Welcome to another TTT! This week was originally scheduled to be a non-bookish freebie, but I realized how close it was to the last non-bookish freebie we did. If you’re super on top of it and already wrote your post for this week, post it anyway! If you’d rather do a non-bookish freebie, go for it!
I decided to switch the topic to: Books I Wish I Could Read Again for the First Time. You know those books that are just so fabulous or thrilling or surprising or twisty… or just perfect for you at that moment in your life that you know a re-read would never be the same as the first time? These are the kind of books I’m thinking about today. I will not elaborate on my reasons for choosing these titles because some of them are spoilery, but just know that I don’t think I would enjoy them as much the second time because I’ve either already spoiled them for myself or they are books I read during a different time in my life and I know they would not resonate with me or hit me in the same ways they did when I read them years ago. I have fond memories of them and would love to relive that reading experience, but it’s no longer possible since I’ve either aged out of the target audience or my reading tastes have changed and I probably wouldn’t like them anymore.
1. The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson
2. Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
3. The Only One Left by Riley Sager
4. Catherine and the Pirate by Karen Hawkins
5. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
6. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
7. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
8. Wanderlove by Kirsten Hubbard
9. Pretend You Don’t See Her by Mary Higgins Clark
10. The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
What’s a book you wish you could read again for the first time?
I often wonder if I’d love a book as much as I did the first time reading it. (Rereading is something I don’t do anyway, but sometimes I’m “afraid” to read a favorite again.) I think it’s okay though to keep that memory of a book and remember it fondly without feeling like you shouldn’t still “love” a book or appreciate it when you read it. :)
I rarely reread books. I don’t think they’d be as good the second time around.
I love The Hunger Games but interestingly it’s not one of the books I’d choose for this topic because I didn’t like it very much the first time! I’ve loved it more every time after that I’ve reread it, but I wonder if I’d feel differently if I read it for the first time today.
I would love to read The Hunger Games again for the first time. Great list, Jana!
I agree. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to read Hunger Games for the first time?
I loved the Twilight series and the films. I’ve had my eye on The Only One Left for a while.
Have a great week!
The only one that I have read is Twilight, which I think I would be happy to read again for the first time.
Ooh nice list! Some new to me ones for sure but I also included Kiss of Deception on my list! For the obvious reason! Lol. That one was definitely fun not knowing for certain until the end!
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You have some nice picks. Some of them, I heard of and the others I haven’t.
My post is *mostly* nonbookish, it was hard to stay away from anything bookish related, LOL! Yes, reading Twilight again for the first time would be great, although I wonder if I would love it as much. Have a great day!
Love your theme! There are certainly books I wish I could read again for the first time. 💚
And I found two on your list that I hope to actually read for the first time in the near future:
1. Pretend You Don’t See Her
2. Lock Every Door
Reading The Hunger Games for the first time really was *something! Such a different level of anxiety than the movie could ever hope to bring.
I like Riley Sager a lot, need to read more of their books soon!
I like your tweak on today’s topic! There are definitely plenty of books that I happened to read at just the right time for maximum enjoyment. I know what you mean about some of your favorite books not hitting right if you had read them now instead of when you did.
Hunger Games and Twilight would have been good ones for my list too. They’re the only ones on your list that I’ve read!
I have no interest in rereading Twilight. As an adult I see so many red flags that I didn’t notice when I was younger. But, I guess that’s the point, isn’t it? If I read it again for the first time at the age I am now, would I see the red flags, or pass them over as I did before?