Hey guys, it's Kirsti. Welcome back to my channel and welcome to the Mid Year Book Freakout
tag! I know I'm doing this one a lot later than, like, most other people and it
is no longer the middle of year. I mean, it kind of is but it technically isn't,
like, the midpoint of the year. You know what I'm talking about, I was overseas,
it's fine, just go with it. Anyway, this tag was created by Chami and
Ely, and I will leave links as always to all their details down in the
description below. So let's get into the questions. Question number 1 is the
best book that you have read so far in 2017. Don't even try and act surprised
when I tell you that it is The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli.
I know that *I* am not surprised because I am fucking trash for Becky Albertalli
and for this book and for all of the things. I love this book. It means the
world to me. Like, I want to reread it again and again
and maybe a fourth time this year. I don't even know. But, like, I love this
book so so much. Question number 2: the best sequel that you have read so far
this year. I haven't read a huge amount of sequels this year, I don't think. Not
that I've read for the first time. I mean, I've read a lot of sequels, but they were ones I've read
before and so that feels like cheating. So anyway, the best sequel based on the
ones that I have read for the first time this year and based solely on my star
ratings, the best sequel that I've read this year is The Likeness by Tana French.
Question number 3: a new release that you want to read but haven't yet. The one
that I'm, like, hands-down the most excited to get to is Ash and Quill by
Rachel Caine, which is the final book in the Great Library series and I haven't
gotten to this one yet because I need to reread the first two. I'm part way
through the first one at the moment but, like, I want to read the whole trilogy
the whole way through before I get stuck into this one. But I just... I need to
read faster. I need, like, another week off work so that I can just finish this
series without having to be interrupted by teenagers every five minutes.
Question number 4: your most anticipated release for the second half
of 2017. Uh yeah, Before the Devil Breaks You by Libba Bray.
I need this book fucking right this very second. I need it right now.
I just... I-I-I've been waiting so long for the third book in the Diviners series. I need
it now. Please. Please and thank you. Question number
5: biggest disappointment. Uh yeah, that... that is going to be Nine Fox Gambit by
Yoon Ha Lee. So many people book was absolutely amazing and they
loved everything about it and I DNFed that shit because it made literally no
sense to me. Question 6: biggest surprise. Longbourn
by Jo Baker. I mean, it's a Pride and Prejudice retelling from the perspective
of the servants. I knew I was probably going to like it. What I didn't anticipate
was how fucking good it was going to be. It definitely definitely surprised
me. Question 7: your favourite new author. Probably Angie Thomas because,
like, this book. This book. This book is so good. Like, just so good. And I want to
read everything that Angie Thomas writes, including but not limited to her
shopping lists. Question 8: newest fictional crush. I don't really get
fictional crushes but, like, the love interest, I guess, who has been the, like,
cutest little squish of ever and I want to just protect him 'cause he's a little
cinnamon roll is Reid from The Upside of Unrequited. Question 9: newest favourite
character. Um, Henry Montague, otherwise known as Monty from The Gentleman's
Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee, because he is wonderful and I love
him and I kind of just want to give him a hug because I feel like he really really
needs a hug. Question 10: book that made you cry. Um.
Pretty much all of them ever. Question 11: book that made you happy. Queens
of Geek by Jen Wilde. It was so unapologetically nerdy and so adorable
and just wonderful from start to finish and I loved it. Question 12: favourite book
to movie adaptation that you've seen so far this year. I think the only one that
I've seen - like, I've only seen 13 movies this year. It's really not very many and
most of those, to be honest, were on the plane on the way to Europe and then back
from Europe. I really have not watched very many movies at all. So I think the
only one that I've seen this year is the adaptation of Jasper Jones and that was
really freaking great. Question 13: favourite video you've done so far this
year. Probably one of the unpopular opinions one or, like, the...the popular
books that I hated. Question 14: the most beautiful book you have bought this
year. I already showed you guys this one on Wednesday, but The Bedlam Stacks by
Natasha Pulley is, like, it's so pretty and it's a hardback that doesn't have a dust
jacket! So, like, obviously I'm going to love this thing because dust jackets are the
worst. And finally, Question 15: what books do you need
to read by the end of year. For starters, all of the books that you can't see
because they're off the camera but all the books on the shelf up there that I
have out on loan from work. But I also need to get to all of the books that I
have paid money for that have been sitting on my shelf for, like, forever or
that I just bought on my trip to Europe. So yeah. So, like, for starters I need to
read this because it's so goddamn pretty. I need to read this because I will
physically die if I don't. I need to read The Silent Invasion by James Bradley.
I... I've had it since April. I've heard not great things about it but I'm going
to read it anyway. I need to read Stars Above by Marissa Meyer because my plan
was to reread the whole Lunar Chronicles series and then pick this one up
straight away. Yeah, I finished Winter like a month ago and I still haven't
picked this thing up. Passenger by Alexandra Bracken which I got in
February of 2016. Who Runs the World by Virginia Bergin, which I bought in the
UK because, like, look at that spine! It is so goddamn pretty. Also, it sounds amazing.
But, like, I need to read it. And City of Saints and Thieves by Natalie C
Anderson which is a YA crime thriller thing that is set I think in Kenya or
the DRC? I don't remember which. But it's set in Africa anyway and I'm super
excited to read it. So there you have friends. That is the Mid Year Book Freak Out
tag. If you have thoughts on any of these answers, let me know down in the comments.
Also let me know which is the, like, giant stack of books that I have sitting on my
shelves that I should read it first. Thank you guys so much for watching.
I love all your faces and I'll see you on Monday. Bye guys.
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