tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post568036594319802234..comments2024-03-18T23:00:34.076-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): What book have you reread the most times? pattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-82547152285313153762012-12-07T09:45:11.356-05:002012-12-07T09:45:11.356-05:00Considering how many crime fiction books I read, i...Considering how many crime fiction books I read, it is funny how rarely I read them twice. And I never have read SOUND AND THE FURY. I have only read about three Faulkners although love A LIGHT IN AUGUST and AS I LAY DYING. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-67535972087507715682012-12-07T09:17:55.349-05:002012-12-07T09:17:55.349-05:00Chandler's The Long Goodbye six times, his oth...Chandler's <i>The Long Goodbye</i> six times, his other novels except for <i>Farewell, My Lovely</i> twice; Faulkner's <i>The Sound and the Fury</i> three times. I know I've read <i>Huckleberry Finn</i> at least twice, possibly three times.Barry Erganghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04305184548497082776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-41978502027468257022012-12-07T00:42:53.496-05:002012-12-07T00:42:53.496-05:00I have lost count of the number of times I have re...I have lost count of the number of times I have read the 10 western novels by British writer Oliver Strange, based on Sudden the Texas outlaw. Strange never went to the US but wrote about the Wild West like he was born there.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-90737948864416824792012-12-06T23:00:00.382-05:002012-12-06T23:00:00.382-05:00Yeah, the last few years of Joe's life were a ...Yeah, the last few years of Joe's life were a kind of nightmarish lesson in how you ought to live life while you have it and not take one damn thing you love for granted for even a moment. Because it all goes away. And poor Joe telescoped the latter half of a lifetime's woes into a bare handful of years. <br />I saw him the week before he passed though, and got him laughing pretty good. He never stopped being himself no matter what hit him. Hope I can live up to that example.<br /><br />John Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-8280465852339040972012-12-06T20:56:15.376-05:002012-12-06T20:56:15.376-05:00He used to post forgotten books with me on Friday....He used to post forgotten books with me on Friday. And then that slowed down. Megan told me last summer he was sick. I hoped she was wrong. Sorry, so sorry, she wasn't. The obit was so sad. His entire family died in the last few years. Cursed, I guess. What a sweet soul. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-10958011001127256932012-12-06T20:17:40.727-05:002012-12-06T20:17:40.727-05:00You Play the Black & the Red Comes Up is going...You Play the Black & the Red Comes Up is going to be reprinted this June as a trade paperback. You can spot it on Amazon already.<br /><br />The book shows the influence of James Cain, but I think it has considerably greater emotional resonance than Cain's work. It also shows the influence of Horace McCoy, Hammett and Hemingway. In some scenes the book seems to be mocking the American hardboiled style, in others it seems heartbreakingly sincere. An odd book to be sure, but one I would not be without.<br /><br />Patti, yeah I still feel the loss of Joe pretty deeply. He was one of those rare people who always seemed to understand what you were saying, what you meant. I catch myself deciding to recommend books, movies, music to him still. <br /><br />John HockingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-6498755584779052462012-12-06T17:37:05.045-05:002012-12-06T17:37:05.045-05:00Oh, I have heard of that one before. Will look int...Oh, I have heard of that one before. Will look into it.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-81773345048579732862012-12-06T17:35:30.675-05:002012-12-06T17:35:30.675-05:00YOU PLAY THE BLACK AND THE RED COMES UP was reprin...YOU PLAY THE BLACK AND THE RED COMES UP was reprinted in hardback by Gregg Press in 1980, when I read it, and in paperback by Black Lizard in 1986, so copies should be available. I know you likw James M. Cain and you should like this.<br /><br />Jeff Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-40444624591591374702012-12-06T17:14:20.652-05:002012-12-06T17:14:20.652-05:00And I read and reread Nancy Drew as a girl. Loved ...And I read and reread Nancy Drew as a girl. Loved those books. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-21883381703980103772012-12-06T17:13:54.418-05:002012-12-06T17:13:54.418-05:00Hi John-How are you? Not familiar with these. Will...Hi John-How are you? Not familiar with these. Will look into it. Still reeling about Joe Boland. What a shame. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-82508823320599875052012-12-06T17:11:59.379-05:002012-12-06T17:11:59.379-05:00Hope the movie is good. Loved THE HOBBIT.Hope the movie is good. Loved THE HOBBIT.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-70680352777653245332012-12-06T16:32:15.049-05:002012-12-06T16:32:15.049-05:001984, The Lord of The Rings, The Hobbit1984, The Lord of The Rings, The HobbitRandy Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16627907086811387527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-20997120428715078002012-12-06T12:44:19.252-05:002012-12-06T12:44:19.252-05:00Richard Hallas/Eric Knight's You Play the Blac...Richard Hallas/Eric Knight's You Play the Black and the Red Comes Up has to be the book I've read more than any other. Probably read it five or six times straight through, with countless dips back in to read a few choice scenes.