I'm currently rereading Divergent (and then Insurgent) as a prep for reading Allegiant which just arrived on my Kindle. I think I'm enjoying it as much as I did the first time. Someone asked me recently why I reread things and my inspired answer was "Cuz I want to". Whoo. Clearly not firing on all cylinders that morning.
It got me thinking though, I guess lots of folks don't reread books. THAT seems odd to me. I figure if I liked it the first time, I'm bound to like it a second time. Its like visiting an old friend.
Meandering around in my brain, I also realized that once I reached my target number of books on Goodreads, I stopped recording what I was reading, and have been rereading a number of books. I can't decide if the book target was a good idea or not. I'll ponder that later. I am going to go through my list and see if I can decide on a favorite book for the year.
Anyone have any stand outs this year? Anything totally amazing or one that surprised you because it was better than expected? Or maybe worse than expected?
My worse than expected was Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. There was such hype about it, and the blurb was good but I was mightily disappointed in it.
It got me thinking though, I guess lots of folks don't reread books. THAT seems odd to me. I figure if I liked it the first time, I'm bound to like it a second time. Its like visiting an old friend.
Meandering around in my brain, I also realized that once I reached my target number of books on Goodreads, I stopped recording what I was reading, and have been rereading a number of books. I can't decide if the book target was a good idea or not. I'll ponder that later. I am going to go through my list and see if I can decide on a favorite book for the year.
Anyone have any stand outs this year? Anything totally amazing or one that surprised you because it was better than expected? Or maybe worse than expected?
My worse than expected was Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. There was such hype about it, and the blurb was good but I was mightily disappointed in it.