I've been doing quite a bit of rereading lately: five of the seven books I read during September and October were revivals. I revisited them not because they were fondly remembered favorites, but because I remembered enjoying them and not much else. I wanted to reconsider their place in my library -- either remember them better or move them aside.
This motivation for rereading is not among those that Meyer Spacks considers in her extended essay on the subject. While she does cover several rereading scenarios -- childhood favorites, popular novels, books she "should" like, and guilty pleasures -- she doesn't provide any insights into my personal experiences of rereading.
Her book includes interesting analysis of the specific books she rereads, but the tone of the book was too dryly academic.
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