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The Sorrows of Young Werther.
I seem to have a lot of new thoughts and observations on it with every reading.
I seem to have a lot of new thoughts and observations on it with every reading.
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However, right now I am on about my 4th or 5th time through the extant five books in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, more colloquially referred to as A Game of Thrones. This time I'm reading on my iPad and making copious in-text notes whenever I see foreshadowing, parallelism between character stories, clues to subtle plot implications (pie, anyone?), and things that on repeated re-reading I suspect may come back to grab us in the final two books. It's amazing how dense this series is. For instance, I've found people setting up the Red Wedding in Book 2, and the first hints of some people's betrayals two books before they come to fruition. I thought of it as a fun, bloody romp the first time through, and now on my fourth or fifth time through I am in awe of the incredible understructure.
The Anne series by L.M. Montgomery. The Little House books. Little Women. I read them all at least once a year. It's like going to see old friends.