Hoi! I would like to call this one Confessions of a Rereader.
When I was young I used to reread books all the time.
I would say that maybe sixty to seventy percent of all the reading I did
was rereading. And it's a habit that I've found kind of hard to kick.
So today I want to share with you some books that I've reread more times than I can probably count,
some books that I want to reread but I won't let myself do that yet,
and some books that I really do need to reread. Here are some books that I've read
a bajillion times. First of all, we have The Host.
As you can tell from the spine I really like reading this book.
It is quite big a book and by the time I finish it, all I want to do just start it again.
I love the characters, I love the world. I'm pretty familiar with it at this point.
Wouldn't even mind starting again today.
Short summary for those who haven't heard about it yet. It is often described as
sci-fi for people who don't like sci-fi.
It's about an alien race that takes over planet peacefully by implanting
themselves into the inhabitants of the planet and just experiencing life there.
So there's a group of rebels. One of the rebels gets found.
An alien is implanted into her body / mind, but instead of fading away
which is what usually happens
she it sticks around. So now it's this alien called Wander and a girl called Melanie
stuck in the same head.
The alien is tasked with giving up as much information as possible
so they can find and catch the rebels. Obviously Melanie
is trying to stop her from doing that. I think I've probably
read it at least once a year since
the year it came out, which is 2008. Then we have, surprise surprise, The Fault in Our Stars by John Green.
I've read this so many times. I read it before came out
because I had a manuscript. I read it when it came out and afterwards probably another
two times and I read it for my dissertation
and then I reread it and I think I recently read for the film came out. So yeah, this
is a favourite.
Then Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton. Excellent a literary and historical
cartoons.
This is one of the funniest things I've ever read. I think I've read it three
times now.
I will probably reread it again next year. Then we have to Let It Snow by John Green,
Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle
which I reread every Christmas. It's not one of my
ultimate favourite books or anything but I don't have a lot of Christmasy books and
this one always does the trick.
And then of course we have Divergent. I think I read it one or two times when it just came out.
Then I had to reread it before I read Insurgent. Then I had to reread it
before Allegiant came out. Never quite got around to reading Allegiant
and then of course I reread it before the movie came out.
This is such a quick read I can read this in a day, maybe two day, so whenever I
just needed a bit of distraction this
always works. So now have some books that I am dying to reread but I won't let
myself, because I've got too many
unread books. First of all, Never Let Me Go. I absolutely love the movie and I also a really
really like the book.
Just kind of want to sink my teeth into it. The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides.
Obvious choice.
Loved this when I read it for the first time. I think it's made its way into my top 10 favorite books
of all-time. I will reread it eventually, but I'm saving it for later.
And then of course Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Which I read pretty quickly the first time and it didn't know too much about
when I read it for the first time. What I enjoy most about
rereading is already knowing what's gonna come, so I'm not that impatience to
reach the end and I can pay more attention to other stuff.
And then finally have to books that I do need to reread. They're both final parts
in trilogies. The first one is Shades of Earth, which is the final part in the
Across the Universe trilogy. I only read this once
and I wanted to review it but I don't think I remember enough
about both my reaction and the actual
story. And also this is a pretty quick read, so that one is on the list.
Then of course we have Mockingjay. Same story for this one. Only read it once.
Besides not really liking it,
I don't remember too much about it. So I will be reading this before the movie comes out.
So in the comments let me know how do you feel about rereading. What percentage of the
books that you read in a year
would you say are you rereads and what do you think is the book that you've
reread most?
Ff you want to keep up with what I'm reading you can follow me on GoodReads
which is goodreads.com/booksandquills
Hope you enjoyed the video and I'll talk to you guys later. Doei!