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Hey guys and welcome back to my blog! How are you all doing? Can you believe we are halfway through the year!? That's crazy! So, today I will be doing the Mid Year Freak out book tag. I saw this over on Emmmabooks' Youtube channel where she links the creators of this tag so go check them out. 1. The best book you have read in 2017. I cannot choose any other book but History is All you Left Me by Adam Silver. This book made me laugh and made me cry and it was so beautifully written. I could relate to the main character Griffin so well and I am so excited to read more of what Adam writes. I have a review for this so go check it out and discuss it with me in the comments! history-is-all-you-left-me-adam-silvera-review.html 2. Best sequel you've read of 2017 so far. This has got to go to A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas. I flew through this book, starting reading it physically and then picking up the audiobook as I had with the first book in this series. It was honestly one of the best sequels I have ever read. It kept me on the edge of my seat and made me laugh at the sentimental bits. And Rhys, need I say anymore? 3. New releases you haven't read yet but want to. Okay, both A Court of Wings and Ruin By Sarah J. Maas and Lord Of Shadows by Cassandra Clare have been out for some time and I haven't finished either of them. I know, it is quite shocking. I got into some bit of a slump in every sense of the word ones exams kicked in and have only started to shake it now. I have used contemporaries to get back into reading so hopefully I will soon get a fantasy kick. Last but not least, When Dimple Met Rishi. I have been waiting for this book for so long. The concept is so interesting to me and something which is so relevant and needs to be talked about. I finally got my hands on it so I will be getting to it very soon. 4. Most anticipated release for the second half of 2017. May was the best month for new releases for 2017 with A Court of Wings and Ruin, Lord of Shadows and When Dimple Met Rishi but They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera is coming out in Septempter and I am so excited to get my hands on it. Curse those at BEA and Bookcon who got Arcs this weekend!! 5. Biggest disappointment. This is a book that is on hold at the moment because there are other books that are more of a priority at the moment but that is Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley. I have read about 50% of this book and I know it isn't fair to judge a book I haven't completed yet but I had very high hopes for this and I really hope it picks up. It had a strong situation of Insta-love and some of the actions and words spoken left me with some serious second hand cringe which I am not a fan of. I have notes of what I have read and will write a review once I finish it. 6. Biggest surprise. This one goes to Hold My Hand by A.C. Oswald. It's not that I didn't think it would be good but it was a book that I have never heard of or of the author but it really surprised me. It was fun to read and made me laugh and cry and it was on a subject that is very hard to think about and discuss. I think the author portrayed it beautifully. I have a review up for this so go check it out here! hold-my-hand-ac-oswald-spoiler-free.html 7. Favourite new author. There are so many new authors I have read so far this year that it is so difficult to pick just the one. And when I have only read 1 book by an author, (regardless of how much I enjoyed it) can I call them a favourite author? Nonetheless, the two I have picked for this question are Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli. Both have only 2 books our and I have only read 1 from each author to completion. I am halfway through Adam's More Happy Than Not and I am thoroughly enjoying it. I have read Adam's History Is All You Left Me and Becky's The Upside of Unrequited earlier this year and both were so beautiful. I have actually reviewed both of these so go check them out! You can check out My Upside of Unrequited review here. the-upside-of-unrequited-becky-albertalli-spoiler-free.html 8. Newest fictional crush. Hmmm. There are a couple of books with swoon worthy guys and gals in the list of books I have read this year and those are Hayden from the Fill-In Boyfriend by Kasie West, Darien from Geekerella by Ashley Poston and Clark from The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson and although he may not be a new fictional crush but I've got to add him. That is Rhys from A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas. That boy... damn. 9. Newest favourite character. This has got to go to my girl Molly from the Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli. Her character had so much depth and I really related to her in many ways. I would love to read more on the life of Molly Peskin- Suso! 10. Book that made you cry. Hold my hand by A. C. Oswald. I wish I could relive reading this for the first time. It was heart wrenching in all the right ways and made you laugh through the floods of tears. I need to find a hard copy of this book and add it to my shelf! 11. A book that made you happy. Definitely How to be a Bawse by Lilly Singh. This was an uplifting book like non other. I listened to the audiobook of this narrated by Lilly herself. I have been following her for a couple of years now and I can whole heartedly say I have no doubt she wrote every word of that book herself. Every word she spoke, made me feel more empowered. 12. Favourite book to movie adaptation you have seen in 2017. 2017 hasn't been a great year for adaptations in comparison to other previous years. So far, the only big ones that this year brings is the TV adaptation of 13 reasons why and Everything Everything. I have not gotten past episode 4 on my watch of 13 reasons Why but I do want to continue watching it to see what happens and Everything Everything is not out in my country until the 18th of August but I do have high hopes for that. All in all, I don't have an answer for this yet. 13. Favourite reviews you have wrote in 2017 so far. I have not written many reviews this year but I hope to get into a routine once I start reading more books. I am pretty happy with all my reviews so far but I think it is Hold my Hand by A. C Oswald. 14. Most beautiful book you have bought this year. This is a tough question. A lot of really good book covers have come out this year but I have to go with Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor. I got it as part of a Fairyloot box and it was the UK hardback edition with the blue sprayed pages and a signed copy and I can't wait to read it, even though it is intimidating. 15. What book do you NEED to read by the end of the year. I promised myself I would read both the complete Sherlock Collection and the Book thief. I have the audiobook and a beautiful physical edition of the complete Sherlock Collection and I have heard nothing but amazing things so I am very excited to dive in. The book thief on the other hand is one that is very well known and well loved. I tried reading it before but did not get to finish it, I'm not quite sure why. I really want to give it another shot and I'm hoping this is the year to do it. Thank you so much for reading this guys, I hope you enjoyed it, I had so much fun writing it and reflecting on the past couple of months. I will be back soon with a new blog post! Leave a comment below and tell your favourite and least favourite books of the year so far! Much love x Megan.
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