C.S. Lewis, a well-known author, often stated that a deeply literary person would find the usual practice of reading a given book only once to be ill-advised and short-sighted. As a person interested in the effect of education, I often wonder about the effects of reading a given book. Since I am elderly and have read many books, I think it is quite possible that I fail to remember that I read a certain book and read it again.
The book by Elizabeth Margulis, "On Repeat", explores the phenomenon of a music listener who has heard a given composition, listening to it again, often many times over. There are times when a young child hears a story aloud and asks at the end of the reading for it to be read aloud again, now.
The contrast between avoiding a second reading and a desire for a 2nd listening to music is striking. I suspect it is related to the length of a book, maybe to the number of times a reader has to sit down and "pick up" at the last place of reading. Very long books seem unlikely to be repeated.
Here is a link to posts on the Fear, Fun and Filoz blog that comment on the book "On Repeat" and its subject: t.ly/pdZmV
