Recently (meaning sometime in the past two years or so) I reread "Moby-Dick" -- it was almost like reading it for the first time since I originally read it when I was around 14. And, believe me, at 14 I certainly didn't have the knowledge and experience to appreciate what a WONDERFUL book Melville wrote!

The edition I recently read was the Penguin edition with the notes -- which were as fascinating as the text itself. I can see rereading this on a very regular basis -- it's so rich in both knowledge and insight that I'm sure I'll discover something "new" in each rereading.

Stuff seems to be resurfacing lately -- my once-a-week lunchtime book/play right now is "Inherit the Wind" -- also a reread with the original reading of it in my distant youth. I'd read it so long ago it's as if I'm reading it for the first time.

I found that Proust was perfect if I was having trouble sleeping -- a couple of pages and I was out like a light. Could have been the translation, but never got further than "Swann's Way" (and I'm not quite sure how I managed that).

I'm reading a novel (also a lunch time book) about Poe, so I'm thinking of rereading what I own of Poe, short stories, poetry, etc., as well.

And my collection of James Bond books...

Too many books; not enough time.

Linn