mid-year book tag! favorite book, biggest disappointments, & more
howdy & welcome or welcome back to my booktube channel. like, subscribe, & stick around! now that we're halfway done with the year, let's talk book recommendations 💭 thank you for tagging me in the mid-year book freak out tag!! @marginsofmarisa
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timestamps:
0:44 best book
2:37 best sequel
4:02 new release
5:40 biggest disappointment (s)
9:16 biggest surprise
10:50 new author
13:17 newest fictional crush
14:35 favorite character
17:05 most beautiful book
18:11 books to read before end of year
join me as i discuss the below - we've got barnes and noble book recommendations, literary fiction recommendations; book reviews and recommendations galore!
books discussed:
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
The Age of Magical Overthinking by Amanda Montell
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Bunny by Mona Awad
Rouge by Mona Awad
This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune
Piranesi by Suzanna Clarke
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
The Age of Magical Overthinking by Amanda Montell explores the phenomenon of magical thinking, drawing inspiration from Joan Didion’s book “The Year of Magical Thinking” examining how cognitive biases such as the “Halo effect” and “Sunk Cost Fallacy” shape our beliefs and behaviors. This nonfiction book recommendation will have you feeling at peace and understanding with yourself and your anxiety.
In The Night Circus by Erin Morganstern, a traveling circus that only appears at night, two illusionists compete in a magical game that spans years and continents, unaware that only one can survive.
The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber came after Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber. In this young adult fantasy book, we continue to follow Evangeline Fox's journey through many beautiful quaint places. Her path continues to intertwine with Jack’s; as they go on a quest for several stones to unlock an arch. Contains love, vampires, cozy places, sacrifice, revelation, time, destiny, curses…. this is a great YA fantasy recommendation for anyone looking for a book to read at the beach! Another great book by Stephanie Garber is Caravel, another young adult fantasy book recommendation.
In Bunny by Mona Awad, a great TikTok book recommendation, we experience the spellbinding new novel from one of our most fearless chroniclers of the female experience, Mona Awad, Bunny is a down-the-rabbit-hole tale of loneliness and belonging, friendship and desire, and the fantastic and terrible power of the imagination.
In Rouge by Mona Awad we find a dark, satirical, greek mythology retelling/fairy tale about how isolating and ludicrous our current zeitgeist’s obsession with beauty can be + how it impacts the already complex mother/daughter relationship.
In Tom Lake by Ann Patchett we spend time with a wholesome family together on cherry farm for COVID. This is a great literary fiction book recommendation about a self aware sweet relatable mom telling the story of her acting days and how she used to date a movie star even though she loves her quiet life. Look no further than Tom Lake for literary fiction recommendations.
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Glad you’re back Emily! I hope you feel better soon! I just got How to Lose a Time War and I’m so excited to read it. I also finished Bunny and at first I was on the fence about it, but as I sat with it and reread some parts, it actually grew on me more and Mona is definitely a genius!! While it was hard to read from Samantha’s POV sometimes, I loved the bunnies 🤣
@onceuponanemilyreads
28 күн бұрын
thank you so much!!! 🫶🏼🥹 i am so excited for you to read time war, please update me on your thoughts! I totally agree about Bunny, Samantha and I did not always vibe ESPECIALLY in the first half of the book
Mona Awad is my new favorite author as well. her writing style is truly unique. i am reading rouge currently and it is so good. i have already read 7 chapters because the story and the writing and the vibes, most importantly, are perfect. 😍😍😍
@onceuponanemilyreads
22 күн бұрын
yess such a good book!!! ❤️🔥
Hope you’re feeling better! Just picked up Caraval and now I’m very excited to read them and the spin off series :)!
@onceuponanemilyreads
28 күн бұрын
thank you!! 🫶🏼🥹 ah so excited for you!!
This is how you lose the time war is soooo good 🩷
@onceuponanemilyreads
24 күн бұрын
SOOO good i cant stop talking about it!!!
Get well soon, Emily!
@onceuponanemilyreads
28 күн бұрын
thank you!! 🫶🏼
piranesi is so stunning and fascinating!! i loved that book too
@onceuponanemilyreads
28 күн бұрын
yesss love it!! 🥹 such a unique read!
I’m planning to start reading The Ballad of Never After today and can’t wait! And I just read Piranesi and agree with your thoughts, loved everything about it and Piranesi as a character ❤️
@onceuponanemilyreads
28 күн бұрын
oh my gosh cannot wait to hear your thoughts!!! & love that, piranesi has my heart 🥹
@LibrariesandLattes
27 күн бұрын
@@onceuponanemilyreads it’s been fun so far!! And yes same, I already want to reread Piranesi, haha
Hello from singapore! ❤ Chanced upon your channel today & I really love all your recommendations! Your explanations of the books made me add so many to my TBR list. 😍 I'm wondering if you'll have a July wrap up video or monthly wrap ups in the future? Would love to keep up with your reads and ratings!
@onceuponanemilyreads
25 күн бұрын
hiii welcome to my channel! thank you so much for your kind words & for watching! 🫶🏼🫶🏼 i have a may wrap up on my channel currently & will likely do june and july as one! :)
@onceuponanemilyreads
25 күн бұрын
i lied, i have an april wrap up posted & will do may and june and july as one 😄 i’m a bit behind!
@ain4951
25 күн бұрын
@@onceuponanemilyreads YAY!!! will keep an eye on that video then 😍🫶🏻
New to your channel. If you're looking for some short stories to get out of your reading slump, I really enjoyed Prima Facie by S. Miller or Foster and Small Things Like These, both by Claire Keegan. I'd be interested to hear your reviews of these novellas if you have time. Get well soon!
@onceuponanemilyreads
28 күн бұрын
welcome to the channel!! 🫶🏼🫶🏼 thank you for these recs, i will have to look into them!
YESSSSSS so glad you did it! 🫶 I should have included Neverwhere in my biggest disappointments… 😶🌫️ but the memes are a plus. So excited to read This is How You Lose the Time War 🙏 …and Bunny 😖🫡
@onceuponanemilyreads
28 күн бұрын
me TOO i needed a fun video after not posting for FORTY days!! i am SO READY for you to read time war & bunny, we must discuss!
@marginsofmarisa
28 күн бұрын
@@onceuponanemilyreads and we will 😌🫶
I have not read Ninth House or Hell bent but you mentioned a rescue from Hell. Tad Williams wrote a trilogy called Bobby Dollar and in the 2nd book an angel gives up its powers to go to Hell to rescue his love, a demon woman. I could not put that one down.
@onceuponanemilyreads
28 күн бұрын
ooooh sounds interesting, i’ll have to look into it!
You're so beautiful
@onceuponanemilyreads
28 күн бұрын
thank you!!
my god, how immensely cute you are!😍😍
@onceuponanemilyreads
7 күн бұрын
thank you!