I've just started my bi annual reread from start to finish. Some bits I
remember vividly, some parts of the books I can quote straight of the
top of my head... One passage which is an utterly beautiful way to
describe the bittersweet feeling of loving someone you can't have. It's
one of my favourite paragraphs in all the books (with names redacted to
avoid giving any plots away).. Softly she said, ‘**** says that some
loves come unbidden like winds from the sea, and others grow from the
seeds of friendship. ‘ ‘I will hope for such a harvest, ****. But should
it not come, still I will remain your good friend. ‘
This time round I read the Rewritten version of Magician on Kindle and
thoroughly enjoyed it, the extras really did add so much more to the
story. There were places were I could thought I could see where Ray had
carefully weaved in a snippet to relate to later books. There was also
bits that I had forgotten.
Elliott
On 02/10/2012 18:55, Earl Borah wrote:
Just wondered if any of you are as lucky as me and have a really bad
memory when it comes to reading books. Whenever I read a book, its
fresh in my mind and my imagination takes me to wondrous places. But 2
months later after I have read a few other and had a few beers I can no
longer remember what happens.
My wife is a bit like that - she reads rapidly, but misses things. She
will remember major plot points, but loses details. I tend to read
more slowly (though I can skim quickly as well, when needed), but also
remember more details.
Except for names. I'm awful with names. I keep characters straight,
but I typically can't remember half the people or place names, at
least the first time through a book. I also don't usually think about
how names sound - it was my second reading through the Empire trilogy
before I tried to pronounce some of the names in a discussion with my
wife, and she kept laughing at my pronunciation - because I just
hadn't considered how that bundle of letters sounded before.
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