**2019 READING STATS**
It's the annual survey from Jamie over at Perpetual Page-Turner
Number Of Books You Read: 257 kids, middle grade, YA, and adult (plus 574 picture books, easy children's nonfiction, and I can read books)
Number of Re-Reads: None
Genre You Read The Most From: Contemporary Romance (both adult and YA)
Side note: I will try not to talk about the same books over and over again!
1. Best Book You Read In 2019?
As librarians, we have a Top Ten list called #Libfaves. So I did make a Top 10 list - which is always hard. Here's the book I picked as the best book I read this year:
3. Most surprising (in a good way or bad way) book you read?
4. Book You “Pushed” The Most People To Read (And They Did)?
Probably a tie between these two books. I talked about them A LOT
5. Best series you started in 2019?
Romance bookstore! Secret Rooms! A fun Kitten!
Also this fantasy with a deadly magical world, hidden identities, and banter
Best Sequel of 2019?
#MeToo in the library world and that killer ending!
Smart woman who knows what she can do
Best Series Ender of 2019?
Is there really any other answer here?
6. Favorite new author you discovered in 2019?
7. Best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone?
I don't usually read adult nonfiction, but this book hooked me!
8. Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year?
9. Book You Read In 2019 That You Would Be MOST Likely To Re-Read Next Year? I don't have time to re-read many books, especially not if I just read them the year before.
10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2019? Also can't narrow this down, but I do have a blog post for that too...
11. Most memorable character of 2019? So many, but I did Adore Sweetie!
13. Most Thought-Provoking/ Life-Changing Book of 2019?
14. Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2019 to finally read?
Such a great historical fiction for middle grade readers
16.Shortest and Longest Book You Read In 2019?
Shortest: any picture book, but this one stood out to me:
Longest Book at 984 pages:
17. Book That Shocked You The Most
(Because of a plot twist, character death, left you hanging with your mouth wide open, etc.)
18. OTP OF THE YEAR (you will go down with this ship!)
Hattie and Beast
19. Favorite Non-Romantic Relationship Of The Year
20. Favorite Book You Read in 2019 From An Author You’ve Read Previously - so many but I did love this one
21. Best Book You Read In 2019 That You Read Based SOLELY On A Recommendation From Somebody Else/Peer Pressure/Bookstagram, Etc.: There are several, but this one was a great feminist read!
22. Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2019? Again there are several, but I love The Duke of Ruin
23. Best 2019 debut you read? One of my favorites.
24. Best Worldbuilding/Most Vivid Setting You Read This Year?
25. Book That Put A Smile On Your Face/Was The Most FUN To Read? Again, there are several, but I loved the bookish nerdiness of this one!
27. Hidden Gem Of The Year?
28. Book That Crushed Your Soul? I will Never get over the death - you know the one I mean
29. Most Unique Book You Read In 2019? One day in the life of Disney - around the world. I now want to work at Disney.
3. Favorite bookish related photo you took in 2019:? It's not the best photo - I'm not looking at the camera. But here I am with Meg Cabot chatting about her new book.
4. Best bookish event that you participated in (author signings, festivals, virtual events, etc.)? BEA was great (and terrible because of the rain). Here are some other BEA pictures.
5. Best moment of bookish/blogging life in 2019? Meeting lots of authors at BEA was great, but moderating a romance author pannel at my state library conference and intorducing illustrator Vashti Harrison were both awesome moments.
7. Most Popular Post This Year On Your Blog (whether it be by comments or views)? My summer reading post about program ideas for Universe of Stories was the most popular by views.
8. Post You Wished Got A Little More Love? So hard to say, but probably this one about the blog turning 11.
10. Did you complete any reading challenges or goals that you had set for yourself at the beginning of this year? I completed my Goodreads challenge this year. I always have intentions of completing other ones, but I forget about them!
1. One Book You Didn’t Get To In 2019 But Will Be Your Number 1 Priority in 2020? Too many to count! But this one is near the top
2. Book You Are Most Anticipating For 2020 (non-debut)? (Kids/Middle Grade, YA, and Adult - because I can't have just one!) Again, there are SO many here.
3. 2020 Debut You Are Most Anticipating? (Kids/Middle Grade, YA, and Adult - because I can't have just one!)
4. Series Ending/A Sequel You Are Most Anticipating in 2020?
5. One Thing You Hope To Accomplish Or Do In Your Reading/Blogging Life In 2020? Break 1 million views for the blog - I'm SUPER close!
6. A 2020 Release You’ve Already Read and Recommend To Everyone (if applicable): Read about why here.
