The Year of Re-reads.

I've decided that this is my year of re-reads. Not only because I don't have money to buy new books—though that certainly is true. Mostly it's because I have a stack of books that I've been dying to re-read for ages, and simply haven't had time to during my reading-full college days.

And the truth is, I just love re-reading books. I always have. The best books can be read over and over again and re-reading them is like visiting old friends. I've started my re-reading frenzy with The Once and Future King, which I read during my freshman year of high school, and was (and still is) probably one of the most difficult books I've ever read, I admit. I read it originally at the insistence of one of my best friends, and I'll admit, it was reluctant then. So... why am I trudging through it again? I can't entirely be sure. There are parts of it I adore, though the majority of it is very slow for me. I've been in the mood for Arthurian legend, though, and for fantasy in general. I've always had a weakness for high fantasy, classic fantasy like this. There's something so appealing about the idea of a world where there are knights and prophecies and magical swords and wizards traveling backwards through time. They say escapism is very in right now, and I guess I've been feeling that. Wanting to escape into a world a little more magical, and maybe a little simpler, than our own.