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Do you reread books or are you done with them once you’ve read them?

I like to reread books sometimes! Rereading is especially good if I’ve just finished something heavy or intense; I can follow that up with something that I’ve enjoyed before so it doesn’t take too much effort and I can have a bit of a break. I also don’t have the greatest retention for what I read, so even if I’ve read something before there’s no way I’ll remember everything. And there are certain books that are comforting and cozy and those are great to reread when I want that kind of mood.

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[-] lars@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

When I was a kid I read Harry Potter 6 times forward and once backwards (going chapter by chapter starting with book 7)

Now it's hard to justify rereading a book when there are so many books on my reading list (and on my shelf) that I haven't read yet.

Though I have read HPMoR twice because I was going to recommend it to someone but wanted to check if it was as good as I remembered. Read the first few chapters and then got sucked in and read the whole thing.

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