mid-year FREAKOUT tag - and I'm adding some more bookish goals in

It's time for the Mid-Year Freakout Tag! I enjoy this time each year to take a step back and see how my reading is going. Plus, this year I'm adding in a couple of additional goals as well.
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QUESTIONS:
1. What's the best book you’ve read so far this year?
2. What's the best sequel you've read so far this year?
3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to?
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year?
5. Biggest disappointment?
6. Biggest surprise?
7. Favorite new (debut or new-to-you) author?
8. Newest fictional crush?
9. Newest favorite character?
10. Book that made you cry?
11. Book that made you happy?
12. Most beautiful book you've received or bought so far this year?
13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
My add-in: Any goals to for the second half of the year?
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[@ElizabethAnneReads]

Argh!!! There are so many books I want to read!!! I need a month long reading retreat and like a $1000 amazon gift card

[@ChantelReadsAllDay]

If you figure out how to swing this, please let me know!

[@keepingupwiththejoneses746]

That would be a dream!

[@bethanysbookshelf]

How dare you do this tag slightly before mid-year! 😋🤭😂 This is one of the tags that I really look forward to!

[@ChantelReadsAllDay]

Will you ever be able to forgive me?!

[@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD]

One of my favorite tags! ❤

[@LexiBetweenTheLines]

Love the idea of more community building here on KZbin. I am definitely looking to engage more in the community and love finding my people ☺️

[@Coffee_and_a_Book]

I love seeing this video every year! I'm not doing mine until July, just because I want to make sure everything I read in June can be included. Because yes, the beginning of June is not the middle of the year 😄 Ooh, the Tress end pages are really pretty! That's the downside to buying books online, I don't get to see what they look like before the person receives them. I really enjoyed your colab video, and I'm looking forward to seeing more community videos and posts!

[@sarahstangledtales]

Oh shoot, it’s time for this tag already? Where has the year gone? 😂 I’ll be sure to do this one soonish and I loved hearing your answers!

[@sandra3616]

I'm not usually up on new releases, but my most anticipated release for the entire year is And So I Roar by Abi Daré. Our in August.

[@insearchofwonder]

My son loved the whole City Spies series. I enjoyed the first book but i didn't read past that one.

[@MargaretM.]

This was so fun! Thank you, Chantel! 1. Best book: Supernova by Marissa Meyer 2. also Supernova ;) 3. The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley 4. Unraveled by Shannon Messenger 5. Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross 6. Hmmm. Nothing terribly surprising. Maybe Supernova? lol! 7. Leslea Wahl 8. Adrian Everhart 9. Katniss Everdeen 10. Catching Fire (even though I ended up dnfing it) 11. Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick 12. Wuthering Heights 13. Dune...

[@ChantelReadsAllDay]

So funny to have you raving about Supernova because I plan on starting that series soon, so glad to hear you enjoyed book one! Thanks for sharing your answers!

[@beautifulminutiae]

I, too, am a person who prefers to do this tag once I’ve hit the official halfway point of the year 😂 Your year is weird and crazy with a mid year move, so you are excused for doing it early 😜

[@thebirdhouserules]

❤📚

[@LexiBetweenTheLines]

A Lady’s Guide to Marvels & Misadventure is on my list for this year too! 🥰 I wonder if it would actually be a good “Christmas” book to read because of its connection to The Nutcracker 🤔

[@ChautonaHavig]

I'm tempted to do this one. It sounds fun. And I love your added prompt. I don't know why I haven't read some of the ones I haven't yet. But I will... somehow. LOL

[@ChantelReadsAllDay]

Yes, please do the tag!

[@AshleasBookshelf]

I would totally watch your video if you do this tag.

[@whatbringscorinajoy2724]

Love the phantom tollbooth…I need to reread it soon.

[@bytesofmemory]

I almost didn't watch since the year isn't almost half over.. LOL j/k I think my top 3 books of the year are: The Chemist, The Frozen River, and The Berlin Letters.. apparently I should only read books that start w/ The. One bookish goal I have is to look up all of my books on different audiobook platforms and see which I can access that way and create a document w/ where I can get them.. Then I will know what books I can listen to verse which I can read physically.. I am not reading as much w/ my eyes right now.. and instead of being frustrated by that I just want to embrace the fact that I do have a good bit of time for audiobooks! :-P

[@ChantelReadsAllDay]

😂 I wouldn't blame you! That's a great idea to do that with audiobooks! I wish I would have known about audiobooks and ebooks back when I had a baby, I would have read so much more!

