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Lady Ravenna 02-09-2006 09:10 AM

Tell me this...
 
Is there a book out there that you just can't get sick of no matter now many times you read it? Mine is "I Vampire" by Michael Romkey. Its just a kick ass book and its got something for everybody. I definitely recommend it!

Blessed Be
Lady Ravenna

WolfMoon 02-09-2006 09:23 AM

Mine is "King of the Wind". I don't remember the author's name, but it's supposedly the story of how the Thoroughbred(racing horse) was started.

I've read it at least 5 times and never tired of it.

Saya 02-09-2006 10:28 AM

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson.

IlGato_DiDiablo 02-09-2006 02:36 PM

Angels of Mourning - John Pritchard

Disfunction 02-09-2006 02:39 PM

I can't re-read books. I end up remembering it too vividly for some reason or another... unless I didn't hold to the details, in which case I don't think it was a piece of quality literature to begin with. Though, Catcher in the Rye has come close.

DrenchedInGin 02-09-2006 02:47 PM

To Say Nothing Of The Dog by Connie Willis. I re-read all of my favourites constantly but that one makes me laugh every time.

I think I need something new though. Haven't read I Vampire yet... (races to library).

She_Is_My_Sin 02-09-2006 02:54 PM

The whole of the His Dark Materials triology. Every time I read them I discover something new...but I still cry when I reach the chapter "Over the Hills & Far Away".

sheridan 02-09-2006 02:59 PM

Titus Groan and Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake...

KeltikAon 02-09-2006 09:31 PM

London by Edward Rutherfurd

Samyania 02-09-2006 09:32 PM

My God, when do you have time to RE-read the Gormenghast trilogy?!
I couldn't even get through it the first time. That book is the hugest thing ever.

I keep reading Shade and Shadow by Francine G. Woodbury. It's apparently the only book she's ever written, which makes me a very sad person indeed, and it's much better than the blurb on the back makes it sound. It's not really a spooky kind of book, despite the title. The main character is a bit spooky, and someone dies, but it's not a single bit gothic.

Samyania 02-09-2006 09:42 PM

I didn't mean to sound defensive or anything, I just felt the need to explain because the title makes it sound darker (pun totally unabashedly intended) than the book really is.

winged_dreams 02-09-2006 10:14 PM

A Wrinkle in Time, Earth, Lost Souls, and Lord of the Rings. I can read books over a lot pretty easily.

PhilSmith 02-09-2006 11:41 PM

The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted! by Harry Harrison. Fun from start to finish.

Wise Child 02-10-2006 12:52 PM

The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner. The thing I love most about Faulkner is that the more you read, the more you get.

Metatron 02-10-2006 06:46 PM

The Lord of the Rings and those Merlin books by T. A. Barron (I think).

sheridan 02-12-2006 11:33 PM

np: Toy Box - Leave (rough demo version)
 
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Originally Posted by PhilSmith
The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted! by Harry Harrison. Fun from start to finish.

I'll have to dig out my Stainless Steel Rat books - it's been so long since I re-read them I think a couple more have come out (something about Hell?)

The last book I finished was West of Eden by Mister Harrison - a 'what if' book showing how the world could be different if the meteor hadn't struck 75 million years ago (plus a large dollup of fantasy).

sheridan 02-12-2006 11:35 PM

np: Adam and the Phil and the DeathBoy - Money and Confidence
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Samyania
My God, when do you have time to RE-read the Gormenghast trilogy?!
I couldn't even get through it the first time. That book is the hugest thing ever.

Believe it or not I read Titus Groan over the course of a weekend! I carefully didn't say the whole trilogy though, as I found Titus Alone to be quite tedious - I've only ever read it the once (though I will re-read it again sometime, when I've ploughed through oh-so-many other books).

ennui 03-14-2006 02:40 PM

I can definitely re-read a book i loved but I have to give a minimum of a year pause or I also remember too many of the details to capture that wow! factor of the writing style, storyline or what have you. Right now, the Bell Jar and Catcher in the Rye come to mind, as do a few of Anne Rice's and the Hobbit. I read Memiors of A Geisha a few years back and loved it. I haven't seen the film, but I think i want to re-read the book again first. OMG you started a stream of conscious...now I'm recalling a couple of Amy Tan's books that I would read again. I'm going to shut up now.

Pathogen. 03-14-2006 02:56 PM

*"Fire To The Powder Keg" [Eberhardt Press].

*"Living My Life" [volumes 1 & 2] by Emma Goldman.

*"Lost Souls" by Poppy Z. Brite.

*"The Philosophy Of Punk" by Craig O'Hara.

*"Unfinished Business" by the Class War Federation.

*The Crow [original comicbook graphic novel].

*"Live From Death Row" & "All Things Censored" by Mumia Abu-Jamal.

*"Wretched Of The Earth" by Franz Fanon.


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