I’m not really a fan of re-reading books, neither rewatching series or movies, cause I feel like If I rewatch or reread, the same emotions I felt the 1st time I read/ watch it will never be the same. But Back in college, I met my friends now (whom all likes to rewatch/reread stuffs)…
So my question is, how’d you manage to push yourself rereadind a book or rewatching a series? And why is your reason for rereading/rewatching? Just curious.
I reread books all the time. Most of them are stories that I take great delight in encountering again and again; they never get boring, I’m always experiencing something new and delightful. Books like “Crime and Punishment”, “The Great Gatsby”, and “Ender’s Game” are going to be very different when you reread them, i.e. reading them in high school, then rereading them when you’re an adult in your 40’s.
When you reread a book, you are not the same person you were the first time you read it; likewise the book is not the same, because you have changed. Books take on new meanings and experiences depending on when we re-encounter them.
Are you suggesting that, one should only do something once and never again? Would you say the same thing about riding a bicycle, or skydiving, or dining at a restaurant, or talking to someone you like?