Hey all, Sam here.
You know, I haven’t done a book tag in a while, and I do enjoy doing this one nearly every year. I have a post for 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2023, so you can check all of those out, and I’m back to it for this year. Since we are at the halfway point of the year, it makes complete sense for me to do this now.
The rules for this tag are very simple…answer the questions, keeping in mind what you’ve read and blogged about this year. However, I like to give myself a little more of a challenge, so I can only use a book once. But since I’ve read like 85 books so far this year, that shouldn’t present too much of a challenge.
Let’s get started.
Best Book You’ve Read So Far in 2024
Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth, The No-Girlfriend Rule by Christen Randall
Best Sequel You’ve Read So Far in 2024
The Study of Magic by Maria V Snyder, Lady of Starfire by Melissa K Roehrich, Brewed in Magic by Jenna Wolfhart, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire
Most Anticipated Release for the Second Half of the Year
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst (July 9), Haunted Ever After by Jen DeLuca (Aug 13), The Crimson Crown by Heather Walter (Aug 27), This Will Be Fun by E.B. Asher (Sep 10), Candle & Crow by Kevin Hearne (Oct 1), A Pirate’s Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne (Oct 1), Critical Role: Bells Hells – What Doesn’t Break by Cassandra Khaw (Oct 8), Swordcrossed by Freya Marske (Oct 8),
Biggest Disappointment
Who We Are in Real Life by Victoria Koops, The Absinthe Underground by Jamie Pacton, Happy Place by Emily Henry
Biggest Surprise
Empire of Shadows by Jacquelyn Benson
Favorite New Author (or New to You Author)
Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa
Newest Fictional Crush
As I stated last year, this category has always been a difficult one for me, because I am Asexual, so I don’t have the same “crush” feelings as an allonormative person. So I basically pick a character I like and would enjoy the company of, usually platonically or as like a “friend crush”.
I say this because my choice for this category this year is First Test Graphic Novel by Tamora Pierce, because I absolutely adored Keladry. Obviously, this is a Middle Grade graphic novel adaptation of a beloved MG series that I never read, but now really need to.
Newest Favorite Character
The Fallbacks: Bound for Ruin by Jaleigh Johnson
Uggie is the best. That is all.
I mean, okay, fine, I really enjoyed the whole cast of characters, but Uggie the Otyugh was the most precious little companion creature and I loved her.
Book That Made You Cry
Poyums by Len Pennie
Book That Made You Happy
Taking Initiative by Elle M. Stewart
I have a review of this partially drafted. I need to finish it and get it posted.
Favorite Book to Film Adaptation
When it comes to book to film adaptations, I usually try to go with something I’ve both read and watched so far this year. If I did that then my options would be Bridgerton…and that’s it. But I did recently watch My Lady Jane, and I do want to pick up the book and give it a re-read, to see if I enjoy and appreciate it more now.
Favorite Post You’ve Done This Year
Weekend Writer: Trying out The 5 Sentence Method by Rebecca Thorne
And I guess I’ll also include a couple of my most viewed reviews for the year so far…
Book Review: A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic by J. Penner
Book Review: Lady of Darkness by Melissa K. Roehrich
Most Beautiful Book You’ve Bought This Year
I don’t have this one in my hands yet, because it is a Kickstarter reward, but the Shadows of Camelot omnibus by Bree Moore should be arriving to me in the next month or two, and I’m very excited to have it in my collection.
New Release You Haven’t Read Yet But Want To
Daughter of the Merciful Deep by Leslye Penelope, Le Fay by Sophie Keetch, The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman, Saints of Storm and Sorrow by Gabriella Buba
Book You Need to Read by the End of the Year
How to Become a Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler, Foul Days by Genoveva Dimova, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White, The Sins on Their Bones by Laura R. Samotin
If you want to do this tag yourself, then you have been TAGGED!
And that is all from me for today. Thank you so much for stopping by, and I’ll be back soon with more geeky content.
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