When I say that a book is a "favorite" of mine, what I mean is that I have read it multiple times, always enjoying it as much or even more than the previous time, and I know that I will read it again in the future. Each time I read it I find something fresh …
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The Wind and the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame
... suddenly he stood by the edge of a full-fed river. Never in his life had he seen a river before– this sleek, sinuous, full-bodied animal, chasing and chuckling, gripping things with a gurgle and leaving them with a laugh, to fling itself on fresh playmates that shook themselves free, and were caught and held …
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Emma, by Jane Austen
I don't know how many times I have read/listened to Emma. I am sure that it is more than all the rest of Austen's novels put together, and that is not because I haven't read and re-read the others multiples times, it is simply because much as I might love and/or admire them, Emma remains the …