WorldCon: Re-reading panel followup

[kate_nepveu]

skwidly posted notes and asks whether the room being overwhelmingly female indicated a gender disparity in re-reading behaviors. I have absolutely no idea whatsoever. What do you all think?

(I'm feeling better, though still pretty wobbly, especially after my marathon day, and have given up on the idea of posting notes about my own panels. Fortunately skwidly or an audio recorder was at all the rest of them (err, well, maybe not the LibraryThing/Good Reads one; did I mention wobbly?) and I can rely on other people! I do have notes from a bunch of other panels that I will post at some point. Now I'm debating between a relaxing bath, a nap, or a trip to IGA to get more drinkable fluids. (The nap is winning.))

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Re: After I re-read your comment...

[keristor.livejournal.com]

I'm also male and reread a lot (see my LJ blog for my booklists, even this year I'm at over 2/3 rereads and this year I've read a lot of new-to-me books). Lots of reasons -- 'comfort' books, to refresh memory (on series when a new book comes out and on specific points of which I've been reminded or want to quote), because I miss the characters or stories, because I'm wanting to read a particular type of story, etc.

Oddly, the one book which I both enjoy and seldom reread is Lord of the Rings. That's because I know it so well (I first read it at around age 12 or so, 40 years ago) that I remember it too well and I find that my "pre-memory" of it is too distracting, I now leave it around 10 years between rereading.

(Oh, BTW, I've found your blog from someone else's link which was from someone else -- you are lost in a maze of twisty links, all looking exactly alike -- and got distracted. I finally realised that you probably don't know me and so thought I'd better say hi!)

Re: After I re-read your comment...

[kate_nepveu]

Hi! If you're not sure how you got here, I am obligated to mention the LotR re-read I'm doing over at Tor.com; save it for when you hit your next ten-year anniversary. =>

http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=13692