Hello everybody, my name is Cara, and today I am going to be freaking out and checking
in with the books I have read so far this year.
So I think when I ran the poll on Twitter the uh option that actually won was to do
the tags separately, but it's already the end of July and I feel like I just need to
hurry up and do these tags before I am completely late.
So I am going to answer all the questions from both tags but I'm not going to do any
of the repeat[ questions].
I'm going to do the Mid Year Book Freak Out tag first and that was created by Is That
Chami and Ely from Earl Grey Books.
I will of course link both their original videos down below.
Question #1 is the best book you've read so far in 2018.
If you guys have been on my channel for a little while, you can go ahead and skip to
the next question, but um if you guys are new: hi, welcome, my name is Cara, and I love
this book, I have not shut up about it.
*laughs* This is Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough and I have a full review that I
will link down below.
I really encourage you to check that out 'cause I really go in-depth on the book and why I
love it and why it's important.
But basically it is about the life of an Italian painter named Artemisia Gentileschi and she
was incredibly talented but for the longest time her gifts were not appreciated and the
only thing she was ever known for if she was known at all was her tragic rape by her tutor.
And this book is based on the lead-up and the aftermath of that event and Artemisia
actually takes him to court.
And it is such a powerful story, so emotional, definitely a trigger warning for sexual assault,
but this is not a bleak book.
Like it really is filled with such hope and strength and the--the incredible things that
Artemisia was able to do and the way that she was able to take this terrible thing that
happened to her and use her art to strike back at it was just so incredible.
I highly recommend you guys check this out, even if you're not into historical fiction,
even if you don't think this sounds like something you would normally read...I think it's still
worth trying!
I just feel like this book has really changed me as a person and I think it can do that
for other people too.
Question #2 is the best sequel you've read so far in 2018.
And I'm gonna go with The Spellcoats by Diana Wynne Jones.
This is the third book in the Dalemark Quartet and I loved this; this has been my favorite
book of the series so far.
In classic Diana Wynne Jones fashion, the plot is amazingly complex but it still makes
sense, like it still works, the magic system and worldbuilding are incredible, the characters
are just so wonderful and all of the family relationships I think are written so well
and just...this whole series has been such a wonderful experience and I'm really excited
to get to the fourth book.
Question #3 is a new release you haven't read yet but want to.
I can't believe I still haven't read Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi.
I need to get on this, I know I'm going to love it, and I'm really worried that I'm gonna
get spoiled for it the longer I wait so this has to happen soon.
Question #4 is most anticipated release for the second half of the year.
I have a few that I am SO so excited for.
The first one is The Light Between Worlds by Laura E. Weymouth and that comes out October
23rd.
I am just SO excited for this book.
It's about two sisters who go to a magical world and then they come back, and one of
the sisters wants to move on with her life as if nothing has happened and the other sister
is desperate to get back to this magical world.
And the book really follows I think their--like their adjustment period and I believe one
of the sisters goes missing and this is just, this is giving me Chronicles of Narnia vibes,
it's giving me Every Heart A Doorway vibes, I am just so excited for this book.
Another one I'm really anticipating is The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker.
This comes out September 11th of this year.
And I am just, again, so excited for this.
It's about the women in the Trojan War and basically how they do the best they can to
survive in this horrible situation.
I love Greek mythology, I love feminism, I love taking women from history and giving
them a better or more fleshed-out story.
I am so excited for this, I just...I hope it's gonna be amazing.
And the last new release I wanna mention is The Sisters of the Winter Wood by Rena Rossner
and that comes out September 25th.
This--I don't know much about this one except that it is a fantasy or like fairytale-inspired
story that is based around Jewish folklore, which sounds so exciting, so wonderful.
That's definitely not something that happens a lot in publishing so I'm really excited
about this one, it looks like it's gonna be a really magical, whimsical story that focuses
on the life (again) of sisters and I'm really looking forward to it.
Question #5 is biggest disappointment.
And unfortunately I have a few of these.
Most recently it was The Surface Breaks by Louise O'Neill.
Read that for our group book for Retellathon and...I did not enjoy it at all.
