What is a book that you can read over and over again, and what do you love about it?

[Rei13]

[wiltingrosepetal]

William Golding's Lord of the Flies (it's literally sitting right beside me 💀)

I've always loved the desert island plotline. It's a trope that pushes characters to their breaking points through securing survival. Where the strong succeed, the weak snap. Bonds can be forged while others may tear to shreds beneath the weight of their life-or-death situation.
This little tale about a privileged group of boys becoming savage is everything I could've asked for. Just fantastic storytelling

[Rei13]

I had to read part of that in school. We read like a chapter as a class and then the teacher played the movie for it 😂 you’re making me want to actually go back and read the whole thing

[wiltingrosepetal]

I was one of the lucky people who didn't get it or To Kill a Mockingbird spoiled for me in class. I couldn't tell you the racial, psychological or societal issues at play in either novels.
In fact, we- for some reason- got The Maze Runner and The Outsiders to read. Fun novels, fun stories, which kept copies of because of course I did lmao

[IslaTheWitch]

The Crystal Singer Trilogy by Anne McCaffrey
and Dune series (6 original books) by Frank Hetbert

I read them at least once per year... usually more often :D

[IslaTheWitch]

Herbert...

[exitseven]

I read the first 3 Dune books several; times when I was in college.

[IslaTheWitch]

@exitseven The last three are great, but the time between them is counted in thousands of years.

[exitseven]

I think I bought one of them a few years later. I was in a different place in my life by then and lost interest

[Rei13]

She had a short story in Legends 2 that I read that was pretty good, she kind of reminded me of Melanie Rawn (but I’d avoid her, she never completed her one series) and I’ve read Dune once. You probably have the books memorized by now lol. Do you read a lot of sci-fi/fantasy is general

[IslaTheWitch]

@Rei13 I read mostly Sci-Fi and Fantasy. And I read a lot. Fortunately, my English allowed me to read books in the original language because a lot wasn't never translated to Polish.

[Rei13]

That’s my favorite genre, I used to read it exclusively but I branched out a lot over the years. That would definitely be a perk of being bilingual

[IslaTheWitch]

@Rei13 Some great stuff in Polish never was translated :/ and I mean it, really great...

[Rei13]

What is your favorite story that is in Polish? I would never be able to read them. I’ve studied German but I can still only read books in deutsch at the level of a small child.

[IslaTheWitch]

@Rei13

Zastepy Anielskie (Angelic Hosts) is a series of books by the Polish author Maja Lidia Kossakowska. It follows the story of the archangels trying to keep Heaven working in the absence of God, in particular Daimon Frey, the archangel of destruction, also known as Abaddon.

[normalice]

There are three total such books:

Sunshine by Robin McKinnley (i may have spelled that wrong).

The Curse of Challion by Lois McMaster Bujold

The Scholomance Trilogy by Naomi Novik

what these all have in common, I think, is that there isn't really any "filler." They said exactly the things that held my interest and provided enough depth and detail that I still had more nuance to discover after reading it again.

[Worst]

[Rei13]

I was not expecting that and I laughed way too hard

[Worst]

You're welcome

[Beckybooboo]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[IslaTheWitch]

You don't disappoint @worst :D

[Worst]

@Islathewitch oh trust me, I do

[IslaTheWitch]

@worst Not me, I don't complain :) I would say quite opposite I enjoy :D

[Worst]

@islathewitch so you're saying I have a chance?

[IslaTheWitch]

@worst always

[Worst]

@islathewitch ur so sweet

[IslaTheWitch]

@worst shhh... I'm a witch, I have a reputation to maintain :D

[Worst]

@islathewitch according to this book... I do too

[IslaTheWitch]

@worst so let's maintain it together? :D

[Worst]

@islathewitch are you proposing to me already? 👉👈

[IslaTheWitch]

@worst would you recommend so? 🤔

[Worst]

@islathewitch it would be my honor to wed a lady of your stature

[IslaTheWitch]

@worst I assume, you can be right. But I’m still concerned about my honor… 🙃

[Worst]

@islathewitch ima need some water for that burn

[IslaTheWitch]

@worst take your time 😏

[FenixG45]

😳😂🤣🤪👍

[Paris13]

**My Own Published Book, Domestic Violence and Much Much More... xxoo

[PrettyCrumblBb]

Is that you on the cover? Did this happen to you?

[Paris13]

@PrettyCrumblBb lol Not Me. I Chose this as My Main Character. No, I was Not Abused but Wanted to Share What Others Out There Do Go through and Then Some, hun... xxoo

[JackStany]

Albert Camus - The stranger I find myself in the feeling of confinement and loneliness in this book. Sometimes I realize that I can't take anything seriously.

[Rei13]

I read part of that book a few years ago, I’m not sure why I didn’t finish it. Camus has a good way of laying out a story and the beliefs it conveys

[JackStany]

The book is actually quite boring, much like Camus's feelings, so finishing it might be challenging. Towards the end of the book, you understand better what Camus felt. Well, YOU FEEL NOTHING.

[The-Stud]

Some books on engineering , I don't love it I had to read it over and over for exams lol

[Rei13]

My boyfriend rereads books on programming lol. Books on that or engineering would probably make my head spin 😂

[rachel776]

[Beckybooboo]

I will read The Amityville Horror every year or so. I just like how spooky it is.

[exitseven]

There is a science fiction zeroes I read in college. There is one or two that I re read when I get nostalgic.

[LavLavLuv]

This one 🩵

[Carina0]

The only book I read more than once is Stepford Wives

[FenixG45]

I'd love to say the old testament. I read it once. Boring as sh! te!

[strateguy632]

i agree especialy books 3 and 5 even the story is brief no details. even once scattered one story over several interrupted chapters. i even found a version online that reattached the bits in story order for chapters 3 to 9.

[Simslover92]

Jane Eyre because of the romance. It's a classic.

[Rei13]

That is fair lol, classics are great. I really like Jane Austen, but Wuthering Heights is on my current list to read

[Simslover92]

Jane Austen is great as well! I think you will like Wuthering Heights too.

[hopegirly]

The Holy Bible because there is always something new to learn

[Andres77]

The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.

[Rei13]

You really can’t go wrong with either of those. They’re in my top 5 of series/trilogies that I go back and reread too

[Andres77]

What’s in the rest of your top 5?

[andreasderjuengere]

The workshop manual of my motorbike :)

[Kreneman]

The Bible, and what I love about it is that it's refreshing.

[strateguy632]

i reread harry potter books

[Staximus]

The dictionary

[FenixG45]

I used to read it as a kid!

[Cheerfull009]

War Book, Vietnam and Afghanistan War

[Jennz6]

The Bible