As embarrassing as this is, I'm a hopeless romantic, so I will re-read The Notebook at least 1x a year (sometimes 2x) because I just love it and I can't help it.
Other favorites that I love to reread are usually books I read in middle school, like.....
Tuck Everlasting
The Giver
To Kill a Mockingbird
One that I recently read, and have already reread was The Lincoln Lawyer.. It's fantastic.
@jennyleigh16 I remember I was in the middle of reading the Draco trilogy when CC got her book deal and all her stuff was taken down from the web. I was so sad I never got to finish it. Is it back online somewhere?
I re-read Atonement by Ian McEwan bi-annually and have done for the past twelve years. I love it.
I have read The Stand by Stephen King many times as well, but it's a thousand plus page monster so it's a bit more of a commitment (although a very quick read.)
My copies of the Narnia series are ripped to shreds too from so much re-reading, but I can't think of the last time I did actually read them (although I read them long after I probably should have into my adolescence.) I also read and re-read all the Anne books by L.M. Montgomery and still do pick those up once in a while when life seems really hard, haha.
And I've read I Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith an embarrassing number of times too.
Coincidentally, all of these books have also had films/miniseries made and I own and love those too - I have a DVD box set with the original BBC Narnia movies, even. I love the ABC miniseries from the 90s of The Stand with Molly Ringwald, Gary Sinese, and Rob Lowe, but I am SO EXCITED that there's talk of a remake.
Have you ever read The Long Walk by Stephen King (er, I think he actually wrote it under the name Richard Bachman). Anyways, so good! It's like the original Hunger Games.
Have you ever read The Long Walk by Stephen King (er, I think he actually wrote it under the name Richard Bachman). Anyways, so good! It's like the original Hunger Games.
Yup, a long time ago. It was a great story.
I had an awesome collection of the Bachmen books from a thrift store, but my asshole ex stole it. ):
Have you ever read The Long Walk by Stephen King (er, I think he actually wrote it under the name Richard Bachman). Anyways, so good! It's like the original Hunger Games.
Yup, a long time ago. It was a great story.
I had an awesome collection of the Bachmen books from a thrift store, but my asshole ex stole it. )
Jealous - I love thrift store book finds like that. Stephen King is my one concession to kind of trashy books. I mostly read more "literature" and I'm not generally into pulp or anything that only comes in mass-market-paperback-form, but I make an exception for Stephen King. His stuff is vivid in a way that no one else touches, I don't care how lowbrow some people consider it.
Have you ever read The Long Walk by Stephen King (er, I think he actually wrote it under the name Richard Bachman). Anyways, so good! It's like the original Hunger Games.
Yup, a long time ago. It was a great story.
I had an awesome collection of the Bachmen books from a thrift store, but my asshole ex stole it. )
Jealous - I love thrift store book finds like that. Stephen King is my one concession to kind of trashy books. I mostly read more "literature" and I'm not generally into pulp or anything that only comes in mass-market-paperback-form, but I make an exception for Stephen King. His stuff is vivid in a way that no one else touches, I don't care how lowbrow some people consider it.
I got it for a dollar!
I actually read anything. My tastes are crazy vast. Goodreads was not pleased when I tried to pick every genre as my favorite, haha!
The Night Circus by Erin Morganstern. I had a shitty weekend and I had just finished a book on Friday, so I went right for it on my shelf.
I'm sure I have others, but I can't think of them right now. The "right" book for the "right" moment it's needed always seems to find me.
I absolutely love The Night Circus. I've been trying to get my hands on a British first edition, it has black edged pages and a clock set to 1:00 on the front (1st edition, get it?).
It's one of those books for me that when I'm done reading it, I feel like I'm coming out of a dream. Like things aren't really as real as they should be, and everything's...shifted, somehow. Like reality's a little thinner and things can be more magical and different.
Does anyone else get that way after reading a good book? Or just me?
I re-read Harry Potter every time I move (I've moved around a lot the past 5 years or so). A place never feels like home until I've read Harry Potter there.
