Are you a re-reader?

[HighburyLass]

Generally I would say I am not, for 2 reasons. Mainly because I have too many books I want to read, I don't have time to revisit. Secondly I'm scared of being disappointed. Especially if it's a book I loved when younger. I've changed over the years and my memories would be tainted if I reread but didn't like it as much.

The reason I ask is, having heard that Barbara Taylor Bradford died, I wondered if I should reread A Woman of Substance. I read it as a 16 year old and loved it so much. I borrowed it from the library and had to complete it in 3 weeks (fast reading for me) because there was a waiting list for it!

So, to reread or not? Would you? Do you?

I re-read constantly. In fact, I wish I wouldn't re-read so much.

I think it was Susan Sontag who said something like: "No book is worth reading that isn't worth re-reading.”

Absolutely.
age and experience give you different perspectives on much loved volumes, I certainly read Rebecca in a totally different light now I am nearly 50 than I did as an innocent twenty something.