Hey guys! We’re halfway through the year, which means it’s time for the Mid-Year Freak Out Book Tag, and Deanna @A Novel Glimpse was awesome and tagged me to do it 😀 . Thank you Deanna!!!
BEST BOOK YOU’VE READ YET IN 2016
Without a doubt, my favorite book of this year so far was A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas. It was bonkers and amazing and I want and need more. I don’t know how Sarah J. Maas keeps doing it, but I love her books more and more.
BEST SEQUEL YOU’VE READ SO FAR IN 2016
So many!!! But I’ll settle with another of my favorites of this year, and that is Us (Him #2) by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy. This book stole my heart completely. I love Jamie and Wes and I miss my boys dearly.
NEW RELEASE YOU HAVEN’T READ YET BUT WANT TO
Looking around my room, I’ll say The Girl Who Fell by Shannon M. Parker, that has been sitting on my shelf since March totally untouched, and I really really want to read it.
*shame on me*
MOST ANTICIPATED RELEASE FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR
Probably Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas. I love the Throne of Glass series, and I have high hopes for book 5, because I’m one of those loving the direction she’s been giving to the series. I’m curious to see if it will take the place of favorite read of the year away from ACOMAF…
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT
I had high hopes for South of Sunshine by Dana Elmendorf, because I’m a huge fan of LGBT contemporaries, and I was in the need to read more F/F romances. Unfortunately this book didn’t match my expectations, and didn’t deal with important issues like the way I thought it should
BIGGEST SURPRISE
One of my biggest surprises this year so far was Anything You Want by Geoff Herbach. This book blew me away, and I know a lot of people didn’t quite like it, but I thought it was an amazing book, and I would like to shove it in everyone’s face!
FAVORITE NEW AUTHOR
Can I name 2?! I need to say Elle Kennedy, who wrote my favorite two NA series (Off Campus and Him), because she’s amazing! And then Kelly Siskind, because each time I read one of her books, it makes me so so happy (and she’s also super nice).
NEWEST FICTIONAL CRUSH
Confession time: I have a lot of new crushed this year, and I’ll chose this one because I really want to use a pic of the actor playing the role. So I’m going for Miles from Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover, because REASONS!
And that guy is hottie Nick Bateman, who’s set to play Miles in the Ugly Love movie!!! And that’s his cutie dog Joey 😀 .
NEWEST FAVORITE CHARACTER
Julian Blackthorn stole my heart in Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare. I love him! I love him so much that he might have stolen Jem’s place as my favorite shadowhunter (and book boyfriend). Julian is strong, loving, mysterious. He would do ANYTHING for the people he loves. There’s still so much more to know about him, and I can’t wait.
BOOK THAT MADE YOU CRY
Oh my god… I cried so much when I finished Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma. This book is so heartbreaking… so good, but so heartbreaking.
And I have no clue as to how I’m going to review it, because my heart is breaking just thinking about it.
BOOK THAT MADE YOU HAPPY
Smut by Karina Halle was a book that made me happy because it put a huge smile on my face. This book had an awesome plot, and awesome romance and it was funny as hell.
Also, so damn sexy!
FAVORITE BOOK TO FILM ADAPTATION
I don’t think I’ve seen adaptations this year, besides Captain America: Civil War, so I’m gonna say that one. I loved this movie, and it’s Marvel, which is always good on my book.
FAVORITE POST YOU HAVE DONE THIS YEAR
Are you kidding?! Do you know how much I posted this year already?! LOL. I really liked to do this TTT post though, about first kisses. Also, check how I was doing with my challenges 3 months ago here, but know that I’m way ahead now!
MOST BEAUTIFUL BOOK YOU’VE BOUGHT THIS YEAR
One of the most beautiful books I’ve got this year so far was Night Owls (or The Anatomical Shape of a Heart) by Jenn Bennett .
I love this cover so much. I fell in love with it the minute I locked eyes with this book at Waterstones.
WHAT BOOKS DO YOU NEED TO READ BY THE END OF THE YEAR
There are 2 contemporaries that I’m dying to read, and they are Firsts by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn and Emmy & Oliver by Robin Benway. I’m thinking that maybe September will be their month (because August will be NA month).
I tag EVERYONE who wants to do this tag, because I need to know how you are all doing so far this reading year 🙂 .
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