The Best, the Worst, and the Most Surprising Books of 2026 (So Far)

------------ Join the Seriously Well-Read Book Club on Patreon:   / randyray   ----------------------- 📬 Contact & Collaboration Voxer: rlray1584 Email: [email protected] ----------- Here's my contribution to the "Mid-Year Freakout Tag". I've included time stamps with all the prompts. I mention the following Containers on this video: ‪@TheBookclectic‬ ‪@JamesRuchala‬ ‪@RaynorReadsStuff‬ ‪@BookBlather‬ ‪@meliinthemargins‬ And I mentioned the following videos:    • What Happens if You Read Every Day?   https://www.youtube.com/live/V1MXoowy...    • The Odyssey | Official New Trailer   ------------ 00:00 Intro 01:11 The best book you've read so far this year 05:05 The best sequel you've read so far this year 05:13 The best new release that you haven't read yet but that was released this year 06:29 Your most anticipated upcoming release during the second half of the year 08:00 Your highest disappointment this year so far 08:51 You're biggest surprise of the year 13:50 Your best fictional crush 14:18 Your newest favorite character 15:34 A book that made you cry (or that was at least sad) 16:44 A book that made you happy 18:38 Your favorite book to film adaptation that you watched this year 19:47 Your favorite video of review that you made this year 21:25 The most beautiful book you bought this year 21:40 What books do you still need to read this year 28:04 Tag other Booktubers 28:40 Closing ------------ #BookTube #Books #Reading #ReadingGoals #ReadersOfYouTube ------------ Join the Seriously Well-Read Book Club on Patreon:   / randyray   ----------------------- 📬 Contact & Collaboration Voxer: rlray1584 Email: [email protected] -----------