Re-reading ????

[teejay17]

one of the great things about a book much more than movies or tv is that the reader brings him/herself to it. Personal experience, age, social status, education and a whole array of factors can all influence which characters or situations you sympathize with or how you understand it. They will effect what you take away from the writing. As you get older, grow, mature, and generally change you bring those changes to the books you read or reread. So really, imho, every reading is new in a way.

That's a very good point. I've reread a bunch of King's works over the years, and the experiences have always been different, depending on my age and education level, etcetera (meaning I had different experiences reading the same works while in high school, my B.A. and M.A.).
Also, rereading quite soon after the initial read also produces different results; you tend to get more out of it, and see more, than the first read through.
Of course, one does not have to re-read everything, just certain favourites (or if you're laboriously studying an author for a dissertation or something), and sometimes one could also just re-read certain passages and chapters as well.

[catnoel]

I have re-read every book he has written!!! I am currently re-reading 'The Long Walk" for the umpteenth time.

[youngfibre]

I have done Insomnia a few times but i think i have re-read Esane Case's Wing Men like 40 times. Its hard to re- read SK when there still plenty waiting which havnt gotten a read yet

[Kat9]

I constantly re-read books. It seems to go new book, old book, new book, old book for me! I find re-reading a book like meeting up with an old friend. It's comforting and like returning to place you really like being. Also, I agree with Mr. Nobody, what's the point in owning books if you don't re-read them? I love some books so much that I couldn't bear not to read them again. Having said that there's so many books and only so much time out there to read them in!

[michal]

I reread every book I enjoyed. I blush to say it but there are some books I read over 50 times. I'm the same with films though. When I find a movie I really like I'll watch it until the disk stops working.

[Suzana]

I´ve only re-read Insomnia and Bag of Bones... The first because I liked sooo much, and I wanted to remember the story, and the second because I had nothing to read and feed my addiction... ahuaha

[Immoli]

I reread occasionally, only when I really like the book though.

Part of me doesn't like to reread because I feel lke the time I spent reading that book could have been better spent reading another for the first time. >.>

Though when I do I wait until it has been awhile. I have read And Then There Were None three times. Once as a Freshman in High School, then a Sophomore (I think.....maybe junior....) And again just recently as a senior. The only other book I have reread has been Eragon.. >.>
I have been wanting to reread a lot of Stephen King though. Mainly the Dark Tower series. I want to wait to read that until I finish reading all the books connected to it.

[teejay17]

I reread occasionally, only when I really like the book though.

Part of me doesn't like to reread because I feel lke the time I spent reading that book could have been better spent reading another for the first time. >.>

Though when I do I wait until it has been awhile. I have read And Then There Were None three times. Once as a Freshman in High School, then a Sophomore (I think.....maybe junior....) And again just recently as a senior. The only other book I have reread has been Eragon.. >.>
I have been wanting to reread a lot of Stephen King though. Mainly the Dark Tower series. I want to wait to read that until I finish reading all the books connected to it.

The Dark Tower warrants many re-reads.

[randallFlaggfan1]

Personally, I've found the reread experience to be more rewarding. Plus, there are always things you miss the first time!!

[91rewoT]

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?

I couldn't have said it better myself! (so I didn't even try )