With the latest "Harry Potter" film coming out in a few weeks -- Noa and I call it "HP7.2" -- I reread the last chapters of the book, basically where the second film will begin. I then starting thinking of how many times I have read the HPs. I began reading them with the second book came out -- a grad school friend had a British friend who had sent her "Harry Potter and the Apprentice's Stone" and she was so hooked that she convinced me to start reading them when the American versions came out. So, I read books 1 and 2. Then when 3 came out, I read 1, 2 and 3. When 4 was released, I read 1, 2, 3 and 4. And so on. I have read the entire series (1-7) three times, so that means I have read the first book nine times -- is that possible?! I am afraid it is.
It made me wonder what other books I reread a lot, for that would tell me what books I truly love and would recommend. I went to my bookshelves and here is what I found (in no particular order):
The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
The Flavia de Luce series by Alan Bradley
The plays of William Shakespeare (specifically "Hamlet," "Julius Caesar," "Macbeth," and "Twelfth Night.")
"Reviving Ophelia" by Mary Pipher
"Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
"Lonesome Dove" by Larry McMurtry
"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak
"The Screwtape Letters" by CS Lewis
"A Man for All Seasons" by Robert Bolt
"Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
"My Life in France" by Julia Child
"How Children Raise Their Parents" by Dan Allendar
"Bel Canto" by Ann Patchett
"The Six Wives of Henry VIII" by Alison Weir
"Reason for God" by Timothy Keller
"The Illiad" by Homer
"The Stand" by Stephen King
"Seabiscuit" by Laura Hillenbrand
"The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
"The Tower, the Zoo and the Tortoise" by Julia Stuart
"Empire Falls" by Richard Russo
If you want to know about any of these books, email me. Some may show up on a blog in the future and I am sure I will add to this list as time goes on. Until then, happy summer reading.
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