Which books do you reread? I’ve read Crime and Punishment several times and it always makes me sick.
i dont do re-reads now, back when i was in my harry potter phase and had no access to other books physically. i read the order of the phoenix about 10 times iirc
>>24835847I reread all my childhood-defining books:>Wardstone Chronicles>Pendragon>Harry Potter>the Dark Tower>the Name of the Rose>Larsson's Millenium trilogyIn adulthood? I reread Heart of Darkness which I read in high school (went from hating it to loving it), Macbeth+R&J, the Stranger (hated it even more on a reread), As I Lay Dying and the Odyssey. That's it so far. I plan to eventually reread:>the Bible (several translations)>Iliad (gonna go with Pope this time)>Divine Comedy (this time Longfellow)>Love's Labour's Lost, King Lear, Hamlet and probably more>Paradife Loft>the Manuscript Found in Saragossa (either the Polish fanfiction or the 1804 version)>Faust (not sure which translation yet, originally read Arndt)>Moby-Dick, Pierre, Confidence-Man>Ulysses>Gravity's Rainbow. Maybe V as well. Haven't read the rest of Pynch yet but I can picture myself rereading M&D and AtD if they're even half as good as GR
Everytime I think of rereading, I feel I shouldn't because I would be wasting time that could be spent on reading a new book. I know it's dumb reasoning but its hard for me to do so. Hpwever, I want to read crime and punishment and BK in another translation that isnt PV soon though
>>24835981Rereading makes sense for dense, difficult books. There's no way you mined everything it has to offer on your first try.
>>24835847Ulysses, moby dick, iliad, in search of lost time
>>24835854At least it's the best one
>>24836011its hard to choose a best one, it does grow the wizarding world a bit through st mungos, ministry of magic, grimmauld place. as opposed to just being in hogwarts all the time
>>24835847I've been rereading Don Quixote (Grossman) every second week of March for the past six year to prepare me for summer
>>24835847I read Dostoevsky once. I never make the same mistake twice.
>>24836168Which Dosto? Demons (and P&V) suck
>>24835847One Hundred Years of SolitudeI remember having reread it a couple of times, especially the part where Aureliano wants to keep fighting.
Read Blood Meridian three times, and each reread I pick up on things that I had missed before.
>>24835847I’ve read multiple translations of the Illiad and Odyssey. Favourite is Palmer believe it or not. I reread Corncob, especially Sunset Limited. I’ve reread Lovecraft in many forms and listened to adaptations. I recommend the DART radio plays but start with a later one the sound and production is not the best on the earliest ones. Colour Out of Space and Dreams in the Witch House are great. I reread LOTR every other year or so. The Hobbit has less staying power for me. >>24835981I think a fine edition or new translations are plenty good reasons to revisit a book. You talk like books are just chores, but they’re actually meant to be enjoyed. Explore some adaptations. I got a graphic novel version of 1984 (Namai) and the visual interpretations really highlighted how differently I’d read it. I got a version of The Man Who Would Be King illustrated like a travel diary which was also really interesting. Easton Press has a set of Count of Monte Cristo that features illustrated etchings on every other page, it’s quite something. Similarly Dickens was accompanied by a lot of illustrations originally and then lost them in new editions.
>>24835847this is like 3 days of average use condition with penguins
