Top and bottom shelves: frequent re-reads. Middle: not so much. |
I do still reread books; although I'm noticing they tend to be very specific types.
- I almost never re-read nonfiction.
- I almost never re-read mysteries (even though it's my favorite genre; because once you know "whodunit", they're not so interesting). Exception - I've enjoyed a few Agatha Christies in the last couple of months, because it's been nearly 20 years since I read them for the first time.
- I re-read Georgette Heyer a lot.
- I re-read other romance-y books fairly often: Jane Austen, Mary Stewart.
- I re-read kids' books quite frequently: I'm in about a 5 year re-read rotation with The Dark is Rising, and Harry Potter seems to be happening about every 3 years. I just re-listened to all of The Little House on the Prairie series in 2012, and I'm thinking that I'm past due for an Anne of Green Gables series re-read.
- Around the holidays I have a handful of favorite Christmas books that I rotate through.
Do you re-read? Why?