11-18-2012, 05:43 PM | #106 | |
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11-18-2012, 06:39 PM | #107 | |
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If it makes your imagination work, it is stimulating your intellect. If it makes you think, it is stimulating your intellect. If it arouses an emotion, it is stimulating your intellect. If it makes you laugh it is stimulating your intellect. Music on the other hand can stimulate feeling, emotion, senses without passing through the filter of your intellect - it does so directly. |
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11-19-2012, 05:59 AM | #108 |
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Apart from a very small number of my very favourite books I don't re-read. I don't like to re-watch films either, while listening to music is a different thing for me, so re-listening to a song isn't really comparable.
I've always been more of a library borrower than a book buyer anyway, though since getting a Kindle, I have bought more than I ever used to. But while I read very few library books now, I read a lot of the freebies on Amazon instead. The reason for keeping my books is mainly so that I know I've read them and don't start to read them a second time, as my memory is terrible! Just knowing I've already read a book even if I can't remember exactly what happens is enough to put me off. In saying that, I have enjoyed re-reading a handful of really good books and can appreciate people liking the familiarity and the idea that it's a bit like revisiting an old friend. At the same time, there's so many new and potentially great books out there it seems a shame to spend too much time on something you've read before... As for DRM. Even before I had two e-readers I removed the DRM from my books so I'll be able to read them on whichever ereader I happen to own at the time. |
11-19-2012, 11:17 AM | #109 | |
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11-26-2012, 04:21 PM | #110 |
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Absolutely! I have a distinct recollection that I read Vanity Fair years ago, but I recall nothing about it at all - nada - so it'll be new all over again. There are other books like that as well.
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