But then I realized why I'm behind. Rereads. Before this month I really didn't do many rereads. I wanted to read new books and not spend my reading time focused on a book I had already experienced. But with so many series enders and series continuations happening this fall and winter I decided I needed some refreshers. For the foreseeable future I will be doing one reread a week so I thought I would do a new feature I'm calling On Rereads. They will be mini reviews where I talk about the books I reread and any different impressions I may have had after reading them a second time. Up first..
Throne of Glass Series by Sarah J. Maas
The Assassin's Blade - (Amazon / Goodreads / Audible / My Review)

But what really struck me during my reread is how much stuff from the novellas comes into play during the rest of the series. I'm not sure when the novellas were originally published but they show a lot of foresight on the part of the author. It gives a lot of context to many things in the series. Plus people and situations come up throughout the rest of the books that were mentioned in sometimes a small way in this one. If you haven't read the novellas, get on that! I'm not a huge fan of novellas but with these ones they really do add a lot to the series and the five of them together reads like a novel.
Throne of Glass - (Amazon / Goodreads / Audible / My Review)

What I also really liked about the audio in this case is that it didn't make the multiple perspectives so frustrating. I still didn't love the narrative style and found there still to be a lot going on in terms of the plot development but it was all really good. I was kind of surprised by how much of the plot I did remember in Throne of Glass. And maybe it's because now I'm really invested in the series or maybe because the audio format just suited the book better to me, but I liked it more the second time around.
Crown of Midnight - (Amazon / Goodreads / Audible / My Review)

But the other great thing about Crown of Midnight, and this series in general, is the amount of foreshadowing there is. Knowing where the larger story is going, I can pick up the subtle little clues that I may have missed the first time. It really made for a deeper reading experience which is one of the reasons that I like doing rereads. I am the kind of person who prides themselves on being able to solve twists and after this reread I was kind of kicking myself for not solving this one.
Heir of Fire - (Amazon / Goodreads / Audible / My Review)

I also really loved the audio for this book despite some of the names being pronounced in ways very different to how I originally pronounced them (like Manon). I liked it because there is also so much going on plot wise in this book and for me the audio translates better to that kind of storytelling. And it was also just as memorable and emotional story. I try to compartmentalize my feels for what happens in this book (DORIAAAAAN!) and when I reread all of them came flooding back and I was left feeling just as emotionally drained.
But now I am so ready for Queen of Shadows! It comes out next Tuesday so I just have to get through the next five days and then my e-book will magically get delivered to my kindle so I can start reading. And because I liked the audiobooks so much I think I'm going to grab the one for Queen of Shadows as well.
Have you done any rereads lately? What books? Do you like doing rereads or not? Tell me why. I hope you like this new feature. I'm hoping to do it once a month or when I finish a reread of a series. Thanks for stopping by and HAPPY READING!
I haven't read Throne of Glass...yet. It's on my list.
ReplyDeleteI love re-reading earlier books before the sequels come out. I re-read Cinder this month. I'll be re-reading that whole series before Winter comes out. I'm also planning to re-read Fangirl in September before Carry On comes out in October.
I also like to re-read books before the movies come out, so I plan to re-read The Martian in September as well.
I'm re-reading Heir of Fire right now and I hope to finish it this weekend so I can be all ready when Queen of Shadows downloads to my Kindle!!
ReplyDeleteThe same thing happened to me with Crown of Midnight, but also with Throne of Glass, damn I had forgotten so many things and so many small details that I had missed the first time! I'm so very happy I decided to re-read them!