Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag 2024 😱 I Read 100 Books So Far in 2024 & These Are The Best

It is June which means it is time for the mid-year book freakout tag! I have read 100 books so far in 2024, and these are the best books that are worth your time! #midyearbookfreakouttag #smallbooktuber
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0:00 Intro
1:46 1. Best book
4:57 2. Best Sequel
7:13 3. New release have not read yet, but want to
8:55 4. Most anticipated release
10:04 5. Biggest disappointment
14:05 6. Biggest surprise
15:31 7. Favorite new author
16:35 8. New fictional crush
19:37 9. New favorite character
21:27 10. Book that made you cry
23:14 11. Book that made you happy
24:40 12. Most beautiful book
26:02 13. What you need to read by the end of the year
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[@louisity]

Kelly Yang is my new favorite author in 2024. Her book Front Desk made me happy! 😍

[@JAKandtheBookStack]

I love books that make me happy! I need to check it out!

[@KristinKravesBooks]

I can't believe it's already this time of year! My fave tag! I am so glad that Swordheart made you happy. I have read so many of her books but keep putting that one off because I think it will be my favourite 😂

[@JAKandtheBookStack]

Oh man that’s a lot of pressure on the book, I hope you adore it! The tone just really worked for me and it made me happy. 😃 great characters

[@Johanna_reads]

Locke and Jean have one of the best friendships in fiction! Oh wow, I'll have to brace myself for whenever I get to Fool's Errand. I'm going to wait to share my favorite book in my Mid-Year Tag, but in case things change, I'm waiting until it's truly the middle of the year or right after. 😅

[@JAKandtheBookStack]

Fool's Errand was just so beautiful, so don't be scared of it, but definitely brace yourself! Ooh I can't wait to see what wins your best at mid-year! I have some guesses based on your videos but we shall see who wins!

[@reneelynn2573]

Wow, already time for this tag! So far, The Night Circus is my favorite book I've read this year, actually, best book I've read ever. I'm reading a lot of good books right now. Love you and your channel so very much ❤

[@JAKandtheBookStack]

Wow that’s a great one! I’m so glad you’re having a good reading year, and finding a new all time favorite is a rare gem! Thank you for your kind words, it really means a lot! I love connecting with book lovers like yourself

[@VenusEscapesToRead]

Almost 100 books already!! 😲Yessss Best Served Cold!!!!🙌🏼 I can't wait to read Locke Lamora!

[@JAKandtheBookStack]

I have been a machine this year, I must be neglecting real life 😂 I think you’ll adore Locke Lamora! Just… guard your heart….

[@audreyapproved]

Oooo mid year book freakout tag videos have started! Besides for end of year favorites, these are my fav videos to watch! I gotta check out The Husbands; I hadn't heard of it before you mentioned it in a vlog.

[@JAKandtheBookStack]

I love this tag too because I get SO many good recommendations! I really hope you try it and enjoy it, it was delightful!

[@RodgersReads]

The first book that came to mind as a fav of the year is Empire of the Damned. Shocking no one 🤣 Tawny Man is so good, I knew Fool’s Errand would punch you in the feels

[@JAKandtheBookStack]

I’m reading Empire of the Damned right now, it’s sitting next to me! Tawny Man is going so well too, I. Really enjoying this read!

[@NerdyNatReads]

I guess I’ve definitely gotta prioritize Swordheart and Float Plan!!

[@JAKandtheBookStack]

Yes! If you're in the mood for goofy, pick up Swordheart. Float Plan will make you want to go on vacation, and will also make you swoon.

[@sabrinaford9]

My favorite book so far is Guncle Abroad. It wasn't a 5 star but i loved being back with these characters and seeing how they were doing.

[@JAKandtheBookStack]

I completely get what you mean about not being a 5 star but it was memorable or impactful. Sounds like the characters were at least 5 stars!!

[@esmayrosalyne]

Only just got to this video now, but I loved hearing all your answers!! Really hope your Stormlight journey continues to be amazing, I can't wait for Wind & Truth! And heeeck yes for Locke & Jean, I miss them so much and I desperately need new content with them (or maybe I should just reread lol). Speaking of rereads, your reactions to RotE are making me want to go through that rollercoaster all over again 🤣🤩 My favourite book of 2024 is a toss-up between Hell for Hire by Rachel Aaron and A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams!

[@JAKandtheBookStack]

Ok I think I need to look into those two favorites you mentioned because it seems we have similar taste in books! I’m waiting to pick up book 3 with Locke and Jean because I’m not ready for it to be over… and I think the world will shut down in Dec when Wind and Truth comes out! I’m soooo ready to continue this journey 💜

[@esmayrosalyne]

@@JAKandtheBookStack We absolutely have very similar tastes, so I am super glad to have found your channel 🤩 Also, Wind and Truth is gonna be something else, I am sooo ready for it!

