tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post7060705715082406550..comments2024-03-15T00:27:48.794-07:00Comments on Retire In Style Blog Too: Books: Why Do We Reread BooksBarbara Torrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09618291241661047482noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-16591642525400002592014-08-23T21:25:23.293-07:002014-08-23T21:25:23.293-07:00Isn't that interesting...it probably is a fami...Isn't that interesting...it probably is a familiar thing for her and don't we all like familiar places. It is comforting somehow. Jurassic Park must be a very interesting read.Barbara Torrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05114209481329773753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-23256573978054297382014-08-22T15:02:08.432-07:002014-08-22T15:02:08.432-07:00Uh oh, you're making me feel like a dunce. The...Uh oh, you're making me feel like a dunce. The only books I've reread lately are a few mysteries. And that was by mistake. I'd forgotten I'd read them in the first place.<br><br>I was surprised to hear that my daughter was rereading a book. She read Jurassic Park, literally, six or seven times when she was a teenager. I saw her last week. She's now 31. Guess what book she's reading!?!Tom Sightingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08118442557208675758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-28934287092990866192014-08-19T19:17:16.077-07:002014-08-19T19:17:16.077-07:00I take that back...I have read "The secret Li...I take that back...I have read "The secret Life of Bees". I had forgotten that wonderful read.Barbara Torrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05114209481329773753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-70134897048049305812014-08-19T19:15:50.912-07:002014-08-19T19:15:50.912-07:00That man just made me laugh. I loved his books for...That man just made me laugh. I loved his books for that reason. I suppose that is why I read Anne Tyler...life is hard but when we have a sense of humor, we can see how ridiculous the twists and turns are. Barbara Torrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05114209481329773753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-26588505463231806992014-08-19T19:12:45.463-07:002014-08-19T19:12:45.463-07:00I have never read a Sue Monk Kidd book...but I wil...I have never read a Sue Monk Kidd book...but I will be soon. I remember that 1984 was required reading in a sociology class in college. When I think about my thought back then and the way things turned out, I realize the our culture moves very slowly in a lot of ways.<br>Barbara Torrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05114209481329773753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-58166499496108749162014-08-19T19:09:56.836-07:002014-08-19T19:09:56.836-07:00I forgotten those...I think they shaped my vision ...I forgotten those...I think they shaped my vision of the middle east for good or for bad. I love the way he wrote.Barbara Torrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05114209481329773753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-69660811306318870702014-08-19T19:09:10.302-07:002014-08-19T19:09:10.302-07:00What was that about those books...it is a bit of p...What was that about those books...it is a bit of plowing but I see her prophetic vision in my life today.Barbara Torrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05114209481329773753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-17220285465965982862014-08-19T19:08:02.012-07:002014-08-19T19:08:02.012-07:00Oh my gosh...I love rereading a period book better...Oh my gosh...I love rereading a period book better than anything. I am transported out of my world to a different place and time.<br><br>Barbara Torrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05114209481329773753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-22133473236834905952014-08-18T23:39:39.673-07:002014-08-18T23:39:39.673-07:00I have reread the James Herriott books many times....I have reread the James Herriott books many times.Linda Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706455533282204519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-41269106549585136742014-08-18T21:24:17.028-07:002014-08-18T21:24:17.028-07:00I second Austin! Just finished two of Sue Monk Kid...I second Austin! <br>Just finished two of Sue Monk Kidd books. I can see rereading those several times. <br>Since there is so little actual reading in school these days we are reading (rereading) our favorites with our adult children. 1984 is on the docket next.<br>I'll have to check out The Fault in our Stars and the Last Convertible.The second because I cannot imagine my life without my convertible. :)Janettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10054888725603183006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-67468333665845377942014-08-18T21:02:07.903-07:002014-08-18T21:02:07.903-07:00Leon Uris, I have reread them over and iberLeon Uris, I have reread them over and iberDonna Tagliaferrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705679077073780322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-27417732198509367452014-08-18T19:21:20.778-07:002014-08-18T19:21:20.778-07:00I constantly do reread books from my shelves but t...I constantly do reread books from my shelves but the old books of Nelia Gardner White draw me back, as do those of Gladys Taber, the journals of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, old D.E. Stevenson books, and many others.<br><br>I plowed through The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged many years ago but don't know if I'd tackle them again!Dewenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07330797553600987145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-68865511676675472952014-08-18T17:37:25.521-07:002014-08-18T17:37:25.521-07:00i get that way about Jane Austen. I can't get ...i get that way about Jane Austen. I can't get enough of the Bennetts, so I read and reread P&P and the others too.penpenhttp://www.grownchildren.netnoreply@blogger.com