Dear Listeners,
I’ve never been one to reread a book. It seems irresponsible. To me, there are always so many books on my list even the THOUGHT of rereading a book is only holding me back from reading something new.
Recently I reread a book.
In the fall, I read The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides. I dug it. I went to see him speak. 
I blogged about it. I gave it to more than six people for Christmas. More recently I gave it again as a late Christmas present. After giving it again I decided maybe it was time to figure out what it was I liked.
Reading The Marriage Plot a second time gave me a new idea of what it was actually about. It helped me understand what was so enthralling about it the first time. More than anything it gave me an actual grip of the novel. I feel now that I am able to speak more about the novel and less about the way it made me feel, which I feel, as a bookseller, is important. Rereading The Marriage Plot was so grand that I wonder whether it is important to reread every book I have ever liked. I think it is.
Should so much time be dedicated to one book? Have you ever reread a book? Have you ever THOUGHT about rereading a book? Maybe its time.
Recently I visited the new record store (and recording studio) in the Fondren district in Jackson called MorningBell. I purchased an album on vinyl that I have a for a long while on other formats. In honor of MorningBell, here is the first track from the album I bought, Apologies to the Queen Mary by Wolf Parade (2003).
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