Anyone else have ever got that feeling after finishing a series that you just want to go back to the first book and read it all over again?
Well, the day after I finished Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros, I decided to go back to the first book and re-read it. I’m literally OBSESSED. This is literally the first time I had ever decided to re-read a series/book right after I finished it.
I owned 311 books throughout the years. I get into reading slumps often and do other stuff than I always come back. But the thing is, I only had finish roughly 139 (Not including ones that I don’t own) of those books. Some of the books I have finished are part of a series that I haven’t yet got the chance of finishing, either because it wasn’t released yet or I got into another reading slump. So, I prob will have to restart the series, knowing how badly my memory is.
I got a total of 172 books that I need to finish…yet here I am re-reading Fourth Wing.
I’m just curious if anyone else has ever done this themselves or am I just simply crazy?
by Wolfie_Heart1232
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I spent the better part of a year reading the massive ten book, approximately 3M 325k word series. *The Malazan Book of the Fallen*. I read each book twice before moving to the next. Then I read the entire series again. Then I listened to the entire series of audiobooks. Now I go to sleep to it at night.
So… yeah, you aren’t alone.
I prefer re-reading books. It’s rare for me to read a book less than three times and I’ve got a ton I’ve read more than 20. Old habits from when I was a poor kid an hour from the nearest bookstore, but I still find new things in books on the 20+ list when I revisit them.
Seriously, stop counting and just keep reading. Save the math for math time, books are about how they make you feel.
Maybe it’s a comfort thing? I have so so many books scattered about that need to be read, but I come back to the same ones over and over again. Fear of the unknown? I know I get attached to characters, and their situations. It’s like watching the same movie over again. You know the ending so the fear of the unknown is gone. IDK. Just a thought.
Every now and then I reread the Pendergast series by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. They’ve got like 20 something out by now so it’s a commitment lol but I don’t care, I love those books. They’re like calling up an old friend 🥰
Like a week ago I thought about rereading the Hunger Games trilogy…. I recently put like 5 new books on my TBR list as well… why are we like this??
All the time. Life is short. Nobody can read everything. Read what makes you happy, free of guilt.
Recently a friend of mine was surprised when I told him I didn’t keep a list that I worked on whittling down. I replied that instead of a list I have more of a water tank where the books I want to read float around and I pick them according to whim.
Nothing wrong with keeping a list, but you as the author of that list can revise, edit, or totally disregard at your leisure.