The Innocent Smiley: Burn, Rewrite, Or Reread

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Burn, Rewrite, Or Reread

I've been tagged by Alma @ Journey Through Fiction to do this amazing Burn, Rewrite, and Reread Tag, in reference to the original game, BUT IT INVOLVES BOOKS!

Basically the challenge is to pick three books for each round, and choosing one to burn, one to reread, and then one to rewrite. I'll be doing our four rounds for now, choosing books from my read shelf by using one of those randomizers. THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY HARD. Probably.

Round One

The Ocean At The End Of The Lane by Neil Gaiman || Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen || Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Oh this is kind of hard because I don't really care much for any of these books? I guess I would like to reread Speak, because I barely remember it. And then rewrite The Ocean At The End Of The Lane, because I kind of don't like Gaiman's writing? (but you didn't hear that from me). And then just burn Water for Elephants because meh.

Round Two

Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein || Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo || All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

THIS ONE ROUND IS PAINFUL LIKE WHY. UGH. I DON'T KNOW. I guess....I guess I'll burn Shadow and Bone????? And....man I guess I'll rewrite Rose Under Fire, WHICH I LOVED SO MUCH, but I seriously don't think All The Light We Cannot See should be rewritten. So that will be my reread.

Round Three

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli || The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling || This Is How You Die by Ryan North

BURN CASUAL VACANCY BURN. NO ONE LIKES YOU. Just kidding I'm sure plenty of people loved you. COUGH. Anyways. I think I would rewrite Stargirl, just because I love my Machine of Death Anthologies and everyone has a different writing style in it anyways.

Round Four

Paradigm by Ceri A. Lowe || Earth Star by Janet Edwards || Golden Son by Pierce Brown

Oh this one is an easy round too. Burn Paradigm, because it was just eh. And then COMPLETELY rewrite Earth Star, so that there ARE ACTUALLY FREAKING ALIENS. I'm still pissed about that. Oh and Golden Son can just stay the way it is because perfection. Though I don't know if I could reread it so soon, because it's...too soon. I would die of feels.

I encourage everyone to do this, because it's a lot of fun hahaha :) If you minus all the pain and feels.

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Frannie Pan · 521 weeks ago

Beautiful! *-*
I need to start Red Rising! *-*
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vlangloisx3 116p · 520 weeks ago

Thanks Frannie! You should start it ASAP :D

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amengelhart 68p · 521 weeks ago

I do need to do this! I hope I don't get as painful of choices as you did. This was hilarious. :D
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vlangloisx3 116p · 520 weeks ago

Hahah glad you thought my pain was hilarious! Just kidding. I'll be looking forward to it :)

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Alex · 521 weeks ago

It's surprising that I've never any of the books on this lsit but I mean they are on my TBR. Why Have I like never seen your blog before? ITS SO BEAUTIFUL and I'm in love with the header. BTW If you're wondering how I found you, I'm a big blog hopper, which means I love jumping from blog to blog! Awesome work and Love ur posts as well :D

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vlangloisx3 116p · 520 weeks ago

Hahah thanks Alex! :D

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kaylasanchez2 69p · 521 weeks ago

Ew yes burn Paradigm. I think I DNFed at like 15%. BORING BOOK
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vlangloisx3 116p · 520 weeks ago

GLAD YOU AGREE HAHAH. I'm surprised I finished it :P

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Erica · 521 weeks ago

This is so awesome! BURN! Haha, amazing! I read many of these, and I feel the same way. I love it!
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vlangloisx3 116p · 520 weeks ago

HAHAH JUST BURN EVERYTHING. No just kidding. Glad we're twinsies in this haha :)

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shannonmiz 83p · 521 weeks ago

I love this! I have Paradigm, somewhere on my Kindle. But um, now I don't really ever want to read it. I cannot compute burning Shadow & Bone, but I understand that you had to make a choice. I don't want to read Water for Elephants, but people kept saying I should. So now I can just say "but Val said not to and she's just plain better than you" (that isn't rude, is it?) and they will have to leave me alone. And I am pretty sure you're right and no one actually did like Casual Vacancy. Again, I didn't read it, but people I know did, and they hated it. And you hated it. So I mean, that's everyone who counts.

Also, now I am mad that I didn't do a fourth round.
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vlangloisx3 116p · 520 weeks ago

Don't. It's weird. And yeah. Weird. Uh I'M SORRY THAT WAS A HARD DECISION. Water for Elephants is good. I mean it's not ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. I am reading her new novel now actually, At The Water's Edge. Lots of water in the title :P HAHAH I AM BEtTER THAN EVERYONE.

I. hate. the. casual. vacancy.

Lol I beat you

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jeannius88 122p · 520 weeks ago

THis tag looks like so much fun! Oh man, I remember reading Stargirl in high school, thanks for the memories! I totally agree with Water for Elephants, I didn't care for it at all :S GOLDEN SON IS SO MUCH PERFECTION.
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vlangloisx3 116p · 520 weeks ago

GOLDEN SONNNNN. Ah Stargirl. I think that was the first book I read that made me sad because of that inconclusive ending :P