Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
It's back and less organized than ever! The Mid-Year Freakout, a Booktube tradition.
I was tagged this year by Allen @hardbooks770!
Oops, I completely skipped the final prompt! My answer to that one is always the same - I don't really need to read anything but I want to read everything.
The Prompts:
1. Best book you've read so far in 2026
2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2026
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. Favorite new author. (Debut or new to you)
8. Newest fictional crush.
9. Newest favorite character.
10. Book that made you cry.
11. Book that made you happy.
12. 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?
14. Tag others.
The Books:
The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout
Adulthood Rites by Octavia Butler
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
Whistler by Ann Patchett
Land by Maggie O'Farrell
Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel
Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
The Correspondent by Virgina Evans
A Room Above a Shop by Anthony Shapland
Mother Naked by Glen James Brown
Ironopolis by Glen James Brown
Muckle Flugga by Michael Pedersen
The True, True Story of Raja the Gullible (And His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine
Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant by Roz Chast
Angels in America by Tony Kushner
The News From Dublin by Colm Toibin
It's back and less organized than ever! The Mid-Year Freakout, a Booktube tradition.
I was tagged this year by Allen @hardbooks770!
Oops, I completely skipped the final prompt! My answer to that one is always the same - I don't really need to read anything but I want to read everything.
The Prompts:
1. Best book you've read so far in 2026
2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2026
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. Favorite new author. (Debut or new to you)
8. Newest fictional crush.
9. Newest favorite character.
10. Book that made you cry.
11. Book that made you happy.
12. 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?
14. Tag others.
The Books:
The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout
Adulthood Rites by Octavia Butler
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
Whistler by Ann Patchett
Land by Maggie O'Farrell
Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel
Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
The Correspondent by Virgina Evans
A Room Above a Shop by Anthony Shapland
Mother Naked by Glen James Brown
Ironopolis by Glen James Brown
Muckle Flugga by Michael Pedersen
The True, True Story of Raja the Gullible (And His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine
Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant by Roz Chast
Angels in America by Tony Kushner
The News From Dublin by Colm Toibin
