The Best & Worst of 2026...So Far | Midyear Reading Wrap-Up | Favorites & Disappointments

Mike talks about the first half of 2026 by discussing his favorite and most disappointing reads, top content, and goals for the second half of 2025. ℙ𝕦𝕣𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕧𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕠: Blaze – Stephen King https://amzn.to/4wz3bRZ Comanche Moon – Larry McMurtry https://amzn.to/4yjJWO4 Eldest – Christopher Paolini https://amzn.to/3Rr6sUw High Fidelity – Nick Hornby https://amzn.to/4ye4pDT Last Contract of Isako – Fonda Lee https://amzn.to/4bgPyi0 Riftwar – Raymond Feist https://amzn.to/4aHu7qm Shutter Island – Dennis Lehane https://amzn.to/4fdMftb The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre – Philip Fracassi https://amzn.to/4h0yG2M The Forever War – Joe Haldeman https://amzn.to/4fh6tm2 The Hive – Ronald Malfi https://amzn.to/4gwpqDw The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold https://amzn.to/4wVD5cf Tower of Silence – Larry Correia https://amzn.to/4wBio58 Trading in Danger – Elizabeth Moon https://amzn.to/4vYHrz9 Unsouled – Neal Shusterman https://amzn.to/4aKMtXt ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕝𝕤 𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕖𝕡𝕚𝕤𝕠𝕕𝕖: 𝕎𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕕 𝕄𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘? 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕕𝕠 𝕤𝕠 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕠𝕨 𝕒𝕕𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤: Mike K. 15201 Mason Rd Suite 169 Cypress, TX 77433 Support Mike on Patreon:   / mikesbookreviews   Join Mike's server on Discord   / discord   Visit Mike's Amazon Wishlist: https://amzn.to/2zpHooW Follow Mike on Goodreads:   / mikesbookreviews   Follow Mike on Twitter:   / zepp1978   Like Mike's Book Reviews on Facebook   / mikesbookreviews   Follow Mike on Instagram   / zepp1978   Microphone used in these videos: https://amzn.to/3IpFSAX 0:00 Introduction 1:11 What I've Read 2:02 Most Read Authors 2:47 The Best...So Far 16:44 Most Disappointing...So Far 25:31 Most Popular Content 33:17 Second Half Goals ------------------------------------------------------ Theme music provided by Infraction    / @infraction   Music used: Epic (No Copyright Music) https://infractionroyaltyfreemusic.ba... Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0(CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... ------------------------------------------------------ #MikesBookReviews #midyear #midyearbookfreakouttag