Word: rereadability
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...afternoon in the car, as I philosophized with my tennis-star younger sister, I revealed my deep love for Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and Yann Martel’s Life of Pi. I confided that part of me was afraid to reread both of these books. Rereading could cause me to realize that I am not nearly as attracted to these books now as I was when I first grew to love them. With the knowledge that the books have not changed, discovering that they had become less appealing would be heartbreaking—it would mean...
...after all, and I was supposedly striving for that. And though I nearly fainted at the idea of having to pack up the hundreds of books on our shelves—and possibly even give some of them away!—I certainly enjoyed the opportunity to reread many of my childhood favorites. The tasks of housekeeping were good for me, and not even all that time-consuming. They were a form of useful procrastination, and I still was able to work on my thesis...
...psychology. "I'm not a born-again Jungian," says Davies of the analyst whose influence is discernible throughout his fiction. "But I find that Jung provides rich feeding for a novelist, with his layers and depth of meaning." Davies' increased leisure has given him more time to read and reread his favorites: Trollope, Dickens, Balzac and Stendhal. "If you pay attention to great literature," he says, "you don't have to have a psychiatrist...
...Mokolodi Nature Reserve, tour operator Tim Race, an old family friend of McCall Smith, offers a preview of future plot twists. "Anyone who has read about a place gets a lot more out of seeing it," says Race. "People always say, 'Oh, now I'm going to have to reread that part.'" Tour One costs $75 (plus tax); Tour Two $125 (plus...
...Mokolodi Nature Reserve, tour operator Tim Race, an old family friend of McCall Smith, offers a preview of future plot twists. "Anyone who has read about a place gets a lot more out of seeing it," says Race. "People always say, 'Oh, now I'm going to have to reread that part.'" Tour One costs $75 (plus tax); Tour Two $125 (plus...