Fiction

...foolish or a waste of time (“You already know what happens), but not to me.

My older son was a re-reader as a child, and we were once discussing the “waste of time” opinion. He made what I thought was an excellent point - people re-watch movies they really like, or listen to favorite songs perhaps hundreds of times. How is that any different than re-reading a book?

I have re-enjoyed several childhood favorites, and I have read Daphne DuMaurier’s Rebecca more times than I can count. Also Wouk’s Winds of War and War and Remebrance.

Some authors are such exquisite wordsmiths that is just feels good to let their skilled word usage roll around in your brain.