Tillys Shelf | Mid Year Book Freak Out Tag @tillysshelf | Uploaded June 2023 | Updated October 2024, 13 hours ago.
Undertaking the Mid Year Book Freak Out Tag to get re-restarted, and tagging @TrinityTales @AJennWhoReads and @rowan-reads to help them to introduce themselves to the BookTube community.
I threw in a Jane Austen July TBR for good measure (my excuse for the unseemly length of the video).
Prompts:
1. Best book you’ve read so far
2. Best sequel you've read so far
3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to.
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year.
5. Biggest disappointment.
6. Biggest surprise.
7. Favourite new author. (Debut or new to you)
8. Newest fictional crush.
9. Newest favourite character.
10. Book that made you cry (Saddest book you have read).
11. Book that made you happy.
12. Favourite book to film adaptation you saw this year.
13. Favourite review you've written this year. (Booktube version: Favorite video you have done so far in this year)
14. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received)
15. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
I missed two questions! The answer to a book that made me happy would have been the Grishaverse series by Leigh Bardugo. I reread this series at a time when I was highly stressed, and it gave me a complete escape. The answer to a book that made me sad would have been Borderland by Anna Reid, the final chapters relating to events of 2014.
Books mentioned:
The Five by Hallie Rubenhold 01:17
Death and the Penguin and Penguin Lost by Andrey Kurkov 03:10
You Don't Know What War Is by Yeva Skalietska 05:30
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 07:08
The Summer of Secrets by Rosie Rushton 07:25
British Dandies by Dominic Janes 07:40
The Monk by Matthew Lewis 08:25
The Mysteries of Udolpho by Anne Radcliffe 08:30
The Trumpet Major by Thomas Hardy 08:58
A terrible beauty is born by WB Yeats 09:29
By Heart: 101 Poems to Remember collected by Ted Hughes 10:04
The Secrets of Hartwood Hall by Katie Lumsden 11:34
The Valley of Fear and His Last Bow by Arthur Conan Doyle (audiobook narrated by Stephen Fry) 12:23
The White Guard by Mikhael Bulgakov 14:53
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein (adapted by Peter Jackson and a fan) 17:04
Index, A history of the by Dennis Duncan 18:07
Home is Not a Place by Johnny Pitts and Roger Robinson 18:37
Alice in Wonderland (Аліса в Країні Дів) by Lewis Carrol translated by Валентин Корнієнко/Івана Марковича 19:21
Ukrainian Cuisine and Folk Traditions by Lidia Artiukh 20:15
Afterlives and Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah 21:37
The Doctor Will See You Now by Dr Amir Khan 22:05
Other Channels mentioned:
@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 Amelia Reads @bouquinsbooks @seriela @katiejlumsden @shawnbreathesbooks
Events mentioned:
Jane Austen July #janeaustenjuly
Ilkley Literature Festival ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk
Bradford Literature Festival bradfordlitfest.co.uk currently ongoing
Undertaking the Mid Year Book Freak Out Tag to get re-restarted, and tagging @TrinityTales @AJennWhoReads and @rowan-reads to help them to introduce themselves to the BookTube community.
I threw in a Jane Austen July TBR for good measure (my excuse for the unseemly length of the video).
Prompts:
1. Best book you’ve read so far
2. Best sequel you've read so far
3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to.
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year.
5. Biggest disappointment.
6. Biggest surprise.
7. Favourite new author. (Debut or new to you)
8. Newest fictional crush.
9. Newest favourite character.
10. Book that made you cry (Saddest book you have read).
11. Book that made you happy.
12. Favourite book to film adaptation you saw this year.
13. Favourite review you've written this year. (Booktube version: Favorite video you have done so far in this year)
14. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received)
15. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
I missed two questions! The answer to a book that made me happy would have been the Grishaverse series by Leigh Bardugo. I reread this series at a time when I was highly stressed, and it gave me a complete escape. The answer to a book that made me sad would have been Borderland by Anna Reid, the final chapters relating to events of 2014.
Books mentioned:
The Five by Hallie Rubenhold 01:17
Death and the Penguin and Penguin Lost by Andrey Kurkov 03:10
You Don't Know What War Is by Yeva Skalietska 05:30
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 07:08
The Summer of Secrets by Rosie Rushton 07:25
British Dandies by Dominic Janes 07:40
The Monk by Matthew Lewis 08:25
The Mysteries of Udolpho by Anne Radcliffe 08:30
The Trumpet Major by Thomas Hardy 08:58
A terrible beauty is born by WB Yeats 09:29
By Heart: 101 Poems to Remember collected by Ted Hughes 10:04
The Secrets of Hartwood Hall by Katie Lumsden 11:34
The Valley of Fear and His Last Bow by Arthur Conan Doyle (audiobook narrated by Stephen Fry) 12:23
The White Guard by Mikhael Bulgakov 14:53
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein (adapted by Peter Jackson and a fan) 17:04
Index, A history of the by Dennis Duncan 18:07
Home is Not a Place by Johnny Pitts and Roger Robinson 18:37
Alice in Wonderland (Аліса в Країні Дів) by Lewis Carrol translated by Валентин Корнієнко/Івана Марковича 19:21
Ukrainian Cuisine and Folk Traditions by Lidia Artiukh 20:15
Afterlives and Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah 21:37
The Doctor Will See You Now by Dr Amir Khan 22:05
Other Channels mentioned:
@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 Amelia Reads @bouquinsbooks @seriela @katiejlumsden @shawnbreathesbooks
Events mentioned:
Jane Austen July #janeaustenjuly
Ilkley Literature Festival ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk
Bradford Literature Festival bradfordlitfest.co.uk currently ongoing
