'The Catcher in the Rye'

I've two internal debates regarding this "1,001" project.

First, how should I go about including the most recent, highly regarded books, movies and records?

Secondly, should I include books, records and movies that I've already perused that are on the lists?

Because every stinking books, movie and record blogged about already I have not truly read, listened to or watched.

"The Catcher in the Rye" is the complete opposite. I have probably read it 20+ times. Every year for sure. Several times a year through the final two years of high school (because I so related to Holden Caulfield) and my first two years of college, until professor Cyd Adams introduced me to Flannery O'Connor, Catherine Porter, Bobbie Ann Mason, Eudora Welty and the like.

I think "Catcher" is the greatest novel ever written. For my money, anyway. I've read a ton of great stuff since and I'll read even more through the rest of my days. But there's emotion there. There's the rending of the heart, there's confusion, angst and hopelessness. There's a kid who's either too lazy, stupid, crazy or sad to make things go right.

The greatest aspect of "Catcher" is that the meaning and implications are different. They evolve as you evolve. If you feel the same way about "Catcher" at 30 than you did at 16, then you might be Holden Caulfield, which ain't good. At 16, you identified with Caulfield's state of mind. At 30 -- or 25, or 45, or 95 -- you just want to grab the kid by the red hunting hat, smash his face on a wood table and scream at him that the world never gets much better, but that you learn to deal with it a lot better. That you don't forsake what's beyond your own nose, but that all that really matters is between your ears.

In conclusion, I've decided to include previously viewed, read or listened to items as long as I re-listen, watch and read.