Other books I read just because I love them - Ella Enchanted, Inkheart, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Count of Monte Cristo
Have you read the Unicorn Chronicles by Bruce Coville? Given how much your list of favorites overlaps with mine, I think you'd like these.
The "Midnighters" trilogy by Scott Westerfeld. I read it once every year. It never gets old, and I fall in love with it again every time I pick it up.
I just re-read the Harry Potter series. I'm amazed at how much I missed the first time. I think it's because I'd get the new book and race race race to the finish so the internet wouldn't ruin it for me. I loved them the first time I read them, but I got so much more out of them when I read them at human speed. It was nice "visiting" Hogwarts again too.
"It" by Stephen King. It was the first of his that I read, and it's stayed with me. Yes, it's scary, but it's also a damn good STORY. I feel the same way about "The Shining", but I haven't re-read that one yet (probably because it's still in the freezer).
Have you ever read The Long Walk by Stephen King (er, I think he actually wrote it under the name Richard Bachman). Anyways, so good! It's like the original Hunger Games.
Suuuch a good book. I really like the older Stephen King stuff. Gerald's Game, Dolores Claireborne, The Tommyknockers, not so much of his new stuff. I got about a quarter of the way into the one about the JFK assassination and put it down in favour of a different book. Though Under the Dome is a fantastic book. IMO they butchered the tv show.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn- I fell in love with it in 6th grade and still feel remember most of it Anything by Isabel Allende, but her first 4 books are my favorites (House of the Spirits, Eva Luna, etc.) Like Water for Cholate
I've never read Harry Potter or Outlander either. But I loved the HP movies and the Outlander series. Contemplating starting those.
I revisit A Tree Grows in Brooklyn at least once a year. Now I want to read the Christmas Eve scene.
The Discworld novels. Seriously, Terry Pratchett knows my soul.
Also Stephen King's The Eyes of the Dragon, and Sheri S. Tepper's Jinian Footseer (I know it's part of a series, but I didn't know that when I first read it, aged 10 or so). Sadly I have lost my copies of both books, and now no longer lend books to anyone but mom, sis, and one bestie.
I'm also kinda addicted to Catherine Alliott, but she's not really popular or well-known here, so I have trouble getting hold of her books.
Small Gods is one of my all-time favourite books. It certainly reaffirmed my atheism and it was such an interesting take on organized religion told through satire. I've recommended it to half a dozen people and they all loved it and ended up picking up more Discworld books.
@littlemushroom I managed to grab the Draco Trilogy from a commenter on her "I'm published and can't be online anymore" post. I'll have to check my old laptop and see if I still have them saved. If so, PM me your email address and I'll send them to you.
-"Joey... do you want to put the book in the freezer?"
Seriously, one of my all time favorite books. And even though I only talk to one of my sisters, it makes me think about the way things used to be before it all became so complicated.
I am the type of person who reads books to make me cry. It just makes me feel so much better. The world always seems sweeter after reading a really sad book.
-"Joey... do you want to put the book in the freezer?"
Seriously, one of my all time favorite books. And even though I only talk to one of my sisters, it makes me think about the way things used to be before it all became so complicated.
I am the type of person who reads books to make me cry. It just makes me feel so much better. The world always seems sweeter after reading a really sad book.
Have you read A Thousand Splendid Suns? I loved crying at that book!
No, I haven't. It is, definitely, on my list, now.
I need to spend more time reading. The books that have been waiting for me to spend time with them are The Invention of Wings, by Sue Monk Kidd, and the Poisonwood Bible. They have been sitting on my dresser for months.
No, I haven't. It is, definitely, on my list, now.
I need to spend more time reading. The books that have been waiting for me to spend time with them are The Invention of Wings, by Sue Monk Kidd, and the Poisonwood Bible. They have been sitting on my dresser for months.
OH my God. I don't know if you saw my post earlier but Poisonwood Bible is hands down my favorite book of all time. It is so beautifully written and it will make you cry as well. If I could only have one book ever for the rest of my life it would be that one. Please read it and let me know what you think!
