Do you read a book more than once?

[Josy]

Basically what the title says, do you read a book only once or more than that?

I have some books that I really like and I have read them 5+ times each, my OH thinks it's pointless :shrug:

[Kyle]

Do Garfield books count?

[Me. I Am Salman]

no what's the point

[Vicky.]

Yes

My harry potter ones have been read at least 3 times each

[MTVN]

Have done but its very rare, would need to be an amazing book

Used to re-read books quite a lot as a kid, especially the Redwall series, read all of them at least twice. For Whom the Bell Tolls is probably the last book I read more than once

[Benjamin]

Yep, Dark Tower. :love:

[Daniel.]

Yep

[GypsyGoth]

It's a rarity, only because I always have a pretty long reading list (at any one time there's between 5-10 books I want to get through).

[Smithy]

Yeah, must have reread harry potter a good half a dozen times, think once i've finished a casual vacancy I'm gonna reread the ASOFAI series, just because i've forgotten half of it already

[Jay.]

I don't read that much, I'd like to though. I've read the Hunger Games a couple of times, I really got into them. I have some of the Harry Potter books, but I keep losing interest in it :(

[Natalie.]

Don't think I have ever read a book more than once

[BigSister]

Yes I have quite a lot that ive read more than once

[Princess]

Yeah, if I adore a book it's get reread but only I say 5-10% of the books I read get reread. Though some books I've read have been so good but so sad that I've only been able to read them the once.

[Kizzy]

No never, my daughter used to read the Jacqueline Wilson books over and over.

[Kate!]

Yes

[Ninastar]

Yes

My harry potter ones have been read at least 3 times each

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[InOne]

Yeah there's a few I've read at least 3 times. If I love a book I don't mind reading it again after a few years.

[Niamh.]

I never have no but I'm considering re reading ASoIaF again, just because I think I would pick up little things I missed a second time round

[jennyjuniper]

Basically what the title says, do you read a book only once or more than that?

I have some books that I really like and I have read them 5+ times each, my OH thinks it's pointless :shrug:

I have a large collection of 'old friends' as I think of my books (no, I don't get out much!) and I love to re-read them. Some are so old and tattered because they have been read to death. I still like finding new writers and titles, but my old favourites are the ones I always return to.

[joeysteele]

Yes, I do.

[Crimson Dynamo]

no

[Mokka]

Yes, the very good ones on my shelf get a re-read after a few years.

It's like revisiting an old friend you haven't heard from in awhile

[Josy]

I have a large collection of 'old friends' as I think of my books (no, I don't get out much!) and I love to re-read them. Some are so old and tattered because they have been read to death. I still like finding new writers and titles, but my old favourites are the ones I always return to.

I have a few like this too.

It also surprises me sometimes how much little details I seem to miss the first time I read a book that I pick up on when I'm reading it again.

[Smithy]

It also surprises me sometimes how much little details I seem to miss the first time I read a book that I pick up on when I'm reading it again.

I'm kind of like this too, in a way i regret reading harry potter when i was so young, because you don't really appreciate it for what it is, or realise how ****ing clever JK is, then when you're rereading and you realise all the little stuff, it's annoying as hell cause you know how it ends

[Marsh.]

Sometimes. It's like with movies, I don't rewatch/re-read as a rule but if I really enjoyed it or it's something that warrants another go because of all the detail then I will.

[Lostie!]

I've read the first few ASOIAF books twice in the past year. To be fair, those are the sort of books that I think need a re-read, there's so much to take in. I won't be surprised if I need to do the same with the following books when I get to them.

I've also read a couple of the Harry Potters more than once. Basically, I'd read some of them years ago (before I was truly into reading as I am now) but not others (I think it was "Goblet of Fire" and "Deathly Hallows" that I'd already read) but I wanted to do a full read of them from beginning to end. I'll more than likely read them again eventually too.

[kirklancaster]

I'd be surprised if anyone was capable of truly gleaning all a book had to offer in just one reading of it (or films for that matter).

Even relatively simply plotted classics such as 'Treasure Island' or 'Oliver Twist' can not only re-satisfy if read again, but also yield often overlooked or unnoticed details too.

I used to be such an avid reader - all types of fiction from cheap 'pulp fiction' American crime paperbacks to the classics, and non-fiction too (mainly biographies) - but not so much now as I've grown old and decrepit, though I still usually have two books on the go at the same time.

I will always have a love of film because of my love of screenwriting, but books were my first love and I hate parting with any I have owned but sadly have had to.

[Nick.]

Yes, I often find things I missed/forgotten about when I read them again. I've read the Harry Potter series more times that I can remember.

[kirklancaster]

Yes, I often find things I missed/forgotten about when I read them again. I've read the Harry Potter series more times that I can remember.

Hi Lucky - you've been a bit quiet for a while.

[-Sue-]

I do I tend to read the book leave it a few months - year then go back and read it again :D

Kids books however I can't seem to escape the reread daily though :joker: (joys of being a mum)

[DemolitionRed]

I usually donate novels once I've read them but I do keep the classics such as "To Kill a Mockingbird" and I will re-read those at some point. I sometimes read a book such as Harry Potter in English and some time later will read the same story in French. I have just re-read The Establishment again but books like that are like heavy going reference books that can be picked up again and again.

[DemolitionRed]

Kids books however I can't seem to escape the reread daily though :joker: (joys of being a mum)

Oh yes, again and again and again until eventually we know the words off by heart!.

[Daniel-X]

Well I don't own many books I only own three...

I've read one of them twice

[-Sue-]

Oh yes, again and again and again until eventually we know the words off by heart!.

LOL yep :D:joker:

I am just so glad I have finally escape postman pat and clifford books..

In my younger days I remembered the chart music latest craze..now I have become 'I don't know who sings this but it's got a good beat' I have become my mother! lol