Mid-Year Check-In: Best Book, Biggest Disappointment & More

00:00 intro 00:51 favourite book of 2026 so far 02:37 the best sequel 02:46 new release 04:02 most anticipated read 05:28 biggest surprise 06:30 new favourite author 07:00 fictional crush 08:18 favourite character 09:39 the one that made me cry 10:33 book that made me happy 11:18 the most beautiful book 12:36 book I need to read before the end of the year 14:11 biggest disappointment 15:08 outro My review of Rebecca: https://youtu.be/Gv5wXr0aIPo @TheProvincialLady video: Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag: https://youtu.be/BNsZdYVkI_4?si=loTExZWoGV9RcUOB @tristanandtheclassics6538 video on Summer Classics: https://youtu.be/9iIJrwfz6UA?si=PtL7nstL7ujk-VuE All the books mentioned, in alphabetical order: A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, translated by Rosamund Bartlett Boulder by Eva Baltasar, translated by Julia Sanches David Copperfield by Charles Dickens Irretrievable by Theodor Fontane, translated by Douglas Parmee Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset, translated by Tiina Nunnally Lies and Sorcery by Elsa Morante, translated by Jenny McPhee Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton Stations by Louise Kennedy The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf Trespasses by Louise Kennedy When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzén, translated by Alice Menzies Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell