Midyear Freakout Tag 2024

 Here are my answers for this year's Midyear Freakout Tag! I do these every end of July. 

Let me know what you think!

1. Best book of the year so far?

If You Still Recognize Me by Cynthia So

2. Best sequel(s) you read so far?

Serafina and the Twisted Staff, and Serafina and the Splintered Heart, both by Robert Beatty

3. New releases you haven't read yet but want to.

Funny Story by Emily Henry

4. Most anticipated releases for the 2nd half of the year.

  • Silverborn, The Mystery of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend 
  • Sylvia Doe and the 100 Year Flood by Robert Beatty
  • My Salty Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
5. Biggest disappointments of the year.
  • Ellie Engle Saves Herself by Leah Johnson
  • Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
  • Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Oseman
6. Biggest Surprise of the Year

Bianca Torre is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans

7. Favorite new author.

Robert Beatty!

8. Some new favorite character(s).

I got several:

  • Ermengarde in A Little Princess
  • Guthrie in Bloomability
  • Sara Stanley in The Story Girl
  • Everyone in If You Still Recognize Me
  • PG and Momo in If You’ll Have Me
  • Bianca, Anderson, and Elaine in Bianca Torre is Afraid of Everything
  • Nathaniel and his family in Willa of the Wood
  • Catherine and William in The Pirate Captain’s Daughter
9. Book(s) that made you cry.

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett, and Willa of the Wood by Robert Beatty

10. Some books that made you happy
  • Unfamiliar and its sequel by Haley Newsome
  • The Puppets of Spelhorst by Kate DiCamillo
  • Granny Torelli makes Soup by Sharon Creech
11. Most beautiful book you bought or received.

Magic for Marigold by LM Montgomery. I will read and review it later this year!

12. What books do you need to read before the end of the year?

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, and Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner. 

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