Not Sure Why But....?

[BenBubb]

Not sure why but i have a real big urge to just read it again! Haha! i read it like 2 years ago and absolutely loved it as it actually scared me, but thats mostly becuase im actually terrified of zombies. But ive always had that urge or annoying itch to read it again. Ive never read a book twice before but perhaps i will re-read this, one day. It is one of the few King books that have actually stuck in my head for a long time, i usually read book enjoy it and then move on to the next and well push them out of my mind but this one has stayed there!

[bryras]

I have just finished re-reading Cell. I actually wasn't that fond of it the first time that I read it. I really enjoyed it more the second time around. I am always doing re-reads. I like to see things that I didn't notice the first time.

[Jenn*]

I have read Cell twice. the first time I read Cell I was sittng in my chair when my cell phone began to ring and I did not pick it up. I kinda was scared of it. lol

[~Ally~]

SK is someone I never tire of re~reading. Give it a shot, you may be surprised.
Although I've only read Cell once myself. I enjoyed it, but rather predictably I freakin love zombies.

The only other non SK books I have re~read are Catch22 by Joseph Heller and Will There Really Be a Morning~Frances Farmer's autobiography (this is my most read book after IT).

[JohnDalglish]

I have just finished re-reading Cell. I actually wasn't that fond of it the first time that I read it. I really enjoyed it more the second time around. I am always doing re-reads. I like to see things that I didn't notice the first time.

Hi,

Me too, I enjoyed it far more on a re-read.

Long days and pleasant nights

[muskrat]

Shoot, I've read all my favorite King novels at least three times...And the really good ones more then that. I read The Stand at least once a year...which reminds me, I'm just about due for another trek across the American wasteland...

[CDennisMoore]

Over the past 10 years or so I've been slowly going back and re-reading all of the Kings from the beginning. I'm almost up to THINNER now and I'd say I'm definitely enjoying all of them so much more on the second read. Looking forward to re-reading CELL; I liked it okay the first time, but wasn't in love with it.

[rosematters]

I read it twice in a row, very rare for me to do. You might want to check out UR if you haven't already.:y:

[VladTepes]

I do like Cell,but it is among my least favorites. I don't dislike any book by Sai King, there are just some I don't enjoy as much as others.

[αλεξάνδρα]

It actually worth the re read. I did that too !

[The Darkening]

Definitely. I like to reread things that I really like as it helps me more fully absorb the story in my memory. I have read The Stand more often than any other book (have read the uncut edition 4 times - although the last time I skipped parts like the Trashcan man's long journey, and 'The Kid' as I did not especially get anything out of them and they are superfluous to the plot). It is my favourite and my 3 favourite characters, Larry, Nick and Tom make the book seriously enjoyable. What a plot!

But most books of King's I have read more than once (either that or I have yet to read them). The only one I KNOW I have only read once is Cell. It's not a favourite. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it and it was fairly well paced throughout with plenty of tension, horror and excitement in all the right places, but for me, the ending, like the ending of ...Tom Gordon, was a let down. I think it's VERY hard to conclude a story as, whether you are the reader or the writer, you've gotten into it for a while, and then, all of a sudden, you have to let it go. Very hard to make that seem final and at the same time have you go 'wow' and feel really satisfied. IMO anyway.
I will definitely be reading the Dark Tower books when I have finished the 7th book, which I have and plan to start just as soon as I've finished 11:22:63, as my favourite Stephen King character of all, Oy, is a delight! :)

[Autumn Gust]

Ever notice how much more you get out of a re-read after a chunk of time has passed? I guess it's because you acquire more life experience and a deeper perspective on everything the longer you live. For example, I had to read The Scarlet Letter in high school as required reading. I read it again in my late twenties and then again about ten years later. I found that book to be so much more meaningful each time I read it. Just recently I read The Tommyknockers again, after a twenty-year break. I appreciated it much more than I did when I read it the first time.

[mustangclaire]

I love a re-read. I tend to take more time. When I get my hands on a new book I kind of race through it, and can finish it in a couple of days. A re-read is like a stroll down a familiar path, stopping to notice bits I missed before, when I was like a whirling dervish desperate to get to the end. I re-read alot.

[GNTLGNT]

I love a re-read. I tend to take more time. When I get my hands on a new book I kind of race through it, and can finish it in a couple of days. A re-read is like a stroll down a familiar path, stopping to notice bits I missed before, when I was like a whirling dervish desperate to get to the end. I re-read alot.

...that pretty much sums up(in a more poetic way)how I am as well, I blast through a first read like a lemming on meth, then I saunter through the re-reads and sniff the literary roses...

[rudiroo]

Ever notice how much more you get out of a re-read after a chunk of time has passed? I guess it's because you acquire more life experience and a deeper perspective on everything the longer you live.

Ain't that the truth.

Also, every time you re-read a book, it is the first time.
After all, we're never the same person two days running, are we?

SK's books have kept me going through the good times & the bad times - especially the bad times, as my health is going down the pan, as I get older.

Unlike many other more 'literary' authors, I've never grown out of SK.
Nor do I expect to;))

[Lina]

I re-read books very seldom, because there are just too many great books out there, I want to read as many as I can. Though, there are a few SK books I have read more than once. And as for Cell, I also have an urge to re-read it (it just occurred to me that I do not remember having it in my collection, I have only read it in Russian a few years ago, so, probably, i should purchase it and read it again, as I liked it very much).

[AchtungBaby]

I honestly have no urge to re-read Cell right now, but ask me again in a year or two.