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You haven't read a book unless you've read it twice.
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Why's that?
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Obviously not true. But all close reading is rereading.
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i mark unread books as finished on goodreads to attract the hoes
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>>24817618
I don't make the rules.
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>>24817615
I read 'How to Read a Book'
Must I read it again?
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>>24817691
>I read 'How to Read a Book'
you didnt read the book
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>>24817618
In order to understand the beginning you need to know the ending.
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>>24817695
Fuck.
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I can kill this cat in one swing.
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>>24817644
I do reread books that I think are worth it, but I have never reread a Nabokov novel.
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>>24817715
I use my memory.
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this only proves that the vast majority of literature is worthy of half-reading at best
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>>24817615
There'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."
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>>24817615
does listening to Michael Sugrue's lectures count as reading a book?
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>>24817715
There 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.
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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.
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>>24818391
What book have you reread the most times?



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