#mybfot

1. Best Book You’ve Read So Far in 2017?

This is very hard to answer because I’ve truly read SO MANY amazing books. I feel like I keep giving 5 stars to books, honestly. But I think I’ll go with Strange the Dreamer, by Laini Taylor. It’s a beautifully written tale about kindness and war and the pain it leaves behind. I especially fell in love with the characters and Taylor’s flawless writing style. A must read.

2. Best Sequel You’ve Read So Far in 2017?

Best sequel will have to go with The Invasion of the Tearling, the second book in the The Queen of the Tearling trilogy, which is, impossibly, ridiculously, better than the first book. I adore the character development in this, how it plays with the lines between good and evil, how much depth it gives it’s heroes and villains alike. I can’t wait to read the next one, but I also don’t want this book to end!

3. New Release You Haven’t Read Yet, But Want To?

That one’s gotta go to Want, by Cindy Pon. I’ve just recently bought my copy of it, and I’m saving it for a very special August event I’m preparing, but oh my god, I want to read it RIGHT. NOW.

4. Most Anticipated Release For Second Half of 2015?

I have three answers for this. One is Like Water, by Rebecca Podos, which I just read an ARC of, but desperately want others to read, too, because guys. GUYS. It’s great. I loved it SO MUCH, I can’t stop thinking about it!

5. Biggest Disappointment?

Most of the books I’ve read this year are books by marginalized authors, so I feel really weird casting that shadow over them. Because of that, I’m kinda cheating on this one and saying my biggest disappointment was not being able to read more in June because I was so unbelievably busy! Be better, June 2018!

6. Biggest Surprise?

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, for sure. It clearly took me years to read this, but when I sat down to read it, I couldn’t stop. This one one of my all time favorites, and means SO MUCH to me.

7. Favourite New (or New to You) Author?

I think I’ll have to go with Rebecca Podos for this one. Like Water was so beautifully written, and treated it’s difficult subject matters with such respect, I honestly can’t wait to read more from her. Notable mentions: Mackenzi Lee, Emily Skrutskie, Hannah Johnson, Shira Glassman, Erika Johansen and Seanan McGuire.

8. Newest Fictional Crush? That would have to be Swift, from Emily Skrutskie’s The Abyss Surrounds Us! She’s just so my type, okay? Gimme my girl pirate with a soft heart, please!

9. Newest Favourite Character?

Newest? I think I’ll have to go with Felicity, from The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue! Felicity is witty and considerate and so smart. She’s an amazing lady and I want nothing bad to ever happen to her ever.

10. Book That Made You Cry?

Secret about me? I’m a total book crier. It’s easier to tell you which book DIDN’T make me cry, to be frank. I’ll have to go with Every Heart a Doorway for this one though, because I did not expect to cry that much over this book, but I it actually made me sob.

11. Book That Made You Happy?

SO MANY. I’ve read great, happy books this year, so while I’ll have to go with the amazing The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, with it’s tough and important subjects and yet still fun and funny af narrative and adorable characters, It’d be wrong to not remember Geekerella, by Ashley Poston, and Know Not Why, by Hannah Johnson.

12. Favourite Book To Movie Adaptation You Saw This Year?

I didn’t see any of those yet, I don’t think. No time for the cinema, guys. No time.

13. Favourite Review You’ve Written This Year?

I think my favorite review I’ve written so far is the one for The Abyss Surrounds Us, though I’m not particularly proud of my reviews, tbqh.

14. Most Beautiful Book You Bought So Far This Year? We Are Okay, by Nina LaCour. I just love the colour combination, the beautiful front and back pages and the amazing cover. I didn’t expect it to be as beautiful in person as it actually is, so it was a nice surprise, too.

15. What Books Do You Need To Read By The End of The Year?

The ones I NEED to read are the ARCs I have, so Warcross by Marie Lu, That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E. K. Johnston, Shattered Minds by Laura Lam and The Speaker by Traci Chee. I’m very excited for all of them!

Ok, so that’s it for the Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag! This was a lot of fun, and I look forward to hopefully do it again next year