Yeah, sometimes it’s great to reread a book because you notice so many things that you didn’t the first time around. Sometimes you fall in love with new characters too, because when you’re older different things jump out. So yes, very much a mixed bag in my experience, too. Lovely, but sometimes risky.
I've just came across this lovely thread. I often reread books I've enjoyed, at he moment I'm rereading 'The year of the French' by Thomas Flanagan, loved it the first time around but for some reason I'm finding it heavy going this time, we'll keep goingYeah, sometimes it’s great to reread a book because you notice so many things that you didn’t the first time around. Sometimes you fall in love with new characters too, because when you’re older different things jump out. So yes, very much a mixed bag in my experience, too. Lovely, but sometimes risky.
Welcome!I've just came across this lovely thread. I often reread books I've enjoyed, at he moment I'm rereading 'The year of the French' by Thomas Flanagan, loved it the first time around but for some reason I'm finding it heavy going this time, we'll keep going
A long time ago I went on a skiing tip with my parents and brother.Welcome!
One thing I’ve noticed more than once, is that when I’m on a train or a plane and read a book that I really like but don’t finish it in one sitting, because I reach the destination, when I next pick it up in a non-moving setting, somehow I don’t find the book as good anymore. I wonder about that. Is it because I have lower standard for books that I read in a situation where there’s little else to do than read? Or is there simply something about being on the move that changes my perspective?
That’s a great story! I have some similar memories, where a certain book and movie is eternally tied to some specific location or event. Like with Jostein Gaarder’s The Solitaire Mystery, I’m always and forever 12 years old, in the backseat of my family’s car, wearing round sunglasses that are a little too big to me, completely engrossed in the story.
I think there are lots of recommendations in this thread.
Horror or mystery.small town based plzzI think there are lots of recommendations in this thread.
What kind of recommendations are you looking for? Is there a genre you enjoy or would like to explore?
That’s not really my go-to genre, so I can’t give too many recommendations, but maybe there are other people here who will chime in.
Old school Stephen King, Mirrorland by Carole Johnstone, Lone women by Victor Lavalle.
Oh, and not strictly small town, but it has some of the same feeling as those old Stephen King books where the normal, safe feeling world is stripped away: The Silence by Don DeLillo.
Yes, I have that feeling around several books I read as a kid.
I read the sundown motel , since then I'm the author's fan.
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I found Gaarder through Sophie’s World as well. My cousin got it for Christmas and hated it, her mom asked if I’d like to have it. I was a bit young for the book, perhaps, but absolutely loved it.
I did that too.I even made my own notes about the philosophy parts as I read it.
This is such a good book! It’s also one of the books I still have in my bookshelf, even after I greatly downsized my book collection before the last time I moved.
This is such a good book! It’s also one of the books I still have in my bookshelf, even after I greatly downsized my book collection before the last time I moved.
