Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 13 hours ago

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We have just passed the midpoint of the year, so it's time for the mid year freak out tag

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questions:
0:31 best book you’ve read so far in 2025
2:07 best sequel you've read so far in 2025
3:28 new release you haven't read yet, but want to
4:48 most anticipated release for the second half of the year
6:24 biggest disappointment
9:49 biggest surprise
12:51 favourite new author
15:18 newest fictional crush
16:17 newest favourite character
17:25 book that made you cry
18:21 book that made you happy
19:52 most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received)
21:59 what books do you need to read by the end of the year

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Nobody by Alice Oswald
Silverborn by Jessica Townsend
The City Changes it's Face by Eimear McBride
The Lamb by Lucy Rose
The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sonny by Kiran Desai
Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors
City of Fiction by Yu Hua
The Pretender by Jo Harkin
We Do Not Part by Han Kang
The Book of Records by Madeline Thien
Ripeness by Sarah Moss
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Adolescence Leaves by Nathan Truong
The Rainy Spell by Yun Heunggil
Human Acts by Han Kang
Chunhyang by Jin Renshun
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor
The house of the Spirits by Isabel Allende