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Originally Posted by Lady Blue
Sorry, we tend to do that, stray I mean.
But now that you've pulled in the reins I'll get serious and give you MY answer. No, I try NEVER to reread a book on purpose, and if I find that I recognize I'm rereading one by mistake, then I won't continue. That's not to say that I won't ever reread a passage from a previously read book, but I won't intentionally reread the whole work.
There are billions of great books out there yet to be read and I'll never live long enough to make a dent in all that I'd like to read. If I enjoy a book then I'll remember enough of it to hold the experience in my heart and mind. If I didn't enjoy it, or learned nothing from it, then it's probably not worth trying to read again. I'm sure there may be an exception somewhere (never say never), but generally speaking, that's my take on it.
I know that many people reread their favorites, but I just don't find it's something I care to do.
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That's interesting; I find that re-reading old-favourites is a real "comfort thing" for me; it's something I do if I'm feeling down in the dumps, and it always cheers me up. I also find that when I re-read a "classic" (eg, my favourite author, Dickens), I always spot something new in the book that I hadn't before; I really find that with "great books" you
can't get everything out of it in a single reading. Heck - perhaps that's a good definition of what a "great book" actually is!