2. Best Sequel You've Read So Far in 2016

3. New Release You Haven't Read Yet but Want To

4. Most Anticipated Release for the Second Half of 2016

What book am I NOT anticipating, that's the real question here. Currently I am most looking forward to Fear the Drowning Deep by Sarah Glenn Marsh as I do not have an advanced copy of it!

5. Biggest Disappointment

Sadly, I've got to say it was Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare. You can read why in my DNF review here.

6. Biggest Surprise

I unexpectedly loved Summer of Supernovas by Darcy Woods. I'm not very big on contemporary, so this one was a pleasant surprise. I both reviewed the book and interviewed the author!

7. Favorite New Author (Debut or New To You)

This should come as no surprise - it's Jay Kristoff. Nevernight made me a full on Droog, hook line and sinker.

8. Newest Fictional Crush

Rhysand, High Lord of the Night Court, but of course! I was intrigued by him in ACOTAR and by the time I started ACOMAF I knew I was in way deep.

9. Newest Favorite Character

Mia Corvere! I can't express how much I love how multifaceted this girl is, and how we get to see all sorts of sides to her in Nevernight. She's fearless, but when she gets scared she doesn't let it consume her. She owns her sexuality. She is cool and calculated but at the same time, she's relatable and fiercely headstrong. Plus, her shadow is a talking cat... talk about Goals.

10. Book That Made You Cry

I haven't read many tearjerkers this year, but hopping back to The Love That Split the World, I bawled and bawled at the end for no particular reason other than how soul-crushingly lovely the writing was. I love when books and writing can do that to me.

11. Book That Made You Happy

I know it debuted last fall but I didn't read it until this year, and that book is Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon. Although the end can be bittersweet, the overarching theme of the book is just so beautiful and happy!

12. Most Beautiful Book You've Gotten So Far This Year

I'm going to make this one a tie between Tales of the Peculiar by Ransom Riggs and Nicola Yoon's The Sun is Also A Star. I love the simplicity of these covers and the beauty in their minimalism! Can you believe the cover art for TSIAAST was string art done entirely by hand?! It blows me away.

13. What Books Do You Need to Read by the End of This Year?

I've got all my reading for September through December planned out, with my prioritized reads being:

• And the Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich
• Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco
• Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova
• The Secret Keepers by Trenton Lee Stewart
• Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
• Ever the Hunted by Erin Summeril
• History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera
• Caraval by Stephanie Garber

14. Favorite Book Community Member (Blogger, Bookstagrammer, Booktuber, etc.)

Handing this one off to S. Usher Evans, the author, blogger, auntie figure, and overall Golden Ray of sunshine in my life. I'm so glad we've been able to become friends over the course of the last year-ish, and I have no idea what I would do without her pep talks, dog pictures, or words of wisdom and encouragement!

I've also got to give my ALA Squad a ginormous shoutout because I would be a total mess without these ladies:

MC @ Blame It On the Books

Brittany @ Brittany's Book Rambles

Emily @ Emily Reads Everything

Christina @ Books and Prejudice

Kendice @ Kendice Reads Books

Alex @ Fiery Reads

Cat @ Let The Pages Reign

Aila @ One Way Or An Author

My twitter gals:

Jess @ Princessica of Books

Tamara @ Tamaraniac

Xan @ Twirling Pages

Alexandra @ Literary Legionnaire

And of course, my day one, who convinced me to start blogging in the first place,

Lillie @ Little Lillie Reads

15. Tag! Who's It?

You! Reading this right now! And probably most of the aforementioned bloggers! Go forth and give us a midyear recap of your own!