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn- I fell in love with it in 6th grade and still feel remember most of it Anything by Isabel Allende, but her first 4 books are my favorites (House of the Spirits, Eva Luna, etc.) Like Water for Cholate
I've never read Harry Potter or Outlander either. But I loved the HP movies and the Outlander series. Contemplating starting those.
I revisit A Tree Grows in Brooklyn at least once a year. Now I want to read the Christmas Eve scene.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is one of my absolute, all time favorite books. I'm going to dig out tonight when I get home and read it again.
The Night Circus by Erin Morganstern. I had a shitty weekend and I had just finished a book on Friday, so I went right for it on my shelf.
I'm sure I have others, but I can't think of them right now. The "right" book for the "right" moment it's needed always seems to find me.
I absolutely love The Night Circus. I've been trying to get my hands on a British first edition, it has black edged pages and a clock set to 1:00 on the front (1st edition, get it?).
It's one of those books for me that when I'm done reading it, I feel like I'm coming out of a dream. Like things aren't really as real as they should be, and everything's...shifted, somehow. Like reality's a little thinner and things can be more magical and different.
Does anyone else get that way after reading a good book? Or just me?
I know exactly what you mean. I am transported when I read a book, and this one was over-the-top good! I re-read right around the time of my post. So, so, so good!
No, I haven't. It is, definitely, on my list, now.
I need to spend more time reading. The books that have been waiting for me to spend time with them are The Invention of Wings, by Sue Monk Kidd, and the Poisonwood Bible. They have been sitting on my dresser for months.
OH my God. I don't know if you saw my post earlier but Poisonwood Bible is hands down my favorite book of all time. It is so beautifully written and it will make you cry as well. If I could only have one book ever for the rest of my life it would be that one. Please read it and let me know what you think!
PWB is a great book; I'm scared to read the author's other stuff for fear it would never live up...
Scott Westerfeld is fantastic. I have yet to read anything he's written that I didn't adore (but I haven't read The Last of Us yet).
Harry Potter is hands. down. my favorite of all time. I just finished my quasi-annual reread of them and they are NEVER EVER the exact same book twice. I think I've read them all about 17 times now.
HOWLS. YES. HOWLS.
The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater. I love her, but the Raven Cycle feels like her masterwork. It has its claws in me just as firmly as HP, I'd say. Fantastic.
The Giver is another resounding yes. Always. Gathering Blue was okay but not nearly as good. I haven't read the rest of them, because none of them could live up to The Giver.
Ender's Game. Fantabulous. Planning on reading it on the plane this week. Again. So good.
The Book Thief made me absolutely WEEP. I want to read it again too.
To Kill a Mockingbird is so so good. So good. Plus, Harper Lee is an Alabama Author, and that's what drew me to her first: Someone could come out of this place and be that good of an artist. I honestly didn't believe it at the time (I was a young kid, living in a crappy part of town, where "weird" was not okay) and seeing that she was an Alabama author made me have hope that I could maybe do it too.
John Green. Looking for Alaska and The Fault in our Stars. (I don't reread TFIOS though; I can't put the characters through it again. So sad.)
I read books. I don't care if they're Literature or simply fan service. The whole Literature versus Genre divide makes me crazy. It's like the Literature side of the debate believes that everything labeled Literature is printed with ink made of caviar, escargot, and gold nuggets, while the hoi polloi get mass-marketed Genre crap shot out the end of a pen, and the Genre side think that Literature is uncreative hoity-toity bullshit while Genre is full of fantasy and brilliant creativity and the freedom to write whatever the hell you want. And, frankly, that's just not how it is. I've read plenty of Literature that's pure crap, and plenty of Genre that is fantastic. I've also read plenty of Literature that's fantastic, and plenty of shitty Genre. I've read Literature that's just as much fantasy as Genre fantasy, and Genre that's just as down-to-earth as Literature. I don't understand why one is deemed fancy and the other "lowbrow."
