My Midyear Reading Check-In | Faves, Stats & Surprises

It's officially the halfway point of 2026, which means it's time for a midyear reading check-in! 📚 In today's video, I'm combining two BookTube favorites—the Midyear Freakout Tag and the BookTube Numbers Tag—to look back at the first half of my reading year. I'll be sharing: ✨ My favorite books of the year (so far) ✨ Biggest surprises and disappointments ✨ Favorite new author, character, and fictional crush ✨ My prettiest book ✨ Reading stats and BookTube numbers ✨ The books I hope to read before the end of the year I'd love to hear from you in the comments! What has been your favorite book of 2026 so far? Have there been any surprising discoveries or disappointing reads? And what are you most excited to pick up during the second half of the year? Happy reading, and here's to a wonderful second half of 2026! 📚 Midyear Freakout Tag Tagged by: ‪@hardbooks770‬ ‪@LiterateTexan‬ ‪@MyMessyBookshelf‬ 📊 BookTube Numbers Tag Created by: ‪@jimsbooksreadingandstuff‬ Tagged by: ‪@booksimnotreading‬ ‪@TheAccidentalBookseller‬ 📺 Other Channels Mentioned: ‪@TracysNordicLight‬ ‪@YoungsandTheRestless‬ 🏷️ People I'm Tagging: ‪@joesbookandmoviecorner‬ ‪@JessBookgirlTV‬ ‪@books_and_bocadillos‬ ‪@Masha.s_Book_Obsession‬ ‪@Uncommon_Reader‬ ‪@DixieSparkles‬ ‪@madelinereads4‬ ‪@whatsrobsreading‬ ‪@DTRstephen‬ ‪@PatricksBookReviews‬ ‪@RiffRaffReads‬ ‪@genteelblackhole‬ 🎥 Videos Mentioned:    • Summer Reading Plans 😎 | Big Books, Comfor...      • Can Modern Romance Win Me Over? 💖      • My 7 Favorite Books of 2025 (The Ones That...   📖 Books Mentioned: Pandora's Jar — Natalie Haynes Bookshops & Bonedust — Travis Baldree The Unicorn Hunters — Katherine Arden Graveyard Shift — M. L. Rio If We Were Villains — M. L. Rio Romancing the Duke — Tessa Dare The Everlasting — Alix E. Harrow Swordheart — T. Kingfisher Carmilla — J. Sheridan Le Fanu The River Is Waiting — Wally Lamb Wild Reverence — Rebecca Ross The Romantic Poets The Odyssey — Homer The Silent Companions — Laura Purcell Persuasion — Jane Austen Crime and Punishment — Fyodor Dostoevsky The Song of Achilles — Madeline Miller Les Misérables — Victor Hugo Jane Eyre — Charlotte Brontë The Lion Women of Tehran — Marjan Kamali Ride the Spiral — Ben Young Giovanni's Room — James Baldwin I Who Have Never Known Men — Jacqueline Harpman Say Hello to My Little Friend — Jennine Capó Crucet 1984 — George Orwell 🕰️ Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:36 Midyear Freakout Tag 13:36 BookTube Numbers Tag 20:48 Tagging Others 21:32 Final Thoughts #booktube #midyearfreakouttag #booktubenumberstag #readingwrapup #books