 | Posted by Greg Brown on 23 December, 2007 - 06:51 |
Here's my current list:
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
A Wrinkle in Time
Siddhartha
Watership Down
The Catcher in the Rye
The Hobbit
1984
Animal Farm
The Art of Happiness - Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler
Now - Tolle
Ishmael
The Story of B
Losing Moses on the Freeway
The End of Faith
Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography
Thinking on Paper
The GMP
When Society Becomes an Addict
The True Believer
The Tao Te Ching Definitive Edition
Mark, John, Matthew and Luke (the four gospels themselves)
By: kelliescage at 7 June, 2008 - 16:34
Watership Down is my all time favourite book from childhood- and I wont ever read it again. I suspected that re-reading would tinge my memory of this book and after re-reading one of my all time favourite adult books - Eucalyptus (Murray Bail) and finding it a bit tedious (without the benefit of surprise and wonder) - I am convinced that for me re-reading is definitely not the go!
Anyone else been sadly disappointed re-reading a fav?
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By: tiff_2012 at 14 April, 2008 - 00:42
there is something about the way the book is written, word choice that just seems so powerful i guess. i love reading it because the words flow so beautifully in my head. the story line is also unforgettable in it is easy to get lost in the life of the characters.
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By: TroyM7 at 3 February, 2008 - 10:36
I seem to pick Cloudstreet up around Christmas time each year...Must be the power of summer and long days reading...
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By: KittyK at 7 February, 2008 - 11:50
Cloudstreet is one of my most favourite books - I may have to pick it up again myself sometime soon!
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By: natalie at 2 February, 2008 - 10:25
I loved Watership Down and have reread it numerous times - same with Jonathan Livingston Seagull :-) - and my Madeleine L'Engle books.
I occasionally go through a phase where I reread all my L M Montgomery books (Anne of Green Gables through to Rilla of Ingleside) and also my Little House on the Prairie books.
I'm also rather fond of flicking through the Tintin books.
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By: rebecca at 31 January, 2008 - 22:14
Growing up I read anything by Enid Blyton multiple times. However, I can't think of anything I read more than once after I finished school.
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By: Perrorist at 31 January, 2008 - 18:56
The Magus by John Fowles. He revised the novel and as I had so enjoyed the first version, I couldn't wait to read the second. I should have stopped with the first - the magic wasn't there the second time around.
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By: LeBard at 23 December, 2007 - 11:33
The only books on your list that I've read multiple times are
*The Hobbit
*Mark, John, Matthew and Luke (the four gospels themselves)
Lord of the Rings trilogy series is the most read through set of novel's I own; 4x. I'll have to look into your other titles and revisit them.
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By: KittyK at 7 February, 2008 - 11:52
I recently re-read Breakfast at Tiffanys for another book group and got so much more out of it the second time around - and loved sharing it with others. I think the only problem I have at the moment is that I have too many books that I have to get through first before I re-read others and not enough time to read them in!!!! I need to commute on trains again like I used to I think to get the extra time!
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By: jane eyre at 5 May, 2008 - 16:08
Hey!
I haven't read this a second time but I saw it on "the list" and am temped to read it again, it's The Catcher in the Rye.
When i first read it I thought could this kid be any more self absorbed! But by the time I reached the end I was cheering for him all the way!
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