Re-Reading Books [Archive] - RonFez.net Messageboard

EliSnow

02-12-2007, 01:00 PM

I wanted to see if I'm the only person who does this, but I often re-read books that I love.  Whether it's the Lord of the Rings, Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Prey novels, Spencer novels, Harry Potter, Count of Monte Cristo, or the Adventures of Cavalier and Clay, I love re-reading something that gives me enjoyment and pleasure.Often when I tell people about this, even people who like to read, they think I'm nuts. Sometimes, people don't get it, because they only read books to find out the ending, and once they know it, they have no interest in going back and enjoying it.  For me, it's like watching a favorite movie, or listening to a great song, or talking to an old friend?Anyone else feel similarly?

Tall_James

02-12-2007, 01:02 PM

Off the top of my head, the ones I re-read most often include A Confederacy of Dunces, most of Vonnegut's stories and a lot of graphic novels.

MadMatt

02-12-2007, 01:06 PM

No, you're a queer.---------Only kidding - I do the same thing.  Just like watching a movie over and over, you can pick up new details every time you read a book.  The more you think about the plot and the characters, the better your understanding of them.  Plus each time you read the book you are looking at it with new eyes; you are a different person and can get different things out of the experience.

Furtherman

02-12-2007, 01:09 PM

I've read Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian and The Road twice.  I will read them again.When I was a kid I would read The Phantom Tollbooth every year.  I haven't since I was about 11 or 12 I guess.  I think that would be a good book to read.I also have a lot of geeky science and physics book that I will read twice, not so much out of pleasure, but so the stuff sinks in!The once exception was Lonley Planets by David Grinspoon.  It's awesome, funny, insightful and would have made every kid want to be a scientist if it was required High School reading.

Badinia

02-12-2007, 01:10 PM

Very much agree.  I have read Vonnegut's short story collection, "Welcome to the Monkey House" a half dozen times, I have read the first two Hitchhiker books four times apiece, I've read "Angry Candy", a short story collection but by Harlan Ellison, several times.  When something is richly written, it can be enjoyed over and over again, like a movie. Also, I am a nerd.

Fat_Sunny

02-12-2007, 01:36 PM

Fat Don't Think You're Crazy!  He Went Through A 10 Year Period Where He Read The Hobbit And Lord Of The Rings EVERY YEAR.  He Was, As They Say, A Loremaster!  Fat Has Read The Count Of Monte Cristo 4 Or 5 Times.  He Has Read Pearl Buck's The Good Earth Several Times, And Play It As It Lays By Joan Didion A Few Times.There Are Lots Of Books Worth Reading More Than Once!

PapaBear

02-12-2007, 01:38 PM

I went through a stage where I read about 15 Kurt Vonnegut books, but it's been almost 20 years since the last one. I've been thinking about re-reading them lately.

Chigworthy

02-12-2007, 01:39 PM

Furtherman, I have reread just about all of Cormac's books, Blood Meridian being my favorite.  How have you reread The Road?  I haven't even heard of it till now.  Is it out?  I really liked Suttree, too.  They are making a big budget movie out of No Country For Old Men, which could go either way.

Drunky McBetidont

02-12-2007, 01:39 PM

i reread the hitchhiker's guide series before i took my son to see the movie (read most to him)

booster11373

02-12-2007, 01:42 PM

I have re-read the Jules Verne books numerous times specifically Around the World in 80 Days at least half a dozen times maybe more

angelinad128

02-12-2007, 02:06 PM

I will always re-read To Kill A Mockingbird.  I have re-read that book I don't know how many times since 7th grade.  I will never tire of it.

StupidGirlllll

02-12-2007, 02:09 PM

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JPMNICK

02-12-2007, 02:12 PM

when I was in 4th grade as a class we read My Side Of the Mountain about a kid who runs away from home and lives in the woods with a pet falcon. It is sort of a coming of age type story. I think i reread it twice a year until i finished highschool. i have since lost the book, but I am going to pick it up again soon.