[@soozie4him308]

Chantel, what was the book that your kids wanted you to read? I do a summer book program with my 7 grandkids that are independent readers, from age 7 to 16. They aren’t all eager readers, so it’s tricky picking books for them. I buy them each a book, then when they’ve finished it (and I’ve finished it and have come up with good discussion topics), I take them out to lunch at the restaurant of their choice and we discuss the book over lunch. None of the kids are into sci-if or fantasy (except for Narnia). I’d love a video of middle grade recommendations! And what have your kids enjoyed? And what would be a good entry point for sci-fi and/or fantasy?

[@ChantelReadsAllDay]

The book is City Spies. Entry point for fantasy for a 13-16 year old I'd say A Wizards Guide to Defensive Baking, for 7-10 I'd recommend Bob by Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead, for the 11-12 years I think Keeper of the Lost Cities, though, those are big books, if that's intimidating, maybe Amari and the Night Brothers.

[@ChantelReadsAllDay]

Oh, another one for 11-16 would be The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen.

[@babyalive3569]

Ha! I just unhauled Jonathan Strange! I started it and just couldn’t get in to it at all. And it’s sooooo long, I decided I’m not doing it! I also just unhauled a Jamie Jo Wright! I usually love her books,but I didn’t love The Reckoning at Gossamer Pond.

[@jessicaolin4261]

Book that made me cry-last night/this morning😳 I finished In This Moment from the Timeless series, so good. You do need to read A Lady's Guide, it's so fun, rides the line between historical fiction and almost sci fi/fantasy(not sure which, all the gadgets sound so cool). I will confess to not liking the main character in the first third of the book but I loved the other characters so much that I kept reading (💗her mom) I liked the main character more as the book went on and ended up seeing a lot of myself in her #controlissues, so yea😅 Anticipated release-so excited for Nightmare Virus, heard good things so far.

[@ChantelReadsAllDay]

Yes, the only people I've heard that don't like A Lady's Guide didn't realize the steampunk/scifi vibes of the book and that makes me even more interested in it! I'm about 15% into Nightmare Virus right now and am enjoying it!

[@elisabethprice4697]

I will be doing this tag soon!

[@ChantelReadsAllDay]

Can't wait to watch!

[@elisabethprice4697]

@@ChantelReadsAllDay thanks!

[@JacquelineCaron]

so funny! I always think the same thing -- we aren't "1/2 way thru the year" til we get to the END of June! Hope settling into your new home is going well. Do you partake in Jane Austen July? I purchased the Queen Victoria book you reviewed, it sounded like a good one.

[@ChantelReadsAllDay]

Haha, guess I'm not the only one who likes to be exact when it comes to this tag, hope you can forgive me for doing it a bit early. I do plan on joining in with Jane Austen July this year, I have a few books queued up already!

[@JTiljen]

You've got to read A Lady's Guide To Marvels and Misadventure! It's probably going to be my favorite book of the year!

[@ChantelReadsAllDay]

Need to get my hands on it!

[@amyofhearthridge]

I just started City Spies!

[@ChantelReadsAllDay]

Ooh, and if you say it's good I'll know it is!

[@amybunner1158]

I read City Spies & really enjoyed it.👍

[@MorgansEndlessBookshelf]

Love this tag! I'll probably be doing it at the end of the month.

[@ChantelReadsAllDay]

Haha, good job waiting for the actual mid point of the year!

[@starlasell5698]

❤📚📚❤️

[@elisabethprice4697]

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[@zachreads]

Best book The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec Best sequel A Restless Truth by Freya Marske New release Apostles of Mercy by Lindsay Ellis (came out yesterday and I'm almost done with it) New releases for 2nd half of the year 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 I have several new fav authors Genevieve Gornichec, Alicia Jasinska, Freya Marske, Taran Matharu, and Camilla Sten tto name a few. New 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 My goals are the same 140 books ⅔ written by womes