my reading year so far - the best, worst, saddest books, and more (2022)

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Hi friends!!!

I'm here to tell you about what books I've read so far in 2022 by doing the midyear book freakout tag!!!
I love doing this tag each year, so I hope you enjoy!!!

Please feel free to answer these questions in a comment:
1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2022
2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2022
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?

I hope you're having a wonderful reading year so far!
Best wishes,
Carolyn Marie :)

My Social Media: CarolynMarieReads

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***About me -
I'm a freelance illustrator and writer who recently graduated from college at the Fashion Institute of Technology with my Bachelors of Fine Arts in Illustration with a minor in English/Writing.
My greatest passion in life is combining my love of illustrating, writing, and reading!

Happy Reading :)

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My best book so far: Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, it blended magical realism, philosophy, and fantasy - I went in blind and it was an amazing experience 🖤

wanderingwonderland
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I think Never Let Me Go was the first book that ever made me cry. I cry easily over books these days, but back then, it was UN-HEARD of. It was my first Ishiguro and it is only maybe my third-favourite of his novels today. That really says a lot about the power of his works!

evastrange
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1. War and peace (re-reading)
6. Carmilla
7. Sheridan le Fanu
8. Edward Rochester
9. Pierre Bezukhov
10. The Broken Wings
11. Persuasion
12. Oliver Twist
13. Anna Karenina, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Count of Monte Cristo, Germinal, Great Expectations, The Forsyte Saga, Toilers of the Sea and Pearl S Buck's books

Madhurita
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I'm reading Never Let Me Go right now and loving it. I agree that knowing nothing about it going in is the best way to go. You should do a spoiler filled video so you can talk about it more for people who have read it.

micahlawrence
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1. best book- Anne of green gables is now my favorite book ever
2. Best sequel- Anne of Avonlea, clearly a new favorite series haha
3. New release I haven’t read yet- I don’t know
4. Most anticipated release- the third book in the inheritance games (the final gambit)
5. Biggest disappointment- the magic steeped in poison, I thought I would love this one since its a fantasy book with the magic system based on TEA but I ended up dnfing after 3 hours of the audiobook, I couldn’t get into the story
6. Biggest surprise- one piece and hunter x hunter, for some reason I didn’t think manga would be something for me but I was so wrong and I am now on the sixth volume pf hunter x hunter and the ninth of one piece
7. New favorite author- L. M. Montgomery, her writing and stories are just everything I need
8. Newest fictional crush- I don’t get crushes on characters unfortunately
9. Newest favorite character- a tough one but Anne Shirley
10. Book that made me cry- heartstopper 3
11. Book that made me happy- the wind in the willows
12. Most beautiful book bought this year- the selected works of the Brontë sisters and Anna Karenina (thank you for that recommendation, I am so excited to read it) from the vintage classics
13. Books I need to read this year- the final empire by Brandon Sanderson, the whole Anne series by L. M. Montgomery, Illuminae by Kaufman and Kristoff and Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

jasminefigueredo
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1. Best book- Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
2. Best sequel- Queen of Shadows by Sarah J Maas
3. New release I haven't read yet- To paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
4. Most anticipated release- Daughter of moon goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
5. Biggest disappointment- This is how you lose the time war by Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar
6. Biggest surprise- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (currently reading)
7. New favorite author- Osamu Dazai and Tatsuya Endo
8. Newest fictional crush- Charlie Lastra from Book Lovers by Emily Henry
9. Newest favorite character- Charlie Spring from Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
10. Book that made me cry- before the coffee gets cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
11. Book that made me happy- Spy X Family manga series by Tatsuya Endo
13. Books I need to read this year- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy; The count of monte cristo by Alxandre Dumas; Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes and a lot more! but these are big classics that are high on my tbr this year
loved the video so much :) 💖

Mika-lkbv
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IIRC, To the Lighthouse touched on inspiration and motivation. Perhaps the main reason we have so much trouble finding them is that they tend to find us. However, there was this writer I knew who used to like to chide people like me with lines like: "You make your own inspiration, " and "output is proportional to input."

jamesduggan
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Please read East of Eden! I would love to hear your thoughts about this great book! :)

meerlesen
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Good books info, love the way you talk and express, a pleasure to watch your videos.

