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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">I’m trying to build a list of the older books that people like to go back and reread, as opposed to new ones that are currently wowing them. These are the titles that people from my library contributed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Are there any titles that any of you would like to add?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">I’m particularly hoping for some suggestions that balance some of the patterns in the first responses: more mysteries and romances, and more nonfiction that’s not in the 200s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks very much!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">David Allen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Coordinator, Cataloging and Acquisitions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Cuyahoga Falls Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">CFL staff recommendations:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Here's a list of my favorite rereads! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">scifi/fantasy:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">China Mieville 'Bas Lag' series, and 'Kraken'<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Garth Nix's 'Sabriel'<br>
N.K. Jemisin 'Hundred Thousand Kingdoms'<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Catherine Valente 'Deathless'<br>
in fiction:<br>
Liz Dalby 'Tale of Murasaki'<br>
in romance:<br>
C.S. Pacat 'Captive Prince' series<br>
in nonfiction: <br>
C.S. Lewis 'Surprised by Joy'<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Favorite rereadable non-fiction books:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Mere Christianity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Abolition of Man (Read only once, but it's next on my list for a re-read.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Both by C.S. Lewis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Orthodoxy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">by G.K. Chesterton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Bible<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Various Authors<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Favorite rereadable fiction books<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">All seven books in C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia series<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">All three volumes of the Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R. Tolkein (actually I've only read these once, but I plan on reading them again).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">All seven volumes of the Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling (Again, this is a planned reread--I've only been through them once.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">My all-time favorite is
<u>The Book Thief</u> by Markus Zusak. I will return to the last page just to get goosebumps all over again. The film was an excellent adaptation of the book.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Classic Science Fiction is re-readable: Heinlein, Clarke and Bradbury and Orwell's
<u>1984</u>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Jeffrey Archer's short story collections draw me back, as does Patricia MacLachlan's
<u>Sarah Plain and Tall </u>series, which are also great film versions of the book.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">books by David Sedaris. And 'A Prayer for Owen Meany' by John Irving.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Or really, humor type things in general...Far Side collections, Calvin and Hobbes collections<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">My Non-Fiction Picks: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The One Minute Manager Meets the Money</span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> by Kenneth Blanchard<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">101 Designer One-Skein Wonders: A World of Possibilities Inspired by Just One Skein</span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> by Judith Durant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much</span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity</span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> by David Whyte<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">My Fiction Picks: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Snowbound with Betsy</span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> by Carolyn Haywood<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">A Perfectly Messed Up Story</span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> by Patrick McDonnell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Tell Me a Tattoo Story</span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> by Alison McGhee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Island of the Blue Dolphins</span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> by Scott O'Dell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Life As We Knew It
</span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">by Susan Beth Pfeffer (it's the first book in the Last Survivors series)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Art of Racing in the Rain</span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> by Garth Stein<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">My Kids Would Say:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Where the Sidewalk Ends</span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> by Shel Silverstein<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">My Pictures After the Storm</span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5552912._ric_Veill_?from_search=true"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">Éric
Veillé</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#181818"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We Are in a Book</span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> by Mo Willems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Okay, well, a short list here because me brain's not working:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom by A.C. Crispin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Britain BC by Francis Pryor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Britain AD by Francis Pryor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The German Army on the Somme, 1914-1916 by Jack Sheldon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Goon Show Scripts, by Spike and the Boys (because I like a bit of Goonery, I do...)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater (It’s a four-book series, and I especially love the audiobooks)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Spindle’s End by Robin McKinley<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon by Matt Fraction and David Aja<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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