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“Every so often, I take it out and read it again.” A friend talking about her favorite book

With summer here, the topic of books to take on vacation came up this week. Headed to the beach with a bag of books, a friend of mine was lamenting that, with her busy schedule, she didn’t usually have time to reread her favorite books – young adult novels that make her remember what she loved about childhood in a small town.

Books have a way of doing that – opening up places in our hearts and minds we have kept dormant. Fiction with its characters that seem like old friends. Creative nonfiction with its reminders that reality can be even more entertaining than anything we writers make up. Poetry with its ways of presenting life as mysterious and inspiring. Even nonfiction these days — banking, medicine, history, social issues, foreign policy, religion – is full of surprises!

Rereading our favoirte books for pleasure not only allows us enjoyable time away from our daily grind, but reminds us of past insights into our wider world. What could be better for the Greater Good than that!?

Some of my favorites are To Kill a Mockingbird, Finishing Well, Living Buddha - Living Christ and, of course, my favorite poets. You can see a more complete list of books I recommend on my InSpiritry Links page!

What about you? Are there books that have been important in your life? Titles that remind you of a place, a time, a person? Are there novelists or poets or inspiration writers that reaffirm what you think is important? When this summer could you escape with a book for a while?

InSpiritry Question for the Day:  What book do you wish you had time to reread?

When We Reread Our Favorites, Books Can Be a Blessing!

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