Re-reading ????

**RandomMan** · January 23rd, 2009

Whats your opinion and have you done it???? I have never re-read a book. There have been times that I have put a book down for a while and had to go back several pages to pick it back up. I want to re-read Hearts as soon as I get done with DT VII but am afraid I will get bored as I begin remembering it. What is your experience???? Thanks for your time.

**Cowboy** · January 23rd, 2009

I re-read the Dark Tower books several times waiting for the next one to come out.

**sueb84** · January 25th, 2009

I constantly re-read books. In fact, in order to keep our library to a manageable count, I will finish a book and if it's a candidate to be re-read at some point, it stays. If I finish it and it's not worth another look it goes to the local second hand bookstore.

**Agincourt Concierge** · January 25th, 2009

I re-read DT series (especially while waiting for them all to come out)...plus I have re-read many of Sai King's works as well as LOTR....I've taken that journey many times....

**nunu_chis** · January 25th, 2009

I generally don`t like to re-read books, but I have done it three or four times: with Harry Potter 5 and 6 because (I read the 5 in English and then in spanish and the 6 twice in English but the second time I understood it much better), I also re-read some Agatha Christie`s books that I had read years ago, so I didn`t remember much.

**gallan1** · January 25th, 2009

i'm in the process of starting at the beginning and rereading all of stephens books ...its been years since i read the older ones ...what i have found is i read differently now...its hard to explain hahha i guess its maturity ...so far i am enjoying the books (i'm only up to different seasons). yes i know the outcome ..but the ride is different .....does that make any sense

**DragonEyes67** · January 25th, 2009

I have been meaning to reread the Dark Tower series myself.

I find that the books I reread most often (at least King books) are the short stories.

The books that I have reread the most in my lifetime are The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings series. My favorite story of all time.

**SKfan2006** · January 26th, 2009

i love to re-read since you discover details you don't remember from the first reading.

**Presque Vu** · January 26th, 2009

I re-read some books, and it was never boring for me to go through the same pages after a while. I re-read Insomnia, Pet Sematary, The Mist, Four After Midnight, Bag Of Bones, It etc. It all depends on how much you love a novel!

**Mr Nobody** · January 26th, 2009

I think you can miss too much on a single read. Almost every book I've ever read has had nuances and meanings I've missed. And books can mature with age (in that, as you get older, your perspective changes, so you actually mature, but it adds 'flavour' to the book, if you get my meaning).
SK's works, more than most, almost demand a re-read, I've found. Especially if you're read others of his in the meantime. There are all sorts of linkages and references to other characters and plot-lines, and they really only make sense on a second time around. Then there are the things you missed or have forgotten within the story itself.
So, for me, half the fun of owning a book is in the re-reading at future points. Besides, what's the point in buying something like a book or DVD if it's a one-shot deal?