Jay Shay | Mid -Year Book Freak Out Tag: 2022 @JayShayy | Uploaded July 2022 | Updated October 2024, 12 hours ago.
Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag:
2022
Co-created by:
Chami (who does still have a channel, though not about books):
youtube.com/c/IsThatChami
Ely @ Earl Grey Books
youtube.com/c/EarlGreyBooks
Her 2020 version of the tag:
youtu.be/2gsr9FJuHzI
The prompts
1. Best book you have read so far this year
Inferno - Eileen Myles
A Royal Experiment - Janice Hadlow
The Strangers - Katherena Vermette
Astra - Cedar Bowers
Dragman - Steven Appleby
2. Best sequel you've read so far this year
Only read:
Ready Player Two - Ernest Cline
Garth L. Powell’s (Embers of War series, Fleet of Knives, Light of Impossible Stars)
Maaaaybe A Little Hatred, by Joe Abercrombie, technically a follow on from his First Law Trilogy.
BUT I SHOULD HAVE PICKED...
The Strangers - Katherena Vermette
3. New release you haven't read yet from this year, but you want to.
nope
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of 2022.
Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube's Chaotic Rise to World Domination
by Mark Bergen, out Sept 6th?
5. Biggest disappointment this year.
The Conjoined - Jen Sookfong Lee
6. Biggest surprise this year.
Dragman - Steven Appleby
7. Favourite new author.
Candice Carty-Williams - Queenie
8. Newest fictional crush.
Zuleika - The Emperor’s Babe - Bernardine Evaristo
9. Newest favourite character.
See # 8.
10. Book that made you cry this year.
The Strangers by Katherena Vermette
11. Book that made you happy this year.
Krazy & Ignatz: Love Letters in Ancient Brick - George Herriman
12. Most beautiful book you've bought or received so far this year.
Pear Tree Pomes by Roy Kiyooka, but didn’t get it this year.
Probably Herriman’s collection.
13. What do you need to read by the end of the year?
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I have closed my comments going forward because while I enjoy making videos, I find it difficult to communicate by text. This isn't a criticism of the many warm and welcoming interactions I've had with people on BookTube (this tiny corner of YouTube). I find social interactions very taxing, especially the tricky back and forth via text. Sorry if you wanted to leave a comment, but this is how I get to be on social media (by not being particularly social).
Here is a video of me reporting on my six-month trial without comments if you REALLY want to hear more about it:
youtu.be/g6mr4pyQ0Gg
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Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag:
2022
Co-created by:
Chami (who does still have a channel, though not about books):
youtube.com/c/IsThatChami
Ely @ Earl Grey Books
youtube.com/c/EarlGreyBooks
Her 2020 version of the tag:
youtu.be/2gsr9FJuHzI
The prompts
1. Best book you have read so far this year
Inferno - Eileen Myles
A Royal Experiment - Janice Hadlow
The Strangers - Katherena Vermette
Astra - Cedar Bowers
Dragman - Steven Appleby
2. Best sequel you've read so far this year
Only read:
Ready Player Two - Ernest Cline
Garth L. Powell’s (Embers of War series, Fleet of Knives, Light of Impossible Stars)
Maaaaybe A Little Hatred, by Joe Abercrombie, technically a follow on from his First Law Trilogy.
BUT I SHOULD HAVE PICKED...
The Strangers - Katherena Vermette
3. New release you haven't read yet from this year, but you want to.
nope
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of 2022.
Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube's Chaotic Rise to World Domination
by Mark Bergen, out Sept 6th?
5. Biggest disappointment this year.
The Conjoined - Jen Sookfong Lee
6. Biggest surprise this year.
Dragman - Steven Appleby
7. Favourite new author.
Candice Carty-Williams - Queenie
8. Newest fictional crush.
Zuleika - The Emperor’s Babe - Bernardine Evaristo
9. Newest favourite character.
See # 8.
10. Book that made you cry this year.
The Strangers by Katherena Vermette
11. Book that made you happy this year.
Krazy & Ignatz: Love Letters in Ancient Brick - George Herriman
12. Most beautiful book you've bought or received so far this year.
Pear Tree Pomes by Roy Kiyooka, but didn’t get it this year.
Probably Herriman’s collection.
13. What do you need to read by the end of the year?
---
I have closed my comments going forward because while I enjoy making videos, I find it difficult to communicate by text. This isn't a criticism of the many warm and welcoming interactions I've had with people on BookTube (this tiny corner of YouTube). I find social interactions very taxing, especially the tricky back and forth via text. Sorry if you wanted to leave a comment, but this is how I get to be on social media (by not being particularly social).
Here is a video of me reporting on my six-month trial without comments if you REALLY want to hear more about it:
youtu.be/g6mr4pyQ0Gg
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(Video 493)
