January Prompt: A New Year Rises

[Prof. Tarma Amelia Black]

Part of the fun of leaving behind an old year is looking at what works, and what doesn't work, and feeling free to discard that which doesn't work. That's what 'New Year Resolutions' are somewhat about.

But it's also an opportunity to look again at things and maybe, from a different vantage point, think about them and 'oh, I feel different about that now!' It's like, suddenly, whatever bugged you about the situation just doesn't bug you anymore, or you've gotten some distance from it and the effect just isn't the same anymore.

What book have you read and at first you just didn't care for it, and then, maybe months, or years, later, you think it's a great book! Or maybe it is a character in the book that you didn't like, and by the end of the book (or the end of the series of books), that character has gone through experiences that changed him (or her) -- and you find that you like him (or her) after all.

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