Uploaded June 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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Mid Year Book Freak Out Tag Questions - My version seems to be missing two? Maybe just as well :)
1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2019.
2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2019.
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. A book that made you cry.
11. A book that made you happy.
12. The most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received)
13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
Too many books this time to list them all - if you want details of one leave a comment - I love helping people read more books :).
My other social media.
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Follow me on Twitter @MariaHillDublin
If I do not appear to have watched/read your freakout tag yet - please link it below on whatever media you use. If you don't post on Social Media you can always answer the questions below too :)
Mid Year Book Freak Out Tag Questions - My version seems to be missing two? Maybe just as well :)
1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2019.
2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2019.
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. A book that made you cry.
11. A book that made you happy.
12. The most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received)
13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
Too many books this time to list them all - if you want details of one leave a comment - I love helping people read more books :).
My other social media.
Friend me on Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4...
Follow me on Twitter @MariaHillDublin






![Friday Reads - filmed on a Friday and uploaded...when the broadband Gods dictate.
#Booktube #FridayReads
A Friday Reads, filmed on a Friday and Uploaded when my Laptop and Internet Connection are good a ready!
Books mentioned -hopefully in the correct order but I don’t guarantee it!
Urban Fantasy set in London list:
Simon R Greens Something from the Nightside and Agents of Light and Darkness.
The Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
The Caribbean Affair:
Love after Love by Ingrid Persaud
The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey
The Charles Dickens Project - It will only take Seven Years:
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
I am trying to read 6/12 Jhalak longlisted books by 13th April – but which ones and can I do it?
The longlist can be found here - https://www.jhalakprize.com/.
And Mel’s discussion video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxa0775jBmA
Three I am reading from this list are (see video):
Catherine Cho - Inferno (Bloomsbury Circus)
Katy Massey - Are We Home Yet (jacaranda)
Stephanie Scott - What’s Left of Me Is Yours (W&N)
But which three from this list?
Romalyn Ante - Antiemetic for Homesickness (Chatto & Windus)
Afshan D’Souza-Lodhi - [re: desire] (Burning Eye Books)
Caleb Femi - Poor (Penguin)
Kiran Millwood Hargrave - The Mercies (Picador)
Tammye Huf - A More Perfect Union (Myriad Editions)
Rachel Long - My Darling From the Lions (Picador)
Deirdre Mask - The Address Book (Profile Books)
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi - The First Woman (Oneworld Publications)
Paul Mendez - Rainbow Milk (Dialogue Books)
My other social media:
Goodreads (Please answer the question any way you like and I will Friend back): https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/46346297-maria-hill-aka-mh-books
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mariahilldublin?lang=en Friday Reads - filmed on a Friday and uploaded...when the broadband Gods dictate.](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Bp5p9-VhHtU/mqdefault.jpg)



