Reading It Again And Again
By jaishankar
@else34 (13517)
New Delhi, India
June 21, 2016 7:33am CST
Last night I was wide awake.It was going to be 3.30 a.m. and sleep was eluding me.
I got up,took a book from my shelf and began reading it.That book was not new to me.It was one of the books I like most.I had already read it many times before.
I am a book lover,but don't buy new books everyday.In fact,I can't,because books are too costly.There are many books in my home library that I like most.I have read them all.Still I read them again and again.And every time I read them,they seem new to me.
Do you read a book more than once?
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
21 Jun 16
It depends on the books. I have read my favourite books many times and I recently re-read a Danish book that I enjoyed in the past. Sometimes I only read a book once, because I don't think that it is worth reading again. I borrow many books at the library. If I don't like them I can return them and it is not a waste of money.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
21 Jun 16
@else34 Some books are worth reading again. So you read books in 3 different languages? I mostly read books in Danish and English. When I read Italian books I don't understand all the details.
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@else34 (13517)
• New Delhi, India
21 Jun 16
@Porcospino,Like you,I ,too,read only favourite books more than once.Most of my favourite books are in my mother tongue Hindi,some others are in my state language and the rest in English.
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@thaMARKER (2503)
• Philippines
21 Jun 16
I don't read anymore and i can't remember that i re-read a book before.
What did you read?
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@else34 (13517)
• New Delhi, India
21 Jun 16
@thaMARKER,I,for one,can't live without reading.I read novels,wildlife adventures,travels,poems,history and sometimes crime and detective stories.
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@thaMARKER (2503)
• Philippines
21 Jun 16
Which one of those did you read last night?
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@else34 (13517)
• New Delhi, India
22 Jun 16
@thaMARKER Last night I was feeling too tired and sleepy,yet I couldn't sleep before reading a few pages of a Hindi novel,'Raat aur Din' and a few pages of 'Black panther of Shivanipalli' by Kenneth Anderson.I have already read both these books thrice.
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@else34 (13517)
• New Delhi, India
22 Jun 16
@Gina145 I have been at an advantage.My pc is installed in the room where my aunt sleeps with her daughter,and I can't disturb her at night.So far as tv is concerned,I watch news channels in the evening and don't waste time in watching serials.So night time is dedicated to reading books.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
21 Jun 16
I dont know how this works overseas, but I do much with an ereader and free online books
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@else34 (13517)
• New Delhi, India
22 Jun 16
@Jessicalynnt,I rarely read books online.I prefer reading reading traditional,printed books.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
22 Jun 16
@else34 I cant afford printed books usually. I used to think I preferred that, until I realized 1. how many trees I am saving. 2. how much space I am saving. 3. how many free or much reduced books I can obtain. etc.
@rachz_kisses (3798)
• Philippines
21 Jun 16
I also do that. I read the book more than once. Especially those that I love the most..
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@else34 (13517)
• New Delhi, India
21 Jun 16
@rachz_kisses,And every time you read them, you must have felt you are reading them for the first time.Right?I,for one,feel so.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
5 Jul 16
Most books I read only once but a few I read reportedly as they are great books with very valuable information.
@jazel_juan (15747)
• Philippines
21 Jun 16
Yes, I hear you! I read books over and over again especially if it's something that I LOVE!
Like for one Harry Potter, I am not much of a fan for the movie but for the book, I read it over and over again. It just transport me to another world...and even if I have kids of my own.. I still love it.
Harry Potter is just one of the several books that I love. :)
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@else34 (13517)
• New Delhi, India
22 Jun 16
@jazel_juan,I can understand that.Some books have the potential to transport you to a dreamland.It's a pleasure that can be felt,not described.I have experienced it many times.I highly appreciate your love for books.
@responsiveme (22926)
• India
21 Jun 16
Yes, I do read my favourite books again . Sometimes I borrow and re-read children's books frrom my neighbour's son. Some books however I don't read again.
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@else34 (13517)
• New Delhi, India
21 Jun 16
@responsiveme,That's what differentiates a great book from an ordinary one.Great books never get old.
You read children's books?Me too.Recently I read the Hindi translation of a story by the great Rabindranath Tagore.It's a story written for children.A folk tale.The caption [ in Hindi] is 'Kheer Ki Gudia.'I will never be able to forget the story.
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