Hi everyone, it's Sandy and in today's video I'm doing the Mid-Year Book
Freakout Tag and I know it's already halfway through July but I'm doing this
tag anyways. This tag was originally created by Chami from IsThatChami and
Ely from Earl Grey Books. I will leave the link to both of their channels and
their original tag video in the description box below. The first question
in this tag is the best book you've read so far in 2018.
I just can't choose one book for this question so I'm going to choose my top
three so far this year. They are in no particular order but the first one is
The Nowhere Girls by Amy Reed. This book follows three high school girls as
they create this anonymous group to resist the sexist culture at their high
school. This book is amazing. If you like The Female of the Species, I think you
will really enjoy this book as well. The next book that I really loved is
Children of Blood and bone by Tomi Adeyemi. I'm sure you all know what this
book is about but it follows our main character Zelie, who is fighting to bring
magic back to her people. The author frequently describes this book as Black
Panther but with magic. And the third book that I'm choosing for this question
is Renegades by Marissa Meyer. This book has to do with super heroes and super
villains. It follows our two main characters, Nova, who is an anarchist and
then the second character is named Adrian, who is a Renegade. Renegades are
supposedly the super heroes and they are known as the good guys and the
Anarchists are typically known as the bad guys. Nova wants to get revenge on
the Renegades for something that happened in her past. She and Adrian
encounter one another and the story goes from there. As much as I do love the
Lunar Chronicles, I think this is my favorite Marissa Meyer book, and I can't
wait for the sequel. The second question in this tag is the best sequel you've
read so far this year and I honestly haven't read many sequels, but a sequel
that I recently read and really enjoyed is Wildcard by Marie Lu. This is a
sequel and also the final book to the Warcross duology. Warcross is a
sci-fi book. It has to do with virtual reality. Our main character is a hacker
and this book pretty much picks up where the last book left off. I do have to
admit that I didn't enjoy the plot of this book as much as I did with the
first book but I still thought it was a really great sequel, it was action-packed, and
I really liked how the story wrapped up, so this is definitely my favorite sequel
that I've read so far this year. The third question is a new release you
haven't read yet but want to. My for this question is A Reaper at the
Gates by Sabaa Tahir. This is the third book in the Ember in the Ashes series.
The third book came out in June and I haven't gotten around to picking it up
yet. I recently reread the first two books and I really enjoyed it. I forgot
how much I enjoyed An Ember in the Ashes. I actually finished rereading the second
book yesterday, so I really want to jump into the third book, but I don't have a
copy of it yet. I'm waiting for my library hold on it to come through so
hopefully that happens soon. I'm really excited to see where the story goes I've
been hearing a lot of great things about the third book so I can't wait to get my
hands on this book and to pretty much devour it. The fourth question is the
most anticipated release for the second half of the year. I actually recently
posted a video like in May talking about all the books that I'm excited for that
are coming out towards the second half of the year, so definitely check out that
video. I will link it down below but my number one most anticipated would
definitely have to be Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare. This is the
third and final book in The Dark Artifices trilogy. After where the second
book left off, I just really need the third book in my hands. I need to know
how it ends and I heard that it takes place within a span of a week. That kind
of has me nervous I don't know why but oh my god, I'm getting all emotional
again thinking about the ending of the second book but Cassandra Clare has been
posting like little snippets of lines that are in Queen of Air and Darkness and
there was one that she recently posted that just hit me in the feels. I don't
think I'm emotionally ready for the third book to be honest but I'm super
excited for it. The next question is biggest disappointment and I really hate
that I have to choose this book for this question because there really aren't any
other books that I was more disappointed in and that book is From Twinkle, With
Love by Sandhya Menon. If you've seen my June wrap-up, I talked about why I didn't
like this book very much in it, so check that out if you want to hear more
details. This book follows Twinkle, who's an aspiring filmmaker. She has a crush on
this boy named Neil, who has a twin brother named Sahil, who approaches
Twinkle to help direct a movie but as she's working with Sahil, she started to
develop feelings for Sahil, and Sahil does have a crush on Twinkle, it's pretty much
stated at the beginning of the story, but at the same time all of this is
happening, Twinkle is receiving emails from a secret admirer, who she thinks is
Neil. So there's a lot going on when it comes to the romance
and relationship, and I didn't enjoy the secret admirer plot. That's the main
reason why I didn't enjoy this book very much. I felt like it was unnecessary
because I thought it was really predictable who the secret admirer was
and with the secret admirer, it just causes Twinkle to go back and forth with
her feelings for Sahil and I just didn't like that because Sahil was just a
really sweet guy and she was kind of stringing him along and it just really
frustrated me to read about it. I really wanted to love this book but
unfortunately, it became a disappointment because of this whole secret admirer
plot. The next question is biggest surprise and I'm going to have to go
with Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy. When I first picked this book up, I didn't think
I would enjoy this book as much as I did. I actually listened to the audiobook and
I would highly recommend the audiobook. This book follows Ramona, who is working
multiple jobs to help support her family. Her family lives in a trailer. It's just
her, her dad, and her pregnant sister. Her mom is still alive but she's not really
in the picture and she's really unreliable. And one day, this guy named
Freddie moves back to town. Freddie and Ramona used to be pretty good friends
when they were younger but then Freddie moved away, so now he's back in town and
they start hanging out, they're friends all over again. Ramona does like girls and
she never really had an interest in guys but now that she's spending more time
with Freddie, she's starting to develop feelings for him. So this book does have
to do with sexual fluidity and I loved how that was handled throughout the book.
