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Originally Posted by Deskisamess
Rereading a favorite book is like visiting an old friend. It's the same, but there is always something new to find out or see. Adding new books to the list of those I like to reread is fun also.
I read The Good Earth every couple of years. Same with The Accidental Tourist, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and To Kill a Mockingbird. We have a vacation coming up in July, I may read Memoirs of a Geisha again, or something by Amy Tan that I've read before.
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"The Good Earth" is one I've reread every few years since I first read it. I've also read "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" and "To Kill a Mockingbird" quite a few times over the years.
I've read most of Amy Tan's books but only once. I recently bought a few of my favorites to read again. I'm not sure I'll read "Memoirs of a Geisha" again but I might. I do have it.
Some others that I reread a lot are Mika Waltari's "The Egyptian" and James Clavell's "Shogun" and "TaiPan". And let's not forget Grace Metalous "Peyton Place". I got in trouble for having that in my hip pocket during high school. I always had a book in my hip pocket and no-one cared till they saw that one. It was considered shocking in it's day but what nobody seemed to notice was that it was a truly beautiful novel. She was a very talented writer.
A few years ago I decided to read some of the early Pulitzer winning novels that I hadn't read before. I've always liked Edna Ferber's books and I was surprised to hear she was among the first few Pulitzer winners. I thought she was good but not that good. So I read "So Big", the one that did it for her and wow! That's one I'll be reading again and again. Yes I'm 78 but I plan to live till I've read all my books so I have plenty of time. Especially since I'm buying them faster than I can read them.
Barry