Book Blogger Hop is a weekly meme hosted by Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer, where you answer a question and join a “hop”. The purpose is to help bloggers discover and get to know one another.
For this week’s Book Blogger Hop, Angelica @ Paperback Princessasked:
When reading a series, do you re-read the previous book(s) before reading the newly released book?
If I have time in my reading schedule, I definitely try to re-read the previous books in the series before diving into the newest book. It’s so much fun to relive the previous tales before exploring new territory!
I have quite a few books sitting on my TBR stacks that are just waiting for me to get to and binge read through the whole series.
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What are your personal thoughts about re-reading previous books in a series before diving into the latest book?
I completely agree! It’s so much fun r-reading books you’ve loved and finding out details you might have missed previously! It’s so sad that there’s not as much time to do that now because there so many new books coming out every week and life tends to get in the way as well!
Right?! It’s so hard to keep up!!
I don’t reread often but sometimes I have to because I have forgotten most of what happened in the previous books, which is why I have so many unfinished series 🙂
I do reread certain books, especially comfort reads!
hahahaha same!! Phew. I need to make my series collections priority one of these years as my yearly goal! 🙂
It totally depends for me! Earlier although I reread favorite book, I never used to reread before i start a new book in the series. But lately, ever since I began blogging I read WAY too many books and sometimes I forget some details over time. So now I make it a point to reread book to prepare for a sequel if I’ve forgotten the details!
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that is the problem with the series – sometimes they just stuck on shelves for years…
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I never reread. Ain’t nobody got time for that!LOL
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I agree with you, re-reading is one of my greatest joys as a reader! I try and make time as much as I can, but it can be tough. I mostly re-read books for series I’ve loved which makes it faster. What’s the last series you re-read a book for prior to a new release?
The last I reread before a new release was Vicious by VE Schwab. I had to reread it and then immediately go into Vengeful! 🙂
I like to reread, but I don’t generally reread a book before the next in the series comes out. I just try to hope I remember enough!
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Time’s the main factor for me. Sometimes I’d like to reread but my TBR pile calls.
For sure! My TBR stack is quite daunting!
A re-read before the next book in the series is a level of commitment I just don’t have. My daughter and my sister would always do it, though, and I am talking about HUGE books (HP, Cassandra Clare). I know a lot of people will do audiobook re-reads, but I am just not a re-reader, and any good author will reactivate the necessary information in the first few chapters of the latest book.
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Oh! Thanks for the heads up!
It depends when I read the previous book. If the books are coming out every year or so I won’t re-read previous ones as I’ll still remember what happened. But if I read one book a good few years back I might need a refresher before I read the next!
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I don’t usually re- read, mainly for time reasons, but lately I’ve been wanting to more and more, as it seems like I’m always fuzzy on the previous book that came out a year or two before!
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You know…I never had the desire to re-read a previous book in a series. Perhaps, it is because I take notes. (I like taking notes, so that isn’t a problem for me.) But, I do prefer to binge read an entire series.
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It’s good that you reread if you have time because then you have all the small details in your mind. I have to admit that I don’t reread. I have a weirdly good memory when it comes to books so I tend to jump in just fine. Or I reread my reviews for previous books. But I probably miss some small details which could add to the experience if I’d reread!
That’s awesome!! Sometimes my memory is decent and I can just jump into the next book, but not too frequently lol! 🙂
I love rereading, but it’s definitely easier to do when there is only one previous book as opposed to two or three.
For sure! That’s a great point!
Binge reading a series is great. So is re-reading! I don’t have time to do it every time a new series book is coming out, but it’s nice to do something, esp for a final book!
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Re-reading or skim reading previous books is fun.
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I rarely reread, but every once n a while I’ll listen to the first books in a series before I pick it back up–especially if it’s been more than a year or two since I read the rest.
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Re-reading is my favorite thing to do but yeah it’s hard to schedule it in sometimes!! I think that’s why I push so many books I love on you hahaha, it gives me a valid reason to re-read it with you! 😀
😀 hahaha! I love it!!
I re-read every once in a while. So wish I had the time to re-read all the time but I’m just not fast enough. lol
Same! It’s certainly time consuming!!