Did you feel that way immediately, did it have to sink, did you find yourself thinking about it constantly for a while, when?
I've been pondering the books that I marked as favorites on Goodreads and some of them just don't see to click at this stage of my life but I'm not sure that's a good reason to remove them.
Of course, you don't have to label everything, but I like to keep a list and track these things.
For example, while Into the Wild meant a lot to me in 2020, I'm not sure I would resonate with it in the same way nowadays. However, even though I read The Green Mile just a few days ago, I keep thinking about it. Then, there's books like Jane Eyre that I can go back to any page and just feel in love.
by triumphhforks
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Over time, I’ve often tried to narrow it down to one book. But one I always come back to is Solaris when it comes to picking a favorite without thinking.
I’ve got two.
Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson & The Bee Sting by Paul Murray.
Both a few days after I read them when I realised I could not stop thinking about them.
Pale Fire – I read it every year; it just challenges me and delights me from sentence to sentence; it’s masterful and generative in the way great books are.