It’s summer, the time when we plunge into new books left and right. Our beach bags, suitcases and go-bags are filled with paperbacks and new hardcovers that are designed to provide a new level of escape.
But, should summer be a new read only? Maybe it’s time to go back in time and re-read a favorite or once read book? What do you think?
In racking our collective memory we tried to recall the last re-read we’ve done.
Not too long ago our lead book bum went back into the non-fiction archive to read Embracing the Infidel by Behzad Yaghmaia. What our conversation revealed is that as a collective, we haven’t really gone back in time to re-read lately.
What else is on our re-read list this summer? We’re thinking perhaps Starship Troopers, perhaps a work from Chris Bohjalian or Orhan Pamuk. Simon Winchester is well represented in the Boston Book Bums library, so maybe it’s time to grab Outposts again.
So, what was your last re-read and what might you re-read this summer?
My last re-read was in 2006 when I wanted to see the new P&P movie. It seems I re-read Pride & Prejudice every few years without even meaning to.
I just finished rereading Stephanie Perkins’s ANNA AND THE FRENCH KISS — a fun YA novel with a cute English boy, yum
And I “reread” Harry Potter constantly. I have the first four books on my iPod, so not a week goes by without me listening to at least a couple of chapters.
My memory for books is not great, so I reread books all the time. I’m really looking forward to rereading some Michael Chabon — maybe WONDER BOYS or THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN’S UNION.
Funny you should ask…Last Friday I started re-reading the Harry Potter series, and a week later, I am on the last book.
It has actually been just as fun this time around, which is unfortunate for the state of my house. I have been cleaning this evening to try to make up for it.
I constantly have to re-read books and stories for the classes I teach, but I do try to change it up from time to time. Otherwise, I don’t often re-read for pleasure. However, I think a second read of The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (one of my favorites) may be coming up soon.
Funny you should ask…right now I’m currently re-reading Angels & Demons by Dan Brown and starting on the 31st, I want to re-read the Harry Potter series!
I partially re-read Redwall for a class I’m teaching and parts of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe for the same reason.
I’m a big re-reader, personally, but the last thing I re-read was Lolita. It’s just so much fun to read (once you get past the perversion, of course)–a linguistic rollercoaster. Before that it was The Stranger, which is so much tighter and more precise than Lolita but equally masterful. I guess I tend to return to first person novels–I wonder if it has anything to do with a more personal connection to the work. Hmm.