Mid-Year Book Freak Out [BOOK TAG]

I can't believe it's already halfway through the year 😱

I just started reading books more in March? But I've read so many more books than I usually do and I feel quite accomplished 😌

I spent most of this half-year reading books that are much beloved by the bookish community since there are so many books and series that I haven't read yet. Some of these books that I've finally read are: Six of Crows Duology, Call Me By Your Name, The Raven Cycle, & Carry On. I really enjoyed most of these very hyped books!

I'm glad I ended up mostly reading books that I loved and I've learned a lot about what I like as a reader. I found out that I actually really enjoy what many consider "pretentious writing". I've also found out that fantasy books are, to me, the ultimate comfort books. I love reading a good, adventurous fantasy book after reading a heart-wrenching contemporary book. I've also found out that contemporaries are usually the books with the most potential to hurt me the most. And I've also found that with contemporaries, I either really love them or I feel quite indifferent towards them.

Since it's the middle of the year, I'd like to share a couple of my stats for this year so I can look back and compare in the future!

By Genre:

(some books fall under several genres)

• Historical Fiction: 3
• Contemporary: 11
• Fantasy: 15
• Romance: 7
• Mystery/Thriller: 2
• Classics: 1

Star Ratings ★:

(This is atypical but 4.75's are rounded down to 4.5, 3.75 to 3.5)

• 5★: 13
• 4.5★: 7
• 4★: 5
• 3.5★: 4
• 3★: 2
• 2.5★: 2

I probably shouldn't have so many 5-star books, but I admit I read a lot of really good books this half-year :")

I took a lot of time doing this tag, since I initially started with a lot of answers for each question but I went back and tried really hard to limit my answers to one book per question. It was...quite difficult...

I've always wanted to do a book tag so yea here we go!