{"id":746,"date":"2013-08-06T06:01:54","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T13:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=746"},"modified":"2013-08-05T20:36:12","modified_gmt":"2013-08-06T03:36:12","slug":"do-you-reread-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=746","title":{"rendered":"Do you (re)read me?"},"content":{"rendered":"

 <\/p>\n

I’m writing ’bout the
\nBook I read
\nI have to sing about the
\nBook I read
\nI’m embarrassed to admit it hit the soft spot in my heart
\nWhen I found out you wrote the
\nBook I read<\/p>\n

–Talking Heads\/The Book I Read<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What does a person do when she’s trying to save up all of her unread books for her vacation? She rereads old favorites. In my case, that means it’s Jane Austen Fest here in Tigard.<\/p>\n

To be honest, I’m a year round re-reader. If I like a book, there’s a good chance I will read it at least twice. If I love it, the number goes up to infinity. I like to blame my mother for reading the same books to me over and over as a child. I’m sure no one else’s mothers ever did that. Actually, it’s because I read so quickly the first time it’s only a little more than a skim for story and flavor. I slow down for stuff that’s more content rich, or for non-fiction but I really read a book seriously when I read it the second time. If I love it when I read it the second time, it will go on the infinite read loop.<\/p>\n

I’ll pull “Emma” off the shelf for the zillionth time(it’s a virtual shelf at this point) just to read what Knightley says to her when he finally confesses his love, and then go back to the beginning and read it all again. And again. Even after multiple re-readings, I’m happy when they end up together in the end,<\/p>\n

People wonder if knowing the ending ruins the book for me, and it doesn’t a bit.I cry when beloved characters die, and laugh when they say something funny–even when I know it’s coming.<\/p>\n

After multiple readings, the characters in my favorite books might as well be family.<\/p>\n

Family I’ve picked for myself who never complain when I ignore them for years at a time.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Additional note: I don’t mind book or movie spoilers, either. I’m sure there have been studies done on those who hate spoilers and those who don’t mind or like them. They should add that to standard personality tests.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  I’m writing ’bout the Book I read I have to sing about the Book I read I’m embarrassed to admit it hit the soft spot in my heart When I found out you wrote the Book I read –Talking Heads\/The Book I Read   What does a person do when she’s trying to save … Continue reading Do you (re)read me?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-words"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7lr3R-c2","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":432,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=432","url_meta":{"origin":746,"position":0},"title":"What’s Your Favorite Book?","author":"Michelle","date":"July 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cPicking five favorite books is like picking the five body parts you'd most like not to lose.\u201d --Neil Gaiman \u00a0 Seriously. \u00a0 It's hopeless. For one thing, there's the sheer number of books that are wonderful. People have been writing them for a long, long time you know. The end\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Words"","block_context":{"text":"Words","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9592,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=9592","url_meta":{"origin":746,"position":1},"title":"Loaning a book","author":"Michelle","date":"March 17, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Everyone who knows me at all knows how I feel about books.\u00a0In case you don't, here is a summary statement: I love them.\u00a0I learned to read before I even have memories. One of my first memories is sitting in my Mother's lap. She's holding a book about a squeaky bicycle.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Words"","block_context":{"text":"Words","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":556,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=556","url_meta":{"origin":746,"position":2},"title":"Summer reading, or what will I be reading at the lake","author":"Michelle","date":"July 28, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book? It took me years to write, will you take a look? It's based on a novel by a man named Lear And I need a job, so I want to be a paperback writer --the Beatles\/Paperback Writer \u00a0 \u00a0 I have\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "insanity"","block_context":{"text":"insanity","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3200,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=3200","url_meta":{"origin":746,"position":3},"title":"Who am I again?","author":"Michelle","date":"December 28, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Well a box of red and a pill or three And I'm calling time and temperature just for some company. I wish you were here. I wish I was too. I'll drink myself to sleeplessness, I always do. --Old 97's\/Big Brown Eyes It's a little trippy, pun intended, to be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Words"","block_context":{"text":"Words","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9805,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=9805","url_meta":{"origin":746,"position":4},"title":"An imaginary conversation about things I have not read","author":"Michelle","date":"April 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I've never read \"King Lear.\" \u00a0Isn't that weird?Most people probably haven't. They don't teach Shakespeare like they used to.\u00a0I'm supposed to be well read. A well read person should have read it.\u00a0You can't read everything.\u00a0No. I can't.\u00a0What got you all wound up about \"King Lear?\"I'm not wound up about it,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Imaginary Conversation"","block_context":{"text":"Imaginary Conversation","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?cat=18"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5936,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=5936","url_meta":{"origin":746,"position":5},"title":"The archeology of books","author":"Michelle","date":"May 27, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Sometimes I have trouble letting go of things, so I am practicing with stuff like old travel guides and technical literature. Since I am offloading a bunch of old books, I've been going through them one by one. I keep turning up all sorts of things tucked inside and in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Words"","block_context":{"text":"Words","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michellejolin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/20140525-200840-72520908.jpg?fit=454%2C313&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}