I’ve been tagged by my favourite bookworm @shadowtearling to do this and I am so grateful because it’s book related. My bookworm heart is jumping with joy! :) Thank you. 💕
Now I am ashamed to admit that I am sooooooo behind my planned reading so my answers will be short and plain.. Half of the year is gone now and I have barely read anything. :( Right now I am trying to catch up with my to-read list as much as I can and I will hopefully fullfil my goal for new books.
Best book you read so far this year
Hard to say, I haven’t been lucky yet from those few books I’ve read. I finished reading Harry Potter and the Complete Filmaking Journey this January and I loved everything about it.
Worst book you read so far this year
The Winner’s Kiss, third instalment of The Winner’s Series by Marie Rutkovski. The first two books were somehow enjoyable, there was something that convinced me to give it a chance - though I don’t know what that was. But this third one was so bad, so childish, so pathetic in characterisation. Urgh...
I’ve read some good reviews by common readers, no wannabe professionals, and I got burned.
The above mentioned Winner’s series. And I regret the time spent on it. :(
Anticipated read for the second half of the year
So many books on my list!!! Just to list few I am most excited about.
- Four Pilgrims by Jakub Trpiš: a Czech fantasy book. It’s sad but as a Czech I rarely read books by Czech authors. But I am about to change it.
- Scythe by Neil Shusterman: dystopia about post-mortality society. Hope I won’t be disappointed.
- Queen Margot; Twenty Years Later; The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas: classics that do not need any introduction .. And I am ashamed I haven’t read them yet!
- books by Peter May - my bf, that had read like 5 books in his life before he found out about Peter May, has been reading every day for like three months - he reads more than I now! So I need to find out what is so magical about May’s worlds that has gripped my bf so much.
- The Iron Trial (Magisterium series) - I’ve heard so much about it, especially my dear @a-super-evil-cat-who-murders loves it and spoke about it so nicely... I have to dive in it eventually.
A book that disappointed you
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert - the main character got on my nerves so heavily.
How many books for have read so far this year?
Only 5. If I don’t count my rereadings of @positivelyamazonian books/stories - If I do, then plus 2 books and 5 stories.
A book that made you laugh
None actually. Maybe I laughed only with disdain over the Winer’s Kiss scenes, honestly.
Estimated read count for the year?
Counting only new books, I have a goal of reading 25 new, never read books from my to-read list. 6 months left and 20 to go...
I tag @positivelyamazonian because she has always something interesting in her list I am so keen to read about :) And also @a-super-evil-cat-who-murders because he has such a fine taste for books.