I loved Louise O'Neill's Asking For It, I thought that was a brilliant book.
And this one just fell flat in every way, it promised to be a feminist Little Mermaid
retelling and--which sounded amazing! and it just was not good.
Also gonna mention the Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo.
*sighs* I just...there were some things I liked about it but...given the fact that everyone
raves and raves about that series and about Leigh Bardugo so much I was hoping for more.
I have a full review and discussion on it and I also have to mention The Hollow Kingdom
by Clare B. Dunkle because that was one of the first I think rant videos that I did on
this channel.
I thought it was gonna be a really great kind of fae or folklore-inspired story with some
hate-to-love romance elements and possibly some Beauty and the Beast vibes...and it was
one of the most problematic and upsetting things I have read in recent memory, so.
I will also link that video down below if you feel like hearing me rant some more.
Question #6 is biggest surprise.
And that has to be Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff.
I had an ARC of this book, this is the finished copy that I bought immediately after finishing
it, and it had been sitting on my shelves, I had almost unhauled it a couple of times
because I kept thinking I had lost interest in it and I finally picked it up for the One
Readathon to rule them all.
And oh my God, I loved it, I gave it 5 stars, I immediately ordered the second book in the
series which I also loved and I'm so ready for the third one to come out.
This is just such a fantastic feminist fantasy series.
This is such an underhyped series and I really really recommend it.
I will link the wrap ups where I talk about the first and second books down below, because
I really go in-depth on the plot.
But wonderful characters, wonderful writing and world and plot and commentary and just...everything.
Question #7 is favorite new author: debut or new to you.
So as far as the authors that I've only read one book from them but I love them, that's
you know...Madeline Miller who wrote Circe, there's of course Joy McCullough who wrote
Blood Water Paint.
And then an author who I've actually read two books from and I'm really excited to check
out the rest of her titles, that's Robin McKinley.
She wrote Sunshine and Beauty, both of which I read this year.
She wrote a ton of other books as well and I just really love her writing style and the
kind of stories she tells, so I'm really excited to check out more books from her.
But the most recent one I read that just completely blew me away and has got me SO excited to
check out this author's other works...is Anne Ursu who wrote The Real Boy which I just read,
and Breadcrumbs and a coupe of other books and I just love her magical like beautiful
writing style that doesn't go over-the-top, and the kind of stories she tells, and the
way she writes her characters and the way that you just...you feel them like right in
your heart like so--so immediately after starting this book.
I'm--I just loved everything about this book.
And she was a recommendation from Misty from BookRatMisty.
Question #8 is newest fictional crush.
Almost every single person I've seen do this tag has said like "yeah I don't really crush
on characters so I don't have an answer for this one" and I just like...I watch that and...can't
relate *laughs*.
Like I'm such an emotional reader that I--that happens quite often with me.
And one of the most recent and strangest--I have to admit--*laughs* is definitely Micah
Bayar from the Seven Realms series by Cinda Williams Chima.
This is the third book, The Gray Wolf Throne, I still have to read the fourth book so maybe
this will completely change.
But...I--I don't like Micah, but I do.
Like he's--he's kind of the antagonist or one of the antagonists of the story but every
time I think I've made up my mind about like what kind of character he is...he does something
that just completely like changes my mind or makes me rethink things and it's just like...you
know sometimes there's a villain where you don't like 'em but...you like 'em.
And that's Micah for me.
Question #9 is newest favorite character.
And that goes to Circe from the book of the same name by Madeline Miller.
I love Circe so much.
She is so important to me, like she--she's so strong and intelligent and she goes through
so much over the course of this book, and the way she handles situations like she's
always learning and she's always changing, but she always feels like true to the core
of her character?
I don't know if I'm explaining that way at all, but this is another one that you will
hear more about in my wrap up.
But I love Circe so much.
Question #10 is a book that made you cry.
And as I mentioned earlier, I am a very emotional reader, I connect very deeply to books that
I love, so...if I'm enjoying a book or if a book is affecting me in any way, I probably
will cry or at least tear up.
So the problem for this one was kind of narrowing it down *laughs*.
