Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag: RWRB, Anna K., and More!

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Best Book You've Read so Far in 2019: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Best Sequel You've Read so Far in 2019: Finale by Stephanie Garber 
New Release You Haven't Read Yet, but Want to: Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
Most Anticipated Release for the Second Half of the Year: Rebel by Marie Lu
Biggest surprise: Verity by Colleen Hoover
Favorite new author (Debut or new to you): Casey McQuiston
Newest fictional crush: Alex Claremont-Diaz
Newest favorite character: (also) Alex Claremont-Diaz
Book that made you cry: Anna K. by Jenny Lee (this didn't actually make me cry, but the ending had me darn near close)
Book that made you happy: Unpregnant by Jenni Hendriks and Ted Caplan (OK, so the premise of this book is anything but happy, but it was still absolutely hilarious and left me in stitches!)
Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received): Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson (all hail Charlie Bowater)
What books do you need to read by the end of the year? (that I currently have in my possession) The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon, Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, Girls of Storm and Shadow by Natasha Ngan, The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

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