Hello guys, how are you?
We are almost in August and half of the year has already passed.
And I saw my friend MagicCatJenny do the Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag, and I thought "why not?"
I'm not a booktuber, and I actually would like to read more than what I do.
But I've read a couple of books this year and why not...
And when I say a couple I mean all this.
Yeah.
Most of them are non fiction.
I've actually read only one novel, but let's see how this goes.
Best book you've read so far in 2017?
I think it has to be Best Seller, by Roberto Fontanarrosa.
He is a comedy writer from Argentina.
He passed away 10 years ago almost to the day.
This was his first novel.
It was published in 1980, if I'm not wrong.
It's the story about this wacky Syrian spy
and it's the nearest thing I've read to The Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy
in the sense that you never know what's gonna happen next.
There's always this crazy situations that come up and it was really funny.
Best Sequel You've Read So Far in 2017?
I haven't read any sequel per se, cause I don't like to read those books in series.
But I've read The Fade Out, which is this graphic novel about old Hollywood
and I've read part 2 of it.
So...
Is that considered a sequel?
That's the nearest thing I've got.
If you enjoy noir films and detective stories I really recommend The Fade Out.
It's really good.
I didn't like that much the ending, but the whole story is quite entertaining.
The main character is a screenwriter, so that's a plus.
And the illustrations are really good.
So I recommend it.
New Release You Haven't Read Yet, But Want To?
I recently got this book called The Library of Rejected Books, and I think it's French.
It was released last year.
I don't know but the cover called my attention and I think it's kind of a comedy so... who knows
Most Anticipated Release For Second Half of 2017?
Probably the new John Green book.
I haven't pre-ordered it yet cause I want to get it from the Book Depository
because free shipping.
And they don't have it yet there.
I have to check, maybe they do now.
Biggest Disappointment?
Probably this one called Two Space Fantasies, by Argentinian author Sergio Bizzio.
I went to the bookstore and wanted some Argentinian comedy book.
And they recommended this author.
There are like two long stories in this book and I didn't like them.
I felt there were missing something.
Like I wanted a bit more, they left me wanting more.
But not in the good sense.
Biggest Surprise?
Once again, Best Seller.
I didn't think it was gonna be so funny.
And it really surprised me.
Favorite New Author?
How to Ruin Everything, essays by George Watsky.
If you don't know who George Watsky is... come on, go watch some of his music videos.
He's a genious.
So in a way it's not a new author, but I really enjoyed the book.
It was funny and I would like to read more of him.
Maybe some fiction.
That would be...
That would be nice.
Newest Fictional Crush?
I don't know.
Some of the girls from The Fade Out?
No one in particular.
Newest Favourite Character?
I may be a bit repetitive, but Best Seller.
And I'm quite excited cause I've got the sequel which is called Area 18.
Yes!
There's another book with Best Seller as a character.
By the way, I forgot to say, Best Seller is the name of the character.
His name is actually Best Seller.
Book That Made You Cry?
None made me cry, but Bruce Springsteen's autobiography Born To Run was sad at moments,
and it made me think a lot.
Not cry, but it got in my head, thinking about mental issues and...
Yeah, it's quite interesting.
Bruce Springsteen is my favourite musician so it was nice hearing his story.
And I say hearing cause I listened to the audiobook while I was reading it.
Book That Made You Happy?
The Lego Book.
It was a book about a bit of story of Lego, and some sets.
And as you know I like Lego.
It was like a nice light read.
That guy looks a bit like me.
Favourite Book To Movie Adaptation You Watched This Year?
It wasn't released this year, but Hidden Figures.
It was nice, I haven't read the book but I know it's based on a book.
And it was a fun movie.
It was quite interesting too.
Favorite Review You've Written This Year?
I don't write reviews, so next.
Most Beautiful Book You Bought So Far This Year?
I got this annotated version of The Godfather screenplay.
I've recently had to re-watch The Godfather, so I'm gonna read this really soon.
And it has all these images and interviews to the cast and crew.
And yeah, I mean, it's really nice.
"I believe in America.
America has made my fortune."
What excellent first lines.
What Books Do You Need To Read By The End of The Year?
As I've said I've been reading a lot of non fiction books, most about screenwriting.
And I want to read these two, which are like basic screenwriting books.
Story by Robert McKee and Screenplay by Syd Field.
Then as I just said The Godfather screenplay.
Then I want to read the sequel to Best Seller.
And finally The Salmon of Doubt, which is a collection of stuff written by Douglas Adams,
The Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy author.
It's a collection of emails, letters, and stuff he wrote,
and they published after he died.
So that's gonna be funny.
Plus I have to finish reading a book of stories by Woody Allen.
This is a collection of three of his books, I'm reading the last one.
And I'm re-reading the Martín Fierro, the classic Argentinian book.
I'm re-reading it for a project I might do in the future.
So you heard it here first.
So that's it, that's the end of the tag.
Tell me in the comments down below which books you've read this year and which was your favourite.
Are you currently reading anything?
And if you do this tag please tell me, I want to see you do it.
See you next time, bye.
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