CPL's Book a Week Challenge discussion

Do you like to reread books?

If so, are there particular books you like to reread?

Despite having a never-ending tbr list, I love rereading books. It's such a feeling of comfort to revisit old friends and favorite stories. I also love that during rereadings, I tend to notice new things I missed before or realize deeper meanings behind events. Because I've grown and changed between each reread, what I get out of the book is also different each time.

If I could, I'd probably go back and reread a decent portion of the books I've read over my lifetime. But that's not possible. So which of those books I end up revisiting is random, based in part on my mood or how nostalgic I'm feeling. It can also be tied to when new books come out in a series and I go reread the older books. However, I do actually reread a set of books every year. Unsurprisingly, The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings are on that list. Additionally, I reread Pride and Prejudice and Crown Duel.

So how do you feel about rereads?

PS. This is one of my favorite questions to ask because the answers are almost always the extremes - either absolutely yes or absolutely no. I'm not sure why it seems to be like that.

I love to reread books. Growing up I didn't visit the library that often, so was limited to the books we had at home to read. I reread Lord of the Ring more often than The Hobbit or the histories. I've reread Sense & Sensibility and Jane Eyre several times. I will also reread mysteries when a new book comes out in the series (that's why I'm rereading Susan Elia MacNeal's Maggie Hope series). Or I will reread books in a series if I haven't read many of them, such a Agatha Christie's Poirot books. Or books by friends to pull myself out of a reading slump. Or because I like the cover art. or.....