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getting old in mke

(813 posts)
7. Sometimes, but rarely
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 03:39 PM
Jun 2012

there are just so many other books out there!

I have listened to some books that I have previously read, and listened to some twice.

But when it comes to eyeballs on paper (ewww), only a few, mostly because they evoke a time and place in my life when I first read them, rather than story. _Throw the Long Bomb!_ by Jack Laflin takes me back to Junior High School football in the late 60s. _The Hobbit_ and _Lord of the Rings_ by Tolkien my father read aloud to us over the course of a year when I was about 14. _Replay_ by Ken Grimwood I read (on and off) while waiting for daughter #1 to make her appearance. I'll reread a Harry Potter from time to time because it was a bridge to talk with the kids during the years when they'd rather not admit to having a father And _World War Z_ by Max Brooks evokes a particularly fun road trip with us and all three girls.

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
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