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Do you have a favourite book that you will read again and again?

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stolemyusername · 05/08/2014 03:13

I absolutely love reading but never read a book twice, a friend once said that rereading a book that she loved was like catching up with old friends but once I know what will happen I lose interest, the only exception I have to this rule is Jane Eyre, I absolutely love this book (although I did slightly ruin it for myself when I deconstructed it for an essay.)

Please tell me what book you will read again and again and why?

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glossyhair · 05/08/2014 11:10

I used to read books over and over when I was a child, but don't do it now. Time seems so precious now that I'd feel like I was missing out on discovering new books if I went back and reread stuff. Same with films, I can never watch the same one twice!

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stolemyusername · 05/08/2014 11:06

I'm going to give some of these a try, I feel like I'm getting into a bit of a rut with what I'm reading!

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MsDonnaJane · 05/08/2014 10:08

Mine is The Mists Of Avalon... King Arthur but told from a female perspective!! I love it Grin

diddl · 05/08/2014 10:00

Bridehead revisited.

And the Chronicles of barsetshire.

MrsWinnibago · 05/08/2014 08:06

Kiwi Ah that's one I've never read...is it set in Alice Springs then?

kiwiscantfly · 05/08/2014 07:58

Mine is A Town like Alice by Neville Shute, I just love it! Such a classy romantic story!

MrsWinnibago · 05/08/2014 07:54

I have read plenty more than once but off the top of my head I return often to Poor Cow and Up the Junction by Nell Dunn. Both books are so full of minute social detail that they never fail to thrill me. Reading either is like going back in time to the 60s.