Rereading Meme

I was browsing through The Daily Meme earlier and saw this little meme. Perfect for me! I have several books I reread. So here goes. :)

Booking Through Thursday

This week's questions were suggested by Marie.

1. Do you ever reread your books?
   
   Sure do!


2. If so, which ones? If not, why not?
   
   I'll just focus on Fiction for today:)
   Here are the ones I love to read over and over:
   
   *Mary Higgins Clark - A Cry In The Night
   
   *Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones's Diary and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (the book was MUCH better than the movie)
   
   *V.C. Andrews - any of the Flowers in the Attic series
   (I know, it's a guilty pleasure)
   
   *William Goldman - The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure (The 'Good Parts' Version)
   
   *Stephen King - Christine and The Shining
   
   *F. Paul Wilson - The Keep
   
   *Judith Michael - Deceptions (another guilty pleasure)
   
   *Gregory Maguire - Wicked


3. Do you read the books the whole way through or pick through for favorite scenes?
   
   Well, I guess that depends on what book it is! The Mary Higgins Clark books (there are more I reread, but the one mentioned above is my favorite) I reread all the way through. There's too much a chance to miss something if you skip around!
   
   For Bridget Jones, I do both. I've read them cover to cover several times each, but I do love to just pop open the book and jump right in anywhere. They're by far two of my favorite books in all of my collection.
   
   In the Flowers series, I mostly read all the way through. The stories are so... mind boggling.
   
   Ahh, The Princess Bride. Cover to Cover. Definitely. And Goldman's commentary dialogue inbetween the prose is hilarious. If you've seen the movie but haven't read the book, you have to read it!! It's fantastic.
   
   Stephen King's Christine is a book I'll literally read cover to cover, and go right back to the beginning and start over. It's easily in my top five favorite books. It's extremely well written in true King form: slow build of character form while malevolence and terror circle around the reader. Fascinating. The Shining is just downright frightening.
   
   The Keep is a book my hubby recommended to me 5 or 6 years ago. It sounded boring as hell when he described it, but I gave it a chance. Turned out it was a book I read cover to cover in just three days! I literally couldn't put it down. Gripping. Another I'll reread cover to cover. There's no skipping around on that one!
   
   Deceptions is a book my mother had and I just picked up one day. I was worried it was going to be a trashy romance novel (wouldn't you think that with a title like that?) but it wasn't. It's one I'll read cover to cover everytime.
   
   Wicked I picked up after I'd seen the musical in Chicago. I LOVED the musical and the book, though very different, is fabulous. I've read it twice, cover to cover.


4. What qualifies a book for the reread pile?
   
   It has to capture me. For me, when I sit down with a book, if I can totally get taken into the story and no longer be aware of my surroundings in real life, that's a good read.