Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Enjoyed That I Probably Won't Read Again Anytime Soon

Top Ten Tuesday is weekly book blog meme now hosted by Jana over at The Artsy Reader Girl!

This week's topic is: Books I Loved but Will Never Re-Read
I really like this topic! I tweaked it a bit to books that I 'enjoyed' and that I will probably not re-read (at least not in my future plans), but I can't say never. None of these are really any of my favorite books (except one!) because all of those I would love to re-read, but I still went with books that I remember really enjoying, but that I don't any desire to re-read them anytime soon.

This Savage Song (Monsters of Verity, #1)The Heart Goes LastConsequence: A MemoirAnna and the Swallow Man
This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab
I did really enjoy this book, but I really don't think it's one that I care to re-read. This one seems like a firm 'once is enough' for me. Nothing about it really draws me back in, so I'd rather just leave it with fond memories and move on.
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The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood
A lot of people seem to not have liked this one much, but I actually thought it was really interesting! However, I'm not sure there was anything overly intriguing that pulls me back to it.
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Consequence: A Memoir by Eric Fair
This was a fascinating memoir about a man who was an interrogator employed by a private contractor in Iraq. This was extremely hard to read and is something that I think only requires one read-through due to its intense nature and difficult subject matter.
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Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit
The only reason I don't see myself reading this one again is because I don't really find myself as drawn to WWII-era books as I used to be, and therefore my interest has sort of waned for this one. I thought it was a lovely little story, but for now I think it'll just stay on my shelf.
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I Love You Too MuchAll Is Not ForgottenSecurityWolf in White Van

I Love You Too Much by Alicia Drake
Okay, so this book is one of my absolutely favorites. I would like to re-read it one, but it's not going to be for a long time because this book broke me like very few books ever have. Once I got maybe halfway through, I had to brace myself every time I picked it up because I knew I'd just want to cry the entire time I was reading--and I'm not kidding, I was close to tears or legitimately crying through a lot of this book. There's nothing overtly sad, but everything is so subtle and this book just ripped my heart apart and I was a mess for so long after. Definitely a difficult book, but such a beautiful one. I recommend it because I love it, but proceed with caution. 
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Al Is Not Forgotten by Wendy Walker
I thought this was a fascinating story, but this is one of those books where there's just no need to read it again. 
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Security by Gina Wohlsdorf
This was a fun slasher-style book with an interesting style, but it's not something I feel drawn to re-experience. 
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Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle
This book was really creative and provoked a lot of thought on my part, but I don't think I'll re-visit it anytime soon. I would, however, like to read more from John Darnielle!
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A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)Bottled Up

A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
I thought this was a pretty strong first novel in a series, but I lost interest once I hit the third book. I just don't care about this book or this series anymore, therefor I have no desire to revisit this book. It was great and I can't deny that, but this is just a case of having lost interest.
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Bottled Up by Jaye Murray
I read this one as a teenager and I apparenty rated it five stars, but the subject matter is simply one that doesn't appeal to me as much these days, so I won't be picking it up again,
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What books did you really enjoy reading, but you have no desire to re-read it? Have you read any of these books--what are your thoughts?


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5 comments:

  1. I agree about Security - once you know the story and the twist, I think it would be hard to re-read it, the suspense would be gone.

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  2. Yeah, I'm not sure I'd go back to This Savage Song either, it was decent but nothing about it makes me feel like I have to reread it.
    My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2018/04/10/top-ten-tuesday-154/

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  3. I've read Game of Thrones a few times but doubt I will again. they're so long and the wait for the next book is a killer. Plus after a few times the last thing I want to do is slog through it again lol.

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  4. I am so curious about I love you too Much now! But emotionall exhausting books are hard for me to consider re-reading too.

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  5. I agree about A Game of Thrones, mainly just because the books are so long that I haven't even gotten through them all for the first time yet.

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