[izmi]

I never re-read. I am the same as you, Over; once I understand the relationships, plots and motives of a story completely, I rarely feel the need to reaquaint myself with them. I don't generally forget the story of a book, though the finer details do become blurred. I would much rather find a new book to disect, than re-disect and old novel.

There are a few exceptions though - Anything by Shakespeare and the Classicists (English and Greek). The reason for this is I have a degree in English and classics (and religious studies), and propose to teach those two subjects, so over the course of my degree, I often re-read particular books for essays, and I will re-read them for the sake of my future students.