I once re read A Passage to India 9X.
These days, as a teacher of literature i have to read more than once.The most rewarding books to do this with have been:
Wuthering Heights
The Grass is Singing
Tess of the D'Urbevilles
Animal Farm
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I once re read A Passage to India 9X.
These days, as a teacher of literature i have to read more than once.The most rewarding books to do this with have been:
Wuthering Heights
The Grass is Singing
Tess of the D'Urbevilles
Animal Farm
Like others have said before me, I read books twice because I enjoyed them. It's always a good experience to pick up new things that you didn't really notice before, or think about it in a different light.
Other times I read books twice because the first time I didn't really pay attention, and the books failed to grab me. An example of this would be the time I read 'Northanger Abbey' and enjoyed it 50 times more than the first time. Other times I don't even finish the book and later decide to try it again.
If I read a book twice or more, it's usually for one of these two reasons.
1. pure enjoyment
2. necessity
The Harry Potter books are so effortlessly entertaining that I could read them over and over. I've read the lot about 3 times and found them just as page-turning the 3rd time as I did the first.
As for necessity, an example might be the Anthony Burgess book I'm currently weeding through a second time. There are certain authors I like to reread for both clearity and nit-picking all the 'below the surface' ideas I missed.
Let's see:
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Brave New World - for school
Romeo and Juliet - for school
Antarctica - Journey to the South Pole (at least 3 times for fun)
Second part of Antarctica
The Stranger - for understanding
Notes from Underground - for understanding
Macbeth - once again for school
Run (Eric Walters)
Soldier X
To Kill a Mockingbird
1984
and some more I can't re-call at the moment.
The Count of Monte Christo by Dumas - three times
The Lord of the Rings by Tolkien - three times
Around the world in 80 days by Verne - twice
Jane Eyre-A couple times
Little Women series-Too many to Count
Harry Potter-A few, always read the book to refresh my memory before the movie
Princess Trilogies-A few times
Pride & Prejudice-A couple times
Catcher in the Rye-Three times
The Giver-About three times?
That's all I can think of, off the top of my head.
I have read my English text books some hundred times :D When I was in school I was so fond of the stories in these books that I used to hide these in other text books pretending to read that subject, but I was actually reading the stories :D
Other than that I dont remember reading any novel more than once.
No, you aren't. I also haven't.Quote:
Originally Posted by dramasnot6
I think the only book I read twice was The Lord of the Rings, though only the last book. I read it for the first time quite a while before the whole mania that culminated in the movies about it started. Then I watched the movies, and then I though "mmmh, this seems somehow familiar...", :D then I went to my bookshelf and found the books there, and decided to read the last part to compare with the movie.
But hey, maybe we'll start re-reading all our books once we're retired, eh, Drama ? :p
You're so cute, Madhuri !! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Madhuri
Sherlock Holmes (The man is unbeatable!)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (How I do love that book!)
And, most importantly, the Lord Peter Wimsey books by Dorothy L. Sayers. Come to think of it, in nearly every post I've done I've said something about him. But the reason I love those books is because...(let me see if I can make sense)
First off, DLS had a wonderfully thorough education, and it really shows in her works. The books are chock-full of references to classical literature, especially Homer. As I read more literature then go back to DLS, something new always hits me. Therefore, she is always fresh and new. I first started reading them a couple of years ago; so all of the deep stuff went way over my head. Thankfully, they're good for entertainment too. Now I'm getting older and understanding more, and there is always something new in DLS. WOW!
I've read many of Kurt Vonnegut's books multiple times.I believe I read The Sirens of Titan 4 times in 2006 alone.
They're such fun reads you can almost finish one during a single class period.
I've reread all the Harry Potter books more times than I can count, but have read Alice's aventures in wonderland more times than all of them combined, it can't be beat.
I've also read Stephen King/Peter Straub's The Talisman lots of times too.
:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Schokokeks
'cute' It seems everybody thinks I am cute....:lol: I heard this somewhere else too. :)
I actually had to do it, as my mother wanted me to always study science / maths, and I hated studying these :D So, the need to hide and read stories and novels. :D
Ive read the Harry Potter series more than once, also The Catcher in The Rye twice.
