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glenho

Have you ever re-read a book? If so, which one(s)?

Right now I am on my third re-read of the Harry Potter series. 

Posted - August 6, 2018
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  • 19937
    It's happened to me once or twice when I've bought a book that I forgot I've read.  Sometimes, if I read it a long time ago, I will re-read it, but there are so many books and so little time that i prefer not to reread anything.
      August 6, 2018 8:31 AM MDT
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  • 520
    There are some that I re-read every couple of years. 
      August 6, 2018 2:15 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    I reread 'The Death Ship' by Bruno Traven several times.  Adventures of an American sailor who gets stranded in Antwerp without ID and never makes it back to USA.
    1920s. This post was edited by Kittigate at August 6, 2018 2:15 PM MDT
      August 6, 2018 8:34 AM MDT
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  • 53509

      That sounds interesting! Especially because it's from the 1920s.
    ~
      August 6, 2018 8:41 AM MDT
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  • 13395
    Yes. I lost the book by lending it out, tried to reorder but has been out of print. 
      August 6, 2018 9:05 AM MDT
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  • 520
    Randy D said just about the same as I was gonna.
      August 6, 2018 2:16 PM MDT
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  • 5808
    "Play of Consciousness"
    By Swami Muktananda
    Read it five times
    it's so full of treasures
    and deep truths on our path
    to enlightenment.
         He wrote it for his followers,
    of his experiences in meditation,
    But it is available in paperback.
      August 6, 2018 8:58 AM MDT
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  • 520
    Sounds interesting.
      August 6, 2018 2:17 PM MDT
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  • 7792
    When I was an avid reader, I never read the same book twice. It was just my thing.
      August 6, 2018 9:00 AM MDT
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  • 520
    Some call me back so loud, I can't ignore them and have to do a re-red.
      August 6, 2018 2:18 PM MDT
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  • 53509

      (loud loudly)
      (re-red re-read)
      August 7, 2018 7:41 PM MDT
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  • 520
    I was on my phone. Just breathe.
      August 7, 2018 8:19 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    Shirley Jackson

    "The Sundial"  - - three times

    (my favorite novel by Jackson)

    Image result for the sundial shirley jackson This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at August 7, 2018 8:25 PM MDT
      August 6, 2018 1:40 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    Shirley Jackson

    "We Have Always Lived in the Castle"

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      August 6, 2018 1:42 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    Shirley Jackson

    "The Haunting of Hill House"

    Image result for the haunting of hill house shirley jackson
      August 6, 2018 1:43 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    Clive Barker

    "The Great and Secret Show"

     ~ the only book I had to stop reading for a while because it scared me so much




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      August 6, 2018 1:45 PM MDT
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  • 17596
    I bought this quite a while ago but have yet to read.  I'll get around to it.
      August 7, 2018 9:28 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    The second time I read it, it wasn't quite so scary to me.
    :)
      August 8, 2018 5:32 AM MDT
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  • 23577
    among many other many-times-read favorite books from my childhood, my number one favorite

    P.D. Eastman

    "Are You My Mother?"

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      August 6, 2018 1:48 PM MDT
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  • 520
    I'm just going to reply to all of them here. The Shirley Jackson books look really interesting. I'm going to see if I can find them somewhere. The Sundial is the one that caught my interest the most. Thank you for adding to my reading queue.  
      August 6, 2018 2:21 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    I don't want to give away anything about "The Sundial" but it is uncanny to me what Jackson creates in this book. I hope you like it if you do get to it!
    :)
      August 6, 2018 4:47 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    One of my favorite openings to a book  - - The opening paragraph to Shirley Jackson's "The Sundial" ~

         After the funeral they came back to the house, now indisputably Mrs. Halloran's. They stood uneasily, without any certainty, in the large lovely entrance hall, and watched Mrs. Halloran go into the right wing of the house to let Mr. Halloran know that Lionel's last rites had gone off without melodrama. Young Mrs. Halloran, looking after her mother-in-law, said without hope, "Maybe she will drop dead on the doorstep. Fancy dear, would you like to see Granny drop dead on the doorstep?"
        "Yes, mother."
      August 7, 2018 5:39 PM MDT
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  • 520
    I just went on Amazon, they want anywhere from $9 to $82 for that one.
    DOH! Never mind, I put in Sherry Jackson instead of Shirley.  This post was edited by glenho at August 7, 2018 8:15 PM MDT
      August 7, 2018 5:47 PM MDT
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  • 17596
    I have read that one, and most other Dr. S books at least 50 times.  I read to my kids like crazy.  They both grew up with the love of reading, which pleases me.  I know what a gift that is.
      August 6, 2018 3:10 PM MDT
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