You know what's cool?

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Re-reading a book you haven't read in years, and finding that while yeah, it is like you remembered, you now have a better understanding of what it's actually about.

I read The Picture of Dorian Gray when I was. . .I dunno, 16 or 17? So not super long ago, but longer than it feels. I really liked it, and it was what got me into Oscar Wilde and led to me reading his other work.

I'm rereading it for a class right now, and it's cool because while I wouldn't say I "didn't get it" the first time I read it, I feel like it makes more sense to me, and that I appreciate it more, than the first time around. It's making the rereading process all that more interesting.

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this is so true. When I was a kidlet, I read Mary Stewart's Crystal Caves et al trilogy...the most I remember about it was that I loved it, and always wanted to read it. So, now I am, on my Kindle, and it is even better than I remembered. I am getting so much more out of it now! Subtleties I know I must've missed as a kid.

Sometimes it is cool to reread things, definitely.