Episode 24: Mid-Year Freak Out Tag

00:00 Introduction
03:45 Read Watch Play
13:09 Intro to the Mid-Year Freak Out Tag
14:34 Q1. Best book you’ve read so far this year
18:38 Q2. Best sequel you've read so far this year
23:00 Q3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to
29:34 Q4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year
39:56 Q5. Biggest disappointment
48:49 Q6. Biggest surprise
54:10 Q7. Favourite new author (debut or new to you)
1:00:46 Q8. Newest fictional crush
1:04:19 Q9. Newest favourite character
1:07:40 Q10. Book that made you cry
1:10:45 Q11. Book that made you happy
1:15:06 Q12. Most beautiful book you've bought (or received) so far this year
1:20:12 Q13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
1:31:14 We did it!

Creators Mentioned:
@theshadesoforange
@willowtalksbooks

Videos and Articles:

Silvia Park speaking about the significance of the cover of Luminous https://www.instagram.com/reel/DG32RNKyJla/?igsh=MXhxZnp6ZXIwYTF6cA==

Rian’s video showing the 35th anniversary box set of Akira (manga) https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFBEAUwAZAO/?igsh=MW1lMGd5a25pYTd5dw==

Flowers for Algernon: Sometimes Books Are the Best Teachers https://www.genreblender.net/flowers-for-algernon-sometimes-books-are-the-best-teachers/

Books:

The Picture of Dorian Gray https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/e9ee4254-15b7-4e2b-9c0f-60580fe32d51

Babylon’s Ashes https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/d97c5cfc-7e64-411b-84db-394b44ad1134

Flowers for Algernon https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/17a396be-b865-42e5-819c-6c1f82d1eb82

Luminous https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/7906f71a-f212-404f-a490-eba31a611f90

The Crippled God https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/53c8340a-edd7-4e6c-8da6-09383f773978

Only a Grave Will Do https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/85eaaaec-1343-40be-99e8-15c4dccd74c6

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/290a13de-3ecf-4b8e-b9d0-48b1f06c92bf

Volatile Memory https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/cbb1d561-d6c1-429a-86c4-df769503f11f

The Broken Sword (July) https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/2bbb9ab8-b2e9-43a0-a271-81397fef192f

Level Apocalypse (September) https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/97df550b-5bf8-471b-9312-7c713d40479b

Tell Me What you Did https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/b16d05bd-a4f4-4667-94d5-aabd820e142e

Terminal Secrets https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/3d6d4771-e128-4920-b0b8-f918f3eb5e28

The Expanded Earth https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/e1537785-95b7-48c0-81d8-f92897466979

The Court of Broken Knives https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/b5ba546a-260d-47e8-b09b-eb89b4c538b2

The Fires of Heaven https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/1d568033-19e9-45b8-b5a5-c3520e3abab7

Labrinth's Heart https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/137d7922-09ae-418f-b844-12275db3d939

Butter https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/f742c402-0d52-41b3-b5db-4071c103295d

Club Contango https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/acb80ea0-75a2-4378-95b4-1666e597ba14

Exodus: The Archimedes Engine https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/74d10555-2ae2-4683-86a3-47d4db4bbda9

Wraith and the Revolution http://app.thestorygraph.com/books/0a94efa8-d0c4-414a-acc1-9588980c7c07

The Picture of Dorian Gray https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/9490a57a-6be5-40e1-a156-728193375daf

The Genesis of Change https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/668fd4f5-f5c6-4b9d-9476-7d384ec0a246

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/9cac72a0-0c8c-4600-801b-a59c8b907dac

Akira https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/8e6c9e94-b64c-403b-8948-58a322192e36

A Memory Called Empire https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/76f01d57-00fc-4570-9e71-ab622347c7ba

Those Left Behind https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/d482b2d7-e672-4e9d-a7bf-3e168de41968

The Stand https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/434e6801-21e5-4784-b3af-1b939a452380

The Wise Man’s Fear https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/0031c6f9-1109-450f-9ecf-910cda416016

Games:

Sun Haven https://store.steampowered.com/app/1432860/Sun_Haven/

Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time https://store.steampowered.com/app/2993780/FANTASY_LIFE_i_The_Girl_Who_Steals_Time/

Witchbrook https://store.steampowered.com/app/1846700/Witchbrook/

Grimshire https://store.steampowered.com/app/2238470/Grimshire/

Pokemon Legends Z-A https://www.nintendo.com/au/games/nintendo-switch/pokemon-legends-z-a/?srsltid=AfmBOope7O61PaUiQlZAaq1qAVg63hEu4lIQnyOMoiee8aeVZ_-T3lda

The Outer Worlds 2 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1449110/The_Outer_Worlds_2/

Life is Strange: Double Exposure https://store.steampowered.com/app/1874000/Life_is_Strange_Double_Exposure/

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1903340/Clair_Obscur_Expedition_33/

The Last Campfire https://store.steampowered.com/app/990630/The_Last_Campfire/

TV Shows:

Long Way Home https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/262594-long-way-home

Murderbot https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/241554-murderbot

Mindhunter https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/67744-mindhunter

Sinners https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1233413-sinners

The Residence https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/242054-the-residence