SciFi and Fantasy Book Club discussion

I ᗪOᑎ'T ᖇEᖇEᗩᗪ ᗰY ᗷOOKᔕ📚ᗩᑎYᗰOᖇE ᗷᑌT, I'ᗰ ᔕEᒪᒪIᑎG TᕼE OᑎEᔕ I'ᐯE ᖇEᗩᗪ ᗩᑎᗪ ᗰY OTᕼEᖇ ᗷOOKᔕ I ᕼᗩᐯE I ᗯIᒪᒪ ᖇEᗩᗪ ᗩᑎᗪ ᔕEᒪᒪ TO GET ᑎEᗯ ᗷOOKᔕ📚

Adrian, Bernard Cornwell is very rereadable, I agree!

Michelle wrote: "Adrian, Bernard Cornwell is very rereadable, I agree!"

Yes, my favorite is The Archer's Tale

I have a habit of re-reading, especially when I get in an awful book slump. Usually I revisit books which have given me stellar entertainment in the past, such as Bernard Cornwell mentioned above. His books have always brought me lots of enjoyment!! My regular rotation includes:

Inda series by Sherwood Smith
Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb
The Name of the Wind
Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
The Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner
Lighthouse Duet by Carol Berg (actually, any of her books)
Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold
Rusalka series by CJ Cherryh
Anything by Gene Wolfe or Glen Cook
Janny Wurts' Wars of Light and Shadow
Jhereg by Steven Brust
Riyria series by Michael J Sullivan
Ben Stiger series by Marc Alan Edelheit
Verrens series by Douglas Jackson

Mike wrote: "Michelle wrote: "Adrian, Bernard Cornwell is very rereadable, I agree!"

Yes, my favorite is The Archer's Tale "

I haven't gotten to that one yet, Mike! Right now I'm reading The Last Kingdom.

Michelle wrote: "Mike wrote: "Michelle wrote: "Adrian, Bernard Cornwell is very rereadable, I agree!"

Yes, my favorite is The Archer's Tale "

I haven't gotten to that one yet, M..."

The Last Kingdom is also great. The Archer's Tale audiobook had a great voice talent. I listened during my commutes to and from work.

I shall add it to my TBR promptly :)

Reed wrote: "I ᗪOᑎ'T ᖇEᖇEᗩᗪ ᗰY ᗷOOKᔕ📚ᗩᑎYᗰOᖇE ᗷᑌT, I'ᗰ ᔕEᒪᒪIᑎG TᕼE OᑎEᔕ I'ᐯE ᖇEᗩᗪ ᗩᑎᗪ ᗰY OTᕼEᖇ ᗷOOKᔕ I ᕼᗩᐯE I ᗯIᒪᒪ ᖇEᗩᗪ ᗩᑎᗪ ᔕEᒪᒪ TO GET ᑎEᗯ ᗷOOKᔕ📚"

Then you'll never run out of shelf space, Reed!

I reread every year Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, and Tolkien books.
The rest of the books I keep I reread them from time to time.
If I don't like them enough to enjoy rereading, I just give them away,
Sometimes I start with genres: Mystery, Gothic, SciFi, etc. or by authors, depends on my mood...
Other times I start on one side of the shelves and go forward until I read them all.
I have a lousy memory so when I like a book or an author, I enjoy reading them again, after a while it is almost brand new reading.

I believe that you haven't fully read a book until you've read it twice, so chances are that any book I've read and liked I've read more than once.

I used to read Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn and Stormlight Archive series 1-2 times a year when I was younger (from 10-15 yrs old), then much less frequently when Oathbringer was released (killing my obsession with anything Cosmere-related) and I discovered a new favorite author in Robin Hobb.

Also used to re-read Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, and the Underland Chronicles a ton as a very little kid, but it's been at least four years since I last attempted to pick those up again.

I've also reread Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan.


and Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham.

and The First Human by Ann Gibbons

I think lately the books I've reread most are Too Like the Lightning and The Way of Kings, both for the same reason of being ready for the fourth book!

This is not counting the books I listen to to sleep, which are Guards! Guards!, Men at Arms, Witches Abroad, Maskerade, Small Gods and Elantris, which I think I can conservatively say have each been marked "read" about 100 times on my audible account, but I'm not considering them since I don't pay attention to them when I'm "listening".

