Reread, Rewrite, or BURN! Book Tag

Saw this Tag on Modern Witch’s Bookshelf. If you’re not following Sam, you’re missing out on great tags, meme posts (including some killer First Impression Fridays, wink, wink, nudge, nudge), reviews, and discussions. She writes with an obvious love for the world of literature and there’s always something funny, entertaining, or thought-provoking in her posts. Often, all three.

Since Sam’s the one I’m stealing this from, I’m also going to steal her idea of using books I’ve read (or listened to) in 2018.

THE RULES:

• Randomly choose 3 books
• For each group, decide which book to burn, which one to rewrite, and which to reread (like Marry, Boff, Kill).
• Repeat until you completed three rounds (or six) (or however many you want to do).

Round 1

REREAD – Macbeth – This was awesome. Brutal. Raw. Wonderful.

REWRITE – All The Light We Cannot See – There were only a few things that I would change. The pacing of things, the order of things, etc.

BURN – Moonrise – This little book certainly doesn’t deserve to be put to flame, but thems the rules.

Round 2

REREAD – Something Wicked This Way Comes – Bradbury’s work is genius. I need to read more and more.

REWRITE – Find You in the Dark – This book just needs a tiny bit more action and a tweak to its pacing.

BURN – Good Guys – I loved this premise, but the execution just wasn’t there…

Round 3

REREAD – Gemina – Duh. No explanation needed.

REWRITE – As You Wish – I’m not even sure how I’d rewrite it, I liked it quite a bit. Just not as much as Gemina.

BURN – The Philosopher’s Flight – Quite a bit more that I didn’t like about this one. Definitely had some issues with it.

Round 4

REREAD – The Forgotten Book – This is probably the book that is furthest away from my “wheelhouse” that I’ve read, and liked, this year. It was good, and unexpected.

REWRITE – The Midnight Front – This was another book that the premise had me really excited and the execution just let me down. Mainly, I think it just needs more character development. Found it really tough to care about the characters.

BURN – Dayfall – This might be my most disappointing book of 2018 so far. The sun is about the come out for the first time in decades. Awesome, right? With a cop main character who acts like anything other than a cop, and a lot of other issues, this one is headed for the incinerator.

Round 5

REREAD – Room – Loved it. I actually bought this book for my mom years and years ago, so I’m kind of upset it took me so long to get around to reading it!

REWRITE – The Cuckoo’s Calling – I’m a big fan of the characters in this book, especially Cormoran Strike. I big portion of this book is just interviews with potential suspects, though. Maybe that’s how these books are supposed to go, but that’s what I’d change.

BURN – The Crossing – Nothing real bad to say about this book, but also nothing great to say about it.

Round 6

REREAD – To Kill a Kingdom – Maybe the biggest surprise in 2018! I loved everything about it. Premise, characters, plot. EVERYTHING!

REWRITE – School for Psychics – I think this book just needed to take itself a little more seriously. The characters were adults but acted more immature than most teenage characters from other books. A lot of solid stuff as well, though.

BURN – Ringworld – Oh, boy. This is the one that’s going to get me in trouble. Ringworld is considered a classic. Many people, who know a lot more about sci-fi than I do, will list Ringworld as one of their all-time best sci-fi books. What can I say? It just wasn’t for me. I didn’t care about anything. The characters, the situation, the worlds. It would have ended with a nuke going off and destroying everything and everyone and I wouldn’t have shed a tear.

Fun fact about this post: I hate the idea of burning ANY book, even ones I didn’t like…