tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post3217345814634618858..comments2024-03-14T18:09:09.667-05:00Comments on Do Some Damage: Re-reading books: Why?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-73226200854994373472010-07-04T14:04:19.114-05:002010-07-04T14:04:19.114-05:00I enjoy re-reading books that i like for much the ...I enjoy re-reading books that i like for much the same reasons i'll re-watch a movie, or re listen to an album.<br /><br />That said, i don't have he time to write at the moment, let alone re-read a book.Jay Stringerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08764183157841848163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-11541813379841092502010-07-04T13:53:59.116-05:002010-07-04T13:53:59.116-05:00If I really like a book or series, I'll buy it...If I really like a book or series, I'll buy it and reread it incessantly. <br /><br />The first time I read a book I'd rather just enjoy the story. Now that I'm writing my own, when I reread I find myself looking at plot devices, use of language, etc. It doesn't spoil things if I really love the book. I don't tend to notice a technique on the first go-round unless it's something glaring or meta. <br /><br />I have a huge library of books but I've been too busy to go back and visit them lately.Elizabeth Westhttp://aelizabethwest.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-60127126129571131182010-07-03T22:09:55.933-05:002010-07-03T22:09:55.933-05:00I re-read, though not as often as I used to becaus...I re-read, though not as often as I used to because I've learned of so many new (to me) authors I like. Sometimes I re-read for craft. Sometimes it's to see if I still feel the same about the book. Mostly it's because some books are like old friends to me, and I miss them if I don't spend time with them once in a while. Chandler only wrote six novels. If I want to hang around Phillip Marlowe, I have to re-read.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-2900851755057316012010-07-03T09:23:39.681-05:002010-07-03T09:23:39.681-05:00I rarely--as in never to my recollection--re-read ...I rarely--as in never to my recollection--re-read entire books. Though I do find myself flipping through old books to find certain passages or moments I really enjoyed to try and see how they worked. (Most recently SHUTTER ISLAND to compare that ending to the movie's.)Dave Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10185814518997114591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-68552196843806048902010-07-03T08:20:02.202-05:002010-07-03T08:20:02.202-05:00David - I'll never groan at someone else's...David - I'll never groan at someone else's favorite books. Not to worry. Forgot about Doyle. But I'm still in that place of having never read all of the short stories for the first time (shocking as it may seem). I've re-read the Adventures and the Memoirs but everything else I know not. And, as far as which book I'll pick on Tuesday, I'm giving serious consideration to selecting my fan non-novel SF story (it's a novellete, I think) of the past five years: Ted Chaing's "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate."<br /><br />Patti - I tend to read series like you with a few exceptions: Bond, Cool and Lam, Pelecanos, Lehane. My wife's the opposite: she finds a series she likes and plows through them all, in order. Only recently have I decided to abandon the "I have to read the book in order" mantra for many series. Currently, I'm reading the first Cool and Lam story but I've already read book #3 and I don't have #2. After this first book, I'm going to read whichever Cool and Lam books I have. <br /><br />As far as the literary James Bond, have you been reading the series on The Literary Bond over at the Tainted Archive? Gary is up to the Diamonds are Forever today.Scott D. Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293540073601809197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-36149632555014404002010-07-03T06:37:20.722-05:002010-07-03T06:37:20.722-05:00I am rereading a book right now-THE THINGS THEY CA...I am rereading a book right now-THE THINGS THEY CARRIED but it's for my book group. I almost never reread and for just your reasons. Likewise I usually only read one book from a series. Too many new writers to try. I had a very different attitude 20 years ago when I read entire series.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-87937191978210583352010-07-03T06:21:01.848-05:002010-07-03T06:21:01.848-05:00I don't enjoy re-reads with the exception of C...I don't enjoy re-reads with the exception of Chandler, Hemingway, Doyle, and (don't groan Scott) Rex Stout. With Doyle and Stout it's the familiarity of the characters I like. With Raymond and Ernest it is how to write.David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.com