Thoughts on re-reading books?

I recently reread the Harry potter books, I was surprised at how much I forgot that isn't in the movies. I say go for it.

If you enjoyed them the first time, you'll enjoy them the 2nd time as well.

 

I've read through LoTR twelve times. It's like visiting an old friend. Some books are like that. Most books once is enough. I've read through Harry Potter a few times. Maybe I'll go through the Eragon books again. It's different after you've seen the movie.

 

HP series is the only one I've re-read.

 

I re-read books all the time when the closest book I pick up is an old one...it's quite entertaining. While the experience is not the same as reading it the first time round, there are new meanings to the text.

 

I reread books more often than I read new ones -
The first time I read a book, I'm reading to find out what happens next.
The second and third and fourth etc. time I read a book, I'm reading to experience the world that the author created. If the writing is good enough, there's no limit to how many times I will want to re-experience it.

And to answer your question about Harry Potter - I'm a huge Harry Potter fan. I've read all of the books multiple times, and I would definitely recommend that you read them again.

 

I re-read books when their really good and I haven't read them in a while. I do the same with movies and shows.

 

I feel exactly the same way. I've lost count of how many times I've read through the Ender's Game series and Tuesdays with Morrie. Same with LotR, but it definitely hasn't been twelve. Yet. :icon_wink

 

I read LoTR the first time in high school. That means I've had thirty two years to re-read it. You know you're a Tolkien fanatic if you make it through the Silmarillion and some of Christopher's books.

 

I loved reading mysteries and thrillers from a very young age and almost exclusively sought for them throughout elementary and middle school, so in the spirit of the genre, I grew a habit for paying close attention to everything I read in hopes that I could solve the mysteries before the novel reached its end. Combined with the fact that I was a chronic bookworm, I gained an extreme knack for reading comprehension. I usually remember every nook and cranny of the works I read.

Unfortunately, though, because I really want to reread old favorites. On the topic of Harry Potter, I can reread them through book 3 and book 7. The one quarrel I have with that series is that I have never been a fan of side plots that don't directly cycle back to the main plot and books 4,5, and 6 are littered with them. Not that those are specifically bad; just out of personal preference.

 

I reread books all the time. Actually, I probably reread books now more often that I actually read new ones. Even though I already know the story and what is going to happen, I still find it to be incredibly relaxing and an enjoyable experience.

 

I didn't used to like rereading books, but I have a few favorites I can read over and over, such as tha Molly Moon series and Harry Potter (I've read it more than eight times).

 

I reread books It's like visiting an old friend

 

I only reread books if the book in question is really good.

 

If they are series of books that i really enjoy then I reread them.
Like I have reread the Harry Potter series 3 times.

 

Like many of the above posts, I re-read books more often than I read new ones. The first time I read a book, I feel like I'm riding along with the emotions and the action. While this also happens on my re-reads, I also think it's fun to find world building details and foreshadowing that I didn't notice before. I usually re-read books based on my mood. It's kind of like a way of venting my feelings by living them through a book. Of course, sometimes I re-read a book just because it's my favorite series and it's been a few months since I read it. Or I do it because I just feel like fangirling over one of my favorite characters. Really, the list of reasons just goes on and on.

 

I like re-reading books that I really enjoy. I don't know how many times I've read The Picture of Dorian Gray. When you read a book for the 2nd or 3rd and so on time, you may pick up things that you didn't notice previously or you may found a great part of the book that you forgot about. When I get some more free time, I hope to read the entire Harry Potter series again and, of course, read The Picture of Dorian Gray once more

 

There are certain books I read/listen to over and over again.

I have read Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman a lot of times because I find it so clever and witty. I don't know if it counts as 'reading' but I listen to a Terry Pratchett audio book of some kind pretty much every night to get to sleep. I know them all off by heart so it doesn't matter if I fall asleep in the middle of them.

I also have children's books from when I was younger that I often re-read if I really do just want to stave off boredom (good on night shifts towards the end of the shift when I'm too tired to really pay much attention to what I'm reading) - Memoirs of a Dangerous Alien, Abominable [Robert Swindells].

For 'serious' books I've re-read for my own purposes - His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman and Trumpet by Jackie Kay.

When I was a mainstream teacher I re-read books I read as a child with classes and that can be a really nerve-wracking experience. I read Skellig with a Year 7 class, feeling the book to be as magical and special as I found it the first time and I was just hoping that I could do the book justice in conveying it to a group of cynical twenty-first century 11 year olds.