Mid-Year FreakOUT

Hi Book-Sniffers and Librocubicularists,

The Book-Tube-a-Thon is on and I'm failing so hard that I'd rather do a tag than stew in my misery over how little I've read this July.

The Mid-Year FreakOut tag summarizes what the first half of the year has been like. I did this last year.  It's interesting to reread and still agree with most of what I had said. Let's go ahead and document this year!

Total Books Read: 37
Total Pages Read: 12,754
Go here to see my "Ultimate Reading Challenge" status.

Rereads: 2
Adult: 20
Young Adult: 17


What is the/your...

... best book you've read (so far) this year?
YA - The Paper Magician (Charlie N. Holmberg)
Adult - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Becky Chambers)

... best sequel?
YA - Prairie Fire (E.K. Johnson) or Queen of Shadows (Sarah J. Maas)
Adult - The Fell Sword (Miles Cameron)

... new release you've not read, but want to?
YA - And I Darken (Kiersten White)
Adult - The Aeronaut's Windlass (Jim Butcher)

... most anticipated release for second half of this year?
YA - Empire of Storms (Sarah J. Maas) the fifth book in the "Throne of Glass" Series

... biggest disappointment?
Middle Grade/Children's - The Search for WondLa (Tony Diterlizzi)
YA - The Returning (Christine Hinwood)
Adult - The Seventh Miss Hatfield (Anna Caltabiano)

... biggest surprise?
YA - Newt's Emerald (Garth Nix)
Adult - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Austen/Grahame-Smith)

... favourite new author?
YA - Renewed love of Garth Nix
Adult - Agatha Christie weaves a fantastic mystery and setting

... newest fictional crush?
YA - *sigh* Magician Emery Thane upon his first description, from The Paper Magician (Holmberg)
Adult - Sissix from The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Becky Chambers)

... newest favourite character?

Adult - Sissix from The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Becky Chambers)


... book that made you cry?
YA - Queen of Shadows (Maas)
Adult - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Chambers)
 
... book that made you happy?
YA -  Newt's Emerald (Garth Nix)
Adult - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Chambers)
 
... most beautiful book bought or received?
YA - Witchfinder (Ruth Warburton)

... books you NEED to read by the end of the year?
1. Irenicon (Aidan Harte)
2. Empire of Storms (Maas)
 
... favourite Book Community Member?
Certainly Elizabeth from Books and Pieces. Thoughtful and insightful.
From Canada, Hailey from Hails Hearts Nyc. This girl is delightful


From many of my repeat answers, you may have figured that this year has been pretty lackluster. Not many that have stuck with me. The few that have, that bear the many repeats, please read. They are lovely. #1 recommendation "The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet" by Becky Chambers. It will take your heart and run away with it - fall in love with a book again.