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 First reading experiences are truly special, but I find that for books I really enjoy, re-readings can be equally or more amazing, as I gain more insight into the writing and characters. However, sometimes books are tied to certain moments in time or certain ages or the nature of the book is such that knowing what happens ahead makes it a little bit less interesting. All the books listed below are books I would happily read again, but there was something special about the first time. Happy Top Ten Tuesday at That Artsy Reader Girl ! Books I Wish I Could Read Again for the First Time The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield We Are Okay by Nina LaCour The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman Ready Player One by Ernest Cline The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

 This one feels a little ironic since I've rarely left my house in the past year and a half, and in all that time, not to go somewhere and read. In my house, I mostly read on the couch, occasionally in the armchair or in bed. I wouldn't really describe any of those as "favorite" so much as convenient though. There's one place I can think of in my house to read that I do regard as special, and I've written about it below. Otherwise, I've come up with some places from my past or imagined future :-) Favorite Places to Read Happy Top Ten Tuesday over at that Artsy Reader Girl! 1. Outside on my back steps, at night 2. Outside on a picnic table at camp 3. By the pool/lake/ocean 4. By myself in a coffee shop or restaurant 5. Window seat in a back stairwell 6. My future awesome window seat (Left, image from Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/pin/358388082839001478/) 7. At a carrel in the library 8. In an armchair at the library or bookstore 9. In a hotel room 10....

 I absolutely love this topic! I often find myself interested and wishing to learn more about secondary and/or minor characters, especially those I feel were shortchanged; poor Ismene from Antigone  always comes to mind.  Happy Top Ten Tuesday over at That Artsy Reader Girl! Secondary/Minor Characters Who Deserve More Love 1. Ismene from Antigone 2. Susan from The Chronicles of Narnia 3. Persephone, Maura, and Calla from The Raven Boys-- I would love a prequel (or three) about Blue's mother Maura and her psychic friends. Aunt Jimi and Cousin Orla too. 4. Zoya from the Grishaverse books--we don't know much about her family or how she became involved with the Darkling. But she puts her grievances aside to do what is right when she doesn't need to. 5. Death (pronounced Deeth) and his cat, the librarian with a Graced memory in Bitterblue 6. Teddy and Saf's sisters Tilda and Bren, also in Bitterblue, always felt like they could have been more part of the story, with how they...

I got a fair amount of reading done this month! I finished rereading Call Down the Hawk and reading Mister Impossible ; very glad I did the reread, since there was a lot I had forgotten that was relevant in the next book. Looking forward to the finale! I'm actually surprised by how much nonfiction I read; although, it ended up being pretty even. I also finally read It's a Whole Spiel, which I've wanted to read for a while. Happy Sunday! Books Read This Month Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater (reread) Mister Impossible by Maggie Stiefvater The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love by Kristin Kimball (book club read) Anxious People by Fredrik Backman Heartland by Sarah Smarsh It's a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Stories ed. Katherine Locke and Laura Silverman In An Instant by Lee and Bob Woodruff