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Repeat readers- what's the book you have been reading for longest, and do you still have the original?

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SwedeDreams · 15/01/2015 19:15

Prompted by opening up again my copy of 'A wizard of earthsea', in hardback which I stole from the school library in 1985, aged 13. Sorry school. I loved (and still do love) this book.

It's battered and torn but the cover is splendid. Anyone else have a book they have had for ages?

Repeat readers- what's the book you have been reading for longest, and do you still have the original?
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hugoagogo · 15/01/2015 20:24

The catcher in the rye; I did not steal it from the library Shock

Hopelass · 15/01/2015 20:18

The Magic Faraway Tree books! I lost my first ones from childhood so re-bought them from ebay as an adult and have read them again and again!

MehsMum · 15/01/2015 20:15

Very oldest: My Beatrix Potters, which my DC have. I don't read them any more as they no longer need to be read to. Some of them must be 45 years old. The Tale of Mr Tod and The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck used to set my hair on end.

I have some others from my teens - Anne Frank, Jock of the Bushveld, and a couple of Rosemary Sutcliffes. They have all either been reread by me or read by my DC within the last 5 years or so.

LittleBairn · 15/01/2015 20:06

And yes Anne was another stolen library book. Blush

LittleBairn · 15/01/2015 20:05

My next oldest book is Anne Franks diary that I first read 18 years ago and occasionally re-read. I recently had a panic that it might have ended up being donated to the charity shop thankful not.

BestIsWest · 15/01/2015 20:03

I still have my copy of Pride and Prejudice from the school library too Blush.

LittleBairn · 15/01/2015 20:02

I have a box set of Beatrix Potter books bought for me by my grandad when I was little. I re-read them constantly as a child less so now.

BestIsWest · 15/01/2015 20:01

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. I first read in 1977 when I was 14. I stlll have the original but it is in bits. DH bought me a new copy about 15 years ago.

I read it every year. It was one of a pile of books I inherited so it was already quite old.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 15/01/2015 19:59

:)

I did the same with Stephen King books about ten years ago, & then had to replace them all!

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SwedeDreams · 15/01/2015 19:48

I still regret that I threw away all my Enid Blytons in a fit of grownupness at about 15. Think I regretted it almost instantly. Still makes me feel sad!!

DSs will be hoarded in the attic for this very reason Grin

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RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 15/01/2015 19:45

Enid Blyton's, 'Secret Island' which I've had since I was seven, in 1977. I still re-read it (same copy) once a year because it is so charming, and always cheers me up!

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SwedeDreams · 15/01/2015 19:43

I don't know that series, but I was never very into ponies. I blame black beauty -that made me cry, think that put me off a bit!

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GwenaelleLaGourmande · 15/01/2015 19:17

The Jill pony series. I started reading them over 25 years ago and still occasionally re-read. Probably once every couple of years.

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