Let's talk favourites
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But at the point when we have someone asking us for book recommendation it all goes downhill: Somehow, those five-thousand books we read just completely disappear from our minds and all we manage to say is: "Ah eh, Harry Potter". Yes, it's a hard life to be obsessed with books.
But the reader struggles of choosing a favourite book aren't actually what I'm here for today. We all have those classics we could always read and re-read (Harry Potter for example). But there are books which we absolutely loved the first time around, and when we re-read them we notice that they aren't actually as good as we remembered them. And at that point I always ask myself why I make myself go through all that.
One book I loved when I first read it was Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard. It was all I wanted from a YA fantasy, it had love, heartbreak, death and action. But scrolling through bookstagram, reading about what other people had said about it, kind of ruined my thing with this book. At first, I tried not to let any review get to close to me. I liked it, so why would it matter what other people thought? Well, War Storm just came out (I haven't read it yet, but definitely will!) and I wanted to re-read Red Queen to get back in the mood. Somehow, I couldn't. And this has happened with so many favourites of mine. I ruin my good memory of them by forcing myself to re-read them and re-visit every part. You pay more attention to the little details, the ones that you missed in your first reading. And those details make it or break it for you. And more often than not, it ruins the books for you.
But what can we do? Is it destiny that our favourites sometimes transform land on our Ew Shelves? Should we stop re-reading altogether? Or should we just stop reading reviews?
Honestly, I haven't found a way to save my favourites and not forget everything about them. There are enough books I can re-read without turning to hate the book. And I'll still give War Storm a chance, even if it doesn't feel like I will love it. But I don't know, it might surprise me.
So tell me: What were your most loved books that somehow managed to stop being in your favourites just because you re-visited them?
"You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend"
- Paul SweeneyWe as readers sometimes find it very hard to decide our actual favourite book. Or our favourite characters, for that matter. Deciding for one, is kind of like choosing your favourite child. It's hard guys! We have so many and it would be unfair - and impossible - to say which one we like most. For me, it also depends on my mood. Do I want fluffy romance, brute killing, a thriller, fantasy ... There are so many books to choose from, and deciding for one universal book is just not happening.
But at the point when we have someone asking us for book recommendation it all goes downhill: Somehow, those five-thousand books we read just completely disappear from our minds and all we manage to say is: "Ah eh, Harry Potter". Yes, it's a hard life to be obsessed with books.
But the reader struggles of choosing a favourite book aren't actually what I'm here for today. We all have those classics we could always read and re-read (Harry Potter for example). But there are books which we absolutely loved the first time around, and when we re-read them we notice that they aren't actually as good as we remembered them. And at that point I always ask myself why I make myself go through all that.
One book I loved when I first read it was Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard. It was all I wanted from a YA fantasy, it had love, heartbreak, death and action. But scrolling through bookstagram, reading about what other people had said about it, kind of ruined my thing with this book. At first, I tried not to let any review get to close to me. I liked it, so why would it matter what other people thought? Well, War Storm just came out (I haven't read it yet, but definitely will!) and I wanted to re-read Red Queen to get back in the mood. Somehow, I couldn't. And this has happened with so many favourites of mine. I ruin my good memory of them by forcing myself to re-read them and re-visit every part. You pay more attention to the little details, the ones that you missed in your first reading. And those details make it or break it for you. And more often than not, it ruins the books for you.
But what can we do? Is it destiny that our favourites sometimes transform land on our Ew Shelves? Should we stop re-reading altogether? Or should we just stop reading reviews?
Honestly, I haven't found a way to save my favourites and not forget everything about them. There are enough books I can re-read without turning to hate the book. And I'll still give War Storm a chance, even if it doesn't feel like I will love it. But I don't know, it might surprise me.
So tell me: What were your most loved books that somehow managed to stop being in your favourites just because you re-visited them?
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