metamorphosis and other stories - Franz kafka

A good fun read is McCarthy's Bar about a man's journey around ireland loooking for great pubs.
Funny and observant most people who read it love it. It is a travel book but it is really humourous. He has rules he has to obey and likes a drink.
The other good book I reccomend is Life of Pye. Life of pye is considered a take on religious beliefs.
I strongly reccomend both books.
Papillon is the best book I have ever read.
I've read it about 4 times and I know you shouldn't read a book twice what with all the books in existence but I love it so much.

^ Ain't it "Life of Pi", like the infinite number? Ain't it an allusion to that?

You can read a book twice. If it makes you happy, and you think it's good, why the hell not?

Life of Pie was explained by the author in an interview I saw as a modern religous story.
I think reading a book more then once can be wasteful what with so many books I will never have time to read.
Another book I read last week is Darren Brown's Tricks of the Mind which is how the conjurer fools people and pretends to read their thoughts through trickery.
People in the US may have seen messiah where he pretends to be talking to the dead and they all believe him.
I strongly recomend McCarthys Bar to people as it shows us Irish in a funny and sincere light and will make you smile and laugh. He wrote a follow up called road to McCarthy where he goes to find all pubs called McCarthy all over the world.
He has distain for paddywhackery pubs and loves good conversation and proper pubs.
Many people prefer the follow up but both are real easy light and fun reads.
McCarthys Bar was a bestseller in the UK.

Ther are books that i'm hoping its been long enough for me to read again. Cider House Rules comes to mind. I haven't read it in 6 years. Usually I can't bring myself to read fiction more than once. Non-fiction is another story.

I have read certain books well over ten times and never got fed up with them. there is no point in buying books just for them to look all pristine on your shelves. A well thumbed bookshelf oozes class lol

^Agreed! It's sexy when one can actually say they've read what's on their shelves. It's sexier when they can quote them.

Yeah I have read a few books a good few times. But I find it hard to really enjoy once I have read them.
It is just that I know there are so many good books I should have new reads.
As for tatty books I get grief off my brother for leaving his books tatty by putting them in my bag with cans of beer and leaked tobacco and all chewed up!!!
He says "were you run over by a bus or something"
I tend to loan my books if I like them to others but rarely do they get returned.
They had an idea in london a few years ago for people to leave books on the tube when finished for others to take up but I never saw one. They got the idea from new york.
I read all the time. One thing I have always done is read.
A good book I read a short while ago is will storr versus the supernatural where a journo goes looking for ghosts and stuff.
I like those bubblegum books that give you a day or two of enjoyment.
this is it.
Amazon.com: Will Storr vs. The Supernatural: One Man's Search for the Truth About Ghosts: Will Storr: Books

I have the attention span of a gnat, so even if I can manage to keep my attention on one book at a time, I'll have often forgotten most of the content within a month. Pulp is great for repeated reads though, I agree (autobiographies, the Art of War, comics etc) :D

That is where I differ. I can leave a book for a month and just step right back into it. Unfortunately it does mean that sometimes I don't read for a couple of weeks and then turn into a bookworm.

I wish I had more time for reading but with Work, family and MB, time seems to be in ever shorter supply.