07-13-2008, 06:44 PM
Reading some of the more challenging literature might be fun the second time around. They were all ruined for me the first time, as an English major, through over-analysis. As a librarian my reading has gotten a lot more eclectic. When I'm back in Puna in October I'd love to be a part of a reading group. "Bookmarks" magazine has great reading recommendations as does Nancy Pearl's "Book Lust" and "Book Lust 2" - my bible for a lifetime of reading suggestions. And Kapohokat, I think Thomas Wolfe is wonderful and well worth rereading - rich and lyrical and wild. And certainly different depending on how old you were when you first read him. So we can call him a classic. We can call any book that we see as having lasting value a classic. As far as I know there are no book police. By the way, Stephen King's novella, "The Library Police" is a great read for those who like King's combination of humor and terror.