This book is definitely not a story about a girl who meets a guy that turns
her straight. It's so much more than that. I loved all the different relationships
in this book and I also really enjoyed seeing Ramona fall in love with swimming.
Overall, this book was amazing. I really enjoyed it. It's the first Julie Murphy
book that I read. I would highly recommend it. I didn't think I would hate
this book but I also didn't expect to love it as much as I did, and I really
did enjoy this book, so that's definitely my biggest surprise so far this year.
The next question is favorite new author and I have two authors that I wanted to
mention for this question. The first author is Stacey Lee. I actually listened
to her book, Outrun the Moon earlier this year and I just loved it.
It's a YA historical fiction that takes place in the early 1900's in San
Francisco, following our main character Mercy Wong.
She is Chinese American. She's living in Chinatown and she wants to further her
education at this private school but because she's Chinese and she's poor,
she's not allowed to enroll, so she does make a deal with like the principal at
the school and she does get in and the story goes from there. I
really love this book. I saw myself represented in it. The next author that I
wanted to mention is Nic Stone. She is the author of Dear Martin. I read this
book earlier this year. Again, loved it so much. It's a really quick read. It follows
our main character Justyce McAllister, who is set for an Ivy League school. One
day, he and his best friend go on a drive and they're playing really loud music
and they pass this cop, who isn't on duty. Words are thrown around, shots are fired,
Justyce's best friend is shot and killed. This book was just so moving. It
was so powerful. If you love The Hate U Give, you would definitely love this book
as well. Nic Stone does have a book coming out
later this year called Odd One Out. I look forward to reading more from this author
and I can't wait to pick that book up. The next question is newest fictional
crush and I really don't have an answer for this question but if I had to pick
one, I would probably pick Sahil from From Twinkle, With Love by Sandhya Menon.
I know I picked this book earlier for the biggest disappointment but I
really like Sahil's character. There was one thing in this book that he did that
I really didn't like but overall, he was the sweetest guy. He was always super
caring of Twinkle and I just really liked how he and Twinkle interacted
with one another. He's not necessarily my fictional crush but I really liked him
as a love interest. The ninth question in this tag is newest favorite character
and I would probably have to go with Nova from Renegades by Marissa Meyer.
Nova is made out to be the villain in the story but she's just such a complex
character and I loved her for that. I love her and I can't wait to read more of
her in the next book. The next question is a book that made you cry and honestly,
I can't think of any book that had made me cry this year. There have been a
couple books that made me tear up but not necessarily bawling my eyes out, so I
think I'm going to have to pass on this question. The next question is a book
that made you happy and I'm going to go with Leah on the Offbeat by Becky
Albertalli. This is a companion novel to Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda. The
thing that made me really happy in this book is seeing Simon and his boyfriend. I
just couldn't stop gushing over them. They are the cutest and they warmed my
heart very much, and speaking of Simon vs., the next question is my favorite
book to movie adaptation that I saw this year I would have to go with Love, Simon,
which is the adaptation for Simon vs. I
honestly don't think I saw many book to movie adaptations in the first half
of this year. There are a few coming out towards the end of the year that I'm
really looking forward to like The Darkest Minds, The Hate U Give, To All
the Boys I've Loved Before. Super excited for all of those book to movie
adaptations but the only one that I saw this year was definitely Love, Simon and
I really enjoyed that movie so that would be my default answer. The next
question is my favorite video that I did so far this year. I started doing more
bookish and reading vlogs this year and I really enjoy filming those, so my
answer would definitely be all the bookish vlogs that I've done lately. The
14th question is the most beautiful book that I bought so far this year and
I know I already chose this book earlier in this tag but I can't help but choose it
again and that is Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi. Just look at
this cover. It's beautiful. There's even a beautiful map in this book and the naked
cover looks beautiful as well and you already know how I feel about this book,
it's amazing, so definitely pick it up if you haven't read it yet, and the last
question for this tag is what books do you need to read by the end of the year.
There are definitely a lot of books that I need to pick up by the end of the year.
I'm planning on filming my summer TBR after I filmed this video so that will
definitely give a good chunk of books that I want to get through before the
end of the year but I definitely do want to pick up Furyborn by Claire Legrand.
What I know about this book is that it follows two main characters. There is a
prophecy in this book about two queens, one is a queen of blood and the other is
a queen of light, and these queens have the ability to perform all seven types
of elemental magic. One of the main characters is named Rielle and she
accidentally exposes her ability to do so, so in order to prove what type of
queen she is she goes through this trial. The trials are very dangerous so she can
die pretty much going through the trials or if she fails in the end, she will be
executed. The other character is Eliana. Her mother has disappeared and she goes
on this dangerous mission with a rebel captain to find her. So this is
definitely a book that I really want to get to before the end of the year. Those
are all the questions for this tag. Thank you so much for watching. I hope you
enjoyed this video, and I will see you next time. Bye!
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