Thursday Thoughts: Re-Reads

There are many books that I have re-read. The mark of a good/great book is one that compels you to return for another go. There are many reasons for a re-read:

• You missed something the first time. I do this a lot. Usually it is because I read at night and I fall asleep and forget
• It is exciting
• It tugs at your heartstrings
• You can relate to it
• It is so well written that you enjoy it just as much as the first time
• It brings back memories of where you were when you first read it.

So here is a list of books that I have read more than once, not in any particular order (not even alphabetical you ask? Nope, not even alphabetical…)

• Ready Player One
• Alive
• Breakfast of Champions
• Slaughterhouse Five
• The Foundation Trilogy (and beyond)
• Ringworld
• Klondike
• Cather in the Rye
• The Stand
• The Long Walk
• The Chrysalids
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (and the other ones)
• A Canticle for Leibowitz
• The Arctic Grail
• Oryx and Crake
• A Wrinkle in Time
• The Lord of the Rings
• The Chronicles of Narnia
• The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (and all The Far Sides)

There’s probably more…What books have you read over and over (or just over)?

-Leon

Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, and a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words.