Guitars are a gracious thing.

[The Bard Rocks]

Originally Posted by Wade Hampton

I went on a John Steinbeck binge when I was in 8th Grade, reading most of his books not because they were assigned in class, but for my own pleasure. Later, in high school we were assigned to read Of Mice And Men and a couple of years after that, The Grapes Of Wrath, I’d already read and enjoyed both of them.

I think The Grapes Of Wrath is my all-time favorite Steinbeck novel. It’s so monumental.


Wade Hampton Miller

I did the same thing around the same age - and it taught me a lesson: not to read all an author's books at once. I should have known Steinbeck would not live and write forever. A few years he was dead and there was almost nothing new I would ever be able to read from him. So now when i discover someone I really really like I don't read all his works at once.

[donlyn]

Originally Posted by The Bard Rocks

I did the same thing around the same age - and it taught me a lesson: not to read all an author's books at once. I should have known Steinbeck would not live and write forever. A few years he was dead and there was almost nothing new I would ever be able to read from him. So now when i discover someone I really really like I don't read all his works at once.

Not particularly worried about that. I have read many books more than once.

Mostly history or historical fiction, and in some cases entire series of books.

While I will admit it's never the same, sometimes it's better. Especially when you pick up things you missed the first time through.

For example, I read "Seven Days in May" by Knebel and Bailey when it first came out in paperback, and also saw the movie with Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster. Got a hold of a used hardcover late last year and was amazed at how good it was, how scarily suspenseful it was, and how well it held up.

Be well and read well,

Don
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[FrankHudson]

That was rewarding to read. Thanks.

[robrick]

Truly. A guitar is a gracious thing.