The Mid-Year Book Tag

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Channel: Books and Things · 2017 · People & Blogs

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In which I do the Mid-Year Book Tag...

---Videos Mentioned---

Smoked Meat review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do89NtkbCIc

The two Not So Hypothetical Victorian Literature Course videos:
Industrialisation in North and South and Hardy Times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSzg4TIfH_k 
Great Expectations and Jane Eyre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aMaMjq4wuE 

Two Weeks of Thomas Hardy: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw2Mjecd2B-OI2kC45Ws2fnIwt4PUOj3F 

J.K. Rowling vs Charles Dickens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSmNxLIIWKQ 

---Books Mentioned---

North and South, Elizabeth Gaskell: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156538.North_and_South

The Small House at Allington, Anthony Trollope: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/144463.The_Small_House_at_Allington

Smoked Meat, Rowena MacDonald: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13580869-smoked-meat

The Threat Level Remains Severe, Rowena MacDonald: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31944931-the-threat-level-remains-severe

Reservoir 13, Jon McGregor: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33283659-reservoir-13

The Book of Dust, Philip Pullman: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34128219-la-belle-sauvage

My Name is Lucy Barton, Elizabeth Strout: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25893709-my-name-is-lucy-barton

The Tidal Zone, Sarah Mosse: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30325865-the-tidal-zone

The Mystery of Mrs Blencarrow, Margaret Olpihant: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9579700-the-mystery-of-mrs-blencarrow-queen-eleanor-and-fair-rosamond

Cicero series, Robert Harris: https://www.goodreads.com/series/51340-cicero

A Start in Life, Anita Brookner: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1523501.A_Start_in_Life

Last Fling, Sue Gee: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11465113-last-fling

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10210.Jane_Eyre

A Monster Calls, Patrick Ness: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8621462-a-monster-calls

War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/656.War_and_Peace

The Novice, Trudi Canavan: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28250.The_Novice

The Crimson Petal and the White, Michel Faber: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40200.The_Crimson_Petal_and_the_White

The Essex Serpent, Sarah Perry: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32075861-the-essex-serpent

---Questions---

1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2017. 
2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2017.
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. Favourite new author
8. Newest fictional crush.
9. Newest favourite character.
10. Book that made you cry.
11. Book that made you happy.
12. Favourite book to film adaptation you saw this year. 
13. Favourite review you've written / favourite video you've made this year. 
14. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received)
15. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?


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