So... I'm about three weeks late on this but I wanted to do the Mid-Year Book Freak Out tag.
General Stats:
Best Book - The House in the Cerulean Sea
| I cannot stop thinking about this book. It is beautifully written and just thinking about it warms my heart. It is about belonging and found families. Love, love, love. |
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Best Sequel - Act Your Age, Eve Brown
| So funny and my favorite of the trilogy. I also got my hands on a signed copy. I listened to the first two on audiobook and decided to buy a paper copy of this one. Now I think I might need to go back and buy the paper copies of the first two. |
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New release you haven't read yet, but want to - Project Hail Mary
| I keep hearing amazing things about this book (I also have The Martian on my TBR). I swear everyone who talks about it mentions how awesome it is. I have not read enough Sci-fi lately, so this would be a perfect jump back in. |
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Most anticipated release for the second half of the year - Under the Whispering Door
| Since I discovered TJ Klune with The House in the Cerulean Sea, he has quickly become one of my newest favorite authors. I have this already preordered and can't wait for more of his magical world-building. |
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Biggest disappointment - Do You Dream of Terra-Two?
This book took me 27 days to read and I was on vacation for the first two weeks of reading it. I slogged through and probably should have DNF'd it, but I also wanted to see where it was headed. Basically, a crew with a mix of young people who have trained for years and some older more experienced astronauts joined on a ship to travel to the far-off planet of Terra-Two in hopes of future colonization. The book was super slow-paced and a little too dark for my taste. To top it all off, I guessed the ending VERY early on.
I need to remind myself that it is ok to DNF books that I'm not enjoying! |
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Biggest surprise - The Black Tides of Heaven
| This book is sort of a historical-based fantasy. I picked it up because someone on BookTube recommended it. I devoured it in just a couple days! The setup was fascinating--the people are born without gender and once they grow old enough, can choose which gender they identify with. It centers around a pair of twins and covers decades of their lives. The writing is beautiful and I must read the other books in this series. |
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Favorite new author - TJ Klune
| I am on my third book by TJ Klune (The Extraordinaries #2 - Flash Fire) and cannot get enough of his writing style. |
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Newest fictional crush - Jane (One Last Stop)
| Jane in One Last Stop is such an interesting, kind, tough character. She fights for what she believes in. This book has short sections between chapters where you can see how Jane has positively affected other people's lives. I loved getting to know her throughout this book. |
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Newest favorite character - Nick Bell (The Extraordinaries)
| Nick is a fan-fiction-writing teen who is completely clueless but in the most charming way possible. He has ADHD and that leads him to thoughts and tangents that constantly cracked me up. I also love his relationship with his father and the depiction of grief and loss. |
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Book that made you cry - The Anthropocene Reviewed
| John Green's essays run the gamut from silly to heart-breaking to hopeful. I cried happy tears more than sad tears, but both where there. He writes about grief, depression, and anxiety in ways that I connect with deeply. |
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Book that made you happy - The Anthropocene Reviewed
| Though I cried a lot during this book, I came out of it with a tremendous amount of hope for humanity. |
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Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received) - The House in the Cerulean Sea
| The colors, the font, the illustration... just perfect. |
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What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
- We Go On Forever by Sarah Govett (for the Burned Books Club)
- ...and then all the books that I have on my physical TBR...
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