“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.” While I don't agree entirely with this quote by Oscar Wilde, in the sense that there are some books which are brilliant and beautiful which don't lend themselves to re-reading, I'm wholly in sympathy with the spirit of the quote, that re-reading books is a big part of reading because there is much to be discovered in a good book on the second or third read that was perhaps missed e

One of my many bookish pleasures is picking up book one of a three volume or five volume or ten volume series that looks interesting, and settling in, comfortable in the knowledge that I've found a fictional world to inhabit for anywhere from a couple of weeks to a couple of months. There's nothing I like more than finding a bunch of characters that I like, set in a particular time and place, having adventures, and living their lives book after book with a narrative that keep

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