I've been "listening" to Soulless that way the last couple days, Allison. At this point I've listened to the first fifteen minutes of the story many, many times, and woken up in the morning to find that I've reached the end of the book twice already. (with the earbuds nowhere near my ears anymore. heh.) I haven't decided if I want to give up on listening to it while awake, i.e. lunch break, but it's for sure a good one to wind down to!

I reread LOTR lots of times, The Once and Future King, Gone with the Wind, Lord of the Flies, The Day of the Triffids, Rebecca, My Cousin Rachel, The King's General, Intensity by Koontz, Pride and Prejudice, Le Comte de Monte Cristo, Magician by Raymond Feist and a number of other books as well.
It's a bit of an eclectic list and I'm sure I forgot some as well. I never throw or give away a book I've read, which is getting me into trouble with space in my 'library' (I've got a spare room full of books), reason why I've switched to e-reader :-)
My to-read list is growing daily so I tend to reread less and less but decided to reread the whole series of Wheel of Time anyway.

Dresden Files.

I've reread The Lord of the Rings the most - primarily because my spouse liked refreshers before each of the movies. She's currently listening to (and enjoying) the version with Andy Serkis narrating so I'm getting another exposure when we're driving together. I know a surprising amount of the dialogue now.

I also have a problem with a very large TBR list and so outside of that I rarely reread now. Two other exceptions are Stardust and The Princess Bride ("As you wish"). It seems that I just can't resist romantic fantasies.

Yvette, I have read The Count of Monte Cristo multiple times myself! That book is excellent.

Beth wrote: "I've been "listening" to Soulless that way the last couple days, Allison. At this point I've listened to the first fifteen minutes of the story many, many times, and woken up in the ..."

I love everything Gail Carriger writes! She has such a unique take on humanhood. I read everything by her on the page first and only discovered the audios later, but they are go-to listens for me when I have time to kill because I am so familiar with the stories. I hope you end up being able to finish and like it.

My absolute most reread is Have I Ever Told You How Lucky You Are? I've reread LOTR several times. It used to be my most read novel. I have reread Annihilation a time or two more now; it's becoming an annual tradition. I've reread Alice in Wonderland a couple of times. Otherwise, I pretty much don't reread anything. Too many new books to chase down and not enough time to read them.

Kandice wrote: "I read everything by her on the page first and only discovered the audios later, but they are go-to listens for me when I have time to kill because I am so familiar with the stories. I hope you end up being able to finish and like it."

I eye-read the first two, and the third one as an audiobook, so I decided to re-start the series and listen to them all. I've also read the comic version of the first book, so it's possible that over-familiarity with the story is making it so wind-down worthy. So far this week, listening to it at lunch hasn't made me fall asleep at my desk, so that's good news both for my finishing it, and for my job. :)

I have reread the Jean Auel Earth’s Children books; Mary Doria Russell’s Sparrow and sequel; Anne Rice’s books and Anne McIntyre’s Pern books Oh, and not to forget Marge Piercy’s Woman on The Edge Of Time…. I get something new from it every time I read it!

Noreen wrote: "I have reread the Jean Auel Earth’s Children books; Mary Doria Russell’s Sparrow and sequel; Anne Rice’s books and Anne McIntyre’s Pern books Oh, and not to forget Marge Piercy’s Woman on The Edge ..."

I too have reread Auel's and Rice's books!

I forgot The Arrival.

I love re reading a book. But as styles have changed I find that some of the older books I own are not as interesting any more.( eg Stranger in a strange land)
But I have to re read the whole series when I get the new book for a series,( talking to you Demon accord) I have comfort re reads ( Dune, Ender’s game,Mercy Thompson ) , and then someone raves about a book I haven’t read in ages and wow must re read that.
Then again I have a lot more years on some of you, I started reading some of these authors as the books were published. Eg Isaac Asimov
Being retired means I get to read a few hours each day.

The Raod Less Traveled by Scott Peck. I read it every two or three years. It's a good reminder of what a healthy life is.

Well-written. Probably because that genre isn't getting lots of new stuff these days.

