The Raven Cycle Re-Readathon {AKA: My Apparent Obsession}

So I totally wanted to participate in this (re)Read-a-thon. Which, I guess, technically... I did. I just already finished BOTH books. Which, given my history of reading this past year, is really quite shocking that I ALREADY finished them. I do love my Raven Boys, tho, so being around them, and Blue... man. I missed them. I did not, however, miss Kavinsky.

I mostly listened to them this time around. I had a lot of stuff to do, stuff that didn't require a lot of thought (cleaning, putting crafts together, etc). This way, I could get reading in *and* work at the same time. I don't typically do audio books, as I tend to lose focus quite easily. But, apparently, using them to REread something is a go for me. :)

While I enjoyed listening to Will Patton read them, there was only one thing that bugged me. Kavinsky. Now I realize that Kavinsky is NOT a likeable character, and I didn't like him the first go around either. But the voice that Mr. Patton gave him... oh, man, it made my skin crawl. So it was either very effective, or poorly done. I'm going to say effective. But... yeah.

Basically I feel the same about the series as I did when I started it the first time. I LOVE IT. I've now read The Raven Boys three times. (The first time, the second time when The Dream Thieves was about to come out, and, well, now). And I've read The Dream Thieves twice. There were a lot of things that I had forgotten. Nothing major major, just a few details. Or like the how something happened. For instance, I knew there was a death, but I couldn't remember HOW. And then, when I was reading, I was like "DUH".

Anywho. I'm really excited because NetGalley is awesome. Well, I guess it would Scholastic moreso than NetGalley, since they are the ones who did the actual approving of me to read BLLB early. Since I finished The Dream Thieves yesterday morning, I started BLLB last nite. I didn't get all that far, but I'm super excited. I've already pre-ordered (I did that the moment it was announced that it was possible), and I only torture myself more by reading it early since then I'll have to wait even longer to read the fourth... but, I'm a glutton for punishment. ;)

Don't these look amazing next to one another? 

Happy reading,
B

ReReadathon 2013!

The lovely Bookshelvers Anonymous has put together a ReReadathon! I'm excited because it gives me a guilt-free opportunity to forgo all those shiny new (or new-to-me) books on my shelves and Kindle and revisit some old favorites.  Want to join in? Just click the picture above and learn more about it! :)

While I would love to reread nearly every book in my personal library, I'm narrowing it down to ones I may try and tackle this month. Here they are:

• The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
• Ballads of Suburbia by Stephanie Kuehnert
• Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
• The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
• Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
• Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult
• Heist Society by Ally Carter
• The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
• The Space Between by Brenna Yovanoff

What books would you choose to reread? :)