You haven't read a book unless you've read it twice.
Why's that?
Obviously not true. But all close reading is rereading.
i mark unread books as finished on goodreads to attract the hoes
>>24817618I don't make the rules.
>>24817615I read 'How to Read a Book' Must I read it again?
>>24817691>I read 'How to Read a Book'you didnt read the book
>>24817618In order to understand the beginning you need to know the ending.
>>24817695Fuck.
I can kill this cat in one swing.
>>24817644I do reread books that I think are worth it, but I have never reread a Nabokov novel.
>>24817715I use my memory.
this only proves that the vast majority of literature is worthy of half-reading at best
>>24817615There're too many unread classics for me to consider rereading anything, unless i absolutely love it.It's funny, but with music I'll play an album on repeat for days and I'm not thinking "there's so many albums I haven't heard."
>>24817615does listening to Michael Sugrue's lectures count as reading a book?
>>24817715There is a human ability called "thinking". You are supposed to "think" about the book after you finish it, not just read the last letter and then immediatly start watching tiktoks.
You've read a book after reading it once, but you only understand a book sufficiently to make critical judgements worthy of being printed after reading it at least twice, ideally three. This is supremely obvious when it comes to poetry because no one would claim to understand a poem after reading it once, yet the pitiful laziness and defensiveness of people makes them think that this an absurd thing when it comes to even more complex and demanding works like long novels.
>>24818391What book have you reread the most times?