I rarely read a book twice as I read for two reasons, to be entertained or to study and learn. I highlight text and dog ear the pages of almost every book I read. Needless so say I purchase most of my books instead of checking them out of the library.
I am on a current re-read of Practical Solitary Magic by Nancy B. Watson, a guide to developing a balanced psyche, which is my current study and interest in hopes of a more empowered existance.
.......a sweet, sweet perception.................enlightenment takes a little brilliance.........................brilliance to realize an enlightenment exists.... and this is the catalyst taking us away from our former smaller selves....Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetxa
i have read many, many books multiple times, with usually an intervening period of several years between each perusal......
...................... and yet the one that stands out in my mind is titled, The Monkey Wrench Gang, a silly tale of frivilous ecoterrorism. Concerning itself with a few particularly bizarre terrorists in particular, it is a tale of futility and friendship and all else falling between life and death. be prepared to laugh and cry.....................................
*wonders if a book report was the threads purpose...*
P.S.
Jetxa: .........love the quote by Cousins.......
Thank you. Not to complain, and I know this is not a chatty forum, but I have lived all my life in fear. A recent brush wih possible cancer (false alarm) has turned the tables for me and I am determined to find the joy I have long denied myself. Along that line . . .Quote:
Originally Posted by baddad
"Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin." ~ Grace Hansen
We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It would take me pages to list all the books I have re-read over the years. I am a fast reader with good comprehension overall, but I tend to miss things sometimes and thus can find something fresh each time I read something for the second (or third) time. I just finished re-reading My Man Jeeves, The Hobbit and The Bitterbynde trilogy.
Welcome to the forums. Your quest for empowerment is something many of us can share in. I have had a similiar feeling of fear all my life, and am tired of feeling like that...time to shake things up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetxa
(Yes, the forum can be chatty, it depends which area you are posting in. Most folks here are very pleasant company and I hope you will enjoy yourself .)
I've also read several books more than once
Old Shatterhand and Winnetou :P until part 20 or something I read them all at least 6 /7 times.. some parts even more
The Lord of the Rings... 3 times
1984 2 times
I've also read some other books more than once but I forgot about them :)
I've never actually read a book twice. I've tried, but I've found it dare I say, impossible to re-enjoy a book, even if it was magnificent. I've also found it rather pointless, since there are so many new and different books out there to discover.
I've read Black Beauty two or three times, but it's usually after I haven't read it for several years, and can only dimly remember what's happening next. And, since I read it the first time when I was pretty young, I don't think I got all of it, so it was still nice the second time around. Can't think of any others right now.
Tom Sawyer, this one I can remember reading atleast three times. By far my favorite novel character of all time. I've also read Great Expectations twice. Once when I was in 8th grade and then again two months ago. Enjoyed it much more this time around as I didn't have to keep referring to the dictionary as much.
Also I have read all the Harry Potter except Chamber of Secets twice.
Many times I read a book over after seeing it's film adaptation; like to compare, as Claes said. Also, I read many over that I originally read in high school. I re-read "Tale of Two Cities" and probably some other classics such as "Wuthering Heights", "Jane Eyre". I re-read Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" within a few year period, just because it fascinated me. I often re-read short stories or parts of novels. Of course, I have read, more than twice, the same poems or books of poems. I probably re-read many Shakespeare plays, since I had a course in college (many years ago) and read the main ones within the last few years, so that would be a repeat performance. "Hamlet" - I am sure I have read at least twice, if not more, but also I have seen so many productions of it on film, listened to audio versions many times over; I can nearly recite lines from my memory by now. As with films, if I really like the book, it calls for two readings. As Claes said, you always see something new, the second time around; same with movies. Many films I have watched 3 and 4 times, even up to 10 on really well loved ones. I read slow also, Logos, so I know what you mean. But it is a bit of a problem trying to fit in so much reading, with so many good books out there waiting for me to read them. But sometimes familiar ones are like old friends and you just have to read them again, and sometimes again....even again....