PhishHead

02-12-2007, 02:14 PM

I re-read my books all the timethe ones i have re-read the mostThe Stranger(probably the most)Dharma BumsA Scanner DarklyJunkieharry potter when the movies come out or the next book in the series

JPMNICK

02-12-2007, 02:18 PM

PhishHead wrote: I re-read my books all the timethe ones i have re-read the mostThe Stranger(probably the most)Dharma BumsA Scanner DarklyJunkieharry potter when the movies come out or the next book in the series a scanner darkly was awesome, i should really reread that one.

reeshy

02-12-2007, 02:25 PM

I'm trying to re-read the Bible....I just can't get the part about forgiving all those fucking assholes who stab me in the back!!!!!

weekapaugjz

02-12-2007, 02:54 PM

i re read books all the time.  i am always picking up books reading it for a few hours, put it down and not read it again for a month.  i pick up probably 8-10 different books a week and just start reading them.  its really weird i never really finish a book without picking up another one, unless it is an amazing read or if its something i have to read for class (lots and lots of history)

FezPaul

02-12-2007, 03:01 PM

angelinad128 wrote: I will always re-read To Kill A Mockingbird.  I have re-read that book I don't know how many times since 7th grade.  I will never tire of it.Fantastic book! I've read it several times.Read LOR and The Hobbit dozens of times.Have read S.King's The Stand many times.Am currently re-reading The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich.Just finished Rendezvous With Rama.

yomudder21

02-12-2007, 03:04 PM

I just got a copy of Catch-22 the other day and will be getting back into that again very soon.

Badinia

02-12-2007, 03:04 PM

Chigworthy wrote: Furtherman, I have reread just about all of Cormac's books, Blood Meridian being my favorite.  How have you reread The Road?  I haven't even heard of it till now.  Is it out?  I really liked Suttree, too.  They are making a big budget movie out of No Country For Old Men, which could go either way.     The Road is out.  It's enjoyable.  Suttree is my favorite.  Another thing we have in common is a liking for 16 Horsepower, which goes well with Cormac.  Also, Nick Cave's And The Ass Saw The Angel.

Bob Impact

02-12-2007, 03:18 PM

I re-read Atlas Shrugged every January, it's my one-month vacation.  I also tend to re-read Palahinuk's books.

burrben

02-12-2007, 03:20 PM

"the great gatsby" and "the sun also rises"

Fat_Sunny

02-12-2007, 03:26 PM

Bob Impact wrote: I re-read Atlas Shrugged every January, it's my one-month vacation.  Now That Is Serious Book Re-Reading!As A Borderline John Bircher, Fat Approves Of Your Choice!

Ritalin

02-12-2007, 05:07 PM

Fat_Sunny wrote: Bob Impact wrote: I re-read Atlas Shrugged every January, it's my one-month vacation. Now That Is Serious Book Re-Reading!As A Borderline John Bircher, Fat Approves Of Your Choice! I have a suggestion for a book Fat might want to reread:<img src="http://img.textbookx.com/images/large/2X/020530902X.jpg" border="0" />

