Gloria Z Thompson | MID YEAR FREAKOUT TAG // checking in about my reading year so far @GloriaZThompson | Uploaded July 2023 | Updated October 2024, 15 hours ago.
It's tradition on Booktube to do the Mid-Year Freakout Tag, where we check in about our reading year so far by answering some fun questions. I collected these questions from multiple different videos, as the tag has now morphed. Questions and books mentioned are listed down below.

Continue watching:
Summer TBR - youtu.be/8b7j2ym2mto
23 Books to read in 2023 - youtu.be/VhMctbDbdOE
Bee-Themed Vlog - youtu.be/iKBl3zfWK1E
June Wrap Up - youtu.be/YDUCVjxgxqw

Questions:
1. The stats - How many books have you read so far? What genre have you read the most from? Favorite format?
2. What's the best book you've read so far?
3. New favorite author?
4. What's the most disappointing book you've read so far?
5. Biggest surprise (good or bad)?
6. Book that made you cry?
7. Book that made you happy?
8. Book you learned the most from?
9. What's the most beautiful book added to your collection?
10. What's a favorite video you made?
11. What was your favorite book to screen adaptation?
12. Anticipated releases for 2023?
13. Do you feel your reading tastes have changed or shifted at all this year? (a new genre you love, new favorite trope/theme)
14. If you set any bookish goals for yourself this year, how are they going?
15. What do you want to read next?

Books Mentioned:
Matilda - amzn.to/43vW5yw
Farmhouse - amzn.to/3DkugPo
Falling - amzn.to/3DjXfCY
Drowning - amzn.to/44vxpYp
A Lady’s Guide to Fortune Hunting - amzn.to/44J76gY
The Bodyguard - amzn.to/3rtTzeZ
Happy Place - amzn.to/3OgRzQm
Fourth Wing - amzn.to/44NQc0P
Jamaica Inn - amzn.to/3XSInot
The Enchanted April - amzn.to/3OiwZ21
11/22/63 - amzn.to/3XUGMOS
The Snow Child - amzn.to/3XVTQU5
A Girl Called Samson - amzn.to/3rnZq5t
I’d Rather Be Reading - amzn.to/44MPi4B
Bringing Up Bébé - amzn.to/3rpolFO
Garden City - amzn.to/3XUCGq6
How to Be a Moonflower - amzn.to/46WsXUn
The Beekeeper of Aleppo - amzn.to/3XTqwh7
We, The Drowned - amzn.to/46WdLqm
News of the World - amzn.to/46QCrQS
Happiness Falls - amzn.to/3pVkuQE
The Mystery Guest - amzn.to/3OigkeJ
Nothing Else but Miracles - amzn.to/46V0hes

Booktubers Mentioned:
@Shellyish

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In this video:
In this video:
00:00 - intro
00:28 - stats
03:04 - best book
03:38 - fave author
04:55 - disappointing/worst book
06:40 - biggest surprise
07:44 - made me cry
08:27 - made me happy
09:12 - learned the most from
10:06 - beautiful book
10:58 - favorite video
11:30 - book to screen adaptation
12:15 - anticipated releases
13:09 - reading tastes
14:30 - goal checkin
15:17 - what to read next
15:50 - outro

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