My Love of Rereading: A Personal Reading Philosophy

 I have been quoted repeatedly as having said, "If it isn't worth reading twice, it isn't worth reading at all."

I return over and over to one of my favorite Victorian novelists, and honestly one of my favorite novelists of all time: Thomas Hardy.

Source: Brittanica.com

Reasons that I love rereading:

1. I realize things I didn't read on the previous read
2. I allow myself to reread paragraphs and sentences in a slow and deep way
3. I can compare my thoughts/ feelings to my previous read

Novels on my rereading radar:

1. Tess of the D'Urbevilles by Thomas Hardy (will be my third read)
2. Jane Eyre by Charolette Brontë (a constant reread)
3. Macbeth by Shakespeare (planning to consume it via audio play at the river on a frosty day)
4. Shirley by Charolette Brontë

Those are the novels I want to deeply reread and see what all can be revealed to me about who I am now that I am at a new phase of my life.

That's the true point of rereading to me. I want to wring my literature dry. I want to pull as much as I possibly can out of each work.

This only works if your literature is dense and meaningful. You'll know the novels worth rereading on the first read.

Do you reread? If so, what's your latest or upcoming reread? I am fascinated by fellow bibliophiles who reread.

Happy reading my slow living friends.