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Reading & Watching

On what I am reading and what I am rewatching for the fourth time — the book I keep meaning to finish, the show I put on while I fold laundry, the case for rereading novels you already know the ending of, and the things I have given up on without finishing and do not feel bad about.

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On Reading Slowly: The Case for the Forty-Page Evening

Reading & Watching

On Reading Slowly: The Case for the Forty-Page Evening

I read about forty pages on a typical evening. I used to think this was too slow. I have come to think…

Hazel Wren May 11, 2026 8 min read

A Show I Have Rewatched Four Times and Why I Keep Putting It On

Reading & Watching

A Show I Have Rewatched Four Times and Why I Keep Putting It On

There is a television show I have watched the entire run of four times. I am not going to say which one…

Hazel Wren May 11, 2026 7 min read

Rereading a Novel for the Fourth Time and Finding a New Sentence

Reading & Watching

Rereading a Novel for the Fourth Time and Finding a New Sentence

I have just finished my fourth reading of a novel I first read when I was twenty-six. I noticed a sentence this…

Hazel Wren May 11, 2026 6 min read