tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755001368713174831.post8821468403366269263..comments2024-03-28T21:16:19.040-05:00Comments on kay's reading life: In which I discuss my love of re-reading -- do you, don't you, should you???Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13495669354860191042noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755001368713174831.post-82566297133176232252015-04-28T05:54:30.089-05:002015-04-28T05:54:30.089-05:00It is like listening to favorite song or watching ...It is like listening to favorite song or watching a favorite movie or TV show again. I know that some don't like that - the TV and movie watching - my husband doesn't - but some, like us, it's lovely. Yes, I've decided I'll just write about whatever I'd like - reread or not. :-)Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495669354860191042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755001368713174831.post-50332625667364264662015-04-27T21:50:39.329-05:002015-04-27T21:50:39.329-05:00Oh, how I loved reading this! I do read books over...Oh, how I loved reading this! I do read books over again. A few I've read several times each: The Bachelor Brothers' Bed&Breakfast, The Diary of a Nobody, Three Men in a Boat, Miss Read books, The Sun Also Rises, The Great Gatsby, Anne of Green Gables, many PG Wodehouse stories/books, Mrs Dalloway, To The Lighthouse, and one of the Rabbi Small books by Harry Kemelman (and plan to reread them all). Okay, I'll quit. But YES, I love reading books again that I have loved. It's like music. If I like an album I'll listen to it over and over again! Or a tv show or movie. Great post, and please do write about the old books.<br />Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755001368713174831.post-63125995812298928672015-04-26T21:14:26.944-05:002015-04-26T21:14:26.944-05:00It is hard to pull away from the new and shiny to ...It is hard to pull away from the new and shiny to go back and look at the older and well-loved. I totally understand. :-)Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495669354860191042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755001368713174831.post-2129606530008345622015-04-26T13:53:57.783-05:002015-04-26T13:53:57.783-05:00I do like to reread books and I try to keep only t...I do like to reread books and I try to keep only the books I am willing or planning to reread. But it is always a competition between wanting to read new books from my huge TBR piles or reread the old ones. My goal this year is to reread at least six books. I regularly reread Rex Stout mysteries, but there are a lot of other authors I would like to reread.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755001368713174831.post-64558333222472155442015-04-21T16:38:02.052-05:002015-04-21T16:38:02.052-05:00I know not everyone likes to get on the reread wag...I know not everyone likes to get on the reread wagon. And I do understand about so many new books out there. I haven't read Jane Eyre in so many years. I should try that book again.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495669354860191042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755001368713174831.post-46431791170207859252015-04-21T11:43:28.031-05:002015-04-21T11:43:28.031-05:00I so rarely re-read books. I have re-read only a h...I so rarely re-read books. I have re-read only a handful in my life. I do like the idea of revisiting books I read in print in audio format--and have done so just once so far. It's always been my intention that I will re-read certain books. One of my criteria for keeping books I've read is so I can someday re-read them. Like I said though, it rarely happens. Too many yet-to-be read books to read that seem to take my attention.<br /><br />The only reason I am re-reading (for the third time) Jane Eyre right now is because my husband is reading it for the first time and asked me if I wanted to read it with him. I'm so glad I said yes!Literary Felinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13079276242303738719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755001368713174831.post-51973228937351245472015-04-21T05:30:09.346-05:002015-04-21T05:30:09.346-05:00What a fun thing to reread the Harry Potter books ...What a fun thing to reread the Harry Potter books with a grandchild. Good luck with that! And thanks for sharing that I wasn't the only kid with mostly library books for company. LOLKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495669354860191042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755001368713174831.post-8542677155625322972015-04-21T05:28:49.283-05:002015-04-21T05:28:49.283-05:00Diane, you mention of A Separate Peace is the seco...Diane, you mention of A Separate Peace is the second one here. I've not ever read that book. Guess I should. I do remember The Pearl. And I have donated or gifted a lot of my books too. Just not all of them or I've found copies of well loved ones again in the library or at a used bookstore and gotten them again. Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495669354860191042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755001368713174831.post-2813479614166423352015-04-21T05:26:54.257-05:002015-04-21T05:26:54.257-05:00Thanks! If you like those authors, we are indeed ...Thanks! If you like those authors, we are indeed bookish kindred souls. I think will try to share some thoughts on my rereads. I mean, why not? These are good books that others might not know about, even if they have been around for a while. Who ever said that we could only read 'new' books, right? And I've thought about rereading the Lacey books too. ;-)Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495669354860191042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755001368713174831.post-67620193289428816552015-04-21T05:21:06.236-05:002015-04-21T05:21:06.236-05:00I laughed at no love stories unless in a haunted h...I laughed at no love stories unless in a haunted house! I understand.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495669354860191042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755001368713174831.post-76108758657723663942015-04-21T04:12:00.076-05:002015-04-21T04:12:00.076-05:00We couldn't afford books when I was a child ei...We couldn't afford books when I was a child either although I did get a few at Christmas. I also borrowed my brother's once I got old enough to read what he was reading and these - Enid Blyton and a few boy's adventure books - I read over and over and over. Other than those I was a child who used the library, like you and there were a few books I took out again and again.<br /><br />I'm not a huge rereader but there are a few I love that I like to reread every few years, such as several Georgette Heyer books, mainly because I love them so much. I'm rereading the Narnia books this year but have got stuck after two because sadly they are just not as good as I remember them from when I was a child. Tempted too by a reread of the Harry Potter books. I plan to read the first one with my grandson in the summer so that will kick me off. Nice post, Kay.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755001368713174831.post-39331139132257741732015-04-20T20:27:34.387-05:002015-04-20T20:27:34.387-05:00Those are some great favorite authors Kay. Unfort...Those are some great favorite authors Kay. Unfortnately, I rarely reread anything, as I feel guilty when so many unread books sit on my shelves. I actally donate or gift my books once I've read them. <br /><br />A few books I've reread were: TC Boyle's Tortilla Curtain (loved that book), A Separate Peace, The Pearl, and a few other classics from high school that I enjoyed.(Diane) Bibliophile By the Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10519875632878992728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755001368713174831.post-41160570207730608792015-04-20T19:29:15.578-05:002015-04-20T19:29:15.578-05:00I feel Ike we are bookish kindred souls ( if that ...I feel Ike we are bookish kindred souls ( if that is a thing at least). Lol! I love, love, love Agatha Christie, Barbara Michaels, Elizabeth Peters, and so many of your other favorites listed. I love to reread especially when I am in a reading slump and a lot of my audiobooks are rereads. I also like to reread series books when it has been awhile since I read that series and I have forgotten important details. I am considering rereading the Lacey Flint series at some point just because I love them so much. I would love to read your thoughts on your rereads if you do share just because these are some of my favorite authors :)samantha.1020https://www.blogger.com/profile/04124614710493747821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755001368713174831.post-33874177147447193412015-04-20T18:55:17.316-05:002015-04-20T18:55:17.316-05:00Ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto for your favorite autho...Ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto for your favorite authors and types of books as a child. Not love stories unless they involved a haunted house. lol. I tend to only re-read classics: Agatha Christie, Wuthering Heights was a favorite that I read a few times, Phyllis Whitney...I think to reminisce. I just don't have as much time to read as I would like, (all day) so I tend to read new books. Gayle https://www.blogger.com/profile/05324288437647224038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755001368713174831.post-7778699183889686362015-04-20T16:42:03.491-05:002015-04-20T16:42:03.491-05:00I hear you, Linda and agree with what you are sayi...I hear you, Linda and agree with what you are saying. I've found that in the last few years, when I've had hard, stressful times with family illness or the like, my reading has gravitated to the 'comfort' side of things. Sometimes, it has been all I do to pick up a well-loved book and bury myself - but, it was the right thing because the stress would ease and I'd feel better after a while. I think the books we re-visit are so personal to us too. By the way, I enjoyed both Winter Solstice and September, but haven't read either in a long time. :-)Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495669354860191042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755001368713174831.post-64619270069566606452015-04-20T16:18:49.900-05:002015-04-20T16:18:49.900-05:00I'm