SebastianCanale
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1) The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton) this has quickly become one of my favorite books of all time.
6) Thousand Cranes (Yasunari Kawabata) I had not expected the amount of beauty that Kawabata’s prose would bring to the novel, the plot still makes me raise a slight eyebrow but the prose is incredible so I’m excited to read Snow Country.
7) Edith Wharton
9) Dorian Gray and May Welland (for completely different reasons).
10)The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison), if you know you know.
11) Dracula, we read it for class and it was so much fun.
12) The Age of Innocence and Moby-Dick
13) Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison), 100 Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia-Marquez), To The Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)

cassiopeiathew
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I’ve read The Winners already since I’m Swedish, you will definitely love it! It’s fantastic!

moaandersson
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1. Best book: The Faces by Tove Ditlevsen, Radio Silence by Alice Osman, Crime & Punishment and Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky for sure
2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2022: Iron Gold by Pierce Brown (it's freaking amazing; I love Red Rising so much)
3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to: Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart (so utterly interested in this book)
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year: I seriously have no clue what is going to be released in the near future
5. Biggest disappointment: In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens (just wasn't what I had expected it to be)
6. Biggest surprise: How much I enjoyed Holding Up The Universe by Jennifer Niven
7. Favorite new author (debut or new to you): Tove Ditlevsen, because this woman is a freaking genius
9. Newest favorite character: Apollonius from Iron Gold and I know he's lowkey psycho but we still love him
10. Book that made you cry: Radio Silence (I was in public, so I couldn't, but gosh did this book destroy me)
11. Book that made you happy: probably Holding Up The Universe
12. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received): The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas; penguin's modern classics addition, it's soo beautiful
13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?: All of the Dostoyevskys I own and def Anna Karenina, because I'm in the middle of it and it's sooo good; and probably every other book that I started but didn't finish, which is like about ten thousand, so it's gonna be fun :)

noone-wqfm
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I haven't read very many of Dickens's earlier works, but my favorite by him is A Tale of Two Cities. Can't wait to hear what you think of that one when you get to it!

brittanyallemanayers
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What do we want? - Etsy Restock!
When do we want it? - Now!

Kidding! - Love your videos. Love your art. You’re awesome. ✌🏽

Saladbar
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Never let me go and To the lighthouse are fantastic books indeed, Carolyn! I really want to read East of Eden too. I'd like you make a video only about Kate DiCamillo's books. She's is an amazing author.

denisefreitas
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i to the lighthouse, need to film my mid year freakout tag video asap

martasgreatlibrary
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Never Let Me Go is my best book of the year so far too. I would love to hear you talking about it with spoilers. Maybe an idea for a separate video? :)

jolantakruk
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I just purchased never let me go can’t wait

Coastalgrooves
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best book i’ve read so far+ made me cry: the inseparables by Simone de Beauvoir! it's a fiction inspired by her best friend (or the person she loved beyond her family), Zaza. it's so tender and passionate; giving us insights of women's struggles in early 20th century France while focusing on the tragic characters. If you enjoy the themes of maternal bond/trap, the pain of wanting to understand everything, living with contradictions, and just being yourself passionately, I think you will enjoy this very much!
p.s. I love your overalls in this video <3

deadknot
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Never Let Me Go is one of my favorite books of all time, I'm so glad you loved it! It's funny to me that some consider it a sad book, because I found it overwhelmingly beautiful, but I had to read it for a highschool literature course so I think studying it academically gives you a different perspective on it. I can't wait to hear your thoughts on Hamnet!

elinamorrison