I'd totally get my mind swiped to reread ____ for the 1st time again...

[Peep (Pop! Pop!)]

Well, I initially had this over on the blog, but since I only have about 3 people that check in regularly (that includes me), it wasn't a success. So, I thought I'd bring up the topic here!

What books makes you want to get your memory erased so that you can reread them again for the first time all over once more? >_<

[Ottilie]

hm interesting theory, I never really thought about it like this

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by J.R.R. Tolkien
by Suzanne Collins
by J.R.R. Tolkien
by Maria V. Snyder
by Richelle Mead
by J.R. Ward

[Peep (Pop! Pop!)]

That's a good mix Louise!

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Yeah i know :P

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It's funny you posted this because earlier this week my son was saying that he would love to have his memory of his favorite book series swiped so that he could read it again. :)

[Gwennie]

These are my absolute Favorites!

[Alyssa]

Good question
um.




There are so many more.
And for some reason, I feel like rereading the Hunger Games again

[Catherine]

I'm going with Harry Potter. But I want the movies erased too.

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To start...

[Ottilie]

maybe series, and maybe the series

[Michelle]

Unwind by Neil Shusterman
Twilight (I know.. but I did like the 1st book)
City of Bones series by Cassandra Clare
The Immortal Secrets of Nicholas Flamel Series by Michael Scott

Oh, The House of Night Series by PC Cast - I just want it erased out of my memory.

[Arphaxad]

I would actually love to be able to read Twilight again from scratch, unadulterated by the fandom and the films...it really was awesome the first time. Alas!

Also Ender's Game of course, and all the other Ender books; they packed such a punch when I first discovered them..still do, actually, but novelty has its own kind of excitement :)

Ditto for The Dark Is Rising Sequence and Tamora Pierce's Alanna books! Very fond memories and many happy reread seshes.

The feeling of a particularly awesome book-discovery is definitely one of my favourite things. Ever. :D

[Desperado]

The book(s) that immediately come to mind are Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy.


I read them for the first time when I was 12 & I was amazed. Although I've reread them-& cried like a wuss while reading them- numerous times since then, I'd love to rediscover the magic I felt the first go round.

[Heidi]

, , and . Great thread idea!

[Heather]

Peep, good question and I agree with several of your picks.

[Kurukka]

, , , my absolute favorites.

Actually, I discovered Harry Potter with the third book (how stupid is that, to make you study a series in the middle of it ?) and I loved it so much I had to buy the others. They were the biggest books I'd ever read. I was eight or nine, I think. I'll never forget the day I waited in the shop guarding the last Goblet of Fire on the shelf for my mother to come back with the right amount of money, LOL.

I'd like to rediscover Twilight without the crazy fandom too, like in the beginning. Sigh.

[Becca]

For me it would be every book ever written by Juliet Marillier, but most especially .

The other series I'd love to discover for a first time is . I've re-read it so many times it's practically memorized and I still love every bit of it.

[Arphaxad]

Yay for DiR! :D I was mesmerized the first time..back in the day at secondary school when I'd spend my entire lunchbreak in the library..those were the days!

Looks like we've got pretty similar book-taste Becca, I'll have to check out these Juliet Marillier ones :)

[Becca]

They're historical fantasy with romance and fairy lore. They have a lot of druids and such in them, and they are so so so good. She is my favorite author, although Susan Cooper and J.R.R. Tolkien take close second and third.

[Book Sp(l)ot]

I think maybe

Though now I really want to read the choices of everyone else that I haven't read yet (or finish the series that I've started)!

[Arphaxad]

@Becca: Sounds awesome, just checked the blurb. Definitely TBR, especially if it beats Susan Cooper! The mind boggles. :)

[Becca]

Lol! I'm actually reading all of Susan Cooper's books this year and have found several more by her that I absolutely adore, like Seaward I may actually like better than DiR, but then again maybe not.

[Arphaxad]

Ooh, good plan! *promptly adds Seaward as well*

[Becca]

lol! I love it!

[Julie]

I would love to read 1984 again for the first time.

[Brittany (finally graduated and can once again read for fun)]

You all have such great thoughts. I would say personally I'd go with...