But I'm going to go with the book that surprised me that it made me cry, and that is Moxie
by Jennifer Mathieu.
So this book--very popular on BookTube and elsewhere.
I actually find it--I actually find the hype completely justified, which is always exciting
*laughs*, and this is a book about a book who starts a feminist revolution at her Texas
high school because she is sick and tired of the way girls are treated.
And it's wonderful.
When I talked about this book I mentioned that something about the writing was a little
bit distancing and I didn't think the romance was necessary, but even with that, I gave
this book 5 stars because everything else about it was so well-done.
The story and the female friendships and the journey of the main character and how she--how
she begins to notice that things are wrong and that SHE decides to change them, is just
so wonderful and the end of this book made me cry, because I'm just like so proud of
these girls and I'm so proud of the girls in the real world who are doing things like
this.
If you've read the book you probably know the scene at the end I'm talking about but
it just--this book is so important to me.
Question #11 is a book that made you happy.
And I chose The Thieves of Ostia by Caroline Lawrence.
This is the first book in the Roman Mysteries series which is one of Manal's favorite book
series of all time from Manal And Her Books.
Something that I found so exciting about this book is that it's a series a lot of people
remember from when they were kids; I never read this as a kid but I still somehow tapped
into this feeling of nostalgia or comfort for this book that I had never read before
because it reminded me of certain other reading experiences I had when I was younger and my
love for historical fiction.
And even setting aside all the like comforting factors and like nostalgia and all of that,,
reading this as an adult for the first time, this was still a fantastic book.
I'm definitely gonna continue the series, I just--I love the fact that these kids were
solving mysteries and just being so clever and smart in believable ways.
Because that's always kind of frustrating when authors write children either as complete
idiots who can't do anything, or as miniature adults who are just doing things that don't
make any sense.
These characters were perfectly in the middle and I just, I really loved this book.
Question #12 is favorite book-to-film adaptation that you saw this year.
And that has to be both film versions of My Cousin Rachel.
The new one I think came out near the end of last year but I just watched it this year,
and I also watched the original one with Olivia de Havilland and Richard Burton.
And even though I think I slightly prefer the original movie, I was really really impressed
with the new version as well and with how well it captured the tone and the feeling
of the novel.
And the new one is with Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin.
I just really enjoyed both of those films and I also want to take this opportunity to
highly recommend the novel by Daphne du Maurier.
I think I actually enjoyed it a little more than Rebecca, and I really liked Rebecca,
so.
Definitely a master of psychological thrillers and suspense and just--the creepy atmosphere
of this book is just really fantastic.
Question #13 is favorite review you've written this year: the BookTuber version of this is
the favorite video you've made this year.
I would probably say the one I did for Blood Water Paint because I talk about a couple
of the paintings and, I don't know I just--I'm just proud of how I structured that video
and especially because it was a book that was so important to me.
For another video I would say my original Shakespeare Book Tag that I did which I will
also link down below.
It was my first original tag and it's for a playwright that is, again, very important
to me and I don't know I'm just really proud of the questions and of--it's been so fun
seeing other people do that tag.
Question #14 is the most beautiful book that you've bought or received this year.
And in my last 2 bookhauls I think there were quite a few beautiful books I will again link
those down below in case you haven't seen them yet.
But I wanted to show you guys one that you haven't actually seen and that is this beautiful
illustrated collector's edition of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
So *laughs* I actually saw this book for the first time in one of Priscilla's videos from
Bookie Charm.
And I hadn't like intended to buy it or anything, but I was at Half Price Books [a couple days]
later and I happened to see this for like, a few dollars, and it was in like perfect
condition, the plastic wrap was still on it, and it's got these gilt edges, and illustrations
are just beautiful.
They're by Charles Robinson and I just love this style, it looks very like Arthur Rackham
to me.
And I just, I love this novel, it's one of my favorite books of all time, definitely
one of my favorite classics of all time and now I have a really beautiful edition that
I don't have to worry about falling apart when I read it like my old one.
And the last question on this tag is what books do you need to read by the end of the
year?
Um.
A lot of them?
*laughs* I did do a specific Series I Want To Finish TBR.
