The Mid-Year Freakout Tag - #AmReading

I've seen this one in several places, including on this YouTube channel, which is where I eventually grabbed it from. 
As is usually the case, I'm not tagging anyone, but if you want to play along, feel free to do so.  If you do this on your own blog - or YouTube channel - make sure to let me know though, so I can be sure not to miss your post or video. 
For now though, here are the questions, along with my answers: 
1. Best book you read so far this year?
 "Outlander" (Outlander, #1) by Diana Gabaldon.
 
2. best sequel you read this year? "Dragonfly in Amber" (Outlander, #2) by Diana Gabaldon.
 
3. New release you haven't read but want to? 
"Viper's Daughter" by Michelle Paver.  Amazon cancelled my order, because they couldn't get a copy, so I still don't have a copy of it.  I'll be trying again to get a copy soon. 4. most anticipated books of 2nd half of year? "Peace Talks" (The Dresden Files, #16) by Jim Butcher, "Warriors" (Hell Divers, #7) by Nicholas Sansbury Smith, and "Immortal Angel" (Argeneau, #31) by Lynsay Sands.
 5. Biggest disappointment?
 "The Dancing Bear" by Michael Morpurgo.  The ending was a huge disappointment... His books are usually better.
 
6. Biggest surprise?
 "City of Bones" (The Mortal Instruments, #1) by Cassandra Clare.  I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would, so am glad I picked it up after all.  I'm now working on the rest of the series.
 
7. Fave new fictional crush? Jamie Fraser from Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander" series. 
8. Fave new character? Brianna from Diana Gavaldon's "Outlander" series.  I wasn't interested in her at first, because I wanted to just hear about Jamie, but she's really grown on me, and become one of my favourite characters. 
9. Book that made you cry?
 "Survive" (Atlantis Grail, #4) by Vera Nazarian.  So many emotional scenes...
 
10. Most beautiful book you recieved or bought?
 This one's impossible to answer.  All good books are beautiful in one way or another. 
11. What books do you need to read before the end of the year?
 The main ones I really want to get to are Nyxia Uprising (The Nyxia Triad, #3) by Scott Reintgen,  the second half of the "Artemis Fowl" series by Eoin Colfer, the rest of Cassandra Clare's "Mortal Instruments" series, and Darlene Foster's "Amanda Travels" series.  But there are several others too... I have a very long to-read list.