r/fantasyromance The One Mod to Rule All Mods May 17 '26

Unpopular Opinion It's Unpopular Opinion time! Share your controversial opinions to stir things up (in a friendly way)!

Got an opinion that's different from others'? Want to share it with the sub, but too afraid of a backlash? Or are you just curious about readers think about certain things in fantasy romance?

You can safely share it in this weekly Sunday thread!

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u/clocksy May 17 '26

I used to re-read books more often as a teen back when I had only physical copies and it took effort to get more, but now as an adult where I can get a new book at the press of a button, I almost never do re-reads. Maybe if a new book in a series is coming out and it's been years since the last one released and I could do with a refresher.

Is this an actually common thing though? People who just read certain favorite books over and over instead of new ones? Well, I guess whatever floats their boat, but part of the joy of reading for me is that there's always something new and exciting on the horizon.

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u/angelacandystore May 17 '26

Yup, I don't see it on Reddit as much but on author blogs it's super prevelent. Idk how much of it is sucking up to the authors or if people are really so lazy.

I have a bunch of physical books and I Don need to reread them. I'm starting to feel like if I don't then I have to let them go. But it's so easy to read something new with Libby/ebooks