When I was young I reread favourite books all the time. As an older adult I don’t really do it this way. I find there are mainly three kinds of rereads I do these days: (1) books I read a very long time ago and want to revisit, just to see what I make of them now. This year for example I reread The Martian Chronicles and The Past Through Tomorrow; (2) books that are relatively easy reads that reliably deliver a certain kind of satisfaction. For me these tend to be crime and suspense stories: Richard Stark, Thomas Perry, and relatedly crime classics like Ross Macdonald; (3) Actual classics that stick in the mind and seem to demand a reread after a while. I tend to think I don’t reread much but looking at the record this isn’t true. I actually reread quite a bit. But it’s not the over-and-over-again immersion in a favourite that I remember from my youth.

Kill the farm boy the 1st book in tales of pell by Kevin Hearne and Delilah S Dawson is one of my go to rereads or relistens. It's amazing on audible. It's read by Luke Daniels and he does the whole series. If it was a bogunka set it would be completely worn out.

I reread once per year (although I've read it four times this year in preparation for the new book in the series). It's one of my comfort books that I think about often and it was a story that made me genuinely happy during a very dark time in my life.

This is such a great topic. Makes me want to read the ones other people read all the time. The last few years I have been trying to read new books but in the past I would often reread. I'm trying to do the same with TV - watch new shows not repeats.

More recently:

Harry Potter
Twilight

80's

LOTR
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Chronicles of Narnia

Lord of the Rings was my favorite for many years and probably most read. My family (wife and 3 daughters) and I read Harry Potter together when the books were still coming out and played games over dinner trying to remember obscure characters and events. My wife was alarmed at how many times I reread the Twilight books which was funny.

Bobby

I reread Watership Down this year after having read it in my early teens. I loved it even more this time. I remember it being quite challenging as a kid, but listening to it this time around was a breeze and the violence was more normal (sadly) and less affecting to me as an adult. That is still one aspect of the story that I deeply appreciate, nonetheless.

All of Jane Austen, especially Pride and Prejudice; lots of Kate Wilhelm, particulaly Oh, Susannah. o

HHGG ; Discworld featuring Sam Vimes. Ursula Le Guin, especially Lathe of Heaven

I reread Uprooted frequently and a Deadly Education more recently. NN has got my number!!

I reread Jane Austen regularly, and some of the Brontë novels when I am in the mood. It is always a pleasure to reread Lois McMaster Bujold, the Vorkosigan saga in particular :)))

Dune and Foundation

I like to reread the Harry Potter series, especially the fourth and the sixth book, I don't know why... And then the Lord of the Rings books, especially the Fellowship of the Ring.

I used to re-read Narnia every couple of years! The last ones I re-read were the Wheel of Time.

Alexandra, I must have read the Vorkosigan series more than a dozen times!

I have also reread The Lathe of Heaven and the (original) Earthsea Trilogy several times as well as The Chrinicles of Narnia.

I recently reread The Witness for the Dead and The Grief of Stones. I really like these books. Also recently reread the author’s The Goblin Emperor, for I think the third time.

Michelle wrote: "Alexandra, I must have read the Vorkosigan series more than a dozen times!"

Nice to hear, they are wonderful to reread imo :)

Stephen wrote: "I recently reread The Witness for the Dead and The Grief of Stones. I really like these books. Also recently reread the author’s The Goblin Emperor, ..."

I have only read these books once, but I would be happy to reread them in the future. They are really great, I agree.

Does “Swiss Family Robinson” count? I read it at least ten times as a kid…

Other favorite rereads: Dune, Wolfe’s “The Book of the New Sun”, Wheel of Time, Silmarillion.

Actually, I have been mulling over a Gene Wolfe reread. It's probably more of a re-re-re-re-re-read for me at this point :)

The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart and the whole Arthurian Saga.

Ooh I've been thinking about doing a Goblin Emperor / Witness for the Dead / Grief of Stones reread, too!

Stephanie wrote: "Since goodreads started allowing users to track reread dates, I've noticed there are certain books I reread frequently and on a somewhat consistent basis, be that once a year, once every two years,..."

I love to re-read Jane Eyre as well as the In Death series by J.D. Robb.

It used to be YA nostalgia series I'd return to most for comfort reads. Northern Lights, Sabriel, Dragonsong, and the like.

More recently however... Well, I reread The 5th Gender twice this year, so I guess sci-fi murder-mystery queer romance? ... Yeah. That checks out. Queer romance with a body count.

Hi, I'm currently re-reading Before and after by Matthew Thomas, Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy is one of my favourite re-reads as such I have both a hard copy and a digital version. Other books I come back to often are Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre and Twilight( don't hate me for that one.)