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In reply to the discussion: Do You Have a Fictional Book That You Have Read Several Times? [View all]OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)I don't usually watch movies a second time either but there are a few like Rocky Horror and Star Wars.
And I will watch a movie after I've read the book but I never read a book after I've watched the movie.
I have often started a book and got a few pages in and realized I've read it before and so I stop. I wish I could re-read books because I like the memories but I just can't stay interested in a repeat.
Even my most favorite books are victims of my apathy the second time around. I deliberately started A Tale of Two Cities again because it had been close to 40 years since I first read it and I figured surely it would be as new but I didn't get much farther than finding out what kinds of times it was.
I'm not going to give up though - I'm hoping that since I'm getting older and farther removed from books I read in my youth (I read way above my grade level from about 4th grade on especially when I got into high school. TV and music were tightly controlled but weirdo religious mom and step-dick didn't pay much attention to what I brought home from the library) I can maybe revisit them with a lifetime of experience to add to my understanding. I expect some I loved will not hold up and some I didn't love might have new revelations. But most should be just as good as they were in days of old but maybe I'll have new perspectives on them.