Rereading: Some short thoughts

“How nice to be able to return to what won’t change.”

Rereading is quite different from reading, an experiment in the different repeat. The first frisson of the original encounter is missing, but I find that’s more than made up for a) by not having to concentrate on remembering exactly who everybody is and b) understanding it a lot better, whether it’s noticing important details or just bringing a new perspective. Perhaps there’s a slight element of guilt since every time I read a book twice then I haven’t read somebody else’s book once, but I get over my remorse pretty quickly.