How Is Our Reading Year Going?! 📚👀 (Mid Year Check In) [EP#54]

Time to reflect on our reading year so far! How are we doing with our reading goals? What books have hit, missed & what are we looking forward to for the rest of the year? Hope you enjoy this one :)

Books Discussed:

This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me - Ilona Andrews

The Dark Mirror - Samantha Shannon

Red Rising - Pierce Brown

The Fellowship of the Ring - JRR Tolkien

The Bright Years - Sarah Damoff

The Burning Side - Sarah Damoff

The Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson

Us Against You - Fredrik Backman

Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman

Neverthorn - Shannon Mayer

The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen

11/22/63 - Stephen King

The Ballad of Falling Dragons - Sarah A Parker

Into the Blue - Emma Brodie

Jade City - Fonda Lee

Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke

No Matter What - Cara Bastone

Rhythm of War - Brandon Sanderson

The Diviners - Libba Bray

Recursion - Blake Crouch

Shield of Sparrows - Devney Perry

The Last Contract of Isako - Fonda Lee

Daughter of No Worlds - Carissa Broadbent

Chain of Gold - Cassandra Clare

The Road of Bones - Demi Winters

A Stage Set for Villains - Shannon J Spann

Burn of the Everflame - Penn Cole

The Knave and the Moon - Rachel Gillig

Taipei Story - RF Kuang

Victorious - VE Schwab

Dead Beat - Leigh Bardugo

The Sixth Faction - Veronica Roth

American Hagwon - Min Jin Lee

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(00:00) intro & current reads

(11:22) freya's europe tripe!

(16:41) how we're doing with our reading goals

(27:21) fable reading stats

(32:34) mid year book tags

(32:50) books we immediately want to reread

(36:51) new favourite authors

(39:42) most frustrating characters

(42:04) a book that should have been shorter

(44:07) a book that should have been longer

(46:21) series we want to read this year

(48:59) character most likely to start a podcast

(51:08) ranking our book club reads so far

(54:56) most anticipated reads for the rest of the year