Even when it happens for a totally different reason than usual.
I love to read and I usually have at least one book going at a time. My current source is a used book store in town which we visit every other weekend. My usual MO for picking a book to read is to open it up about a third of the way and read a page. This lets me know A) if I like the style of witting and B) hopefully will tip me off that I might have read it before. It always works for A, but sometimes it will fail the B criteria. I have been known to take up to 1/4 of the way through a book before I realize that I have read it before. Because I usually don’t remember how it all finishes up, I’ll just reread it. Hey. people watch a movie they like more than once don’t they?
The past batch of books included one called “Tell No One” by Harlan Cobern that I really enjoyed, so on this past weekend’s trip I told myself that I’d get another one of his books to see if it was as good. There were three on the shelf, so I grabbed on called, “Gone For Good.” Didn’t even read any of it because I knew I liked his writing style.
Well sure enough, by page 10 I knew I had read it already, so I reread it. Good book, not as good as “Tell No One” though. My next trip back to the bookstore, I’ll get one of the other two that I (hopefully) haven’t read already.