03-06-2015, 04:37 PM
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Despite huge "too read" lists how many others reread?
For favorite authors I tend to reread now and again, in particular if it has been some time since I've read a series that has a new book out.
Other times, it seems like I can't get into anything new but devour a couple of old favorites. That seems to put me in the mood to try a new author. Wondering if that is normal for most or is just my own habit. |
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03-06-2015, 04:47 PM
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Here.
Doing it right now. I finished a new four part series and while reorganizing the reader's books I saw an old favorite. So, I'm rereading it. Good reads are still good reads even if you know how they play out. |
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03-06-2015, 04:57 PM
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I'm almost done rereading the Hhonor Harrington series, by David Weber. I reread stuff all the time. It's like comfort food.
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03-06-2015, 04:57 PM
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I have enough unread books to last me probably 3 lifetimes at this point (or more), yet I still also re-read favorites, or older books that I stumble on that I remember enjoying from 20+ years.
And yes, it's just like comfort food. Or those comfort movies when you can't sleep and you put one on and fall asleep within 5 minutes. |
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03-06-2015, 06:10 PM
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I also have a huge TBR List. Yet I still love to reread old favorites. They have become friends and family.
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03-06-2015, 06:13 PM
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About 10% of my current years reads are re-reads
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03-06-2015, 06:16 PM
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Sometimes. Mostly not though.
But then I don't really have a huge "to read list" either. I don't do that to myself. Lists have to be finished. If I have no chance of ever finishing it ... I'm not starting it.  I'm mainly a free-range reader. You know... sort of laissez-faire. A flibbertigibbet—a will-o'-the-wisp—a clown. 
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03-06-2015, 06:24 PM
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Yes, the TBR pile is monstrous but sometimes I just need an ole favorite to read, well, just because.
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03-06-2015, 06:55 PM
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I reread books all of the time.
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03-06-2015, 07:08 PM
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I reread often.
I have favorite books which are stress relievers for me. I also reread the earlier books in a series when a new book comes out, or reread a story that had a different take on the circumstances presented in something I just read. |
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03-06-2015, 07:41 PM
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I reread quite a bit, Of course, right now I'm rereading (as I can get to them) stories by authors like A. Bertram Chandler, Keith Laumer, etc., that I last read in the 60s and it has been so long they're almost new to me.
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03-06-2015, 07:44 PM
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Is that a sandwich?
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Read and delete.
I don't reread. |
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03-06-2015, 07:48 PM
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Sometimes you're in the mood for a visit to familiar haunts. Books, music, even movies. Last edited by fjtorres; 03-06-2015 at 07:51 PM. |
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03-06-2015, 07:52 PM
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03-06-2015, 07:55 PM
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Huge TBR pile. I'm in the middle of a reread of the Lensman books. The kindle version sucks. It looks like OCR and no editing after that at all.
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