Re-reading appreciation post

I don't re-read as much as I should. Sometimes when I'm just looking at my books I think time after time "I really should re-read that sometime" and then sigh wistfully at my school reading and my to-be-read shelf and my amazon wish-list...

I've got into a very bad habit of starting books and not finishing them so, I tell you this now: I will not start anymore books until I've finished the ones I'm reading at the moment which are...
Tommy's Tale by Alan Cumming
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Me and Mr Darcy by Alexandra Potter
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Q: A Love Story by Evan Mandery
Stasiland by Anna Funder
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
East of Eden by John Steinbeck

. . . Christ I'm bad. Okay - never mind NaNoWriMo I'm going to do NaNoReMo. I'm going to aim to hit my 60 books mark by the end of November.

I try to re-read A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett every year just because it's simply a wonderful book, so that can be read next month too.

... ALL OF THE BOOKS.

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