Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week a list which could go on forever with me. I constantly reread, often just picking up a favourite (usually Terry Pratchett or Antonia Forest) and skim reading chunks for comfort. So, am going to keep this to books I want to reread in full/which I haven't read for ages.
1. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen - I've only read this once, although I've read every other Austen multiple times. I read it second year uni and remember finding that it dragged, that Fanny was annoying me, that it was altogether too Moral for my liking, but I also feel like it's Austen and I should now give it another try.
2. Nation by Terry Pratchett - when I read this in June I don't think I paid enough attention; I was so convinced something bad was going to happen that I didn't take the time to enjoy what was happening.
3. The Player's Boy by Antonia Forest - one of the few Antonia Forest books I've only read once, I want to reread it partly because it's Antonia Forest and partly because I'm going through a bit of a Tudor historical novel kick at the moment.
4. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel - I'd like to read this in one sitting. When I read it last year I ended up taking a massive break partway through, so that I not only had to get used to the writing style again but also remind myself who some of the secondary characters were.
5. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters - now that I know the plot (oh evil tricksy twists) I think it would be interesting to read for the sake of spotting 'clues'.
6. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman - just because, really. This time I'd like to savour the book rather than rush through it in a mad haze.
7. Friday's Child by Georgette Heyer - this was the first Heyer I ever read and I can remember vague bits of the plot and a slightly drunken discussion about Hubris vs Nemesis that had me in stitches.
8. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark - a book that I think I'd appreciate more now that I'm older. I liked it the first time around but wonder if I maybe didn't get as much from it as I could have done.
9. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien - first read when I was eighteen (after I read Lord of the Rings), I haven't touched it since and think it would bear a reread if I can get past the beginning with the gate crashing dwarves and all the other unfunny overly jovial bits.
10. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco - another book that I might get more from now. If I'm honest a lot of books I read at uni could probably do with being reread.
Fingersmith is such a spin out reading it the first time, I think it would definitely be interesting to read it again knowing everything that happens and seeing the signs!
ReplyDeleteI'm so happy with your list because it's not a book on it that I recognize. :-) I love finding new books I could read or explore. So thank you for sharing and having something different.
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I have Foucaut's Pendulum by Umberto Eco on my reread list. Will probably get around to rereading The Name Of The Rose, as well.
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