tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post4520024895397261384..comments2024-02-18T00:24:05.514-08:00Comments on The Zoë-Trope: RETRO-FRIDAY - "If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all."Zoë Marriotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-84895866470823650202011-06-14T00:55:54.292-07:002011-06-14T00:55:54.292-07:00Hurray! The joy of re-reading is alive and well!Hurray! The joy of re-reading is alive and well!Zoë Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-88346731884398529472011-06-14T00:53:39.477-07:002011-06-14T00:53:39.477-07:00Love this post Zoe! I am a very dedicated rereader...Love this post Zoe! I am a very dedicated rereader! I reread old favorites regularly. I always have been. I had my set 'go to' books for when I was bored, and I had a few books in the library that I would check out every couple of weeks, or maybe once a month. <br /><br />And then, in 4th grade, my teacher read us Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls and I fell in LOVE! It was the first book I really connected with, the first book that really touched something new inside me. Since then, I've read that book well over 50 times. Sigh. There's just something so incredibly special about revisiting that book. It's been over a year since my last reread... Maybe it's time to pick it back up. :)Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07895603279815878376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-19671748936097405262011-06-07T16:44:37.220-07:002011-06-07T16:44:37.220-07:00Megha: (sorry for only seeing this now :P) Well sa...Megha: (sorry for only seeing this now :P) Well said! That's certainly true. :)Isabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342147057396470743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-10972324355309616352011-06-06T23:15:13.771-07:002011-06-06T23:15:13.771-07:00Elise: Sometimes when I'm facing a huge pile o...Elise: Sometimes when I'm facing a huge pile of new books, full of new angst and new dramas, I just feel really overwhelmed and I end up not reading anything. I think a lot of people experience this - TBR paralysis. You end up messing around on the internet or wasting time in some unfulfilling way. When that happens, much better to take a step back and re-read an old favourite than end up watching mindless daytime TV or something, right?Zoë Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-32236905234348517942011-06-06T14:22:46.417-07:002011-06-06T14:22:46.417-07:00Zoe, you make an excellent point. It's hard f...Zoe, you make an excellent point. It's hard for those of us (like me) who have so many new books to read it's hard to imagine re-reading other books. But I'm also feeling the nudge in the back of my head that tells me I have full permission to reread those books that I've already read and would love to step into again. So thank you for standing so strongly for this. It's done us all good.Elise Stephenshttp://www.elisestephens.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-32750849599002288792011-06-05T10:08:33.833-07:002011-06-05T10:08:33.833-07:00Well, yes, there is a lot less of the anticipation...Well, yes, there is a lot less of the anticipation for the ending, but if a book is good, it'll still raise the hair on your neck every time. :-) And anyway, since you know what is going to happen, you get to concentrate on the minor details the second time around!Megzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08664110589451892977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-49964477643028282612011-06-04T11:07:19.571-07:002011-06-04T11:07:19.571-07:00Zoe and Megha: I actually used to re-read a little...Zoe and Megha: I actually used to re-read a little more when I was younger... for example, in second grade I was completely obsessed with this story -- as an almost-twelve year old now I would probably think it was really bad -- called <i>Once Upon a Marigold</i>. I re-read it several times... I admit that on a few occasions when I have re-visited an old favorite I found it really interesting to see it from a new point of view... so, yes, I really should re-read more often. However, there is this thing about reading a story for the first time -- not knowing what will happen next and holding your breath in anticipation -- that you don't have the second time around. But, like Megha, I'll probably change... reading a book for the second or third time is a completely new experience.Isabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342147057396470743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-60372335879646918372011-06-04T04:53:36.296-07:002011-06-04T04:53:36.296-07:00It's much more fun to re-read after a long tim...It's much more fun to re-read after a long time, Izzy. If you want to wait for a while, or re-read a book you haven't read for AGES, that would be MORE fun because the book won't be so fresh in your mind. You can wait - you have time. :)<br /><br />I'm encouraged to re-read a lot more by the fact that I'm a part book-reviewer/blogger and that means that I try to do reviews on books that I <i>especially</i> like and want to encourage people to read again and again! But I have to have that book WITH me; I need a copy of it so I can check for