I've been following the blog The Broke and the Bookish for a while and I love the weekly post "Top Ten Tuesday" all about books (ooh, books and lists in one place= happy times) so I thought I'd start joining in from time to time. This week the title is:
(Ten) Books I Wish I Could Read Again For The First Time
I don't re-read. Ever. I never have done to be honest- there are very few exceptions to this rule so really this list is almost "books worth reading more than once"
1. Moving Pictures- Terry Pratchett.
If I hadn't yet read this book I wouldn't have read any of the Discworld books, I would have this whole world to discover again and to appreciate the humour, creativity and the warped mind of Terry Pratchett. Such a fantastic thought- I guess I'll just have to make the most of his new book "Snuff".
2. Gone With The Wind- Margaret Mitchell
I love this film and I remember the shock of discovering that the book was not the same as the film (you would think in 4 hours they could have covered everything) and I loved and hated Scarlett even more than after the film.
3. The Wasp Factory- Iain Banks
Actually, I wish I could go back to the point in time where the "twist" wasn't spoiled for me by an accidental slip of the tongue by someone. I was halfway through the book and I went from loving it to waiting for the twist to be revealed, so disappointing.
4. His Dark Material's trilogy- Philip Pullman
I was entralled by these books, the worlds, the people, the creatures, the ideas. The images I created in my head (and I've never gotten around to seeing the films). To meet Lyra for the first time again and Mrs Coulter and her monkey. Oh, that would be a treat.
5. Death and Life of Charlie St Cloud- Ben Sherwood
This book was beautiful and sweet and a lovely way to escape. Writing this list has just reminded me that I've loaned my copy to someone...
6. I know why the caged bird sings- Maya Angelou
This is one of my favourite books of all time. I'd love the chance to read it again for the first time and enter that world of hardship and beauty with gorgeous lyrical poetry and descriptions.
Okay, really that's only six but I don't re-read and books are so tied up in my memory with the time I read them (I'll often say "I read that when I was pregnant with Charlotte" or "I read that in 2nd year at uni on the train") so the idea of reading something again for the first time is a strange concept, I'm impressed I came up with six. Want to see what other people wish they could read again for the first time then head on over to the Broke and the Bookish.
