Some books can really suck you all the way in when you read them and all you can think about is returning to that world. You wouldn’t mind rereading them over and over and over again. Yet there are also books that show you an amazing world and ideas and characters that you love. When you are done with the book or series, that is it though. No desperate want to return to the world or the story.
For this week’s prompt for Top Ten Tuesday ( hosted over on That Artsy Reader Girl) I am sharing books of that last category. Books that I liked but that I am less inclined to reread. This doesn’t mean that it might never happen, but at this point in time I just can’t see myself picking up to do that.
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- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
- Furyborn by Claire Legrand
- Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman
- Paaz by Myrthe van der Meer
- The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- De Verborgen Universiteit by Natalie Koch
- Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Uprooted by Naomi Novik
The Night Circus is one I still haven’t read, and The Lord of the Rings… I love that series, and the world as well, but I have to be in the right frame of mind to read those again.
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The Night Circus is pretty great. And yeah I totally understand that of LOTR. They aren’t nessecarily the easiest reads.
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I haven’t read The Lord Of The Rings, but I hear such amazing things about it that it does intrigue me.
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It is a great read. But not one easy to pick up for a reread.
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I used to re read but since Goodreads I don’t have time anymore. Too many shiny toys 😉 Yet I adored Furyborn.
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Haha that is true. Furyborn was mostly a good read, I agree. 🙂
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Lord of the Rings was on our list this week, too!
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
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Like minded people. 😉
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The Night Circus was on my list this week too.
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2018/04/10/top-ten-tuesday-154/
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Great. 🙂
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Same with Lord of the Rings and Uprooted 🙂 The Night Circus is still on my TBR, and so is Furyborn.
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I think you might really end up liking those last two. 🙂
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I’ve read a lot of Sherlock Holmes, but none of the rest. I’ve read The Hobbit (but never the LOTR trilogy – I tried, but couldn’t) and that’s one I won’t re-read, I’m sure, but it was good.
-Lauren
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I tried The Hobbit to reread a few years ago but couldn’t get into it at the time so I completely understand that.
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I actually would really like to reread The Night Circus and Uprooted. But how does one find the time? Totally understand why Lord of the Rings wouldn’t be high on your reread list.
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That is true too! I struggle to reread anything at all to begin with.
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I read The Night Circus, but I don’t see myself re-reading it. I’m not sure why.
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For me it is because I just can’t imagine it having the same impact feeling as the first time around.
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I still need to read LOTR for the first time! I’m so intimidated by the length haha
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It does help that they are cut in three, but yeah I understand. It is also one of the reasons I am unlikely to reread them again. Still they are worth it for that first time read.
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I loved all the lord of the rings movies and I really need to pick up the books at some point.
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Yes, do, there is so much more in the books!
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I’m getting ready for an LotR re-read later this year, but it’s been 43 years since I have read them, so… yeah. 😁
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Haha that is almost like reading them for the first time again. 😉
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I can’t see myself re-reading The Lord of the Rings Trilogy either even though I really enjoyed it the first time around. Maybe if my son wants to buddy read it with me but definitely not on my own.
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Ah yes, I can see that as well in the future with mine. But certainly not on my own.
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I really want to re-read LOTR, but it’s such a big commitment. I’m also fond of the movies, and they’re easier to watch when I have a craving, lol.
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That it is. And as there are so many other books out there begging to be read for the first time… and yes I just watcht he movies too.
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Oooh what a good list! I never even thought of LoTR, but yeah … I probably won’t re-read those, either. I enjoyed them the first time, but not enough to do it again. Same with Sherlock Holmes (although, I didn’t completely finish the series, so I’ll finish it and that’s it). I’ll be reading Furyborn soon, though.
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Yes with Sherlock Holmes. Like I would enjoy going back to the characters through retellings rather than read the stories again.
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