I have spoken to my sister many times about this question for we both have different styles of reading. We both share a library (this has proved somewhat difficult while I am away at college), and we are often reading the same books. Unfortunately, this means we are also often waiting for the other one to finish. It is during these times that I especially pester my sister.
The last book that we really had trouble with this was when I bought The Hunger Games (and later the other two). I had been holding out against the masses of my college mates who were demanding that I read them when finally, right before Christmas break, I paid for it. I had, of course, already finished the book before I left school; I had finished it the day I bought it. So, we had no reading issues on that one, but when she accumulated the second book she claimed it for herself first. So what did I do?
We have a reading couch in our family. It's not technically for that reason but my sister, my father, and I all sit in one spot on one couch to read... This couch is right in the front room, beside the dining room, and a hallway away from the kitchen and the bedrooms of me and my sister. This couch is centrally located based on everything in the upstairs section of our house. This is what I did: every time I walked by this couch with her sitting on it I asked a variant of "done yet?" Several "Finished yet"s, and a few moments of "can I read it now?" This effectively annoyed her to no end, causing her to lose her place or forget where she was reading. Sometimes I caused her to need to re-read sections over again as she tried in vain to ignore my continued pleading based on her lack of response. Keep in mind, I do this out of love and, she gets me back more often than I get to tease her.
Now down to my answer of the above question: I read books once for plot. Then I read them for character. Then I read them for side notes. Then I read them for hidden sidelines. And eventually, I read them again because I forgot all the details of the plot. This is where I get my joy in reading. To read a story once is not enough! I want to understand a story fully, and for some reason my brain can't do this in one reading. This is where my sister teases me mercilessly. Always on the first time through I can't seem to remember names of characters. I can explain everything they have done and every part of their personality but my mind refuses to remember their name (I know, it's strange even to me). So I hear questions like "who did this, huh?" "Remember that person's name?" All while she has a hold of the book so I can't cheat... unfair.
This is just a part of the love and bond that we share, linked with reading.
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