Rinse-Repeat and the return of Insanity!

First off, there are contests everywhere! I guess that's what happens when you follow pretty much all industry blogs and the lead fall books get released.

Kiersten and Natalie are both giving away PARANORMALCY and Kody is giving away THE DUFF.

And, next week, the INSANITY returns!!!

If you've joined me in the last 2 months, you probably don't go what that is. To make a long story, short, it's where I go psycho and give away books every day for a week.

This time, I've had some authors helping me out! Writer people are the ROCKINGEST!!!

Now, on to the Rinse-Repeat test.

From the time I was a kid, I could watch the same movie (or tv show or music video) over and over and over. 'Til everybody else in the house was climbing the walls. But I've never been able to do that with a book. My friends would re-read their faves when the movie adaptations were coming out and I- I just couldn't.

I'm almost ashamed to admit the first book I ever re-read. Stephenie Meyer's New Moon. Because I hadn't read the series in so long, I couldn't remember the details. (I didn't re-read Twilight, because it's in Barbados, but all the rest of the saga is here.)

From then on, I haven't had a problem re-reading books, and I actually want to re-read them. In fact, when I read Lee Nichols' DECEPTION last week, I tried to start a new book (actually 2. In two different languages!) but I just couldn't. I didn't want to let that book go. So I re-read it. That's right. I read a book. Loved it. Put it down. Picked it up. Read it again.

The second time around, I noticed how intricately woven the plot was. I could see where things hinted at certain facts, but they were like Jack Sparrow’s island – you could only find see them if you already knew how to get there.
And as I finished the book, satisfied for the second time in as many days, I thought about all the movies I’ve seen that have failed the Rinse-Repeat test. After a couple screenings, I see continuity issues, plot issues, all kinds of stuff. I don’t mind. Moviemakers probably don’t intend for people to watch a film 50 times –before you ask, yes I have- and there are a lot more ways for a movie to go wrong than a book.

Books, on the other hand, need to be as good the second and third and fourth times. For me at least, or the magic unravels. Infact, the more I read a book, the more everything should come together, not fall apart.