Oddly enough, I'm reading LOTR now, for the first time in years. Even though I've watched the movies several times, the pictures in my head when I read the books are still the ones that were there when I read it first in 1976. It took me 3 months to read then, the next time, it took a week. The copy I spent ages saving to get literally exploded with pages dropping out everywhere, so I got myself the 3 volume set in 1981. That too, is now showing distinct signs of wear. I may treat myself to a new edition one day.

Otherwise, there are very few books I don't read again - although Philip Pullman seems to be falling into that category. The first was great, the second got a bit boggy and I never even opened the third!

I'm on my fourth copy of 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe', and the Susan Cooper 'Dark is Rising sequence' gets read every year in autumn/winter... in fact, it's about time I started to read it again.

LTS