Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Challenge: Re-reading books

This is part of the weekly Blogging Challenge over at Long and Short Reviews. If you'd like to participate, you can find the prompts here. They also put up a post every Wednesday where you go and link your response -- and see everyone else's. Check out their homepage to find it.

The challenge for this week is "re-reading books: why or why not?"

For me, re-reading books is definitely a yes. Why? Well, sometimes I don't want to go explore something new; I want to re-experience something comfortable. Re-reading a much-loved book is like comfort food. 

Sometimes, I want to look at how an author pulled off a specific effect -- or captured a particular mood. 

Sometimes, I just find that I'm not in the mood for any of the things that are on top of my To Be Read pile, and I fall back on something I know I'll be in the mood for. 

And sometimes it's just 2020, and all I can cope with is something I already know I can handle.

8 comments:

  1. We basically had identical answers this week! :)

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    1. Yeah, I think I just left a near-identical comment on yours!

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  2. Hey, same! Honestly, the more busy, more stressed, etc., that I am, the more I return to the familiar. This also includes TV shows and movies as well. Can't tell you how many things I've rewatched this year!

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    1. It really has been a year for finding comfort wherever we can, hasn't it?

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  3. Michael, this has been one wrong hair year. Thanks for coming by.

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  4. I agree! Sometimes all I can handle is something familiar. Especially this year!

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