so glad to meet someone else who rereads b...I'm so glad to meet someone else who rereads books!! I am a big re-reader of books. I have a bunch of books that I keep and re-read them every two or three years. A chosen few get read every single year - like Winter Solstice and September by R. Pilcher. I re-read when I need a comfort read, or when my brain cannot handle all the ins and outs of a new read, or when I cannot for the life of me (and this is just happening a lot lately) find something out there that I want to read enough to go out and buy the book or even get it from the library! I'm hoping this stops soon, because I really do need some new reads. How else will I get some more books to re-read over and over if I don't!<br /><br />Linda in VALindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06533063136544231663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755001368713174831.post-22184588395325304382015-04-20T14:46:00.723-05:002015-04-20T14:46:00.723-05:00I love House of Many Shadows! One of my favorite ...I love House of Many Shadows! One of my favorite Michaels books. I think setting a month aside for 'comfort reads' sounds like a marvelous idea!Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495669354860191042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755001368713174831.post-7347216972738126072015-04-20T14:45:15.323-05:002015-04-20T14:45:15.323-05:00Oh, that's too bad, Margaret. Bet that was di...Oh, that's too bad, Margaret. Bet that was disappointing. I don't think that every book works for every time of your life. Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495669354860191042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755001368713174831.post-84641559534084504832015-04-20T14:44:09.071-05:002015-04-20T14:44:09.071-05:00Glad to know that I'm not the only one who use...Glad to know that I'm not the only one who uses 'old friend' books to get out of a reading rut. I'm not exactly in a slump yet, but I kind of feel one coming on. I'll head it off. LOLKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495669354860191042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755001368713174831.post-30192547054022472972015-04-20T14:43:15.958-05:002015-04-20T14:43:15.958-05:00I understand what you are saying about the commitm...I understand what you are saying about the commitments. Review books are lots of fun to get, but the stack can get out of hand. I think books from any period of your reading are good choices - young, older, whatever was fun.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495669354860191042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755001368713174831.post-77827859136322801922015-04-20T14:41:55.061-05:002015-04-20T14:41:55.061-05:00I think books from any time of your life are fair ...I think books from any time of your life are fair game. Whatever you enjoyed and made you feel that lovely reading immersion feeling. Know what I mean? LOLKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495669354860191042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755001368713174831.post-27368783297957982992015-04-20T14:40:57.414-05:002015-04-20T14:40:57.414-05:00I don't do it as often as used to, but sometim...I don't do it as often as used to, but sometimes I think it's a good thing to take a rest and re-visit some old friends.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495669354860191042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755001368713174831.post-63371831907586687432015-04-20T14:35:12.860-05:002015-04-20T14:35:12.860-05:00Melody, I understand and I think sometimes I have ...Melody, I understand and I think sometimes I have the older books around just to look at them and contemplate the re-reading. LOLKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495669354860191042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755001368713174831.post-87140344823739100242015-04-20T14:34:29.421-05:002015-04-20T14:34:29.421-05:00Yes, I understand that new commitments make it har...Yes, I understand that new commitments make it hard to take time to re-read. AC is a great author to visit again.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495669354860191042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755001368713174831.post-75397114368441995732015-04-20T14:19:56.760-05:002015-04-20T14:19:56.760-05:00We have some similar rereads - Agatha Christie, Ba...We have some similar rereads - Agatha Christie, Barbara Michaels, and Nora Roberts especially. I love rereading though I don't do it that much right now because of my rather scary review book stack. I do miss it. It's my favorite way to get out of a slump (I keep a copy of House of Many Shadows on hand for just that reason!) and I've also enjoyed rereading books I loved when I was younger or even in childhood to see what I think. I'm hoping to set a month aside to indulge in some serious rereading soon because I do miss it!Katherine Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12126062556416434416noreply@blogger.com