Okay, okay, okay! It's the middle of the year (give or take a few weeks), so I thought I'd jump on the bandwagon and do the Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag. I haven't been tagged to do this, per se, but I figure it's all in good fun and I'd like to join. Ok, so! Onto the questions (which I've modified slightly to include some extras I thought were fun).
A thing to know: This year, I've read 83 books. 1. Best book you've read so far in 2020
This... is a loaded question. I'm just going to limit myself and pick four. Burn Our Bodies Down, Just Breathe, Serpent & Dove, and The Shadow Glass.
2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2020
I'm sorry, there's no other correct answer to this other than Ruthless Gods by Emily A. Duncan. I was lucky enough to read an ARC, and I maintain it's one of the only second books in a trilogy that didn't make me want to completely rip the book to shreds. It was exciting and dangerous and dark and a perfect sequel!
3. New release you haven't read yet
Legitimately think it's a crime that I haven't been able to find A Song of Wraiths and Ruin in stock yet!! I want a hard copy, which is why I haven't requested it from Libby yet. It's a gorgeous fantasy, complete with an enemies to lovers romance, which I LOVE, so obviously this book will be much loved when I can finally get my hands on it.
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year
I need Star Daughter to be out. Right now. I need everyone else to read it and marvel at this beautiful story. I also can't wait to read Blood & Honey, since I loved Serpent & Dove back in March. Other excitements: The Invisible Life of Addie Larue, Horrid, and The White Coat Diaries.
5. Biggest disappointment
I finally picked up Sisters of Shadow and Light by Sara B. Larson, and I was really sad because I couldn't help but make constant comparisons to Strange the Dreamer. I wanted it to be fresh and different, but I just couldn't see it. I can't decide whether or not to pick up the sequel and see if the story gets better from here.
6. Biggest surprise
7. Favorite new author (debut or new to you)
Gabby Noone's Layoverland is like a YA form of The Good Place, and she perfectly captured the surrealism and humor of a corporate and strangely human afterlife. For this reason, I'm definitely picking up whatever she writes next. If she can write that mood, she can do anything.
8. Newest favorite character
Everyone in King of Scars! In the main trilogy I was never particularly attached to Nikolai or Zoya, but I enjoyed reading their new dynamic and I can't help but feel protective over them since they're main characters now. (I also think they should kiss. But that's separate. Leigh, if you're reading this, ð¥ºð¥ºð¥º, please can we have it??)
9. Best reread
I reread the first half of the Throne of Glass series in a group read with several friends, which brought me back to some early YA feels. I can't stand reading past Queen of Shadows, so I kind of... stopped there, but I'm glad I could chat with my friends about my endless adoration for Aelin and Rowan while it lasted. Yes, I'm a VERY hardcore Rowaelin shipper and this will stay with me forever. (Yes, I've written fanfic. No, you can't see it).
10. Book that made you cry
Surprisingly, I'm going to go with Save the Date on this one! The last chapter or so was surprisingly emotional, and I found myself crying a little. I had thought it was a rom com, but it's more family-focused contemporary and less romance. OF COURSE a Morgan Matson book would make me cry, but it's been a few years since I've read one, so I guess I forgot.
11. Book that made you happy
Let's mix it up! I really loved Toil & Trouble, an anthology on YA witches, and I was really invested in some of the stories in there--more than I thought I would be. It's lighthearted but emotional, magical but grounded, and everything I needed to be reading.
12. âMost beautiful book youâve bought so far this year (or received)
13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
My goal is to make my way through my 140 unread books that are taking up shelf space, so I don't necessarily think there are any specific books I have in mind. I'd like to finally do a shelf-clean up, so when I finish this in the next year or so, all the ones with low ratings will go. Otherwise, here's my current Netgalley situation, and I talk about the books I plan to review there.
14. Reading goals for the rest of the year
I'm not a reading-goal oriented person, as we saw during the Reading Challenge Fail of 2018, so I only have two:
1. Read alllll the fantasy books. 2. For the nostalgia, reread Daughter of Smoke and Bone. I plan to order the new Illumicrate box, because I love the series so much, so when that comes in November I'll do a reread.
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