Now, this is really going to be my last post for today. I promise!
I did most of my reading yesterday in the late afternoon and evening. Though I did start out my day in bed with coffee and the cats reading a print of this article on Astrid Lindgren and her legacy (which does not only consist of tons of great children’s books!) .
I had some things to do during the day, but after finishing them, I headed over to ArtBridge, a small cafe-annex-bookstore and one of my favorite hangouts in Yerevan. I treated myself to a cappuccino (good cappuccino’s are hard to find in this city), sat for a bit and started rereading In Search of Adam, a book I’d only read about a month ago for the first time. Somehow, I couldn’t let go of the book and realized I’d wanted to reread the book. When I came home a couple of hours later, I kept on reading. I ended up reading about one third of the book (it has about 320 pages) altogether yesterday.
I am enjoying the book as much as the first time I read it (well, enjoying is not the best word, as the subject is rather depressing) and feel like I am discovering lots of new details. Even knowing the plot and the ending does not take anything away from the reread. If anything, it makes me more attentive, trying to find clues, noticing things.
I am usually not much of a rereader, because there are too many other great books out there that I still have to read, but lately I have reread a book or two and I don’t regret the experience.
I will post a review once I finished the book.
In Europa - Geert Mak
Kindertijd Jeugdjaren Jongelingschap (Childhood Boyhood Youth) - Lev Tolstoy
I’ve only reread one book, 1984. The first time through I hated it. I was paranoid for a month. But the second time I was prepared for the emotions and was free to fall in love with the language. It is one of my favorites.
I haven’t read 1984 since highschool. Come to think of it, it would be a good one for a reread, just to see how I like it some 20 years later.
Just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to read In Search of Adam (twice). Your words have made me smile.
Caroline x
You’re very welcome, Caroline. Your book will definitely end up high on my list of favorites of this year. And I am not saying that to flatter you.
Asides from kids’ books, the only one I remember rereading was “The Old Man and the Sea” because I so badly wanted to enjoy it. Still didn’t happen though. I do plan on rereading “Blindness” but I think I’d need a lot more time in between than the month you took between rereading!
John, this is a first for me: rereading after only a month. If I reread, it’s usually at least a year later, if not many years later.