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Mid-Year Freak-Out Tag 2025 | Reading Wrap-Up & Book Reactions

Welcome to the Mid-Year Freak-Out Tag 2025! In this video, I'm sharing a reading update for the first half of the year—highlighting my favorite books, disappointments, surprising reads, and the books I'm most excited to read next. Whether you’re looking for book recommendations, want to know what’s been trending on BookTube, or you're just here to see me spiral over my TBR… you're in the right place!

In this video:
– Best books I’ve read in 2025 so far
– Most disappointing reads
– Books that surprised me
– New favorite authors
– Books I want to read before the year ends
– And the one that absolutely broke me

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I’ll be answering all 13 prompts from the MID-YEAR FREAK-OUT TAG, including:

1. Best Book You’ve Read So Far This Year
2. Best Sequel You’ve Read So Far This Year
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 of the year
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. The Most Beautiful Book You’ve Bought (or Received)
13. Books You Need to Read by the End of the Year


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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
01:15 1. Best Book You’ve Read So Far This Year
02:12 2. Best Sequel You’ve Read So Far This Year
03:12 3. New Release You Haven’t Read Yet, But Want To
03:59 4. Most Anticipated Release for the Second Half of the Year
04:50 5.Biggest Disappointment of the year
05:41 6. Biggest Surprise
06:26 7. Favorite New Author (Debut or New to You)
07:08 8. Newest Fictional Crush
07:37 9. Newest Favorite Character
08:22 10. Book That Made You Cry
09:02 11. Book That Made You Happy
09:38 12. The Most Beautiful Book You’ve Bought (or Received)
10:28 13. Books You Need to Read by the End of the Year
12:27 Outro

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