Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag┃Best reads so far 2024 ✨

[@ulbaboomsbooks]

"I'd pick a Golden Retriever over a Bad Boy..." priceless xx

[@novelish_nyiestra7060]

Har Har! We actually uploaded the same TAG on the same day 😂And now I am really sad that I did not think about Marx for the crush section - you are so right about him. 🥰

[@fayesparallelstories]

Right!? Marx was so precious! I - of course - had to hurry over to watch yours now 😇

[@davidnovakreadspoetry]

This was uplifting. I have to think about mine now too.

[@Bryndisdaugtherofgunnar]

You mention so many books that look good to me. I haven't read any of them so now they've been added to my TBR, for sure :)

[@fayesparallelstories]

Aw that’s the best kind of reaction 😊 If I could push any on you especially, I would of course choose briefly, a delicious life and Brotherless Night 😇

[@ameliareads589]

Best book so far is Macht by Heidi Furre.

[@fayesparallelstories]

Oh excellent to hear that you would recommend it! 😍

[@zachreads]

I've finished 83 so far Best book The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec (standalone!) Best sequel A Restless Truth by Freya Marske New release A Botanicle Daughter by Noah Medlock New releases for 2nd half of the year "The Night Guest" by Hildur Knutsdottir "A Novel Love Story" by Ashley Poston "Fury of the Gods" by John Gwynne "Heavenly Tyrant" by Xiran Jay Zhao Biggest disappointment After World by Debbie Urbanski Biggest surprise Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See Fictional crush Emily from "Taken by the Witch Queen" by Luna Fury Fav new author Freya Marske Fav character Winter from Dragon Rider by Taran Matharu Made me cry The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec The Hidden Guardian by J.D.L Rosell Made me happy Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Prettiest book The Midnight Girls by Alicia Jasinska

[@zachreads]

By your definition I count as a writer! Here's a poem I wrote on Saturday for someone who lost an online friend Slumber we make true connections across the digital divide lasting friendships even when time is not on our side the light of a life to guide us untill the end of time absence makes this world darker your memory will shine indelibly written into our hearts sacred journal with sorrow pass you into the arms of slumber eternal

[@fayesparallelstories]

Such a strong first half reading year!!! You seem to be in a quite a fantasy kick at the moment. Did you read any of your pick on audio? I am always curious about people who manage to listen to fiction.

[@fayesparallelstories]

Thank you for sharing. I really like the idea of starting to call yourself a writer as soon as you simply write! So props for doing just that :)

[@zachreads]

@@fayesparallelstories Audio for "The Witch's Heart", "A Restless Truth", "Dragon Rider", "Project Hail Mary". I'm very used to audiobooks, I grew up with my grandparents and they had hundreds of them on casset tapes (they even had some on vinyl records but I never listened to any of those). Audible credits are great for newer stuff and more expensive things I can't get from my library.

[@zachreads]

@@fayesparallelstories Just the occasional terribly constructed poem

[@ChanelChapters]

this is how you lose the time war didnt do anything for me either

[@fayesparallelstories]

right!? I really wanted to like it but I was either confused or didn't feel the love - and that's even though I am usually really sappy with love stories in books. I am glad I am not the only one, I was doubting myself 🙃

[@martasoltys9091]

I'm buffed by the love of romance these years. Don't get me wrong, I was a fan of romance before, but as I got older I find a need more meat to a good story. I'm not anti-romance but Jane Eyre, or Pride and Prejudice were both love stories which included actual reality of money, power, patriarchy etc. My biggest disappointment was Small Things Like These. Short story at best. it was not a novel and I can't stand that bookstores are charging $30 for this small book. Total capitalistic vomit.

[@fayesparallelstories]

Oh no! I am so sad that you disliked Small Things Like These, I am completely uncritical of all things Keegan because I just like her writing style so much. I do, however, very much agree with the dollar per page criticism 😌 Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice deserve all the readers' love in my opinion and I even agree that loads of romances don't really deliver on the "meat" - but sometimes that's actually what I am looking for; an easy story that I don't have to work so hard for.