George Orwell's Animal Farm and 1984
Stephen King's The Stand
The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit by Tolkien
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
I read and re-read these books often because they all teach me something about myself or other people. Good can overcome evil and even good people can be tempted by evil. Also, history is important to me and I enjoy reading about it.
I haven't gotten through Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee once yet, it made me so mad I'd have to put it down..
Books I've read more then twice:
Dear Enemy by ?
The Lord of the Rings by Tolkien
It and The Stand by Stephen King
Jurassic Park by Chrichton
Well, let's see...I don't really keep track of the numbers after #3!
1. Wuthering Heights (read it the second time for school - that was an easy 'A'!)
2. Jane Eyre (countless times)
3. Persuasion (probably the same amount of times as Jane Eyre - ALOT!!)
4. Maurice (E.M. Forster novel - a few times)
5. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
6. The Phantom of the Opera
7. Pride and Prejudice
8. all of Oscar Wilde's plays (numerous times)
9. Edgar Allan Poe's writings (numerous times)
10. Shakespeare's works (bunch of times)
11. The "Little House" series (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
12. A Tale of Two Cities
13. A Christmas Carol
14. Agnes Grey (Anne Bronte)
That is all I can think of right now. I've been thinking about reading Gone With The Wind and The Mystery of Edwin Drood again. I was planning on reading Pride and Prejudice and Little Women again, anyway. So, I will need to get through those first.
Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment, Animal Farm, Fathers and Sons and numerous of children books which probably no one here ever heard of.
Hugo said something similar: ''It's not bad to die, it's worser not to live.''Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetxa
There are so many...As LadyWentworth said, though, "Wuthering Heights" is the "A"! I must have reas it at least 6 times!
Harry Potter series
Chronicles of Narnia
Precious Bane
There are a lot more I should read again, hehe like Anna Karenina or Crime and Punishment, but I don't have time to reread when I have such a long list.
Maybe one day the list will be longer.
We'll have to discuss this one this weekend! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by amalia1985
I tend not to read the same book twice as there's so many books I want to read but I always tell myself that as soon as I read most of my to-read pile, there's a few books I want to re-read. The problem is that my to-read pile just keeps getting bigger, and I don't know why! But I've read Candide several times, I also read the first and second books of Gargantua and Pantagruel twice.
Poe's Tales, Candide, 1984, The Picture of Dorian Gray and Dom Casmurro =]
I've just read some of the stories in Dubliners (James Joyce) for the second time.
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Different Seasons by Stephen King
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
I'd read them all again anytime.
I forgot about Hemingway!! How could that be? I read, reread Hemingway all time I was in college. I wanted to grow up and be able to write just like him. (but doesn't everyone?) Now I need to go back and read him again. I've forgotten a lot.....must be age. I love his short story, A Clean Well Lighted Place among others.
@Granny5: I love that short story! One of the most powerful writings I've read. But then, Hemingway's works are very powerful.
Here's a link to anyone who hasn't read it:
http://www.mrbauld.com/hemclean.html
I've read Le petit prince by Saint-Exupery at least seven times because it impressed me so much when I was still a little girl and I just can't forget it. I'm reading it right now but in French. :)
I also read Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway and Hesse's Narcissus and Goldmund twice because they were just great and I understood them completely different the second time. And I think I will read them again.
George Santayana's The Last Puritan three times.
Why?
I enjoy books and movies that make me think. This book says a great deal about philosophy and the modern conscience. Because of that I have written many notes along the book's margins. Each chapter is worthy of prolonged discussions and the book leaves you with many more questions than answers.
Other books:
Orwell's 1984 (five times)
Poe's A Cask of Amontillado (thirty times - my favorite short story!)
The Bible (many times as I use it to shake up right wing liars and bigots)
Hemingway's Old Man & The Sea (3x -- a delightful tale)
When I was a youth there was a children's novel entitled Don and the Book Bus that I read many times. Don't know if it's still in print but it was a fun read.
all Jane Austen's twice (some more)
Woolf's Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse; Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury; Lawrence's The Rainbow and Women in Love; some of Forster's. Read them about twice because I think I failed to understand (or at least appreciate them) and they do satisfy with every subsequent readings.