On books

[hils]

I've been thinking about the conversation I had with woman_of_ on Sunday about books that had an impact on me when I was a teenager. Do you ever go back and read books that you loved or that influenced you only to find that as you've got older they don't fit into your life the way they once did? I don't often read a book more than once because there's so much new stuff out there for me to enjoy, but I've been thinking of going back to some of the books we discussed and now I'm worried I'm somehow going to ruin my teenage memories. What if these books aren't what I remember?

Am I being silly? Should I read the books again or leave them in the past?

*sighs*

Clearly I am watching too much Frasier and it's making me over-analyse everything. LOL. Quick, someone find somethig shallow and meaningless for me to think about ;)

Comments

[ceci2176.livejournal.com]

I really think you should read them again. I do that every now and then, and I have yet to be disappointed. :-)

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hee! The opinion seems to be divided. Not that it matters as I have a huge 'to read' pile to get through before I buy any more books

[ceci2176.livejournal.com]

I would be surprised if the opinion wasn't divided. ;-)

I've actually found that I can still read translated books - for years I avoided them since I felt they didn't do the originals justice, and sometimes were downright bad, but last week I read one (Phantom of the Opera epilogue) that was fabulous...and so I've decided to give reading in Swedish another chance. :-)

[hils.livejournal.com]

I'm very impressed that you can read whole novels in a language that isn't your first. I couldn't do that with any of the languages I learned at school

[ceci2176.livejournal.com]

As I've said in my journal, I don't think it's a big deal at all.... *g*