[@laurenthompson2404]

It's hard to choose a favorite for the year, but I've got to go with Project Hail Mary so far ❤

[@JAKandtheBookStack]

Ooh I have heard amazing things about that book, I often see it in lists for favorite of the year by other readers

[@scarqveen]

my favorite book of the year so far has to be chlorine by jade song! although i‘m currently reading the wall of storms by ken liu and it might very well take the spot👀 i‘m also super keen to give the new stuart turton release a go, excited for your thoughts on that one!

[@JAKandtheBookStack]

Chlorine was such a unique book! When I first read it, I didn’t like it so much, but after some time I couldn’t get it out of my head! I just ordered some special editions of the Dandelion Dynasty because I hear it’s amazing, I’m so glad you’re enjoying it!

[@erinfox2671]

I’m at 77 books this year - my best book so far this year is The Seven Year Slip followed by Butcher and Blackbird.

[@JAKandtheBookStack]

Wow that’s amazing! I’ve heard great things about Seven Year Slip, I don’t think I’ve heard one negative thing about it!

[@erinfox2671]

@@JAKandtheBookStack- I wasn’t at all interested until I saw it on SO MANY best of 2023 lists. For me at least, the hype was real. So many great quotes. LOVED it!

[@esther1578]

My favorite book is A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell.

[@JAKandtheBookStack]

The title alone has me intrigued, I need to look into this!

[@esther1578]

@@JAKandtheBookStack It's a non-fiction book about an amazing woman named Virginia Hall.

[@JAKandtheBookStack]

@@esther1578 ooh I love non fiction recommendations! Thanks for sharing your favorite book!

[@JohnSaxon-vw5vi]

I am so sorry for this but I’m going to be taking a break as my mom has been diagnosed with terminal cancer so please send her and me some prayers please and love to you and your family love 🥰 your Aussie family friend John ❤❤❤

[@JAKandtheBookStack]

Sending your family lots of love John! I’m so sorry to hear you’re all going through this! 💜

[@shadabali4007]

Do you hug your fans and followers ? 🙂

[@JAKandtheBookStack]

haha sure why not!

[@shadabali4007]

@@JAKandtheBookStack 💖

[@shadabali4007]

Everything was so nice and happy...until that dreaded moment came where you talked about your bf 🥺😭😞😞😭😞

[@JAKandtheBookStack]

😂

[@tiutiukas]

I love this tag 😍 My fav book of the year is Mary by Nat Cassidy other 5 stars: Three Apples Fell from the Sky by Narine Abgaryan, Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh, The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng, A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne. I would like to reread 3 and finish 4 of Stormlight archives books before 5th comes out :) For the last 2 years, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand has been looking steadily at me, so the time has come And I have Reina roja by Juan Gómez-Jurado and La sombra del viento by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, I should love both of these. I just give myself a month or two to better my Spanish 🤞 And The Bone Shard Daughter looks really good

[@JAKandtheBookStack]

Me too! I always get some great suggestions for my TBR! Wow Mary was one of my favorite reads last year, so I am so glad you enjoyed it! I think we might be bookish twins - I am also making my way through Stormlight Archives this year, planning for book 3 in July, and I adore Ayn Rand. Fountain Head will be massive, but I think it is amazing. And of course... Spanish is also something I am working on! Lots of Spanish books are making their way into my TBRs! (More like children's books for my level though)

[@tiutiukas]

@@JAKandtheBookStack Well, my Spanish level is only B1 (maybe very very optimistical B2, on a good day). But I am brave 😊I was told instead of children's books, to read short classics or translated books you've already read and know the story, so even if you can't understand every single word, you can follow the story. And if you overplay with a dictionary, you don't forget what happened. So I am just rolling with it 😁 I have a Spanish translation of The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Big font and under 200 pages 😊Does not look scary😆 And I will read Fountainhead... soon. I am glad you liked it, it gives me hope, that I will too 🤗

[@JAKandtheBookStack]

@@tiutiukas Well you are stronger in Spanish than I am! I am in A2 classes right now. I have some Spanish Rohl Dahl books like Matilda, I am excited to get to those. Have you read Ayn Rand before? Fountain will be long and slow paced, but I really enjoyed the philosophy and writing.

[@tiutiukas]

@@JAKandtheBookStack I've not read any Ayn Rand, but I own 3 audiobooks of her and only a physical copy of Fountainhead, so I should start 😁 I own the Spanish book Todo Manolito by Elvira Lindo (it is an omnibus of six books about a boy Manolito) which technically is a children's book, but the vocabulary is not all that basic. Plus it is satire and I lack the vocabulary and cultural knowledge to get the jokes, so that one just has to wait 😅

[@JAKandtheBookStack]

@@tiutiukas that will be such a great goal for Spanish though! You have a good point satire will be hard to pick up on in another language. I’m so excited we connected! we can exchange study resources and tips! I found some great Spanish audio book options too on Libby if you have that app!