Slacks for Ella Funt

I have always been not just a reader, but a rereader. I read fast, so I don’t have the feeling that time spent rereading is wasted because it will prevent me from reading as many new books.
When I was younger, I had to reread. I could never get enough new books to keep up with how fast I’d plow through them. We’d go to the library and I’d check out a stack of books, only to finish them all after two or three days, with nothing else new until our next visit. So anything I liked would get read a few times.
Now, I reread because when I read, it’s almost entirely for pleasure. So by picking up a book that I already know I like, I know that I’ll enjoy reading it. It doesn’t feel repetitive because generally some time has passed between readings of a book. Even with a book I really loved, I will remember probably 30% of the details two years later. If I reread it, I’ll pick up more. By the fourth or fifth reading, which only happens with books I really love, I know most of the book. Obviously, some books are worth knowing this well, and some aren’t.