#mid year reading update

[godzilla-reads]

Mid Year Reading Update

🍃 Amount of books you’ve read so far: 96 books!

🪴 Best book you’ve read so far in 2022: Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (Geoffrey Trousselot)

🌺 Best sequel you’ve read so far in 2022: Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire

🌵 New release you haven’t read yet, but want to: Chouette by Claire Oshetsky

🍄 Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo (October 25, 2022)

🌷 Favorite new author (debut or new to you): Xiran Jay Zhao

🌱 Biggest surprise: Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

🌻 Book that made you happy: Children of the Forest by Elsa Beskow (trans. Alison Sage)

🌸 Newest fictional crush/newest favorite character: Jack Wolcott from Down Among the Sticks and Bones; and Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

🌾 Book that made you cry: Heartstopper Vol. 4 by Alice Oseman

💐 Most beautiful book you’ve bought or received this year so far: hmmm… I’d have to say Dragonhenge by Bob Eggleton and John Grant

🌳 Book you need to read by the end of the year: Mort by Terry Pratchett

I was tagged by the awesome @booktheraepy and @franticvampirereads

I am tagging: @bibliophilicwitch @appleinducedsleep @introvertia @balaenabooks

[appleinducedsleep]

Mid Year Reading Update

Thank you for tagging me @godzilla-reads @mangoslixes and @adhyayana-v ✨

🍃 Amount of books you’ve read so far: 17 books.

☘️ Best book you’ve read so far in 2022: Either Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones or A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik. But I also loved loved loved The Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis.

🌾 Best sequel you’ve read so far in 2022: The only two sequels I read were Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi and Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo. The former definitely wins out.

🌵 New release you haven’t read yet but want to: Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao, my mutuals have been full of praise.

🌻 Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: No idea how I heard this or if it’s even true, but was there a new Sophie Kinsella book coming out?

🌺 Biggest surprise favourite new author (debut or new to you): Casey McQuiston, I really liked One Last Stop.

🍀 Newest fictional crush/newest favorite character: Beth Harmon from The Queen’s Gambit. Love her no-bullshit intensity.

💐 Book that made you cry: Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi. And I didn’t love the book that much, not sure if it was the translation, but it still managed to tug on my heartstrings.

🌲 Book that made you happy: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. Read it as a buddy-read, and it was wonderful.

🌿 Most beautiful book you’ve bought so far this year (or received): The House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, it’s very unique.

🍂 What books do you need to read by the end of the year?: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien. THIS IS THE YEAR.

Tagging @stefito0o @thebooky @honeyedsunrise @midwestinkdrinker and anyone who wants to do this, consider yourself tagged ✨

[writersarea]

Mid-Year Reading Update

@bookcub tagged me

Amount of books you’ve read so far: 72

Best book you’ve read so far in 2022: I read Officer Clemmons auto biography this year and it really was something else, I loved it... Highly suggest. It’s a great book

Best sequel you’ve read so far in 2022: No one judge me but Greystripe’s Vow by Erin Hunter. I love Greystripe

New release you haven’t read yet but want to: I don’t really read new releases intentionally, so none that are already out?

Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: I’m itching for the next Amari and the Night Brothers book

Biggest surprise favourite new author (debut or new to you): The women behind the nancy drew comic books, Kelly Thompson and Jenn St. Onge. They did a great job and I really enjoyed it!

Newest fictional crush: I don’t think I have any, actually...

Book that made you cry: So I read Prince and the Dressmaker at the beginning of the year and it made me cry because that kind of gender fluidity makes me so fucking happy it hurts

Most beautiful book you’ve bought so far this year (or received): Either Princess Princess Ever After or a used copy of Soulless by Gail Carriger

Book that made you happy:  I’m just going to give you a few cause it’s fun.

Terry Pratchett’s The Color of Magic

Le Portrait de Petite Cosette (a horror manga)

Murder of Crows by K. Ancrum

The Dummy’s Guide to Serial Killing (a collection of short stories)

Kore by Ambrosia Harris

C.A.T.S.: Cycling Across Time and Space (a collection of short stories)

What books do you need to read by the end of the year? I mean, I have a pile on the floor. I’d love to catch up on K. Ancrum’s books, I love her

Tagging:I don’t even know. Anyone? If you see this and want to do it, tag me! I wanna see your answers. Gonna tag some of my fave authors tho @neil-gaiman @gailcarriger @tamorapierce

[leer-reading-lire]

Mid-Year Reading Update

I’m considering myself tagged by @storytime-reviews, @myonetruebook, @deadpoetsmusings, @bibliophilecats and @howlsmovinglibrary

Amount of books you’ve read so far: 19

Best book you’ve read so far in 2022: It’s a tie between Elle & Lui by Marc Levy and Book Lovers by Emily Henry.

