Re-reading.
I am finally re-reading the latter part of the Dune hexology. I have only read Heretics of Dune and Chapterhouse Dune once. I know at the time I just wanted to get through the books, find out how things ended, as it were. Enough time has gone by where I'm ready to take the plunge and re-read those two. But to read those, I felt a re-read of God Emperor of Dune was also in order.
I knew I'd highlighted and notated Dune itself, but didn't realise I'd taken marker and pen to God Emperor as well. I'm surprised at some of the notes I made. I wonder when I made those notes. My high school homeroom number is on the title page of the book, so I know I read it then. But did the notes come then? Or did they appear once I hit college, and truly learned how to read, to decipher, to glean? I'm sure I'll never know.
I continued some of the highlighting, the note-taking, the reading to know rather than the reading to simply devour on the train home last night. I'm a little rusty, but I can still do it. I'm incredibly happy about this. I'm not the smartest of people. I don't often look very deeply into things. I'm lazy, more than anything else. This reminds me that I can do more, think more, discern more. It's very uplifting.
Will I continue this trend? I hope so. Just as questions about my non-existent pregnancy have revived a desire to lose weight and get in shape, re-reading this book has revived a desire to truly read and understand again. It is all extremely heartening, especially at a time when much of life tends to dishearten. Lovely.
I knew I'd highlighted and notated Dune itself, but didn't realise I'd taken marker and pen to God Emperor as well. I'm surprised at some of the notes I made. I wonder when I made those notes. My high school homeroom number is on the title page of the book, so I know I read it then. But did the notes come then? Or did they appear once I hit college, and truly learned how to read, to decipher, to glean? I'm sure I'll never know.
I continued some of the highlighting, the note-taking, the reading to know rather than the reading to simply devour on the train home last night. I'm a little rusty, but I can still do it. I'm incredibly happy about this. I'm not the smartest of people. I don't often look very deeply into things. I'm lazy, more than anything else. This reminds me that I can do more, think more, discern more. It's very uplifting.
Will I continue this trend? I hope so. Just as questions about my non-existent pregnancy have revived a desire to lose weight and get in shape, re-reading this book has revived a desire to truly read and understand again. It is all extremely heartening, especially at a time when much of life tends to dishearten. Lovely.