Top Ten Tuesday #27
Book I Wish I Could Read Again for the First Time
I totally spaced that today’s Tuesday so I’m posting this a little late. Better late than never, right?
This week’s prompt is a freebie and I’ve decided to go with a topic that I missed participating in. The prompt I chose is “Books I Wish I Could Read Again for the First Time.” Here are my top ten books:
I absolutely adore all of these books. I loved the feeling of wonder, excitement, and anticipation that I felt when I read them the first time. I’ve reread all of them except two and there’s still a sense of excitement and anticipation, and it’s not as strong as when I read them the first time. I’ll still reread them, though, because I love the stories and the characters.
What about you? What books do you wish you could read again for the first time? Do we have any in common?
I learned in DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) that life is full of dialectics, or two opposing truths. In this case, the two opposing truths are: 1) I don’t agree with JKR’s stance regarding trans people, and 2) I still love Harry Potter.
Great theme. I’ve also read The Night Circus and Blackmoore, both excellent books.
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Thanks, Deanne! 😀 Yay! Another Blackmoore lover.
If only such a thing were possible! There’s something so magical about reading a series for the first time that you’ll soon grow to love. 🙂
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Right? At least we can revisit them and enjoy the stories again. 😀
I feel the same about the first four or five.
Great minds think alike, right? 😀
I agree with many of your choices, especially Hunger Games and Harry Potter. I’d like to read again for the first time: A Tale for the Time Being; The One in a Million Boy; Hamnet; and Looking for Alaska.
I haven’t read A TALE FOR TIME BEING, THE ONE IN A MILLION BOY, HAMNET, or LOOKING FOR ALASKA yet. I’d really like to, especially A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING. 😀 I’m glad they’re good enough to be on this list for you.
Love your choices, Anne! You know how much I love “Tale for the Time Being” and “The One in a Million Boy.” I still get choked up even thinking about them.
If I wait long enough, it feels like I’m reading a book for the first time. lol
LOL. That’s so true about books I haven’t read in years and only read once. The problem is at some time during the reading, I start to remember details about the story that I didn’t remember before. Oh well. 😉
The Hunger Games was awesome when I finally got around to reading it! I’d been blogging several years before I finally did.
I really is such an awesome story. I love all three books immensely. I also love the movies, so I can enjoy them visually or through the written word. 😀
What a fun choice for this week’s TTT! I would love to be able to read The Night Circus and all the Harry Potter books again for the first time. 😀
Thanks, Lark! 😀 I’m glad you like it.
I agree with you on basically every single one of these, haha! But at least there’s always going back and falling in love all over again…
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Lol. I’m glad I made good choices! 😀 And, yes, I’m very glad we can reread books we love and remember why we love them so much when we reread them.
I love this topic! I would love to read Harry Potter for the first time again.
It’s such a fun one, isn’t it? I think Harry Potter would be on a lot of people’s lists.
I agree 100% on HP, Hunger Games, Cinder, City of Bones and Graceling. I enjoyed Night Circus too although it doesn’t rate as high for me and have never read Twilight.
I understand about THE NIGHT CIRCUS. I know it’s not for everyone. 😀 And, for that matter, neither is TWILIGHT. If you ever do read it, I hope you like it. It’s okay if you don’t, though. 😀
Tooootally agree on The Night Circus! What a fantastic novel.
Agreed. I love the story, the romance, the dual timeline, the characters, basically everything about it. 😀
Yes, wouldn’t that be great if we could read our favourite books again for the first time? Such a great idea, Jenni.
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Thanks, Marianne! 😀
What an interesting topic! There’s so many books I wish I could read again for the first time – but especially The Bear and the Nightingale and Graceling – those were so creative and different.
Yes, I agree. Those two stories are very creative and I love them both sooooo much. 😀
Yes! This is a great topic. A lot of your choices are ones I would pick as well since I don’t really remember reading them the first time, but 100% I wish I could read The Night Circus for the first time again. I haven’t reread it yet but the ending annoys me so I know that will affect how I feel as I reread it. 🙂
Thanks, Jaime! 😀 I don’t remember the ending of The Night Circus very well, but I know I was okay with it because I wouldn’t have given it five stars if I didn’t. LOL.
I’ve heard wonderful things about The Bear and the Nightingale.
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It’s such a fantastic series. I love it sooooo much! 😀
Such a fun topic and YES I agree with basically all of these. They are all such classics to me, I would love to experience them for the first time again too.
Thanks, Lindsey! 😀 I consider most of these classics too.
I have not read Julianne Donaldson but Blackmoore is on my TBR. Not sure how long it has been there though, LOL!
I think you’d really like Julianne Donaldson. I hope you get to the book soon. 😀
Great selection – several of these are on my TBR list to read for the first time, so I clearly have something to look forward to!
I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I did. 😀
I can’t think of a book off the top of me head but I know there have been several that I wish I could capture that first time reading magic again.
I had to use my Excel spreadsheet of books to help me think of all my books. 😀
Eeek! I’m almost a full week behind in visiting/commenting! 🙁 Better late than never, I hope? I’d love to be able to read City of Bones for the first time again. I was so taken by that world and by the maybe-forbidden relationship between Clary and Jace. Such a fun read!
I completely understand. Sometimes life happens, right? That’s how I feel for the past month. Hopefully, it’ll calm down soon.
I liked the maybe-forbidden relationship aspect of The Mortal Instruments too. And, I really love Clary and Jace. Cassie has such awesome characters! 😀
I like your topic for this week! I actually haven’t read most of these for the first time yet, so the fact that you’d like to read them for the first time again makes me think I should hurry and pick them up already. :3
Thanks, Sammie! 😀 I hope you enjoy them if you do read them.