End-Of-Year Book Tag

What better way to slowly get back into the swing of book blogging than with a tag? I've noticed that there are some people who don't really like doing tags that much, but I think they're really fun, and it's my blog, so here we go.

There's something so nice about the feeling of wrapping things up at the end of the year. Granted, it's a bit early to exactly do that, since we still have a month and a half left of 2017, but it's the start of that! And I found this great book tag started (I think) by Ariel Bissett over on YouTube that's a great transition into the end of the year. 

1) Are there any books you've started this year that you need to finish?

*glances at currently reading shelf* Let's not pay a lot of attention to how many books I've put down in the middle and not picked up yet, and how few of those I actually started this year. The three that I started in the past few months that I'd really like to finish before the end of the yaer are KALEIDOSCOPE SONG by Fox Benwell, STYLE by Chelsea M. Cameron,  and TUCK EVERLASTING by Natalie Babbitt. I've really enjoyed all of them so far, and I've pretty much just drowned in work or gotten distracted. I want to get back to them!

2) Do you have an autumnal/wintery book to transition into the end of the year?

This is more of a holiday-themed book than anything else, but it fits! I picked up WHAT LIGHT by Jay Asher at the library a couple of weeks ago, and I think it's really going to get me in the holiday mood. I'm probably going to wait a couple of weeks on this one, but it should be a quick read once I get to it.

3) Is there a new release you're still waiting for?

Let's momentarily disregard the fact that I'm quite a bit behind on new Kasie West releases to talk about the fact that she somehow has THREE 2017 releases! And we're still waiting on one of them! LOVE, LIFE, AND THE LIST was originally supposed to be a 2018 release, but it got pushed back, and I'm so excited for it! I'm sure I'll love it just as much as I love all of her contemporaries, and I love the bucket list trope (even if it's not quite a bucket list).

4) What are three books you want to read before the end of the year?

These are all highly anticipated 2017 reads that I just somehow haven't gotten to yet: LITTLE & LION by Brandy Colbert, A SEMI-DEFINITIVE LIST OF WORST NIGHTMARES by Krystal Sutherland, and THIS DARKNESS MINE by Mindy McGinnis.

5) Is there a book you think could still shock you and become your favorite book of the year?

This hypothetical honor has to go to THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END by Adam Silvera. He's already surprised me once this year with HISTORY IS ALL YOU LEFT ME, which ripped my heart out, left me in tears, and became and instant favorite, and I've heard such good things about his latest book that I'm hoping it will do the same thing.

6) Have you already started making reading plans for 2018?

Yes, I have! I'm probably going to do a lot of the same reading challenges I did this year: the Backlist Reader Challenge, the Debut Author Challenge, the Series Ender Challenge, and the Read It Again, Sam Challenge. I did pretty well on all of them this year except the backlist challenge, in which I am hopelessly behind. But who knows? Maybe I'll catch up. I'll definitely make a goal for next year that won't end up with such an end-of-year panic, though.

What are your end-of-year reading plans? Any good wintery reads that I should add to my list by the end of the year? Do you have any reading challenges to catch up on? Tell me in the comments!