Happy Wednesday my bookish unicorns, today it’s time for another book tag (I just love doing these). I saw this over on A Whisper of Ink and I remember doing it last year so I thought why not?Normally this tag is pretty long but I liked the 5 questions that Ilsa chose so I thought I would continue that trend.
BEST BOOK OF 2019 SO FAR
This is hard, There really haven’t been a lot of stand out books for me this year, and with it being my last year of undergrad I didn’t have as much time for reading as I would have liked. If I had to pick one out of the few I have read (that isn’t my answer for the next question) it would have to be Sky Without Stars, a scifi retelling of Les Miserables that I actually just finished!
BEST SEQUEL OF 2019 SO FAR
Deathcaster (Shattered Realms #4), By: Cinda Williams Chima
My Review: Here
This was just a fantastic end to one of my favourite series! I was sad to see this epic high fantasy saga come to an end but this book made the story feel completed and satisfying so in the end I was actually very happy!
MOST ANTICIPATED RELEASE OF SECOND HALF OF 2019
I actually just did a post about this for top 10 Tuesday yesterday! I think Queen of Nothing (Cruel Prince #3) and Supernova (Renegades #3) are at the top of my list. Those are both amazing series that I love so I am really excited to see how they both draw to a close. Hopefully I won’t be disappointed because the last book in a series is always tricky, especially in the fantasy genre.
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF 2019 SO FAR
Damsel, By: Elana K. Arnold
My Review: Here
Honestly the book was ok but the lack of warning about how graphic it would be really threw me off. It was advertised as a fairytale retelling not a dark feminist story about sexual and emotional abuse, animal cruelty and other terrible things. The writing was also pretty simplistic and though the ending was satisfying in its own way the book left me with a bad aftertaste.
BOOKS TO READ BY THE END OF 2019
Oh wow that’s a big question! There are literally so many, my TBR list is about 170 books long at the moment (don’t worry I won’t list them all here). I guess If I had to narrow it down I would say definitely the Throne of Glass series (I seriously cannot believe it has taken me this long to get to it, I swear it’s been on my TBR forever), and The Lunar Chronicles because everyone keeps saying I should read those and I just haven’t gotten to it yet!
Now it’s your turn! What books have stood out for you guys so far this year? Did you have a favourite blog post that you made? Maybe a new author you discovered this year… let me know in the comments!
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Yes! I cannot wait for the Queen of Nothing!! The Cruel prince is one of my fav book series of all time! and yes I also highly recommend the Lunar Chronicles because they are just so addicting and fun and action packed.. I LOVED them *heart eyes* (Cress the third book in the series is my fav 😉
Lovely answers and great post 🙂
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I really want to read the shattered realm series- so I’m glad it had a good ending. Sky without stars sounds really good. So looking forward to supernova and queen of nothing. Awesome answers!
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Hey Norees!
I liked reading your answers! I didn’t realize that there was a sci-fi retelling of Les Miserables! I’ll have to add that book to my TBR 🙂 Thank you for the tag!! 🙂
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A sci-fi retelling of Les Mis?!?!?! OMG. MUST READ ASAP.
Thanks so much for tagging me!!! ❤
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I too still have the last Lunar Chronicles to read!! I keep forgetting it… And YAY for The Queen of Nothing… I can’t wait for that one too. ❤️ Thanks so much for tagging me! I love cutting down long tags too.
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You have to read the Throne of Glass series! It’s SO GOOD. (Although it’s often hit or miss because some people don’t like the main character. All I have to say is that it gets better with each book.)
Thanks for tagging me! ❤
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I agree that you should read The Lunar Chronicles by the end of the year!
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Oh yikes, Damsel really does sound like a distressing read. Sorry it was an unpleasant surprise for you! Great post!
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Nice tag. Love your answers.
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Thank you for the tag! 😀
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mid-year already and there is so much i planned to do that i have yet to get started on.. so i need to ..soon
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great tag
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Throne of Glass is also on my TBR but will probably get pushed to 2020
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mid-year already! I am so freaking out – I’m terribly behind!
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Loved your responses! This tag seems interesting, I would like to give it a shot 🙂
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Yes please do!
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