Do you re-read a novel?

We're totally alike.. I read my Harry Potter books over and over again too. I just can't get enough.. =) Besides Harry Potter, I do read some of my old books that I've already read.. Sometimes I read them I'm bored or sometimes when I've totally forgotten the storyline. =)

yes I do re read novels..I re-read certain books around 3-4 times..i always enjoy a good book.. it gives me a pleasure that cannot be got from anywhere..I love to read..its a passion for me..

I would not re-read a novel immediately after finishing it. If some chapters or lines strike me hard enough, fine, I might re-read that, but not the entire novel. But I do have favorite novels that I have re-read many times - at different settings, separated by some time of course. :P

A good novel is like a treasure mine. You can't get out all its jewels at once. Good novels are like good friends, and I'm glad to meet them over and over again. That's what happens to you with the Harry Potter series. You enjoy the places, the familiar conversations... Now, in great novels, this pleasure is magnified by the complexity of the characters. The first time, you thought he/she was a complete villain, the second time you may discover some human weakness in him/her. Once it happened to me that after the third lecture my sympathies changed parties. Many times a novel is so fascinating that you just read straightforward, without due attention to details. A second reading will give you the rest to appreciate language, expression, style more than the mere plot. That's why I love to read good books again (and again).

I have re-read all the harry potter books, the bartimaeus trilogy by Jonathan Stroud, The Demonata series by Darren Shan, most of my comics/ graphic novels, and the anita blake series. I'd reccomend each one of the series I have mentioned.

I think I re-read 4 or 5 books in all my life, one for sure because I had to read it for my final exam in high school and I didn't like it but then saw it on my table a year later and read it again and now it's one of my favorite books... I could read 100 times the bone collector (no it's not the one I talked about before, that was 1984 by George Orwell), never read HP... But if I like a book (such as the bone collector) and maybe I read more than 200 pages in two days I could read it again first because I like it and secondly to understand it better...

Harry Potter:-))) I re-readed it some times and the pleasure is almost the same every time. I do it with my books, usually i re-read the library of hystorical novels and the clasic literature/

Well, comics I like to re-read hands down. I can always go over a good comic. :D As for novels I don't re-read them much. It only happens when I truly can't remember the story. That may happen more times then I'd like to admit. lol

There are quite a few books that I have read a second time. When I choose to re-read a book it's usually because I really enjoyed it and would like to just get the story again (kinda like rewatching a favorite movie) or because I enjoyed it but there where some complicated things that I might have missed. It's fun to reread things and then realize that the author was giving you hints about the outcome of the book that you might have missed the first time around. Perhaps you've noticed this when you've re-read the Harry Potter books? Here are some titles that I've not only re-read once, but some up to 4 times: To Kill a Mocking Bird The Red Dwarf books Harry Potter books (especially book 3) All my Fables comics Box Office Poison comic/graphic novel Neverwhere That reminds me, I need to go read the last Harry Potter book before the new one (and last sadly) comes out this summer!

I do re-read novel, only when I was in school, and that's studying for literature tests and examinations. Otherwise, I just read and go. Now, I don't even read. lol.

The only novel I've re-read ever is Harry potter... It never bores me ... I've read the first part 3 times the sec part abt 4 times and the third- I dont exactly remember...

I have several that I have re-read so many time and never get tired of: Harry Potter of course Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy Lord of the rings I can never get tired of those.

So far, no. But if I should run out of any new books to read, then I will probably read some over again. Also, further down in the discussion someone mentioned flicking a few pages ahead, I have done that once or twice but it always makes me feel terrible -- like I have cheated or done something against the rules. Many times I will read before going to sleep and if I don't have a good recollection of what I have read the night before I re-read the pages. One other thing--do any of you keep notes on the cast of characters in the books? There have been a couple of books that I have read lately that seem to have a ton of characters and I wished that I had kept a character list with a very short description.