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> Finally all good books should be read twice or more. Good reading is rereading.

Fully agreed!

> This is a hard rule to follow because nobody has time to read the same book twice

Disagreed. I read fiction and I tend to re-read a lot, sometimes three or four times. I read for pleasure, so I have the time. Reading is "me" time, and I spend it however I want.

It's only hard to re-read if you have some silly goal like "I must read N books this month". I find such goals worthless.



>It's only hard to re-read if you have some silly goal like "I must read N books this month". I find such goals worthless.

I'm on board. I have a great deal of fun hunting books and sitting down with the good ones I find. I don't care how many I go through or how many pages. Reading good stuff is a matter of quality of life for me. "A life without books is unlivable" Erasmus


Some books are especially suited for multiple passes. Every time I reread a Discworld novel, I find new jokes or references that I had missed earlier.




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