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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Oh, it's not that I don't want to re-read occasionally, I simply can't. I try it all the time and fail miserably, so I've learned to view it as sign that I just wasn't meant to. When re-reading; as soon as I read something "important," my mind races ahead to consider all of its future implications. But while I'm considering all of those implications, my eyes are still scanning the words and I'm turning the pages—BUT I'M NOT READING THEM! Once I catch myself doing this, I have to stop and back-track to where (I think) my focus was split. Which can be a chore in itself (do I remember that from my initial read or from this current re-read?). So after several of these similar episodes, I become exasperated enough to put the book down and forget about the re-read.
I re-read a lot as a kid, but it just doesn't work anymore. I know this and accept it about myself. I view not potentially ruining a previously enjoyed book as one of my affliction's very few benefits.
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Hmmm... I don't find this a problem. I too will read things and think ahead of how it fits in with what's coming, sometimes it will distract me enough to have to re-read a few lines, but that's okay, I'm not in as much of a hurry as I used to be (and I read faster anyway which compensates). Of course the hazard with this activity is that it does show-up authors that didn't do their homework, any inconsistencies begin to show up and annoy - which makes the work unsuitable for re-reading. Such is life. It's a small price to pay for reliving treasured moments in treasured worlds.