eeroomnhoj

02-12-2007, 05:23 PM

PapaBear wrote: I went through a stage where I read about 15 Kurt Vonnegut books, but it's been almost 20 years since the last one. I've been thinking about re-reading them lately.  Did the same thing from the age of about 18 until about 28.  <a href="http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9iby4flINFFdz0B4SSJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBjcDR2NTN 2BHBvcwM2BHNlYwNzcg--/SIG=1j5620q0h/EXP=1171419749/**http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fs earch%2Fimages%3Fei%3DUTF-8%26fr%3Dsfp%26p%3Dslaughter%2Bhouse%2Bfive&w=224& h=360&imgurl=www.chs.helena.k12.mt.us%2Ffaculty%2F awood%2FCaitlin%2520Gallagher_files%2Fv3_slide0002 _image004.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chs.helena.k12 .mt.us%2Ffaculty%2Fawood%2FCaitlin%2520Gallagher_f iles%2Fv3_slide0002.htm&size=75.6kB&name=v3_slide0 002_image004.jpg&p=slaughter+house+five&type=jpeg& no=6&tt=48&oid=f8a1760e4be3a6f8&ei=UTF-8"><img src="http://re3.mm-a7.yimg.com/image/3940870742" border="0" alt="Go to fullsize image" title="http://www.chs.helena.k12.mt.us/faculty/awood/Caitlin%20Gallagher_files/v3_slide0002.htm" width="84" height="135" /></a>  Thought he was the best thing since sliced bread.

SinA

02-12-2007, 05:24 PM

Is this an attempt to get Ron to talk about you on the air?good one.  well,  "Candide" and "On The Road"

This message was edited by SinA on 2-12-07 @ 9:25 PM

Wallower

02-12-2007, 05:30 PM

I've read Hyperion by Dan Simmons three times now and listened to an audio version once. It's really good but it was the first big scifi book I ever read so I think that's why it means more to me.

Captain Rooster

02-12-2007, 05:31 PM

Stand x2Mockingbird x3Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas x2

Mike Teacher

02-12-2007, 05:36 PM

Gotta re-read great books. For me, it's like hearing a great piece of music, just hearing it once aint gonna do it. The Stand The Right Stuff F+L on the Campaign Trail 72 Another Roadside Attraction are works of art to me to be enjoyed again and again.

Landblast

02-12-2007, 05:37 PM

A Scanner Darkly 3 xRands The Fountainhead 3 xand anything from Susan Sontag 3 or 4 times

Midkiff

02-12-2007, 05:41 PM

Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard! He wrote that before he went batsh*t crazy and wrote Dianetics. Also, the movie was an abomination, but the book was an absolute masterpiece.

Wallower

02-12-2007, 05:46 PM

jdmidkiff wrote: Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard! He wrote that before he went batsh*t crazy and wrote Dianetics. Also, the movie was an abomination, but the book was an absolute masterpiece. I don't think I can forgive him for going batshit crazy. Starting a religion is right up there with mass murder in my book. Left to it's own devices religion usually ends up that way. Excise my post to another thread if you must.

Midkiff

02-12-2007, 05:48 PM

Dang, you make a good point. I don't know what to say to that. Food for thought.

Chigworthy

02-12-2007, 06:41 PM

Badinia wrote:     The Road is out.  It's enjoyable.  Suttree is my favorite.  Another thing we have in common is a liking for 16 Horsepower, which goes well with Cormac.  Also, Nick Cave's And The Ass Saw The Angel.I have read And The Ass Saw The Angel three and a half times.  I would love for Cave to write like this again, but I don't know that he will.  This is one of those books that I actually have two copies of.  One rat-assed copy for reading, and one decently bound copy for when the earth goes in the shitter.  An "end-of-the-world" book.  Which is kind of the same thing as a book that you would re-read.16 HP was one of the most under-appreciated bands.  The fact that they split because David Eugene Edwards was sort of a religious zealot just makes their stuff more interesting.  It was maddening that they toured all over Europe, but in the states they pretty much just played in the Denver area.  Are you familiar with Wovenhand and Lillium?  And The Denver Gentlemen?

