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"If you were to give a chance to re-read your used-to-be favourite book, would you ever read it again?"
I am a self-claiming casual reader. Despite the claim, my primary hobby is reading since young age, have read variety genre of fiction and non-fiction books, and sometimes investing my time digging on local & international booktok communities, I still think of myself as a casual reader. Or maybe I'm not that casual reader after all, ahahaha. Also, I would like to highlight that I'm a big mood reader and mono-reader. The books that I choose to read depends on my interests and mood at the time. For example, I'm currently spending the last five years reading Asian literature (general) genre that consists of variety different (eg: slice-of-life, general literature, magical fantasy, action & thriller, etc) genres in it. The time I've spend on reading a book mostly done during commuting from one place to another (except when I'm driving) and whenever I pick up a book, most of the time I will invest my time and energy to read that one particular book only. I can't read multiple books at the same time, or else my brain not braining the books I'm reading. This is briefly about me as a reader.
I'm the type of person who enjoys every book that I've read, but oddly enough I rarely have favourite books. I may have liking to certain authors who have distinguish writing style that caught my attention, but never have a particular favourite book, even if I like the author's writing style. I embrace the storyline, the writing, the scenery set and the message of the books, for the better or for the worst. I'm not saying that I never dislike a book, of course I do; it's just that I appreciate whatever kind of books that I have been feeding myself into.
That being said, if I were to give a chance to re-read a book, would I ever read it again?
Short answer, no.
Long answer, I usually remembers the general plot of the books (fictions) or the important key takeaway (non-fictions) that I've read, even if I read that book like 10 years ago. If I seem to can't recall it, all I have to do is to look at the book itself (i read and own mostly physical book), re-read the back of the book and all the memories and feelings that I have reading the book will flood my mind. I invest all my time, attention and energy to focus on reading that one book, and I usually share my experience after reading a book to someone close to me (basically, its my book yapping o'clock). I will talk about the summary, the storyline and the experience that I feel while reading it. Although a lot of people in my life doesn't read as much as I do, I appreciate them so much for listening to me talking about a book that I just finish reading for hours. It becomes a habit of mine to read, get suck into the plot, feelings and experience while reading it and share it to whoever have time listening to me talking non-stop about a book. I don't see any reason why I have to re-read the book all over again.
"If the book is so good that you've talk about it many times, don't you wanna re-read it again, y'know, for the sake of experiencing it one more time?"
Still no, because the books that I've read always leave an impact on me whether it is positive or negative, and re-reading again doesn't change the fact of whatever experience that I felt for the first time. The only thing I may get out of re-read the same book again is that I have different perspective and understanding of the book, especially if I re-read it again years later. If we're going to emphasize on feelings, I guess the only thing that I know I'll feel is nostalgic. I may felt differently after re-reading it again, but I'm getting older, live a life and going through different stages in life gives different clarity and wisdom on how I perceived things. Do I have to repeat reading the same book all over again?
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