Mid Year Book Freak Out Tag (My First Tag Ever!) - 2018

Half the year has come to an end and I have read total 42 books so far,out of which 8 were rereads for me. I wanted to write a post which shows a summary of my reading journey so far, and then I found this tag across different online sites and decided to go for this tag which kind of summarises your reading in half a year and your expectation for the rest.It consists of 15 question which included your reading so far and in future.

So here we go!

BEST BOOK YOU HAVE READ SO FAR IN 2018?

That's a tough one!😣

So far this year, I have read some really good fantasy books,Among all of them Queen's Thief is my favourite and I would like to mention King of Attolia,third book in this series for this question.Really guys...read it! It's awesome!!

BEST SEQUEL YOU HAVE READ SO FAR THIS YEAR?

Well! I would like to say, Froi of the Exile by Melina Marchetta,second book in the Lumatere Chronicles!It is a great continuation to Finnikin of the Rock,first in the series.

NEW RELEASES YOU HAVEN'T READ YET,BUT WANT TO?

I have two books in this list,first is Circe by Madeline Miller and Stygian by Sherrilyn Kenyon.Madeline Miller is a new author for me but I really like the synopsis of this.Sherrilyn Kenyon is one of my favourite paranormal romance author and Stygian is 29th Book in her Dream Hunter series and I have really high hopes from this long awaiting book

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT?

The Shadow Throne, 3rd book in The Ascendance series.I was really pumped about this book, setting really high expectations after the awesome start to the series.But it felt flat for me and the predictability of this really brought this book down.

BIGGEST SURPRISE?

First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North, this is a Sci Fi with lots of World War II description,and Sci Fi & historical fiction,both are not my thing.I read this with very low expectation,especially in my reading slump!!Imagine my my surprise when I read it and thoroughly enjoyed it 😲

FAVOURITE NEW AUTHOR?

Megan Whalen Turner, Amazing author bestowed with great writing skills and Imagination!

NEWEST FICTIONAL CRUSH?

Eugendies AKA Gen from Queen's Thief by Megan Whalen Turner (I don't think you are surprised)

NEWEST FAVOURITE CHARACTER?

There are so many characters I loved but let's see if I can narrow it down....hmmm... yeah... Gen(Obviously!) from Queen's Thief,Tavi from Codex Alera & Finnikin & Froi from Lumatere Chronicles

BOOK THAT MADE YOU CRY?

I did not read that many books which made me cry but I did cry a little in House of Hades by Rick Riordan,especially near the end.

BOOK THAT MADE YOU HAPPY?

I had a very great time reading 'Sword of Summer' by Rick Riordan, Magnus narration made me very happy with its humour and enjoyable moments.

FAVOURITE BOOK TO MOVIE ADAPTATION?

I have not seen many book to adaptation movies so cannot say!

FAVOURITE REVIEW YOU HAVE WRITTEN SO FAR

I am very new to book reviewing thing, so do not have a very big list but I have really good memories with my first two book reviews, so I am going to mention my reviews for 'First Fifteen Lives of Harry August' and 'The Thief' 

MOST BEAUTIFUL BOOK YOU HAVE BOUGHT SO FAR THIS YEAR

American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Paperback Edition - Brown one)

WHAT BOOKS YOU NEED TO READ BY THE END OF THIS YEAR?

Oh God!! List is endlessly long.Just mentioning the ones I have at the top of my mind -

 - Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
 - Shades of Magic Series by V.E. Schwab
 - Mistborn Series by Brandon Sanderson
  - Chaos Walking Series by Patrick Ness
 - Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb 
  - The Humans by Matt Haig 

and many more......

That's it for today....Ciao 🙋