DonInNC

02-12-2007, 06:53 PM

I have to go with Vonnegut on this one too. Read Slaughterhouse Five at 18, mid 20's, and early 30's. It was adifferent experience each time. I've also read Cat's Cradle and Welcome to the Monkey House a couple times. Also, I've read John Updike's "Rabbit" series twice, and I've been thinking about reading it again.

bigtim666

02-12-2007, 07:03 PM

Enders Game The count of monty cristo      i wanted to re-read them but i give away the books i really enjoy

feralBoy

02-12-2007, 07:09 PM

Furtherman wrote: When I was a kid I would read The Phantom Tollbooth every year.  I haven't since I was about 11 or 12 I guess.  I think that would be a good book to read. I fucking loved that book as a kid.  Everytime someone uses the word doldrums, I think about that book.  I bought it a few years ago and re-read it.  Other books I re-read.  the iliad.  It's just too awesome to read only once.  the lion, the witch and the wardrobe, hamlet, the little prince (yeah, I know it's gay), and I probably read a little bit of the hagakure almost every day.

Fat_Sunny

02-12-2007, 08:27 PM

Ritalin wrote:I have a suggestion for a book Fat might want to reread:<img src="http://img.textbookx.com/images/large/2X/020530902X.jpg" border="0" width="243" height="400" />   Dude, Fat Has So Much Style His Middle Name Is Elsa Klensch!

kellermcgee21

02-12-2007, 08:31 PM

Most of the books I own I have read 2 or 3 times but the one I always go back to is a series called otherland by tad williams.  if you've never read it and have about a month of free time I would recommend it.

weekapaugjz

02-12-2007, 08:35 PM

Ritalin wrote: Fat_Sunny wrote: Bob Impact wrote: I re-read Atlas Shrugged every January, it's my one-month vacation. Now That Is Serious Book Re-Reading!As A Borderline John Bircher, Fat Approves Of Your Choice! I have a suggestion for a book Fat might want to reread:<img src="http://img.textbookx.com/images/large/2X/020530902X.jpg" border="0" /> no way, fat sunny has a style of his own that is way better that strunk and white, what do they know anyway? (apparantly a lot, but fs rules!) who needs conventions anyways?  i sure don't... 

This message was edited by weekapaugjz on 2-13-07 @ 12:38 AM

Fat_Sunny

02-12-2007, 08:39 PM

JZ, Fat May Have To Buy You A Shiny New Piano!

weekapaugjz

02-12-2007, 09:04 PM

jz would rather have the world's ugliest dog.

Furtherman

02-13-2007, 07:37 AM

EliSnow

02-13-2007, 08:07 AM

SinA wrote: Is this an attempt to get Ron to talk about you on the air?good one.  well,  "Candide" and "On The Road"This message was edited by SinA on 2-12-07 @ 9:25 PM Not really.  It was inspired by Gvac's discovering old albums thread (which I understand was discussed on the show yesterday), but I had no other intent.

jetdog

02-13-2007, 08:11 AM

Wow a lot of vonnegut fans here,  I've got:slaughterhouse five twicecat's cradle thricebluebeard twicemothernight (an underated book, and made into a surprisingly good movie too) twicebreakfast of champions twiceJailbird twiceHocus Pocus twiceSaturns of Titan twice all the rest at least once I had to read " A clockwork Orange" again too  and yes I've done the Lord of the Rings several times.

Badinia

02-13-2007, 08:27 AM

Oh yeah, I used to read George Orwell's 1984 every January.  Memories!

weekapaugjz

02-13-2007, 08:37 AM

jetdog wrote:  I had to read " A clockwork Orange" again too   its so much better rereading it.  during the second time or after, you aren't strugging to get through the language and slang as much as the first time, and can focus on the story much more.  one of my favorite books i have ever read.

torker

02-13-2007, 09:12 AM

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JustJon

02-13-2007, 09:31 AM

When I was in high school and college, I had more time to read, and would re-read my favorite books.  I've been recently thinking about rereading some faves like the Hitchhiker's Guide trilogy and Ender's Game.

tbonesteak

02-13-2007, 10:34 AM

I read alot of mystery novels and there are a few authors that I will rediscover when there's nothing else out there or I haven't read their work in a while:Michael Connely - I will read Connelly over and over and over again.  Thomas PerryLee ChildHarlan CobenJohn LescroartDennis LehaneFaye and Jonathan Kellerman