Bright Lights, Big Ass by Jen Lancaster. I love her. She signed my dog-eared copy. Her adventures in Chicago living never fail to make me giggle with camaraderie. She has a lot of memoirs now and a couple fiction books, but that is definitely my favorite.
Scott Westerfeld is fantastic. I have yet to read anything he's written that I didn't adore (but I haven't read The Last of Us yet).
Harry Potter is hands. down. my favorite of all time. I just finished my quasi-annual reread of them and they are NEVER EVER the exact same book twice. I think I've read them all about 17 times now.
HOWLS. YES. HOWLS.
The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater. I love her, but the Raven Cycle feels like her masterwork. It has its claws in me just as firmly as HP, I'd say. Fantastic.
The Giver is another resounding yes. Always. Gathering Blue was okay but not nearly as good. I haven't read the rest of them, because none of them could live up to The Giver.
Ender's Game. Fantabulous. Planning on reading it on the plane this week. Again. So good.
The Book Thief made me absolutely WEEP. I want to read it again too.
To Kill a Mockingbird is so so good. So good. Plus, Harper Lee is an Alabama Author, and that's what drew me to her first: Someone could come out of this place and be that good of an artist. I honestly didn't believe it at the time (I was a young kid, living in a crappy part of town, where "weird" was not okay) and seeing that she was an Alabama author made me have hope that I could maybe do it too.
John Green. Looking for Alaska and The Fault in our Stars. (I don't reread TFIOS though; I can't put the characters through it again. So sad.)
I read books. I don't care if they're Literature or simply fan service. The whole Literature versus Genre divide makes me crazy. It's like the Literature side of the debate believes that everything labeled Literature is printed with ink made of caviar, escargot, and gold nuggets, while the hoi polloi get mass-marketed Genre crap shot out the end of a pen, and the Genre side think that Literature is uncreative hoity-toity bullshit while Genre is full of fantasy and brilliant creativity and the freedom to write whatever the hell you want. And, frankly, that's just not how it is. I've read plenty of Literature that's pure crap, and plenty of Genre that is fantastic. I've also read plenty of Literature that's fantastic, and plenty of shitty Genre. I've read Literature that's just as much fantasy as Genre fantasy, and Genre that's just as down-to-earth as Literature. I don't understand why one is deemed fancy and the other "lowbrow."
Re: Go-To Books?
As embarrassing as this is, I'm a hopeless romantic, so I will re-read The Notebook at least 1x a year (sometimes 2x) because I just love it and I can't help it.
Other favorites that I love to reread are usually books I read in middle school, like.....
Tuck Everlasting
The Giver
To Kill a Mockingbird
One that I recently read, and have already reread was The Lincoln Lawyer.. It's fantastic.
@jennyleigh16 I remember I was in the middle of reading the Draco trilogy when CC got her book deal and all her stuff was taken down from the web. I was so sad I never got to finish it. Is it back online somewhere?
I'm sure I have others, but I can't think of them right now. The "right" book for the "right" moment it's needed always seems to find me.
Recently read A Handmaid's Tale and already want to read it again.
Another vote for Harry Potter. In fact, I think I will start the series again tonight thanks to this thread!
I also read Beloved and White Oleander a lot.
I revisit A Tree Grows in Brooklyn at least once a year. Now I want to read the Christmas Eve scene.
Have you read A Thousand Splendid Suns? I loved crying at that book!
OH my God. I don't know if you saw my post earlier but Poisonwood Bible is hands down my favorite book of all time. It is so beautifully written and it will make you cry as well. If I could only have one book ever for the rest of my life it would be that one. Please read it and let me know what you think!
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is one of my absolute, all time favorite books. I'm going to dig out tonight when I get home and read it again.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Harry Potter series
Interview with the Vampire
I know almost all of these have been made into movies, but I fell in love with the books first, damnit!
Scott Westerfeld is fantastic. I have yet to read anything he's written that I didn't adore (but I haven't read The Last of Us yet).