<br /><br />That book, an 1937 noir novel of Hollywood, is uneven but unforgettable. Contains some of the most moving, if hardboiled, prose about love and loss I've ever found. <br /><br />John Hocking Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-84942592991383296592012-12-06T11:57:07.036-05:002012-12-06T11:57:07.036-05:00As a kid, I'd read the Hardy Boy series over a...As a kid, I'd read the Hardy Boy series over and over. As an older kid, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. As an adult, the Alice books.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-40335626909811278772012-12-06T11:44:44.643-05:002012-12-06T11:44:44.643-05:00George and I both know people who have read Rex St...George and I both know people who have read Rex Stout's entire Nero Wolfe series over and over again.<br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-57965025256875506452012-12-06T10:59:29.502-05:002012-12-06T10:59:29.502-05:00Treasure Island by a huge margin. I was in love w...Treasure Island by a huge margin. I was in love with it as a kid. <br /><br />As an adult I don't reread much at all. I've found myself reading Master and Margarita for a third time (almost by accident) when my wife wrote a paper about it.<br /><br />Boys On The Bus by Timothy Crouse. It's now a period piece but it's a period when journalists took chances. I can still get high on it.<br /><br />Moby Dick. I've only read it straight through once but it was a book I would pick off the shelf and easily down 70 pages. I did that several times a year for about a decade.Dan_Lufthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096055160420981482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-75860595805828548242012-12-06T10:57:58.890-05:002012-12-06T10:57:58.890-05:00Phil is a big Ballard fan. Archer is just such a g...Phil is a big Ballard fan. Archer is just such a great character and his cases always complex and sinister. <br />CATCHER, probably at least three times. And FRANNY AND ZOOEY. What a shame he stopped writing so early.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-54414905926271968572012-12-06T10:45:12.977-05:002012-12-06T10:45:12.977-05:00Patti, I think I've re-read GOODBYE, COLUMBUS ...Patti, I think I've re-read GOODBYE, COLUMBUS the most, as well. Tied with that are THE CATCHER IN THE RYE and THE MASTER AND MARGARITA.Cullen Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236957954996740924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-22709925923948005152012-12-06T10:41:51.573-05:002012-12-06T10:41:51.573-05:00Reading the above interesting comments reminds me ...Reading the above interesting comments reminds me that I also love the Ross Macdonald Lew Archer novels which I have read 3 or 4 times. I'm also a big fan of Philip K. Dick and J.G. Ballard. Often, I enjoy rereading great books even more the second or third time. There is nothing like returning to read a favorite old friend.Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-33966556018304026242012-12-06T10:40:15.618-05:002012-12-06T10:40:15.618-05:00I do very little rereading (so many books...so lit...I do very little rereading (so many books...so little time!) but I have read Michael Moorcock's fantasy novels three times. All of them.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-56970601062903794632012-12-06T10:34:23.751-05:002012-12-06T10:34:23.751-05:00Just saw the play of Dorian Gray.
I have read Ripl...Just saw the play of Dorian Gray.<br />I have read Ripley at least twice. And most of her other books at least once. She is the best at creating dread. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-69599132401263660092012-12-06T10:23:42.571-05:002012-12-06T10:23:42.571-05:00'The Picture Of Dorian Grey', 'The Tal...'The Picture Of Dorian Grey', 'The Talented Mr Ripley''Switch' and 'The Stranger' a few times.Paul D Brazillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12881642426845398389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-24520005388862549082012-12-06T10:17:01.471-05:002012-12-06T10:17:01.471-05:00I have reread THINGS FALL APART by Chinua Achebe s...I have reread THINGS FALL APART by Chinua Achebe several times. <br />Oh, Carver I have reread many times. I was forgetting ss collections basically. I reread Dubus, Carver, Munro, Moore etc all the time. But for individual stories more than the whole. <br />Books where the plot is the thing I am less likely to reread than where the character, setting or writing is the thing. <br />And yes, I too reread more when I was a stay at home Mom and read 4 books a week. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-14645831443041087862012-12-06T10:08:53.204-05:002012-12-06T10:08:53.204-05:00Rarely reread fiction. Thurber's "The Nig...Rarely reread fiction. Thurber's "The Night the Ghost Got In" was always my choice for family read-ins at Christmas. Nonfiction: Pema Chodron's WHEN THINGS FALL APART because it helps keep me sane and is never the same book twice. Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-21009738725456230392012-12-06T09:56:37.674-05:002012-12-06T09:56:37.674-05:00I was much more likely to reread books when I was ...I was much more likely to reread books when I was younger and had more time. I forgot THE ROCKET'S SHADOW and THE LOST CITY by John Blaine (Hal Goodwin), the first two books in the Rick Brant series. Read them probably four or five times.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.com