Why Do We Re-Read Our Favorite Books as Kids, and Why Do We Stop When We Get Older?

'Why Do We Generalize What Everyone Else Does Based On Our Own Personal Experiences?' would be a much better title than this. I for one have basically re-read half the childhood books I could get my digital hands on within the past 7 years, including Winnie The Pooh and Bambi. I still have The Babysitters Club series waiting to be re-read but I'm reading other stuff right now (JUST got done re-reading Prep, which I said I'd do in another thread on here.)

Sorry, I hate being negative on here. I just feel like her 're-read childhood books because it's a good experience' message is diluted when the reader is too busy going "Who is WE? Have you been sneaking into my house and watching me read??" I mean there aren't even any studies included to back up the claims in the title.

But yeah... GUYS!! We should have an upcoming topic where each of us re-reads a YA book from our childhoods that we haven't touched in a long time and then talk about our experiences and reactions while re-reading it!! I've found that I see many of the books I've re-read much differently than I did when I first read them. For example, with Prep (which I read in 2005) the first time I read it, I felt like the author was really going for this 'My MC is having a miserable time in boarding school due to her own bad attitude and doesn't even realize it' theme and thought it was brilliant. Upon re-reading in 2015, (and having read what other people have to say, including people who claim to have met her) it feels painfully obvious that I gave the author waaaay too much credit. The MC was basically semi-autobiographical, warts and all. It also seemed more boring but the 'NO DON'T DO THAT! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT???' feeling was still there.

I think it would be fun for all of us to pick a book from our childhoods/teenhoods, pick a date and share our experiences!

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