Re-reading is a pleasure that I associate with my childhood. It wasn’t unusual for me to finish a book and flip straight back to the first page again when I loved it; I did it with Twilight, How I Live Now, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the Diary of a Crush trilogy, the Georgia Nicolson series, Matilda and so many more. But since I started blogging, it’s become a bit of a lost luxury. I have a list as tall as I am of books I’m going to read upon the apocalypse when there’s nothing else I need to be doing, but here’s my top five books I’m in most dire need of a re-read of:
Daughter
of Smoke and Bone/Days of Blood and Starlight
I still haven’t read Dreams of Gods and Monsters because I want
to go into the finale knowing every detail of the beginning of the story so I can
appreciate DoGaM in all its
blistering glory. It has to happen soon because I seriously need to see how this
trilogy ends.
Graceling
Man,
that book is beautiful. I just want to experience the power and beauty of the
prose and Katsa’s awesome all over again. Seriously, if you haven’t read this,
read it. Fiercely beautiful, feminist fantasy at its finest (whoop whoop for
alliteration!).
How
to Love
This is one my favourite, and
most underrated, books I’ve read in recent years. It’s still difficult to put
my finger on what made me fall in love with it so much: the perfect messes that
are Reena and Sawyer and the achingly wonderful portrayal of first love and
growing up with and without it. I want you all to read it so we can squee about
how amazing it is. Go, shoo.
The
Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
I worshiped
this series for most of my teenage years. Georgia is brave and stupid and
hilarious in all the ways I could never manage and although she made me cringe
a lot of the time, I wanted to be her. I remember laughing at these books until
tears ran down my face and I want to experience that again. But I’m worried
that at 22 it won’t be nearly as wonderful as it was at 17...
Persuasion
Since I was pretty young, my
favourite Austen novel and story has been Sense
and Sensibility. But as I’ve got older and watched the Rupert Penry Jones adaptation
of Persuasion a few more hundred
times, I’m beginning to lean towards Austen’s final novel. But in order to
firmly make such a momentous decision, I need to re-read the novel. And soon.
What would you love to re-read?
Do you re-read at all? Have you re-read anything that you didn’t love as much
as the first time?
Sophie
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