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I own a couple of hundred or sobooks. Not a massive collection by any stretch of the imagination. Whereas in the past I always borrowed from the library , I tend now to buy due to the reasonable cost of books from webstores like Play.
What I've realised however is that I have hardly re-read any of them. With the odd exception of my all time favourites The Hobbit and LOTR , the number of books I have read on more than one occasion is only a fraction of those I own. As far as reading twice through, (again excluding JRR Tolkein) -probably only two or three (HHGTTG , 1984 and Red Storm Rising are 3 that spring to mind).I tend to read them once every few years when I have 'forgotten' much of the content)
It seems to me that there are far too many new novels being released , and so many classics I haven't yet read to spend my reading time going over stories I am already familiar with.
Why do I keep the books I have bought? Well tbh some I pass on to friends or charity shops - but it's comforting to know that I've got plenty of enjoyable novels to hand - just in case. I do the same with DVDs and videogames - keep ones I enjoyed , but rarely (if ever) re-watch them.
Am I alone on this ? Do the rest of you guys repeatedly read your favourte
stories , or do you move onto new ones? Do you keep your old novels and if so why?
What I've realised however is that I have hardly re-read any of them. With the odd exception of my all time favourites The Hobbit and LOTR , the number of books I have read on more than one occasion is only a fraction of those I own. As far as reading twice through, (again excluding JRR Tolkein) -probably only two or three (HHGTTG , 1984 and Red Storm Rising are 3 that spring to mind).I tend to read them once every few years when I have 'forgotten' much of the content)
It seems to me that there are far too many new novels being released , and so many classics I haven't yet read to spend my reading time going over stories I am already familiar with.
Why do I keep the books I have bought? Well tbh some I pass on to friends or charity shops - but it's comforting to know that I've got plenty of enjoyable novels to hand - just in case. I do the same with DVDs and videogames - keep ones I enjoyed , but rarely (if ever) re-watch them.
Am I alone on this ? Do the rest of you guys repeatedly read your favourte
stories , or do you move onto new ones? Do you keep your old novels and if so why?