 Back to my channel. I hope you're doing good. Today we're going to be talking about my most anticipated releases for the second half of the year. I love doing these videos. I love talking about the books I am most excited for. I love it! But let's be honest with ourselves, let's let's let's pull back the curtain for a second. I I don't think I've been the best this year at reading 2022 releases. I feel like I've still been catching up on 2021. How many have I read? One, two, three? Is it only four? Five? Yeah, it's five. Um, so that's not great. I'm hoping to get through more of the second part this year. I was speaking to my patrons last night on a reading sprints. We do reading sprints every week, and I was like, you know what? This first half of the year has been a bit tough for me, but the second half of the year, whoa, we're about to we're about to change. We're about to real go through a transformation. I feel like today, the future starts. So it's a good day. The release dates I have, take them with a pinch of salt. Take them with a pinch of salt, because A, some of these will be UK release dates if books have different release dates for UK versus US, and these release dates could have changed. I wasn't, I was too lazy this morning to go through and recheck every single one of them, because a lot of these are from when I put them in my spreadsheet the first time. So release dates could have been pushed back a little bit, but I think they should be fairly accurate. So let's just get into it. We're going to go in chronological order throughout the year from July to December of the releases that I'm super excited for. First we have Miss Orgid Regrets by Louise Hare, actually. I should sit like here so I can picture this here. This is a historical murder mystery, which I've just been loving reading so, so much. This one is actually been quite hyped. This one, we're following this woman who feels like life is kind of passing her by. She's not necessarily where she wants to be in her career. She's offered a job to perform on Broadway and given her first class ticket on this ship. And listen, the offer comes at a perfect time because a murder just occurred at the club where she works. Oops, and she gets on the ship and guess what? There's a murder of a family who befriended her. Oops. So I'm like, is this going to be like a murder is following her? Is she? I'm the villain. Am I the villain? I don't think I'm the villain. I don't know, but I'm super excited. I've been loving reading like historical murder mysteries. I think there's a lot of them coming out and they're really, really fun. So excited for that one. Next is The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager. So I've had, okay, I've given Ray Sager a two star, a four star, a four star and a five star. So like we have a pretty good success right? Even though I always say a few bit icky, Riley Sager isn't his real name. He wants you to think she's a woman. He's a woman. She's a woman. Yeah, always makes for a bit strange, but whatever, whatever. House Across the Lake, is this the one with the couple? Okay, yeah, I was right. Yeah. So we have this woman who's recently widowed. She goes to say at this like other family house, I think she has. It's all right for some, I mean. And there's across the lake a couple that she kind of becomes obsessed with. I think she's like looking at them, she's like, I'm like Scooby and Shaggy. So I decided to go and investigate it. She saves the woman from drowning one day, kind of like befriends her. And then one day the wife goes missing and the girl is like, I'm about to find out. Next we have How to Sell the Haunted House by Grady Hendricks. So I've never read Grady Hendricks. I own the Final Girls Support Group. And I have audiobooks of my best friends Exorcism and Horror Store. Like I want to read all the Grady Hendricks books so bad. Probably one of the authors who I've never read from before that I want to read from the most. And so I don't know much about this one. I just went on my list because it's Grady Hendricks. And I feel like How to Sell a Haunted House is such a fun title. I think they're trying to like sell the house after both their parents have died and they know it's haunted, but like we just, we just want read or something like that. These two siblings are trying to sell this house. So yeah, I don't know much about it, but listen Grady Hendricks, I'm really excited to read it. Then we have Some Time in Summer by Katrina Leno. Katrina Leno is an author I've read from before and really enjoyed every time I've read from her. This synopsis always like confuses me. I think it's about this girl who believes that she has bad luck. And then her and her mother go to stay in this town for the summer for two months. And they're sort of doing like a comet. Like a comet is appearing for the first time in a year. She's like, oh, it's for me. It's for me. So yeah, I don't know too much about this one as well. The plot seems a bit like nebulous. Nebulous, sorry I worked. Let's look up the definition of nebulous. Was I just big brain energy? Hi Miko. Miko just come to lie here and look at me when I'm filming. That's so nice. A concept vague or ill-defined. Oh my god. I am the dictionary. I'm a massive fan of the dictionary. You know, we should be like promoting the dictionary anyway because like it is such an amazing like historical British thing, isn't it? I often put authors I've loved from before, like any of their releases on my most anticipated release. I don't even know the synopsis. That is the way I live my life. Miko, I love you. I'm so happy to see you. You are my best friend ever. Then this is when I've pre-ordered. We have The Daughter of Dr. Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Gasia. Another author I've never read. Even though I own already two of her books and I've pre-ordered a third one, even I could hate her writing style. And then where are we? If you don't meet your nose, strange case I have Miss Daughter, my favorite series ever. It's one of my favorite books ever. We have Catherine Moreau in that book. So this is about The Daughter of Dr. Moreau. So I just love this story and this idea so, so much. I'm just so excited. I've pre-ordered it. I love the cover. I just can't believe my luck. I just feel like Silvia Moreau-Gasia said, here you go, Megan. Here you go. Like I wonder if the character is going to be similar. I mean Catherine in the book is not The Daughter of Dr. Moreau. She's one of his creations. But I just wonder, am I gonna get Catherine-tease? Because Catherine's my favorite character from the series. And I'm just so excited. So excited. Then we have The Retreat by Sarah Pierce. So this is the second in this detective series that started with a sanatorium last year. I think this one's to do with like a yoga retreat, gone murdery. And I liked the sanatorium. The ending did piss me off a bit. But I still want to continue the series. And hopefully it was a debut. So hopefully like the books and the author will grow over time. Then we have The It Girl by Ruth Ware. Miss Ruth Ware. Oh my god. I love Ruth Ware. I've read quite a lot of her books. I just think Ruth Ware gives us what we want. She gives us that mystery thriller mainstream kind of vibe. Like I feel like her and Ronnie Sager are kind of the thriller authors that I'm always going to pick up their stuff. Like I'm always interested in it. I believe this is about a woman whose best friend was murdered 10 years ago. A guy was sentenced and the guy dies in prison. And then the journalist comes to the main character with evidence that he may have in fact been innocent. So she's trying to figure out who actually killed her best friend. Miss Ruth Ware just has something about her. She just kind of gets it. If you guess what I want. I hate to cover this. I think it's so boring. I think it's so boring. Like I want a bit of flavour. Like give me a bit of flavour. Maybe when I see it in person I like it more. But not a fan. Not a fan. Well us even at the U.S. one. The U.K. one. Jeez Louise is ugly. I want to know what does it feel like to be so goddamn ugly. Next we have these fleeting shadows by Kate Alice Marshall. I've never read from this author before but this one sounds very intriguing to me. It's pitched as the haunting of Hill House meets Knives Out and I just said yeah mm-hmm yeah please yeah mm-yeah yeah. Her grandfather dies and he was a rich bitch and he's left this girl everything. And the the requirements that she stays on the grounds of this house for a full year. Otherwise zilch. Nada. The house is basically haunted. Why would a grandfather want to do this to his grandchild? I don't know. I guess we'll find out. But um yeah very like you can just go say haunting of Hill House and I'm like okay because that probably fucked me out more than any other TV show I've ever read. For some reason it really got to me so why not fuck me up even more huh? Yeah yeah. Then we have Stay Awake by Megan Golden. This is the author of The Night Swim which I really really loved. In this I think a girl like wakes up in a taxi or something and she goes to where she thinks she lives like her flat and it turns out someone else is living there and she has the words like stay awake, scald on her hand or arm or something. So it becomes clear that she kind of loses her memory if she falls asleep or bad things happen. Um and yeah I just love The Night Swim and this seems like a kind of different direction for Megan Golden to go down. And also I just got to support the Megans out here. You know what I mean? Megans unite. Then we have Empty Smiles by Catherine Arden. This is the last in Catherine Arden's middle grade horror series which I am just so happy. Me finishing another series. I would be so happy to finish this series. We're following like this group of friends who have these interactions with this kind of like bad guy. I don't want to say too much because I don't want to spoil the first one. But they're just like easy listens and it's Catherine Arden so I'm going to support my gal. You know since she gave me Vassia, she gave me the brand Nightingale and I'll always be grateful. But I'm ready for middle grade to be over and for us to get into YA or adult next. Like I feel like we need that. We need that Catherine so let's get going. Next we have Babble by Aleph Krang. This is like Chonky. I've seen some arcs of it already. She's a big girl. She's a big, she's a big girl. That's all the lyrics. You're a, she's a, she's a, she's