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Originally Posted by kennyc
Corollary question: What is it anyone gets out or re-reading the same book as often as every year?
Just seems a bit boring to me as I rarely re-read a book.
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Are there pieces of music you listen to over and over, even though you might have the particular song memorized? Why do you do so? You've already heard them.
As it is with music, so it is with any of the other arts. There are works that affect us strongly, that we like to revisit. In the case of books, they create a mood and provoke feelings we wish to re-experience. An old friend had what he called a "comfortable old shoe" mood, where he would revisit stuff he treasured. He had read and reread the works, often many times, but he didn't tire of the experience reading them provided.
I re-read Tolkien's _The Lord of the Rings_ once a year or so. I first read it when Tolkien was still alive, but the experience has never palled. The work is sufficiently deep and rich that I discover new things each time.
Most books I don't e-read (and a very few I haven't even
finished), but some become personal classics, and re-reading them is a walk down a favorite path, revisiting favorite places.
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Dennis