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From: maggie_bo at comcast.net <maggie_bo>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 13:55:47 +0000
"Rereading at a different stage in life is like a whole different
> experience."
So very true. What's unfortunate is that we can never go back in time and read a book in an earlier stage of our lives! I have read a number of children's/young adult titles as an adult that I wish I could have had the experience of reading when I was younger, because, while I can appreciate and enjoy them now, I know the emotional impact they would have had on me then would have been much more powerful. For example, I wish I could have read Madeline L'Engles Austin family books as teenager. I would have identified with Vicki then in a much more direct and personal way then than I do now as an adult.
Maggie Bokelman
Received on Thu 25 May 2006 08:55:47 AM CDT
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 13:55:47 +0000
"Rereading at a different stage in life is like a whole different
> experience."
So very true. What's unfortunate is that we can never go back in time and read a book in an earlier stage of our lives! I have read a number of children's/young adult titles as an adult that I wish I could have had the experience of reading when I was younger, because, while I can appreciate and enjoy them now, I know the emotional impact they would have had on me then would have been much more powerful. For example, I wish I could have read Madeline L'Engles Austin family books as teenager. I would have identified with Vicki then in a much more direct and personal way then than I do now as an adult.
Maggie Bokelman
Received on Thu 25 May 2006 08:55:47 AM CDT