a. I can't remember. She's a rich girl, rich girl. I know this is set at Oxford, Oxford, set at Oxford and it's kind of a look at colonialism within British universities and institutions and I'm just so excited to see something different from her of Krang. Now I do need to finish the Poppy War series. Don't be mad at me. I'm hoping I'm going to finish it late this year. This has been just so hyped up and I'm so excited for it. Then we have Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelward. Why did I get me so excited? I don't know the plot of this. It's going to be honest with you but it's Ali Hazelward who is my favourite romance author ever. It's going to be another sciencey, stemmy kind of girl I assume. I think that's the Ali Hazelward's kind of thing. I've heard mixed things about this already but I feel like I've gotten myself into the mood by reading her Steminis novella series which I've been reading in the past couple months which is like short novellas that just came out and I feel like they're like the hype acts. They're like the warm-up acts at a concert. They're like five seconds in the summer before One Direction. Anyone remember that? That was, that was a moment in time. That was a moment in time in my life. So I feel like they kind of got me warmed up and got me excited so I don't need to know anything about the plot. I'm just going to dive straight into it because it's Ali Hazelward. Then all we have, Carrie Soto is back by Taylor Jenkins-Reed. Oh my god, I'm excited and nervous for this. So following Carrie Soto who is an ex tennis player I think she's like reached past her prime and she decides to come back and like show the bitches what she's made of essentially. But it's true! I'm the best one. I'm nervous because those of you who read Malibu Rising will know Carrie Soto is in that and she's not a particularly likable character. So I'm just intrigued to see how Ted Jenkins-Reed is going to make us root for her in any kind of way. Listen, with Ted Jenkins-Reed I've given three stars, three five stars. Oh, I've given three five stars too and there's not many authors that I can say that about that. I've read three books from and they've all been five stars. She kind of just gets it. She gets what we need. So I'm just placing my trust in her but I am nervous about Carrie Soto. Then we have Unraveller by Francis Harding. So again, don't really know the plot of this. I just put on here because it was Francis Harding who I read early this year. I discovered from the Novelik app and was like, oh my god, I'm obsessed. Oh my god, I'm obsessed. Yeah. Oh, whoa. The synopsis is very like bland. She's not giving us a lot. It says, Kellan and Neto live in a world where anyone can create a life-destroying curse, but only one person has the power to unravel them. But not everyone is happy he can do so. And suddenly he's in a race to save both himself and all those who have been touched by his magic. Mysterious. But yeah, I loved Skin for the Shadows so much and was like, wow, this is an author that I just can't wait to read everything from. So I am very excited for that to come out. Then we have The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D Jackson. Now we have an interesting relationship. I've read two Tiffany D Jackson's and I think I gave one 2.5 and one three. There is not an author I want to love more than Tiffany D Jackson, right? There's not an author I want to repair my relationship with more, but I don't know. This might be the last test. I mean, I need to read Mondays Not Coming at some point as well. This is like, I think a Carrie retelling, like a, you know, prom, blood, whatever. But I'm really nervous because I want to love Tiffany D Jackson, but it's not fair of me to her to keep reading her stuff if I've read them a few times and they're just not for me because a lot of people love her stuff. So if it's just not viable with me, it's not fair for me to continue reading them. Even if some of her premises are like the premises and the covers and everything that I'm just the most excited for, I need to like, it has to be done. So this may be the last, the last chance for us. Then we have Marple, which is one of my most anticipated releases that are coming out the rest this year. This is an anthology collection of Miss Marple stories rewritten by a lot of really famous authors. We have one by Lucy Foley, one by Ruth Ware, one by Lee Bardugo. I'm just, I'm so excited to see how they reimagine Miss Marple. Now, I've actually never read a Miss Marple book. I may read maybe the first Miss Marple before this and kind of preparation for it to get a sense. I love when, you know, authors reimagine characters and the fact that's Agatha Christie. I'm just so excited and authors that I love. I mean, Lucy Foley, Ruth Ware, Lee Bardugo could all be argued to be three of my favorite authors. So again, it's just made for me. It's made for me. I think I'm just special. Special. Then we have The Last Housewife by Ashley Winsett. So Ashley Winsett wrote in My Dreams I Hold a Life, which again, still haven't read. I'm hoping to read it soon. I love the cover of this. It's about a woman trying to, I think, expose a cult that she and her friends used to be in. It just sounds so interesting. Ashley