All About Animals discussion

Example: Maybe you liked a book at age 10, but now at age 30 you feel different about the book.

Does age make a difference on how you like the book? Or maybe at different times of your life depending on what's going on?

The books I loved the most when I was young still hold their charm now that I am sixty. I get more out of them on later readings though - you miss so much when you are young - or do we just forget?

Tui wrote: " - you miss so much when you are young - or do we just forget?"

Could be a little of both I think.

Even children's books are still as good when you are older. As a mother and a relief teacher doing the rounds of schools and teaching sometimes thousands of kids in a year , I must have read certain Seuss, Mahy and Cowley stories a zillion times aloud to a squillion kids but those books are so good they never lose their charm. And I never tire of the fantastic words even when I only need the books for the pictures because I know the words off by heart.

"Mountains and rivers and towns and forests passed beneath them, all unseen."
Heh heh heh.

It works in all ways for me. Sometimes I like books less. When this happens it usually is because my opinions on certain things presented in the books has changed and I may no longer feel the same way about characters and events.
Other times I read a book I really liked when I was younger and find nothing has changed, I still like it the same as I always did.
Then there are the books that I read and upon rereading them I found them to be better than I remembered. For me this happens more with the books that successfully teach things about animals from their point of view. Back when I first read them all I noticed was a good animal story and now I can read deeper into the books making them even more enjoyable.
But even though I have done and found all three opinions on former reads I rarely read books more than once. The only times I do this is when enough years have gone by that I no longer remember much of the story. Well, actually I also read my own books several times, but that's different because I don't have a choice. Of course I like my books, but once I have written one I want to be done with it and work on a different one.
This is also true of movies and TV shows, I like to watch things once then I'm done. While I will collect my favorites on DVD, I will rarely ever watch them again, at least not until I forget a lot of what happens in them.

Sometimes.

In my case, there was one book I would have given three stars but now it is five stars without question.

I think growing older change my tastes. More like as I grow older I choose books with older main character and I became less able to empathize with younger main character. While I used to adore some books, now I simply like them.

C: SometimesIwonder (Summie) :D wrote: "In my case, there was one book I would have given three stars but now it is five stars without question."

What book was that Summie?

It is the book the Wild Road by Gabriel King http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...
It's quite sad at some places, because it talks of animal cruelty, but I still really like it.

With me it's more than age that dictates my reaction to old favourites (and new reads).