There's also the dilemma of my childhood reads, is it still usual for kids to re-read their favourites? The older children at school don't seem to do so now but then there's all the technological distractions that are available. I know I sound ancient, but as an only child with few children of my age living nearby and only 3 TV channels showing very limited kids programmes (and no daytime TV at all!) you read or got very bored, very quickly!!
So what have I read multiple times?
Removing children's books, which come on a different day. There's everything by Jane Austen and Terry Pratchett; all the Amelia Peabody series and all the Harry Potters. (I count these as I read them as an adult, is that cheating?) I adore Remains of the Day and have revisited it several times and as always although the film was beautifully acted I still prefer the book. 1984 is also on the list, I read it first to be clever and then realised how brilliant it was...long time since I last looked at it though.
On a lighter note I have read several Jilly Cooper's many times, particularly Riders which was educational and possibly instructional and kept me occupied through a damp boating holiday on the Norfolk Broads.
So I can't really say simply one book I've read more than three times...there's just too many! Hope that's not too much of a cop out.
On a lighter note I have read several Jilly Cooper's many times, particularly Riders which was educational and possibly instructional and kept me occupied through a damp boating holiday on the Norfolk Broads.
So I can't really say simply one book I've read more than three times...there's just too many! Hope that's not too much of a cop out.
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