Re-reading cherished books from your Childhood

sfgiantsjo · September 2014

Does anyone else ever hesitate to do this for fear that the book won't live up to your memory of it? The "A Little Princess" post made me want to re-read it, but the FHB books hold a very treasured spot in my heart. If I read them now, and they don't live up to my memories of them, I would be devastated. I recently read the Sunfire Young Adult romance novels that I devoured as a young girl, and they were so horribly written. I still think of them fondly, but it's different after reading them now.

Just musing on a Wednesday morning.

abs05 · September 2014

Oh, I used to love re-reading childhood favorites! I haven't done so in awhile--maybe I need to! A Cricket in Times Square, A Wrinkle in Time, and Bridge to Terebethia are books that I would revisit once every few years.

I'm looking forward to sharing the Ramona and Little House on the Prairie books with my daughter when she is old enough.

sfgiantsjo · September 2014

I love re reading them, I'm just scared when it's the first time! Heh. Charlotte's web, The Witch of Blackbird Pond. The Westing Game, The Indian in the Cupboard, Island of The Blue Dolphins...so many favorites!

dmlk413 · September 2014

A lot of the ones like A Little Princess are classics because they are good stories that are well-written. I re-read The Secret Garden as an adult and loved it just as much.

julie37619 · September 2014

In middle school I was OBSESSED with Christian romance novels. OBSESSED. I still have a ton but I refuse to reread them because I'd rather just have the memory of loving them than ruin them by reading them with adult eyes.

j*&p* · September 2014

I'm always scared to re-read in general. Some books get better and more endeared to me each time I reread (Charlotte's Web, Harry Potter, Daughter of Smoke and Bone series, Raven Boys series, I am the Messenger), but some that I remember loving the first time through don't hold up as well in a re-read.

A few years back I re-read a bunch of the Christopher Pike books I read a zillion times in middle school and some were still good (Final Friends trilogy forerver!), but one called Slumber Party was particularly half-baked and poorly written. Dangling modifiers galore. But I will forever remember that book for teaching me that if I were freezing to death and couldn't move my hands that I could pee on them for emergency warmth.

eajanvrin · September 2014

I agree that I get unsure about not enjoying them as much and losing the magic and love for them. Maybe I am on a good streak right now though

booknerd226 · September 2014

Yes! I have only reread a few childhood favorites that I knew I would still love: Matilda, Charlotte's Web, and some Goosebumps books when DH's mom found his old ones haha.

I think I'll wait to reread them until I'm forcing my future children to read them.

AshleyT121 · September 2014

I'm terrified to re-read Where The Red Fern Grows. I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVED that book, and I'm so afraid that I it won't be the same now.

booknerd226 · September 2014

AshleyT121 said:

I'm terrified to re-read Where The Red Fern Grows. I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVED that book, and I'm so afraid that I it won't be the same now.

@AshleyT121 I re-read that book so many times when I was younger and cried every single time! I loved that book! I recently found a copy at a used book sale but I'm too afraid to read it too.

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