But...not doing SO well with that?
I've kind of discovered recently that I don't do so well with long-term TBRs 'cause I get
tired of them a lot quicker *laughs*.
I'm gonna keep it simple and just say the anticipated releases that I mentioned and
of course Children of Blood and Bone...and whatever else I decide to read, possibly some
of the series I wanted to finish, but...no guarantees.
Now moving on to the questions in the [Mid Year Check In] Tag that were not already covered
in the other one.
This tag was originally created by Dane Reads and Harriet Rosie.
Again I will link both of their originals down below.
The first question is how many books have you read so far this year?
And I am filming this on July 26th...I know, it's really late for these mid-year check
in tags but this was the first opportunity I really got to do this.
And as of this filming, I have read 77 books which I am very very happy with.
Skipping down to Question #4 is what genre have you read most this year?
And that is definitely fantasy.
27 of the books I have read so far have been fantasy books.
And I actually separate my fantasy books I've read from fairytale retellings, or retellings
of any kind, so that number could be even higher.
Down to Question #7 which is what are your favorite and most anticipated releases of
2018?
I've already mentioned some of my most anticipated releases and of course I mentioned Blood Water
Paint which was a 2018 debut.
I've also referred to Circe by Madeline Miller which is another 2018 debut that I absolutely
loved.
But I also want to give a shout-out/reminder about Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman.
This is a book set in the world of [the] Seraphina [books].
I think everything about this book is just so brilliantly constructed, like the worldbuilding
is gorgeous and it feels so real.
And the main character of Tess is just fantastic.
Her growth and her strength in--in various ways, is just such an important and wonderful
development, and just everything about this book makes me super emotional.
There are scenes that I still think about that just like took my breath away.
I remember a specific point in this book where I decided to stop reading and go to bed because
of the like--the feeling of wonder and comfort and just beauty from a particular scene, I
just remember thinking like "I want to go to bed with in my head."
So I actually stopped reading this book because of how good it was.
Which is an unusual recommendation, but I think it's a high one!
Question #8 is what's your next big priority for your reading?
So I mentioned that series TBR which may or may not happen, so that's kind of on my list.
But mainly I just want to kind of ease up on planning my reading.
Because as I mentioned earlier, I do really well with short-term TBRs like books that
I know I'm already excited for or that I will be excited for in the next couple of weeks,
but year-long or kind of long-term ones, not so much.
So I sort of want to embrace that and not stress myself out about deciding books I just
HAVE to get read by the end of the year.
That is such a cop-out answer, but that's what I'm feeling in the moment *laughs*.
Question #9 is what's been your bookish highlight of the year so far.
One of them is the buddy reads that I have done so far and that I plan to continue.
I buddyread The Three Musketeers with Tricia from TellHerAStory, I buddyread a couple of
books with Giselle Bradley and that was really fun, I buddyread To Kill A Kingdom with Amy
from Blonde and Bookish.
I will link the review and discussion that I did and the one that she did as well.
And I'm currently buddyreading Warcross with Olivia from ReadbyLiv.
And just buddyreading has been such a fun experience, I know a lot of people have said
that but it really is so exciting to be able to talk and share feelings and gush or complain
about whatever you're reading with a BookTube friend.
And I also want to mention Retellathon which I co-hosted with a bunch of other lovely people:
Mikayla from MyBookSelf, Spencer from Common Spence, Olivia from ReadbyLiv, Lea from Lea
Bex, just all of us had such a wonderful time hosting that and like working on it together
and getting to know each other better and it's just been...really a wonderful, wonderful
experience and it was so great to see everybody join in, and to read books that are retellings
which is one of my favorite subgenres.
Finally #10 is who do you tag, and...*deep ashamed breath* it's the end of July, I'm
probably one of the last people to do this tag, if not the last one, so I'm not gonna
tag anyone in particular.
If you guys haven't done it yet and you would like to, definitely do it, say I tagged you.
Thank you guys so much for watching, especially if you stuck through to the end of this video.
Hopefully it wasn't as long as I'm afraid it's going to be.
I will see you guys soon with another video, and I hope you love the next book you read.
Bye!
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