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Musing Mondays (May 11)

Musing Mondays (BIG)Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about rereading…

Have you ever finished a book, then turned around and immediately re-read it? Why? What book(s)? (question courtesy of MizB)

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EDIT: It's clearly not a question about boys and reading. I forgot to change it. *sigh* I'm hopeless.

I don’t think I’ve ever actually done this, though there are books that I could understand the sentiment for. Off the top of my head I’m thinking of

  • The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
  • The Invention of Hugo Cabret – Brian Selznick (actually did reread this one)
  • Song of the Sparrow - Lisa Ann Sandell
  • My Sister’s Keeper – Jodi Picoult
  • The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
  • Anne of Green Gables – L.M. Montgomery
  • Looking for Alaska – John Green

Okay that’s probably far too many for an off-the-top list.

Thinking about them these are all books that I’ve either absolutely loved the characters or loved the way they’ve been told – both in some cases, and a lot of them are on my all time favourite list (The Time Traveller’s Wife, My Sister’s Keeper, Anne of Green Gables).

Though I don’t immediately reread them (my pile of books yet to be read is often far to big to allow this) I do usually skim back through them and reread all the bits that I loved.