbugPerfume Jun 2012 #11

Great way to look at it. mvccd1000 Jun 2012 #12

After re-reading this thread I got a giggle fit... Little Star Jun 2012 #18

I must have re-read The Travis McGee Series... Little Star Jun 2012 #13

I reread books all the time, particularly if they are a series and the new one is coming out mtnester Jun 2012 #14

I do. AngryOldDem Jun 2012 #15

Not as much now as I used to pscot Jun 2012 #16

awesome... fe6252fes Jun 2012 #17

Sometimes. It just depends. Like others who responded here SheilaT Jun 2012 #23

I have a few I reread every decade or so. Mz Pip Jun 2012 #24

Interesting point about Mark Twain. mvccd1000 Jun 2012 #25

It recently dawned on me that "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" was another one of... Tom Ripley Jul 2012 #28

I have re-read Dante about every five years for the last forty years Fortinbras Armstrong Jun 2012 #26

Madame Bovary, Last Exit to Brooklyn, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Ladies Man, In Cold Blood, and Tom Ripley Jul 2012 #27