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I've always reread - Jules Verne and Kipling's Kim when young for instance, and I still do. And I still reread my favourite children's books: I bought the Moomin series again for instance - in any case my yellowed paperbacks' type have become too small for me.
It works as comfort food / escape when very tired, or travelling, or in a waiting room, or ill, or just plain blue. But I also tend to rush through a book to know the story, and then take my time rereading to savour everything else.
It is especially appropriate for poetry, and some outstanding fiction and non-fiction deserves taking time like poetry.
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