On rereading
A book read twice is really two books. The second time you are not chasing the plot, so the sentences finally get your attention.
Notes from a slow reader, mostly about old books that deserve a second look.
A book read twice is really two books. The second time you are not chasing the plot, so the sentences finally get your attention.
The best used copies come with someone else's pencil in the margins. You end up reading two minds at once, decades apart.