#88 - Mid Year Book Freak Out Tag (2023)

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It’s time for the Mid Year Book Freak Out Tag!

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QUESTIONS

Question #1: Best book you’ve read so far in 2023

Question #2: Best sequel you've read so far in 2023

Question #3: New release you haven't read yet, but want to

Question #4: Most anticipated release for the second half of the year

Question #5: Biggest disappointment

Question #6: Biggest surprise

Question #7: Favorite new author (debut or new to you)

Question #8: Newest fictional crush

Question #9: Newest favorite character

Question #10: Book that made you cry

Question #11: Book that made you happy

Question #12: Favorite book to film adaptation that you've seen this year

Question #13: Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received)

Question #14: What books do you need to read by the end of the year

BOOKS MENTIONED

I’ll Always Be With You by Monica Murphy

Open Throat by Henry Hoke

Pageboy by Elliot Page

Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

Twisted Games by Ana Huang

Twisted Love by Ana Huang

Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby

Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby

Rouge by Mona Awad

Bunny by Mona Awad

All’s Well by Mona Awad

Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison

For You and Only You by Caroline Kepnes

You by Caroline Kepnes

Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes

The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane

Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

Madame by Sara Cate

The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth

The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth

My Dark Romeo by Parker S Huntington and LJ Shen

Hilda by Luke Pearson and Stephen Davies

The Lost Summers of Newport by Team W

Are You Happy Now by Hanna Jameson

The Rehearsals by Annette Christie

Everything For You by Chloe Liese

Set on You by Amy Lea

Exes and O’s by Amy Lea

The Catch by Amy Lea

Normal People by Sally Rooney

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

A Poem for Every Spring Day by Allie Esiri

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

The Diviners by Libba Bray

Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

All’s Well by Mona Awad

True Crime Story by Joseph Knox

White Horse by Erika T Wurth

Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

Beautiful World, Where Are You? By Sally Rooney

The Idiot by Elif Batuman

Killman Creek by Rachel Caine

Loving Mr. Daniels by Brittainy C. Cherry

The Novel Art of Murder by V.M. Burns

The Chain by Adrian McKinty

The Fourth Monkey by J. D. Barker

Those Girls by Chevy Stevens

Breathe by Joyce Carol Oates

Groupies by Sarah Priscus

The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller