Do you re-read? Why?

[texasnightowl]

Yes, I re-read. When it comes to books (and movies), if I enjoyed it the first time around, I usually enjoy it through multiple re-reads too. For good or bad, I am a fast reader and comprehend well, but I don't necessarily retain it. So I'll pick up a book off my shelves a year later and enjoy it nearly as much as the first time. ( I usually remember a bit about the book and plot as I am re-reading it.)

[pshrynk]

Originally Posted by DDHarriman

Yes I do!
Some outstanding ones for sure and sometimes separated by more then 10 years.

Its’ like seeing Blade Runner one more time!!!
Ps:“The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress”, ha!... what a choice… re-read it more then 10 times now, and will do it more for sure!

With a name like DDHarriman, I would suspect that you were a RAH fan.

[LazyScot]

Do I re-read? Yes, though it depends a lot on the material. I suspect you are talking about novels, though I'll take the question more generally.

Like a lot of people I have a number of technical books. They get re-read as I have far too small a cache memory and am prone to forgetting things...

There are some novels I never re-read; and I suspect I never will. It's not that I didn't enjoy them -- I did. Many of these I've recommended or lent. It's just that for me the joy in them was the "twist", and not the language or the creative depth, if that makes sense. (RickyMaveety, given your analogy to re-reading, please do not psycho-analyse this. Please. )

By comparison, those I tend to re-read I do so for the joy of the language or the chance to explore parts I missed on my first trip (think of climbing a mountain again, if you will). Like DMcCunney, I've read Tolkein, but also some Pratchett and the likes of Arthur C. Clarke.

But I've never re-read a play, Shakespeare or otherwise.

Although the category I read least, the one I re-read most is poetry, probably as that is so often about the language, or the depth of the idea.


My personal favourite poet is Norman MacCaig. I'd recommend anyone to try his poetry -- the collected works is excellent. If you are getting it second-hand, make sure you get the CD with it as it has him reading some of his poems. As a small sample, from A Man in Assynt:

Who possesses this landscape?
the man who bought it or
I who am possessed by it?

I really hope his work is taught somewhere.....
I hope someone out there has heard of him.

[slayda]

Originally Posted by LazyScot

... It's just that for me the joy in them was the "twist", and not the language or the creative depth, if that makes sense. (RickyMaveety, given your analogy to re-reading, please do not psycho-analyse this. Please. )
...

[DDHarriman]

desertgrandma

I can feel your problem.

Do you have a public library with eBooks in your neighbourhood?

If so, the ones powered by Overdrive you can get the book in audioformat, per example the Clevenet consortia has it:
http://dlc.clevnet.org/DA0188EA-3C60...F-F963F980FC4F

[DDHarriman]

pshrynk

A song to my ears… Delos David Harriman, The Man Who Sold The Moon! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._D._Harriman)

Could I ever have 1/10 of the merit that this outstanding persona created By Robert Anson Heinlein, shows…

And yes, I’m a fan.

[RickyMaveety]

Originally Posted by LazyScot

Do I re-read? Yes, though it depends a lot on the material. I suspect you are talking about novels, though I'll take the question more generally.

Like a lot of people I have a number of technical books. They get re-read as I have far too small a cache memory and am prone to forgetting things...

There are some novels I never re-read; and I suspect I never will. It's not that I didn't enjoy them -- I did. Many of these I've recommended or lent. It's just that for me the joy in them was the "twist", and not the language or the creative depth, if that makes sense. (RickyMaveety, given your analogy to re-reading, please do not psycho-analyse this. Please. )
By comparison, those I tend to re-read I do so for the joy of the language or the chance to explore parts I missed on my first trip (think of climbing a mountain again, if you will). Like DMcCunney, I've read Tolkein, but also some Pratchett and the likes of Arthur C. Clarke.

But I've never re-read a play, Shakespeare or otherwise.

Although the category I read least, the one I re-read most is poetry, probably as that is so often about the language, or the depth of the idea.


My personal favourite poet is Norman MacCaig. I'd recommend anyone to try his poetry -- the collected works is excellent. If you are getting it second-hand, make sure you get the CD with it as it has him reading some of his poems. As a small sample, from A Man in Assynt:

I really hope his work is taught somewhere.....
I hope someone out there has heard of him.

Spoken like a true male of the species.

[pshrynk]

Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

Spoken like a true male of the species.

but which species?

[RickyMaveety]

Originally Posted by pshrynk

but which species?

Whatever species LazyScot is, of course. (Pandas have infiltrated Kiss?? ... Who knew??!!)

[desertgrandma]

Originally Posted by DDHarriman

desertgrandma

I can feel your problem.

Do you have a public library with eBooks in your neighbourhood?

If so, the ones powered by Overdrive you can get the book in audioformat, per example the Clevenet consortia has it:
http://dlc.clevnet.org/DA0188EA-3C60...F-F963F980FC4F

Thank you, yes I am already an online subscriber to our local library. For some authors, the library is okay. For those like Heinlein, however, and others too numerous to mention, if I can't download them, I will invest in them. I hate the pressure to finish a book in a certain period of time. Although my library does have a 'used books for sale' section, Rarely will you see Bradbury or Heinlein. I"ve found amazon.com to have the lowest prices on used hardbacks and paperbacks, even with shipping.

[DDHarriman]

Ok.

Good shopping then.

Best,

[LazyScot]

Isn't this straying dangerously into Lounge terriority. Perhaps I never escaped after all.

Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

Whatever species LazyScot is, of course. (Pandas have infiltrated Kiss?? ... Who knew??!!)

Well.. Although I'm proud to own my heart, I'm not a Fish. Or is this mis-direction

[RickyMaveety]

Originally Posted by LazyScot

Isn't this straying dangerously into Lounge terriority. Perhaps I never escaped after all.



Well.. Although I'm proud to own my heart, I'm not a Fish. Or is this mis-direction

Next to the blue one??

[desertgrandma]

Originally Posted by DDHarriman

Ok.

Good shopping then.

Best,

But really, do you see a downside here? Some books are truly 'shelf worthy'. Right?

[DDHarriman]

No downside at all!

I see content as king, I state that in my personal contributions in the “Did an ereader help kick start a reading habit” post, here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...11&postcount=3
and here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...9&postcount=17

So having “content”, or if you wand Books in any format one wants/ can lay hand on is a no problem for me, not being able to have that “content” that is a problem!

Hell, I myself have full wall’s(literally) of shelves that make the marvel of my friends when they visit.
So once more, and even because I think one can not find a digital edition, besides the audiobook one, of “The Moon is A Harsh Mistress” anywhere... go for it!

Best regards,
PS: don't you think that some books are "hard drive worthy" too?