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Senility

June 29th, 2007 at 11:07 am by David Farrar

Has anyone else ever purchased a book, and while reading it have an odd sense of deja vu and only when you get to the final page with the twist/resolution do you realise you have already read the book?

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16 Responses to “Senility”

  1. scrubone Says:
    June 30th, 2007 at 2:33 am

    Just books?

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  2. Thrash Cardiom Says:
    June 30th, 2007 at 6:11 am

    My partner does that with films all the time. She did it with a book for the first time just a couple of weeks ago. I told her at the time that she had already read the book but she was certain that she hadn’t – except for those deja vu feelings.

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  3. Andrew W Says:
    June 30th, 2007 at 6:50 am

    Think of it as a good thing that you didn’t realise till the last page, otherwise you wouldn’t have gotten your monies worth.

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  4. Simon Coffey Says:
    June 30th, 2007 at 7:00 am

    I’ve been caught out buying a book, one published many years ago, but reissued with a new cover design, thinking it was an new one by the author.

    Thus ending up wth two copies of the same book.

    I usually give it as a present to someone.

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  5. Selma Bouvier Says:
    June 30th, 2007 at 7:16 am

    How do you find the time to read from front to back”?

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  6. David Farrar Says:
    June 30th, 2007 at 8:14 am

    I read at around 100 pages per hour so despite everything else, still get through lots of boos.

    I purchased five at Borders in Auckland this week. Two downm, three to go!

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  7. MGduP Says:
    June 30th, 2007 at 8:21 am

    David – I’m not sure that’s good. You’re supposed to be thinking about what you read – which takes time.

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  8. kiwi_donkey Says:
    June 30th, 2007 at 8:34 am

    Actually, you made this same post last year.

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  9. Damian Says:
    June 30th, 2007 at 8:54 am

    I guess you’ll only really know for sure if you’re senile on 9/11?! hehe

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  10. Southern Man Says:
    June 30th, 2007 at 11:16 am

    I get the same eerie feeling whenever I read a ‘Redbaiter’ or ‘Adolf’ post. Its almost like I’ve read it many times before.

    DPF,
    I’m a slow reader of novels. Can read faster, but I like to take it all in.

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  11. Lisa Says:
    June 30th, 2007 at 11:43 am

    Me too when I read D4J’s posts.Same old same old.

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  12. virginblogger Says:
    June 30th, 2007 at 12:26 pm

    As a bookshop owner I also am fortunate enough to read extremely fast – we have to to keep up with the play. As a boutique independent we have to know our product inside out.

    I don’t miss anything in nuances or subtleties and can recall details of the book , but on occasion when I come across a novel with exquisite prose I do savour it a bit more

    I read tons of books both fiction & non fiction and I disagree with a couple of publishers not just recently changing covers but changing the actual title, which could lead to DPF’s senile moment…

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  13. Camryn Says:
    June 30th, 2007 at 1:04 pm

    I have to concur that reading faster doesn’t mean that you’re not taking it all in. Reading faster means you’re taking it all in faster.

    We all have different natural reading speeds, and it’s only when you push beyond your speed that you miss things.

    Fast reading can have downsides. I’ve exhausted my available material on flights a few times. As a kid, I used to finish what I’d taken out of the school library before I got off the bus home.

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  14. dad4justice Says:
    June 30th, 2007 at 2:40 pm

    Lisa snake hiss : “Me too when I read D4J’s posts.Same old same old.”

    My sister Lisa likes my posts Mrs Disgusting !!

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  15. baxter Says:
    June 30th, 2007 at 3:35 pm

    I’ll be watching Jack Frost on UKTV tonight I’ve seen the series many times before but still enjoy it and usually can’t recall the endings until the last ten minutes…. How many times have you read the bible.

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  16. kiwigirl Says:
    July 1st, 2007 at 5:37 am

    haha – this happens to me all the time.

    Always makes me laugh.

    xx K

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