Book Tag Saturday; Mid-Year Freak Out 2019

I found the Mid-Year Freak Out Tag over at Erica Robyn Reads and I decided to play along on this tag.


1. The best book you’ve read this year?

Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend


2. The best sequel you’ve read in 2019?
Boneseeker: Here Walk the Dead by Brynn Chapman


3. New release you haven’t read yet, but want to.
Broken Wings by Jia Pingwa


4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year?
Confessions of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell


5. Biggest disappointment?
The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton as it was so confusing.


6. Biggest Surprise?
Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II by Robert Matzen.


7. Favorite new to you or debut author?
One of my favourite new to me authors were Angie Thomas with the book The Hate U Give.


8. Newest fictional crush?
Grace O'Leary from The Hocus Pocus Magic Shop by Abigail Drake (yes, I'm bisexual, deal with it).


9. Newest favorite character?
Merlin from Magickal Mystery Lore by Sharon Pape.


10. Book that made you cry?
A Daughter's Courage by Renita D'Silva


11. Book that made you happy?
Wooing the Farmer by Jenny Frame


12. Favorite book to film adaptation?
I haven't watched any book to movie adaptions this year.

13. Favorite post you have done this year?
One of my favourite posts this year has been the Top 5 “Unputdownable” African Reads.

14. Most beautiful book you have bought this year?
I haven't purchased it, but I recieved a press copy of a Norwegian novel called "Jeg vet meg et land" by Victoria Bø.


15. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
Haunted Rails: Tales of Ghost Trains, Phantom Conductors, and Other Railroad Spirits by Matthew L. Swayne


Wrapping things up:
I've read a lot of fun and interesting books so far this year and there is yet a lot to come.

Comments

  1. Erica Metcalf29 June 2019 at 14:28

    I love this tag so much! And oh, Confessions of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell looks awesome! I'll have to keep an eye out for that one!

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    1. GothicVamperstein30 June 2019 at 12:02

      It's a really fun tag. Feel free to look out for Confessions of a Bookseller, especially as it's the sequel of the author's first book (Diary of a Bookseller).

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