Best sequel you’ve read so far in 2022: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins.

New release you haven’t read yet but want to: I don’t have the habit of tracking new releases, but a new book (to my standars) that I want to read is Mugre rosa by Fernanda Trías.

Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: Just one, Husband Material by Alexis Hall.

Biggest surprise favourite new author (debut or new to you): Beth O'Leary. The Flatshare was a real surprise!

Newest fictional crush: Charlie Lastra (from Book Lovers by Emily Henry).

Book that made you cry: None yet, but it came close with Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery.

Book that made you happy: The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling

Most beautiful book you’ve bought so far this year (or received): The Mexican edition of Alguien camina sobre tu tumba by Mariana Enríquez.

What books do you need to read by the end of the year?: I would like to finally read Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë and The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enríquez.

Tagging: @flamingmirrorbookish, @sojaded- and anyone who’d like to do this!

[stefito0o]

Mid Year Reading Update

Thanks @appleinducedsleep for tagging me 😊

🍃 Amount of books you’ve read so far: 14 books

☘️ Best book you’ve read so far in 2022: I've rated six books with 5 ⭐ but the one that I loved EVERYTHING about was The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society ❤️

🌾 Best sequel you’ve read so far in 2022: Siege and Storm

🌵 New release you haven’t read yet but want to:  I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys

🌻 Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: I really hope a favorite Bulgarian author will have her second book released by the end of the year, her debut was phenomenal!

🌺 Biggest surprise favourite new author (debut or new to you): Andy Weir

🍀 Newest fictional crush/newest favorite character: Nikolai Lantsov ☺️ @themelodyofspring I still need to finish the Six of Crows duology so I can read Nikolai's duology.

💐 Book that made you cry: I'm pretty sure I cried at some point reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.

🌲 Book that made you happy: Project Hail Mary, I loved the friendship between Ryland and Rocky!

🌿 Most beautiful book you’ve bought so far this year (or received): Poem for Every Night of the Year.

🍂 What books do you need to read by the end of the year?: All my "currently reading" for a start 😂

Tagging anyone who hasn't done this and wants to, because as usually I'm late to the party.

[deadpoetsmusings]

Mid Year Reading Update

Tagged by my friend @booktheraepy <3

Amount of books you’ve read so far: Not keeping track but I’d say close to 20 🤷‍♂️

Best book you’ve read so far in 2022: How about we go with three? Love, Sex, and Other Foreign Policy Goals by Jesse Armstrong, Children of the Days by Eduardo Galeano, Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Best sequel you’ve read so far in 2022: Haven't read any sequels this year

New release you haven’t read yet but want to: Chilean Poet by Alejandro Zambra and Either/Or by Elif Batuman (which means I also want to read The Idiot by Batuman)

Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: I’ve shortlisted three books for this:

American Fever by Dur e Aziz Amna

Babel by R.F. Kuang

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Biggest surprise favourite new author (debut or new to you): Kirsty Eager (Summer Skin) and David Mazzucchelli (Asterios Polyp) were two big surprises for me and both quickly became favourites

Newest fictional crush: Hamlet, for sure. And by crush I mean he has joined the list of (similar) characters I’m very normal about. Relatable, tragic, manic, depressed, pathetic, funny... he’s got it all <3

Book that made you cry: This hasn’t happened yet

Book that made you happy: Lunch Poems by Frank O’Hara! But to be honest, any book I rate 3+ stars makes me happy in some way

Most beautiful book you’ve bought so far this year (or received): Censoring an Iranian Love Story by Shahriar Mandanipour. I might read it this year and I’ll be sure to show you how pretty it is

What books do you need to read by the end of the year? Just gonna copy paste Rae’s perfect answer because it is the same for me: all the books currently on my bedside table, though it’s less “need” and more “want to” haha

Tagging: anyone who’d like to do this. I mean it. If you want to do this, tag me in your post, love to see what people are reading. 

