Sally asks: Have you ever bought a book, started reading it and then realised you have already read it? If so, how far did you get? (Can you tell this happened to me for the first time ever this week!?!)
Oh, yes. It tends to happen because I'm a big fan of vintage mysteries. I read one with a certain cover and then I come across another copy with different cover art. Being a visual person, I don't remember that I've read this book before and I go ahead and start in. AND ever so often I run across a British-title book that I've already read with an American title (or vice versa) and that tricks me too. How long I go on reading them depends on a lot of things--how good the book was the first time, if I remember who did it, etc.
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Another thing that tricks me is when an author brings out a previous work with a new cover, several years later.
I hate being tricked! lol
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Good point about the visual memory! I guess the cover of a book is not unimportant... ;)
I haven't done this for a few years, but a few month ago I bought a book I had already read. However in my defense, I read the book before I started keeping track of the books I read.
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I know what you mean. I thought I had read all of Christie's books and then i saw a title I didn't recognize. It took sometime to realise that it was the American version of the book I had!
Me too!! That's why BB (before blogging) I had to carry a notebook with me. But since I now do everything online, I have ss.
And WTG on another finished challenge, "Ms. Challenge Addict Queen" lol
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