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I very rarely reread books. I can name maybe a handful over my lifespan. Mainly, it's because I think a lot of the books I've read and enjoyed would have a different impact if I am at a different point in my life.

Example: a few years ago I reread 13 Reasons Why for a book club, about a decade after the first time reading it. I remember it being really impactful and moving the first time. But the reread was like reading a different book. Instead of sympathizing with the girl, I kept thinking about how selfish she was being.

So, I am pretty much a no on rereading....thoughts?

i'm curious if this is just me, but i was scrolling through old presentations the other day and found my sophomore year presentation for The Potrait of a Lady by Henry James (a book i chose to read for our quarterly reading assignment) and don't remember anything about reading the book, where i got the book from, or giving the presentation. this also happened to me with Shadow and Bone- i found a stack of old library receipts, and that book was on there and i was like... i READ THAT? (turns out yes. yes i did.)

this is so odd to me because i can remember random details from a book i read years ago but can't remember entire books i've read. so i'm genuinely curious: has anyone else experienced book amnesia?