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

It’s time for the Mid Year Book Freak Out Tag! Sarah’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahs_shelvess/ Sarah’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sarahsshelves Manda’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gingersnappedreads Join my Patreon https://www.patreon.com/talkbookishpodcast Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/talkbookishpodcast/ Talk Bookish to Me baseball cap https://www.bonfire.com/talk-bookish-to-me-classic-baseball-cap/ 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