Time to Reread Some Books

As more and more sequels continue to come out, I'm becoming tragically aware of how behind I am in finishing most of the series I've started over a year ago. I don't know why, but for some reason I haven't been keeping up on series' for about a year. Honestly it's probably because of the awful reading slump I was in for 9 months and my terrible case of short-attention-span-itis.

But I'm no longer slumping! And I want to read and finish a crazy amount of series on my TBR list, however there is a catch: I can't remember what happened in the majority of the Book One's of these series. Not only that, but I remember really enjoying these Book One's, so I'm not to averse to rereading them.

That brings us to the reason behind this post! Since my memory is failing me apparently and I loved these Book One's (I have no idea what to call them so I'm just going to use this name because why not) so much upon first picking them, I thought I would go ahead and re-read them. Here's the list of Book One's (there has to be a better name than that) that I plan on rereading in the next few months! (All links lead to the books' respective Goodreads pages).

Cinder - by Marissa Meyer
I read this book when it first came out and absolutely loved it, so when I heard that it was the first of four books in a series I may or may not have fangirled a bit.  Set in a future where people have colonized the moon and cyborgs live among us, this fairy tale re-telling is about a cyborg Cinderella. I'm a sucker for fairy tale re-tellings so it wasn't too long before this novel swept me off my feet. The sequel to this book, Scarlet, had not come out when I first read it, though, and when it did it became harder and harder for me to continue the series.

Now that it's only a year away until the fourth and final installment to the series comes out, I desperately need to catch up on this series. I remember key points and the twists that happened but practically none of the details in between. I've only heard good things about the second and third books in this series, however, and hope to reread this one to better prepare myself for the awesomeness that is Scarlet.

Legend - by Marie Lu
This kick-butt dystopian blew my mind upon first reading it, oh goodness. Even if I could recall everything that happened in it, I would still probably reread this beauty. Kind of a opposites attract sort of deal, June is from a well-off family and is a kid prodigy in the military training academy while Day is a "street rat" rebel out to stick it to the man in the Republic. Okay, so that may be oversimplifying the summary a bit (to check out the whole summary, just click on the link above), but that's pretty much how I try to sell this book when recommending it to my friends and family. I sped through this book so quickly, and I fully expect to do so again as well as with the rest of this book in this high-paced, beautifully built, and well-written trilogy.

Unearthly - by Cynthia Hand
I can't even remember when I read this book, but I just know that I loved it. This was the first book I read in the YA genre that was about angels, and let's just say that it left a positive impression. I think I would classify this book as paranormal, but sometimes it felt like a contemporary and like it wasn't in a set-in-stone genre, writing wise, which is probably why I loved it so much. This is another book that I would have reread even if I remembered every detail because I how much I enjoyed the reading experience, the world building, and the characters. Not only that, but this is one of the few series that I own the complete series of, which as a reader means reading-marathon-fun-times! It was a quick-paced, fun read, so I have no doubt that I will fly (haha get it?) through it once again.

A Great and Terrible Beauty - by Libba Bray
This was one of the first books I got into when I discovered YA in high school. It's been around for quite a bit, I must admit, which only makes me feel even more behind in my reading the rest of the series. It left a good enough impression that I remember enjoying the historical and paranormal elements immensely, but I cannot for the life of me remember the key plot points of this book.  I know that it happens in Victorian England and has touches of India in there with a strong paranormal backbone, but I don't remember who is who or what led to what. I cannot wait to pick this one up again so I can continue with this series, though. The second and third books look so good, in both plot and covers (I mean dem covers *swoons*), and honestly I'm surprised that I didn't pick them up sooner.