My Head Is Full of Books: TTT: Books I'd Like to Reread

"Outside a dog a book is man's best friend, inside a dog it is too dark to read!" -Groucho Marx========="The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid." -Jane Austen========="I don’t believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book."-JK Rowling========"I spend a lot of time reading." -Bill Gates=========“Ahhh. Bed, book, kitten, sandwich. All one needed in life, really.” -Jacqueline Kelly=========

Monday, July 7, 2025

TTT: Books I'd Like to Reread

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I'd Like to Reread

(from books I've read in the past four years)

This prompt has shown up fairly recently on TTT so I decided to limit my selection and only name books I've read very recently so there are no repeats from previous lists.

1. A Long Obedience in the Same Direction by Eugene Peterson. I am not even finished with this devotional book yet and I am already planning a reread. I want my Bible Study group to study it together. It is so insightful.

2. A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean. I just finished this book/novella last Thursday and I am already planning a reread. I loved it so much and the scenery is so vivid in the story. I want my Montana experience to be extended as long as possible and this book will help.

3. Water, Water: Poems by Billy Collins. Poetry books are one of the few types of books I actually purchase because I know I will reread them. I loved this latest collection of poems by Collins and decided I'd better buy the book so I can reread my favorite poems again and again.

4. A Christmas Memory/One Christmas/ A Thanksgiving Visitor by Truman Capote. I found this used collection of three stories by Capote last year and gave it to my mother, but not before I read the stories myself. All are poignant and sweet. I want another chance at them to let the old-fashioned feel of them settle over me.

5. A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf. I lived an awfully long life before I allowed myself the pleasure of reading this collection of essays on feminism by Ms. Woolf. I now want a reread and will take it slower this time as I make my way through it.

6. Train Dreams by Denis Johnson. I read this novella two years ago and it know my husband will love it. It is about living in the Old West. I know he will be able to relate to it. If we listen to the audiobook together I'll get to experience the book through Don's eyes the second time around.

7. Textbook by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. I went on a A.K. Rosenthal bender two years ago when I discovered her books. I gave my mom a copy of Textbook and mom gave it back after she read it. Since I own it now, I think I'll reread it for fun.

8. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. This wasn't my favorite book but it is the book we are discussing this month in book club. It's been a while since I read it so I am considering a quick reread before the meeting to familiarize myself with the characters and the conclusion.

9. Where is the Green Sheep by Mem Fox. I love this children's book and I forgot all about it until I was looking back on the books I've read the past four years. My grandson and I had so much fun with this one. I even recommended it to my sister, a preschool teacher, who bought a copy for every kid in her class! I must find a copy and share it with my youngest grandson now.

10. Ten Poems for Difficult Times by Roger Housden. I've already reread this collection once, in 2022, but the difficult times are still here and I need/want a poetry fix now. (Plus I own a copy, making it an easy book to reread any time.)

What books do you hope to reread some day?

-Anne