As I might have made clear, I reached the realization that several thousand books make a large personal library. Further, I faced the fact that many of the books that attracted me, I bought but haven't read.
I want to emphasize again C.S. Lewis's point that a book can often be read a second or Nth time for a good time and a refresh. My graduate course for teachers, "Personal Reading for Professional Development" was offered with the idea that teachers in their 50's might enjoy seeing how they felt currently about books they remembered enjoying years earlier. I never took a poll but my impression is that what I more or less thought would happen generally didn't. I thought re-reading a book that had been "sexy" or an exciting mystery would seem more mundane. I got the impression, though, that re-reading a book that was enjoyable ten or more years back was enjoyable again.
Part of the reaction to re-reading came when we re-watched "You've got mail". At one time, email was a new, exciting and mysterious tool. The movie is set in that time and re-watching it, emphasized how mysterious it actually still is.
Stretch your memory back and find some book (or movie) that got to you and try it again. Doing that may be surprising.