[nerdishfeels]

Mid-year reading update

Thanks @logarithmicpanda for tagging me! 😃

Amount of books you’ve read so far: 11 (my reading goal is 20 books this year, so I’m making good progress lol).

Best book you’ve read so far in 2022: Definitely The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow! It has everything I love in a book: magic, family, romance, women empowerment, fairytales etc.

Best sequel you’ve read so far in 2022: I actually haven’t read a sequel yet.

New release you haven’t read but want to: The Bone Spindle by Leslie Vedder! As soon as I heard it was a sleeping beauty retelling mixed with Indiana jones vibes, I was sold! Sign me up for that explorer stuff 😂 I’m hoping to get the book soon, so I’m really excited!

Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: Tbh I haven’t really kept up with any new releases lol. But ironically, I found out that Six Crimson Cranes has a sequel coming up in August (and here’s me thinking it was a standalone book), so I’m looking forward to that!

Biggest surprise favourite new author (debut or new to you): Currently, I would say Elizabeth Lim. I haven’t even finished Six Crimson Cranes but I’m loving how whimsical the writing is!

Newest fictional crush: Sadly, I don’t have a new crush lol. So, I’m sticking with my current crush, which is Tatsu from The Way of the House Husband manga (he’s too adorable not to love).

Book that made you cry: None (although Almond by Won-pyung Sohn did make me a bit emotional).

Book that made you happy: The Way of the House Husband manga (I read Vol.5 this year). It’s just one of those sweet and funny stories that instantly cheers you up.

Most beautiful book you’ve bought so far this year (or received): Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik. I finally got the US hardcover as a gift and it’s so gorgeous!!

What books do you need to read by the end of the year: I have a couple in mind. At the moment, I’m trying to get through some more Asian Fiction, like Loveboat Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen, The Silence of Bones by June hur, Want by Cindy Pon and The Takedown by Corrie wang. I also want to get through another series (either the Bone Witch series, the Grisha series or the Graceling series) and also the Lost Kingdom of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine! But it depends on how my mood is 😂

Gonna tag @megsandherbooks, @horrorgirlreads, @magnetarmadda, @petrareads and anyone else who wants to do this tag! 😊

[themelodyofspring]

Mid Year Reading Update

Thanks @stefito0o for the tag! I also hadn't done this.

🍃 Amount of books you’ve read so far: 29 books

☘️ Best book you’ve read so far in 2022:

Riyria Chronicles #3 and #4 by Michael J. Sullivan (Everyone who likes stories about ✨thieves✨, read thisssss!!!)

Paladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher

The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Heartstopper #1-#4 by Alice Oceman (re-read)

🌾 Best sequel you’ve read so far in 2022: The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter by Michael J. Sullivan (aka Riyria Chronicles #4)

🌵 New release you haven’t read yet but want to: 

Upgrade by Blake Crouch

EOTV by Jay Kristoff

The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks by Mackenzi Lee

🌻 Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson!!!! If Brandon's releasing a book, it's always the 💙MOST💙 anticipated!

🌺 Biggest surprise favourite new author (debut or new to you): Joe Abercrombie, I guess. I read 'The Blade Itself' and it was pretty good. Have the rest of the series lined up! And Tillie Walden for 'On A Sunbeam'.

🍀 Newest fictional crush/newest favorite character: Not a new one but since I've been reading more of Riyria - Hadrian!!! 🌞 Ball of sunshine to Royce's cat-like personality 🥰

💐 Book that made you cry: The Darkness Outside Us. There was one small part in the book where I completely lost it in the middle of the night. Also when the [redacted] kept finding out what they were... that hit hard 😔

🌲 Book that made you happy: The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood 😂 Never have I laughed so much (at the absurdity of the storyline). But I enjoyed this a lot.

🌿 Most beautiful book you’ve bought so far this year (or received): Emma and Sherlock Holmes - Season's Editions by Thomas Nelson

🍂 What books do you need to read by the end of the year?: Okay realistic goals:

Skyward Flight (2 short stories left) by Brandon Sanderson

Cytonic by Brandon Sanderson

The Shadow of the Wind (currently reading, had to pause for a few weeks) by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Emma by Jane Austen

Upgrade by Blake Crouch

Dracula by Bram Stoker (Dracula Daily has that covered)