anything I don't like, and my reviews can be thorough. Of course, that's not the ONLY reason I re-read; I do it for fun. It's awesome going back to a book.Megzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08664110589451892977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-76766071207546857782011-06-03T23:31:58.854-07:002011-06-03T23:31:58.854-07:00Well, that's OK, Isabel - not everyone is the ...Well, that's OK, Isabel - not everyone is the same, and I suppose there might be some people who genuininely can't enjoy re-reading. But it sounds to me more like you've never tried, which is a shame. Think about some book that you've absolutely loved, a book that you never wanted to end and when it DID, you wished you had it to read all over again. Now imagine that you DO have it to read all over again! Try picking a book you've not read for years and years, and just re-read the first page. I bet you'll find that you want to read on - and I bet you'll find that the book seems both comfortingly familiar and new and strange. Honestly. It's awesome.Zoë Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-9271750011249489752011-06-03T15:50:34.030-07:002011-06-03T15:50:34.030-07:00:( I'm not a big re-reader... there, I said it...:( I'm not a big re-reader... there, I said it. I really don't re-read very much. I read much more slowly than you! I have so many *new* books that I want to read!!! I know it's no good reason -- I really WISH I found re-reading really fun, and maybe I don't just because I don't try it very much. So maybe, one of these days -- NOT a promise -- when I have nothing else to read (I mean, one of these YEARS -- take a good look at that to-read pile) I'll give it a shot! I want to! I just don't... have the guts, I guess. :P Sorry...Isabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342147057396470743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-90055571361763436992011-06-03T09:55:21.569-07:002011-06-03T09:55:21.569-07:00Megha: Then my work here is done. *Beams aboard sp...Megha: Then my work here is done. *Beams aboard spaceship*Zoë Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-78592526868593055512011-06-03T09:51:22.720-07:002011-06-03T09:51:22.720-07:00Zoe: I'm sure you remember that last time I sa...Zoe: I'm sure you remember that last time I said that I did not enjoy re-reading! Ah, how I have grown... You know what I mean. xP I enjoy re-reading so much now! It's so fun to go back to a book, and have the adventure all over again. I have really changed. xPMegzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08664110589451892977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-79389942344951094912011-06-03T09:44:16.902-07:002011-06-03T09:44:16.902-07:00Well, take this as a challenge, Borko. Pick some o...Well, take this as a challenge, Borko. Pick some other book that you really remember fondly, and give re-reading it a go. You might love it!Zoë Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-61514284482329078812011-06-03T09:31:56.227-07:002011-06-03T09:31:56.227-07:00Ok. I will not lie. Frankly, I do not remember re-...Ok. I will not lie. Frankly, I do not remember re-reading a book.But as soon as I read the book, which I'm on now, I will reread "The Spiderwick Chronicles". In fact, with them I began to love books.borkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475525162265564248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-57713700265799529102011-06-03T09:28:57.600-07:002011-06-03T09:28:57.600-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.borkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475525162265564248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-91057815750761282012011-06-03T01:55:42.017-07:002011-06-03T01:55:42.017-07:00You're the *first* person to have noticed that...You're the *first* person to have noticed that about Zira's scar, Rebecca! Well done! Re-reading honestly is the best way to get to know the books you love. I've listed a couple of my favorite re-reads there in the post, but really, as I said, any books I loved will get re-read probably several times.Zoë Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-64662918965814175912011-06-03T01:51:15.278-07:002011-06-03T01:51:15.278-07:00This is such an interesting post! I love to re-rea...This is such an interesting post! I love to re-read books and I do notice changes from when I first read them but I never really thought of it in the way you described it :) I like to think that books hold memories too. When I re-read Inkheart last year I remembered that I first bought it in newcastle three years before and read it on the way home in the car and when I did re-read it last year I did notice that my reading had improved since them.<br />I love to re-read Daughter of the Flames once or twice a year, it's one of my favourite books and I get completely lost in it :) The second time I read it I noticed that one of Zahira's scars, above her eyes, was in the shape of an S which I thought was really sweet because it was like an S for Sorin and as soon as her old life ended with the fire, Sorin was engraved to be in her new life. I hope I got that right :)<br />What's your favourite book to re-read? :)Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com