Which book have you re-read the most?

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Re: Which book have you re-read the most?

Post by Svartalf » Tue Nov 26, 2013 3:46 am

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Svartalf wrote:Wow, I don't think I've read through that one more than twice, and one doesn't count as it was in French translation and an incomplete edition (somebody just left all the appendices aside)
I've done LoTR twice. Last time was probably 15 years ago. It's due for a reread soon.
It was due for a reread 15 yearss ago, for the film. Now, I doubt I'll ever do it, especially at the rate at which I read things like Howard, which are supposed to be a lot eassier.
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Post by lofuji » Sun Mar 22, 2015 5:01 am

The Age of Uncertainty by JK Galbraith, who has the rare talent of making economics an entertaining subject. Mind you, I never read anything of book length nowadays. Twenty years of editing other people's work has put me off reading for pleasure, probably for life.
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HGTTG. Still funny today.
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Re: Which book have you re-read the most?

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Use of Weapons. Ian M Banks
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Re: Which book have you re-read the most?

Post by Tyrannical » Thu Sep 01, 2016 5:16 pm

Ummm, Animal Farm I think.
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Re: Which book have you re-read the most?

Post by laklak » Thu Sep 01, 2016 6:40 pm

Several I've reread multiple times, don't know which it tops. LOTR, Shogun, The Stand, Dune, 1984, Antic Hay, and just reread the Foundation Trilogy.
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Re: Which book have you re-read the most?

Post by Brian Peacock » Fri Sep 02, 2016 5:42 pm

What? Nobody picked The Bible?

For me, probably The Very Hungry Caterpillar or The Gruffalo. Most of these I've read more than once - and these are only the ones I kept.

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Post by Forty Two » Fri Sep 02, 2016 6:13 pm

Pappa wrote:Mine would be Nineteen Eighty-Four. I'm guessing I've read it about 12 times. At one point I used to read it every year or so.

I've always liked the feeling I get re-reading a favourite book.
The most? I'm pretty sure it's Dickens' A Christmas Carol, which I reread every December.

After that, I think Foundation Trilogy, by Asimov, and his adventures of the Black Widowers, which I have reread a bunch of times. And, Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide. I think that's up there too.
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Re: Which book have you re-read the most?

Post by laklak » Fri Sep 02, 2016 7:12 pm

If we're including children's book then most definitely The Owl and the Pussycat. I must have read that 3000 times, know it off by heart. My favorite line is

Oh lovely Pussy, oh Pussy my love, what a beautiful Pussy you are.
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Post by Forty Two » Fri Sep 02, 2016 7:27 pm

laklak wrote:If we're including children's book then most definitely The Owl and the Pussycat. I must have read that 3000 times, know it off by heart. My favorite line is

Oh lovely Pussy, oh Pussy my love, what a beautiful Pussy you are.
The Owl and the Pussycat just conjures up images for me of Barbra Streisand in frilly lingerie with those two hands on her tits.

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Re: Which book have you re-read the most?

Post by Rum » Fri Sep 02, 2016 9:05 pm

I've read The Wind in the Willows three or four times. I think it is the only book I have ever read more than once. It is utterly charming and timeless.

The internet has broken my attention span these days. Unless a book grabs me immediately I just put it down. Annoying!

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Post by Tyrannical » Sat Sep 03, 2016 2:50 am

Meekychuppet wrote:HGTTG. Still funny today.
Is it just me or does Trump remind you of someone in the book lol
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Re: Which book have you re-read the most?

Post by JimC » Sat Sep 03, 2016 3:09 am

Brian Peacock wrote:What? Nobody picked The Bible?

For me, probably The Very Hungry Caterpillar or The Gruffalo. Most of these I've read more than once - and these are only the ones I kept.

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Re: Which book have you re-read the most?

Post by Brian Peacock » Sat Sep 03, 2016 12:04 pm

I have to stack the books a right angles to the rotational momentum of the mothership's central hub.

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