When I was a kid, I used to re-read the hell out of books the way that kids nowadays re-watch Disney and Pixar DVDs. (I used to re-watch the hell out of movies in high school and college, too, but they were on VHS tapes. And get off my lawn). I'm familiar with the concept of 'comfort reading', the idea of returning to an old favorite book and re-reading it...but I just don't do it anymore. I think because my 'to be read' list is so long, that if I'm going to spend time reading, I'm going to be reading something new.
That said, when I cast my mind back to things I would re-read, most of what I came up with are the books of my childhood. I bought the core of the "Little House on the Prairie" series a few years ago and spent a few weeks burning through all of them from start to finish. I have the Chronicles of Narnia on my shelf--although I haven't read them since I bought them, I could, if I wanted to. Shapechangers by Jennifer Roberson fulfills an adolescent wish for fantasy and romance. It took me a billion re-reads and many years to fully understand The Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks, and I still consider it a favorite.
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Date: 2012-10-04 09:25 pm (UTC)From:That said, when I cast my mind back to things I would re-read, most of what I came up with are the books of my childhood. I bought the core of the "Little House on the Prairie" series a few years ago and spent a few weeks burning through all of them from start to finish. I have the Chronicles of Narnia on my shelf--although I haven't read them since I bought them, I could, if I wanted to. Shapechangers by Jennifer Roberson fulfills an adolescent wish for fantasy and romance. It took me a billion re-reads and many years to fully understand The Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks, and I still consider it a favorite.