MIDYEAR FREAK OUT TAG 2024 // Mostly awesome books and a terrible one star

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READING PROJECTS & BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED:
Historathon:
‪@revenantreads‬ 2024 Announcement:    • HISTORATHON 2024 | Announcement Video  
Buddy read friend: ‪@ellethinks‬
Guadalupe reinas:    • Consignas #GuadalupeReinas2023  
  / librosb4tipos  

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MY CONQUEST VIDEOS:
Part 1:    • THE SPANISH CONQUEST PT1 // Summary, ...  

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VIDEO CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Disclaimers
1:41 - Best book
7:41 - Best sequel
9:47 - Release I haven’t read yet
13:13 - Most anticipated release
15:02 - Biggest surprise
17:02 - Biggest disappointment
23:26 - Newest favorite author
26:48 - Newest fictional crush
29:24 - Newest favorite character
31:01 - Book that made you cry
32:28 - Book that made you happy
33:16 - Most beautiful book
33:57 - Books you need to read by the end of the year

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TAG QUESTIONS:
1. Best book you've read so far
2. Best sequel you've read so far
3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year
5. Biggest disappointment
6. Biggest surprise
7. Favorite new author (debut or new to you)
8. Newest fictional crush
9. Newest favorite character
10. Book that made you cry
11. Book that made you happy
12. Most beautiful book you've bought/received this year
13. What books do you need to read before the end of the year?

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BOOKS MENTIONED:
One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
You Dreamed of Empires, Álvaro Enrique
Penric and the Shaman, Louis McMaster Bujold
Hearts of Fire and Snow, David Bowels & Guadalupe García McCall
Evocation, S.T. Gibson
The Third Gilmore Girl, Kelly Bishop
Casas, María José Ferrada (illustrated by Pep Carrió)
Empire of Silence, Christopher Ruocchio
Baudolino, Umberto Eco
Between Two Kingdoms, Suleika Jaouad
A Memory Called Empire, Arkady Martine

*I also talked about Marie Brennan.

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ME, ELSEWHERE:
Twitter: @marianaylavida
Goodreads:   / mariana-mas-books  
My channel in Spanish:    / @marianaylavida