Monday, November 7, 2011

my secret stash

I have a secret stash of books. Books that I keep hidden in a box or on a separate shelf away from prying eyes that I'm a little (ok sometimes a lot) ashamed to admit that I love.

No, they're not dirty romance novels. What kind of girl do you think I am?

They're fantasy novels. And they're not that well-written and the story isn't so unoriginal (thanks, Tolkein for inspiring a generation of plagiarists writers) but I can't help myself. I've loved them since my tween years. And every so often I have the urge to read them again. All 12 of them (and some 6000 pages).

Which brings me to my current dilemma: there are so many books I'm longing to read. I have 4 on hold at the library, several on my shelf just waiting to be picked up, a queue on my kindle, and dozens waiting for purchase on my amazon list. It doesn't make sense to me to waste my time reading silly books that I've read, literally, dozens of times. But sometimes I just need to. And they never get old, no matter how many times I read them.

So tell me. What can you read without ever growing tired of it?

(Do you like how I have neatly avoided mentioning the title of these hidden books?)

3 comments:

Kristi said...

:) I also love these mystery books. I think you should read them again and then send them to me to read ;)

Merry said...

I can read Jane Austen's novels over and over. I really like the fantasy series The Chronicles of Prydain, by Lloyd Alexander (YA). And many, many others. But I usually prefer to read new books.

Zillah said...

master and commander. rereading them is just so comforting.