It’s almost July,
which means there are only six months left in 2020. Thank god. It also means it’s
time for the Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag.
This tag was
created years ago by someone in the book community to basically wrap up the
first half of your reading year. Thankfully, I’ve had a pretty good reading
experience so far, mostly because, like the rest of the world, I’ve been stuck
inside a lot with nothing else to do but get through my TBR. Unfortunately, I’ve
also taken this time to purchase too many new books online. Whoops. At least it
balances itself out, right...?
As of June 20,
2020, I’ve read 26 books. Considering my goal for the entirety of 2020 is to
reach 30, this is great! I’m not going to change my Goodreads goal, but I might
try to reach 50 books by the end of the year. That’ll get me back to the
reading rate I was in back before the Great Reading Slump of 2019.
BEST BOOK YOU’VE
READ SO FAR IN 2020
This was tough. I’ve
had a fairly decent reading year so far, though I’m still picky about giving out five stars. All of the books I thought about answering this question with are 4.5
stars. I hope to get a full 5-star book in before the end of 2020.
I’m going with The
City of Brass for my favorite read of 2020 so far. However, Jennifer L.
Armentrout’s Storm & Fury, Brave, and Torn and Margaret Rogerson’s
Sorcery of Thorns are all really close.
BEST SEQUEL YOU’VE
READ SO FAR IN 2020
Hmm… This is a
good question. Most of the sequels I’ve read aren’t as good as the first books.
However, there is one exception.
Brave and Torn
by Jennifer L. Armentrout helped me solidify the end to my 2019 and early 2020
reading slump. They were such quick and easy reads with a great romance and
intriguing characters. I loved the whole series.
NEW RELEASE YOU
HAVEN’T READ YET, BUT WANT TO
Every single
fantasy book. Lol. Just kidding. Kind of.
House of Blood and
Earth
by Sarah J. Maas is one that I have mixed feelings about reading. If I read it now,
that means I have to wait years for the series to end. But, if I just wait to
read it until all the books are released, my life will be so much less stressful.
But I really, really, really want to read it.
MOST ANTICIPATED
RELEASE FOR
THE SECOND HALF OF
THE YEAR
There really aren’t
a lot of books I’m super excited for in the last half of 2020. There are only
three or four that I’ve got my eye on.
The big one is Reign
by Cora Carmack. I haven’t read the second book in the trilogy yet, but I’m
looking forward to re-reading book one and then binge-reading the entire
series.
BIGGEST
DISAPPOINTMENT
I had another
answer in mind for this question until a few days ago.
The Star-Touched
Queen
just wasn’t what I was hoping it would be. I’ll have a review up soon, but
yikes. I was so disappointed.
BIGGEST SURPRISE
Since I’ve already
answered The City of Brass for my favorite read of the year, I’m going
to go with another book for biggest surprise.
Sorcery of Thorns was so beautiful.
I loved almost everything about it, and I just never expected to adore it this
much.
FAVORITE NEW
AUTHOR
This question was
surprisingly easy to answer.
S.A. Chakraborty
could write a grocery list and I think I’d still read it. Possibly. Gosh, I
really hope she has a new book coming out in 2021 now that her Daevabad trilogy
has ended. I desperately need more from her.
NEWEST FICTIONAL
CRUSH
I don’t think this
is a surprise…
Dara from the Daevabad
trilogy is amazing! I love him. Though, I have to admit that I haven’t read
books two and three yet, so I might not love him as much later on. If that
happens, I’ll probably be devastated. (Note: The art is from a Faecrate box.)
NEWEST FAVORITE
CHARACTER
Trinity from Storm
& Fury and Rage & Ruin. I really like her. I also really
like Nathaniel and Elisabeth from Sorcery of Thorns, and Nahri and Ali from
The City of Brass.
BOOK THAT MADE YOU
CRY
Kind of embarrassing,
but…
Sorcery of Thorns made me cry. It
was ugly. That scene in the library at the end. Gosh. It hurt me.
BOOK THAT MADE YOU
HAPPY
Hmm…
Broken Throne by Victoria
Aveyard. Aveyard gave me more Cal scenes. How could that not make me happy?
FAVORITE
BOOK-TO-FILM ADAPTATION
YOU SAW THIS YEAR
Like most people,
I haven’t seen a lot of movies in theaters this year. I’m actually not sure if
I’ve seen any film or television show based on a book in 2020.
I’m going to go
with The Witcher, even though I watched it in December of 2019. Close
enough, right? I haven’t read the books, but I very much enjoyed the show.
FAVORITE REVIEW
YOU’VE WRITTEN THIS YEAR
Gosh. I’m not
sure. Probably my review for The City of Brass. It’s the only one I used
a gif in. I don’t put gifs in reviews that often.
MOST BEAUTIFUL
BOOK YOU’VE
RECEIVED SO FAR
THIS YEAR
House of Dragons by Jessica Cluess
has a gorgeous cover. I truly wish the story inside had been a little better to
match it. However, it was still a fun read. (I also bought the collector’s
editions of Red Queen and Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard, and
those are very pretty.)
WHAT BOOKS DO YOU
NEED TO READ
BY THE END OF THE
YEAR
All of the ones on
my TBR. No, but seriously, I have a list:
Endless and Empower
by Jessica Shirvington
Starflight and United
by Melissa Landers
A Game of Thrones by George R.R.
Martin
Let the Wind Rise by Shannon
Messenger
These are just the
ones I’ve made a 2020 goal to finish. I have hundreds on my TBR shelves.
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Alright, there you
have it. My Mid-Year Book Freak Out answers. What would your answers to these
questions be? Let me know in the comments below!
OOOh nice! I still need to read Sorcery of Thorns! And House of Dragons too. So many more actually! Lol!!
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