Winsett is doing it out here and I need to start reading her stuff because I feel like she's an author that I would absolutely love. Oh, I'm just, I'm just so excited. I loved The Project by Courtney Summers, which is following a cult. I think they're difficult to do well because you want to handle it sensitively for people who perhaps grew up in cults or have been in cults in the past. So you really want to handle it with a lot of care. And I think sometimes I've read books that are better than others at handling it, so we'll see. But yeah, I'm super duper excited for this one. I need to read, I need to read all these books. Like, you all have permission to yell at me. Speaking of Courtney Summers, we have probably my most anticipated release for the rest of the year. We have I'm the Girl by Courtney Summers. I know I need to read it. I spoke recently about, I just need to find the perfect, you know, perfect vlog for it. I'm so excited. This is kind of following, it's inspired by Jeffrey Epstein about men abusing power and these characters kind of discovering this sick and twisted world that exists after a murder of one of their sisters. So yeah, I just love Courtney Summers. Again, I've read two books from and given two five stars too. So if this is a five star, which I'm pretty certain it will be, I don't want to put too high expectations on because I don't want to like ruin expectations. But I'm pretty sure it'll be up there. Then Courtney Summers will join the list. I feel like three five stars. That's when you really know they're our favorite author, you know? Next we have House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson, which is so exciting. It's about this girl. It says, though she knows we're still about the far north where wealthy nobles live in luxury and drink the blood of those in their service, Marian applies to the position. In a matter of days, she finds herself the newest blood made at the notorious House of Hunger. What the fuck? I'm really excited for this. I love You Have the Witching by Alexis Henderson. I thought it was so atmospheric and vivid. And it's one of the books I would say I can remember best. So yeah, it lives in my mind rent free. I'm really excited for this one. Then we have The Glass Witch by Lindsay Paket. Lindsay Paket is one of my favorite author tubers. This is her middle grade debut. I think it's like spooky, eerie. I've heard, I've heard her speak a lot about it. Obviously I watch her videos. You know, it has a chubby main character, little girl. And I think that's such important representation that I would have loved to have seen when I was younger, that I think is so important to have. And just hearing Lindsay speak about these, I'm like, yeah. Then we have Into the Wind Crack Wins by Charlotte Maguire. This is the next in the Avery and Zip series. What is the series called over in the in the upper under? Are you sure? Do I look as if I'm not sure? This is the whole series that's written by a character from middle game, A Deborah Baker. So I've read the first one. I did enjoy it. Oh, then we have one of my favorite ones that are coming out Into the Riverlands by Nevo. This is the third in the singing hill cycle, which I've absolutely loved. I think they're such interesting looks at storytelling. Nevo does a such such a good job of making storytelling so interesting and captivating. We're following a character called G who goes around and gets stories from people and records them. And they're so so interesting and captivating and beautiful. And I can't wait. I've got two of Nevo's longer novels to read. And I'm really, really excited to read them. But yeah, I love this series. And I think it's always so magical and interesting and clever and insightful. So I'm very excited for this one. And then the last book, everyone. I don't have any December releases down yet. I feel like they haven't really been announced. The last book is White Out, which is the kind of sequel to Blackout. So if you remember Blackout was an anthology written by a lot of different authors, Don Niel Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Angie Thomas, lots of different authors. And they're coming back to write White Out, which is going to be set in like a blizzard, a snowstorm essentially. And I loved Blackout. I thought it was done so well how the stories were separate, but all kind of interconnected and weaved together. And I just think it's such a fun project for them to come out with. So I'm very excited for White Out. I love a good anthology and Blackout was just very clever in how they were separate but connected. I thought that was done really well. Okay, so there we have it. That is all of my most anticipated releases for the second half of this year. If there's anything I've missed out that you want me to read, please leave them down below. Any new releases that you're really, really excited for and absolutely love to know. Thank you guys so much for watching. If you've gotten to the end of the video, comment a purple heart emoji down below. I love you guys so much. Thank you for your support. You guys are the best. You're my best friends, legit. And I love you so, so much. Thank you so much for watching and I'll see you very soon in another video. Bye.