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Pauline Jones


Last Updated: 12/9/2009

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Gender: Female
Status: Married
Age: 54
Sign: Virgo

City: HOUSTON
State: Texas
Country: US
Signup Date: 5/6/2007
Sunday, March 01, 2009 

Current mood:  awake
Category: Life
I got a Kindle 2 this week and downloaded some new books to read, but found myself rereading a couple of books instead. Now I have a TBR pile on my eReading devices that would fill a room if they were in print. So why was I reading something I'd already read?

I think the main reason (besides the comfort factor of reading something that I KNOW I'll like) is me. I HAVE t finish a book before I go to bed. Otherwise, I'll think about it during the night, wondering what happened. When i reread something, I already know what happened, so I can set it aside when I have to go to bed.

The other reason is that I'm writing. I don't want to get sucked too deep into someone else's world. And sometimes I CAN'T get sucked into someone else's story. My character's will get between me and the story. I'll move and not get back to that story for a while or never.

I don't buy books so I can NOT read them, so I don't like that to happen. Unless I've been waiting for a new release from a favorite author, I mostly reread while I'm writing. I save my reading for travel or for when I'm between books.

I also reread when I'm sick because I can't focus on the new. I want the comfort read, the known ending and known characters.

I have friends who keep books, but don't reread or reread rarely. What about you? Do you reread? What gets you to reread a book? To keep it?

Inquiring minds want to know. :-)
Perilously yours,
Pauline


5:12 PM
 
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