There are certain books (and movies, but that's a different story), that I will read over and over again. I know people who think that life is too short to read the same book more than once, but I find that there's a certain peace and enjoyment found in spending more time with characters you really like in an appealing imaginary world, where nothing bad ever happens for which you're not prepared. I think of them as security blanket books and imagine Linus [2] in my head.
It started with Ramona [3]. Then the Chronicles of Narnia [4]. By the time I'd finished high school, I'd read Pride and Prejudice [5] nine times. Many of Hercule Poirot's [6] adventures I've visited more than once and Sherlock Holmes' [7] so many times I picture myself next to Watson. More recently, it's been books that involve a great deal of world-building on the part of the author. After Hurricane Ike, I re-read all of Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse series [8] and Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden series [9] by the light of a lantern.
Are there any other re-readers out there or should I seek (additional) bibliotherapy?
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- Fiction [10]
- re-reading [11]