Harry Potter Series
Hunger Games Series
Finnikin of the Rock
Lord of the Rings (This time I'd read the books before watching the movies)
The Phantom of the Opera
Les Miserables
Great Expectations
Chronicles of Narnia
1984
A Clockwork Orange
Graceling and Fire
Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights
The Book Thief
Bridget Jones Diary & The Edge of Reason

Okay... enough for now! I re-read a lot of these anyway, but to not know the ending made it fab!

[Rebecca]

, ,

[Becca]

I would have loved to have my mind swiped of seeing the movie of P&P before I read the book. I love the movie so much that it was hard to like the book for what it was, although I loved the book too. I don't know if that makes sense, but I couldn't seem to disassociate the Lizzy/Mr. Darcy of the movie with the ones in the book and I think there are some subtle differences.

[JennRenee]

Twilight series and Guardians of Time series.

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I just read and id love to read it for the first time again

[Courtney]

NONE! I love to re-read books. There are a couple of books (I won't name names) that I wouldn't mind having swiped from my mind and NEVER reading. I would have to write a letter to myself to make sure I didn't make the same mistake again, though.

[Ottilie]

Haha yeah I know that feeling also...

[Rosabelle]

For me, it would be the
Harry Potter series..

I'm currently re-reading the series for the second time.. :)

[Sarra]

These are really just the beginning. Sometimes books just reach a place inside of you that nothing else has before, and even though a book can be reread, the magic of it is never quite the same for me as that very first time in a particular world.

[Ester]

I've read a lot of books, and this is the first time i encountered this question... hmmmm, usually whenever i like a particular book, i just reread them and it still has that enthralling sort of feeling and almost the same reactions and all, except for the fact that i already know the ending, it still does give me those goosebumps reaction...

[Ali]

The Secret Circle Trilogy (was obsessed with these in highschool)
The Hunger Games Trilogy
Twilight (sorry - I devoured those books.. was fun to read)
The Vampire Diaries (again read in highschool.. they rocked) - just the original set though.
Grimspace (Sirantha Jax) Series
.....
will keep thinking of more...

[Gwennie]

I loved the Secret Circle Trilogy too!!! I liked all LJ Smith books but these were my favorite.

I also loved Remember Me by Christopher Pike. This was another of my favorites from when I was a kid.

[Sarra]

I also loved Remember Me by Christopher Pike. This was another of my favorites from when I was a..."

Yay! Another Christopher Pike fan!

[Gwennie]

I also loved Witch. Those were my two favorites.

[Ali]

Wendy wrote: "I loved the Secret Circle Trilogy too!!! I liked all LJ Smith books but these were my favorite.

I also loved Remember Me by Christopher Pike. This was another of my favorites from when I was a..."

I totally devoured all Christopher Pike books in the early 90ties.. Remember Me was insanely awesome!

[Brandy]

Vampire Academy
City of Bones
Thirteen Reasons Why

Succubus Blues is a wonderful series (Probably my all time favorite). It's not YA but I just couldn't leave it out.

[Alyssa]

Sarra wrote: "I also loved Remember Me by Christopher Pike. This was another of my favorites from when I was a..."

Yay! Another Christopher Pike fan!"

NO. Remember Me is one I'd have my mind swiped for another reason - to rid myself of the hatred I feel for the book. Gr. It was a waste of my time reading that trilogy.

[Gwennie]

I never read the whold trilogy. I just read the first book. I absolutely loved it.

[Melissa]

in a heartbeat <3

[Gwennie]

Princess Bride is on my TBR list. I've seen the movie a million times but have yet to read the book.

I have to add Jellicoe Road to my list.

That makes my list go like this, in order, .

[Melissa]

Wendy wrote: "Princess Bride is on my TBR list. I've seen the movie a million times but have yet to read the book.

Oh my GOSH. It's my favorite book of all time. I could read it over & over again!

[Gwennie]

I wish I was a Mutant who could split myself into like 5 people who all shares memories so I could read multiple books at once.

I'll have to move it up. I have to read it before the Rainbow Challenge is over, it's my Green book.

[Ottilie]

See I really like the Princess Bride movie, so I'd need to wipe clean my memory of the plot to read the book, most of the time if I know what is going on because I've already read the book before I have trouble getting through the book again

[Melissa]

The book & the movie are very different in style and humor. The basic plot line is the same, but the differences are so overwhelming it is as if you are reading/watching two completely different stories.