Comments on: TSS: Re-reading

By: May Reading Reflection « The Bookworm Chronicles

May Reading Reflection « The Bookworm Chronicles — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 05:12:50 +0000

[…] Azkaban last summer but since then I started this and then pretty much forgot all about it. It was Meghan @ Medieval Bookworm that reminded me as she just finished re-reading the whole series. I really enjoyed catching up […]

By: deslily

deslily — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:05:47 +0000

once upon a time I reread a lot more than I do now. However, I have always had some shelves for those books I’ve read more than once and hope to read yet again. That being said I have found that when I seem to get into a reading slump or have a number of books in a row that I found I was not thrilled with.. the best thing to do is grab one of those “favorite” books that you KNOW you will enjoy and let that book (or those books) refresh your outlook on the reading slump. It works every time.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sat, 12 May 2012 14:40:26 +0000

I re-read books when I was younger, but now that the books are a little thicker I feel like I don’t read quickly enough to re-read that often. It takes me a week to read what others can in a few hours, just because I have A.D.D. I can’t focus long enough and I get bored reading even when I am absorbed by a story. For this reason I have sooooo many books to read that I can’t quite make myself re-read many books. I do have about 3 or 4 books I have re-read since I became an adult, but they have to be favorites to make me want to jump back into a story instead of embarking on a brand new adventure.

By: Athira

Athira — Wed, 09 May 2012 00:22:56 +0000

I really really want to reread more often. I don’t feel guilty though – I just figure that if a book is really awesome then it has earned its reread, besides some books become clearer or make us think deeper the second time round. I hope you enjoy your rereads!

By: Howard Sherman

Howard Sherman — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:21:04 +0000

I was an avid re-reader when I was younger thanks to all the free time I had before being a grownup took over my schedule. I had my staples of books I’d re-read; Roger Zelazny’s The Amber Series (all ten of them), Alan Dean Foster’s Spellsinger series, almost any Robert Aspirin book (especially the Myth series and the Phule series).

I still re-read as much as time allows but with so many new books hitting my TBR pile and TBR lists it’s getting harder and harder to re-read my favorites when so many new ones are jumping up and down to get my attention.

By: Kailana

Kailana — Tue, 08 May 2012 09:29:44 +0000

I am terrible with rereading, but I have been doing better… Right now I am rereading Graceling by Kristin Cashore before I read her latest book and yesterday I reread the first Cinderella Fables to refresh my memory before reading the new one. I am quite proud of myself…

As to A Game of Thrones, I have to read the second book before watching the second season. For that reason we have only watched the first episode of season 1. I know the guy will want to continue and so I keep stalling until I read book 2. I read book 1, finally, last year sometime… I am a bit slow…

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 08 May 2012 06:11:42 +0000

I reread a lot when I was younger. I have owned multiple copies of Little Women, Jane Eyre, Ride the Wind, and The Thorn Birds because I devoured them so often. When I started college, I’d only reread during spring break, as a stress reliever. Then I started grad school and bought a Kindle and never reread.
Now that I’m not reading for school anymore, old favorites are calling to me. Despite my ever-growing TBR pile (I live within walking distance of a bookstore, can you imagine??), I keep looking at A.S. Byatt’s Possession, John Crowley’s Little Big, The Count of Monte Cristo, and Harry Potter, with longing.

By: heidenkind

heidenkind — Mon, 07 May 2012 01:39:55 +0000

I love rereading. I usually get a lot more out of a book after rereading it, and enjoy it more. A good story should reveal more of itself with ever reread, imho.

By: jessicabookworm

jessicabookworm — Sun, 06 May 2012 22:55:29 +0000

I know exactly how you feel as a child I was constantly re-reading books. My favourites to re-read included The Hobbit, The Chronicles of Narnia, Just So Stories, and Miss Read's Village School. As an adult though I rarely re-read anything as just like you I'm always thinking there are new books I need to be reading instead! I too started going through the Harry Potter books again but on audiobook but lost memento at the end of last year, really need to get back into this as it was a return to two of my loves from when I was younger.

By: Melissa @ Melissa's Bookshelf

Melissa @ Melissa's Bookshelf — Sun, 06 May 2012 19:02:29 +0000

I totally understand how you feel! I, too, used to be a frequent re-reader, but now that I have a ridiculous number of unread books, it definitely makes me feel guilty to re-read. I did bite the bullet and recently re-read The Hunger Games trilogy and I’m so glad I did. But I think I’ll hold off on other re-reads for awhile to try to make some kind of dent in the TBR pile. One of my favorite authors to re-read is Georgette Heyer. I never tire of her Regency romances!