Romancing Mr. Bridgerton by Julia Quinn. Say what you want, but I love Penelope and Colin!
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery – ultimate comfort characters pretty much.
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I’ve never done that.
Closest I came was, when I finished Wind and Truth, I was seriously tempted to start right back at Way of Kings. I did go back and re-read the prologue (and it’s crazy how much he put in that scene when you read it knowing the arc of the series), but ended up deciding not to commit another month or two to re-reading the series again.
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The Magus by John Fowles. After finishing it, I was so depressed I could no longer live in it that I immediately started over from the beginning.
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The Story of the Stone, aka The Dream of the Red Chamber. A Chinese novel written a couple of centuries ago. I read an abridged version first, but was so fascinated by the detailed world of the Chinese aristocracy that it revealed that I turned around and immediately read the four-volume unabridged version.
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Never done this in my life
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The Poisonwood Bible. I went back intending to just skim it again to reflect on everything, and I ended up…just re-reading it.
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I’ve never immediately started a book after I finished it. Closest I can think of is that I’ve just started the DCC audiobook after finishing the first book a couple months ago.
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The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. It’s just such an enthralling book and I read it the first time at such a calm time in my life that every time I go for a reread, I get a little bit of that peace again.
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Crime and Punishment.
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A Psalm for the Wild-Built
I literally read it, read the sequel and immediately reread them both. Reason: I wasn’t ready to leave their world ❤️
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I read I’m Thinking About Ending Things twice in 3 days… Someone said it was better on the second reading.
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This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
I am not ashamed to say that I totally didn’t understand this book the first time I read it. I think I was imagining the book to be metaphorical, but the second time, I read it rather literally and it was far better! I usually recommend a second reading on that one. You can pay attention to so many different aspects that are flowing together, great book!
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The People in the Trees- Hanya Yanagihara.
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I have a degree in literature and film studies, so I remember often reading and rereading books I was studying. I can’t say I’ve ever done it for fun though. I might go back and reread a few passages or pages that were particularly good, but I don’t need to reread a whole book.
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Red Rising
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Anne Rice’s Interview with the vampire (sorta) I got to 50 pages left, realized I couldn’t bare for it to be over so I just started from the beginning again
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I used to read slowly, rarely re-read, and had a lot of DNFs. Now I speed read and finish most books. The DNFs I can identify within the first 5-8% of the book.
My two recent immediate re-reads were Williams’ Stoner (wanted to re-read alongside McEwan’s On Chesil Beach) and Forster’s Room with a View – the character portraits are a little fuller than in the film and it’s nice to see the mechanics of the plotting.
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Romancing Mr. Bridgerton by Julia Quinn. Say what you want, but I love Penelope and Colin!
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery – ultimate comfort characters pretty much.
I’ve never done that.
Closest I came was, when I finished Wind and Truth, I was seriously tempted to start right back at Way of Kings. I did go back and re-read the prologue (and it’s crazy how much he put in that scene when you read it knowing the arc of the series), but ended up deciding not to commit another month or two to re-reading the series again.
The Magus by John Fowles. After finishing it, I was so depressed I could no longer live in it that I immediately started over from the beginning.
The Story of the Stone, aka The Dream of the Red Chamber. A Chinese novel written a couple of centuries ago. I read an abridged version first, but was so fascinated by the detailed world of the Chinese aristocracy that it revealed that I turned around and immediately read the four-volume unabridged version.
Never done this in my life
The Poisonwood Bible. I went back intending to just skim it again to reflect on everything, and I ended up…just re-reading it.
I’ve never immediately started a book after I finished it. Closest I can think of is that I’ve just started the DCC audiobook after finishing the first book a couple months ago.
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. It’s just such an enthralling book and I read it the first time at such a calm time in my life that every time I go for a reread, I get a little bit of that peace again.
Crime and Punishment.
A Psalm for the Wild-Built
I literally read it, read the sequel and immediately reread them both. Reason: I wasn’t ready to leave their world ❤️
I read I’m Thinking About Ending Things twice in 3 days… Someone said it was better on the second reading.
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
I am not ashamed to say that I totally didn’t understand this book the first time I read it. I think I was imagining the book to be metaphorical, but the second time, I read it rather literally and it was far better! I usually recommend a second reading on that one. You can pay attention to so many different aspects that are flowing together, great book!
The People in the Trees- Hanya Yanagihara.
I have a degree in literature and film studies, so I remember often reading and rereading books I was studying. I can’t say I’ve ever done it for fun though. I might go back and reread a few passages or pages that were particularly good, but I don’t need to reread a whole book.
Red Rising
Anne Rice’s Interview with the vampire (sorta) I got to 50 pages left, realized I couldn’t bare for it to be over so I just started from the beginning again
I used to read slowly, rarely re-read, and had a lot of DNFs. Now I speed read and finish most books. The DNFs I can identify within the first 5-8% of the book.
My two recent immediate re-reads were Williams’ Stoner (wanted to re-read alongside McEwan’s On Chesil Beach) and Forster’s Room with a View – the character portraits are a little fuller than in the film and it’s nice to see the mechanics of the plotting.
The Name of the Wind
Hymn California
Piranesi
Small Things Like These. Claire Keegan.
Her sentences are like pieces of art.
Philosopher’s Stone
The Secret History