End of the Year Survey

The annual survey from Jame @ Perpetual Page Turner

 

Number Of Books You Read: 717

Number of Pages Read: 92, 119
Number of Re-Reads: 2
Genre You Read The Most From: Contemporary 

Number of Blogs Posted: 360

1. Best Book You Read In 2016? I'll try not to use this book for ALL the answers.

 

 4. Book You “Pushed” The Most People To Read (And They Did)? I'm a librarian, I push books on people for a living. But...probably this one.

 5. Best series you started in 2016? Best Sequel of 2016? Best Series Ender of 2016?

 6. Favorite new author you discovered in 2016?

7. Best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone?

 8. Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year?

10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2016?

11. Most memorable character of 2016? Taylor

 

 14. Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2016 to finally read? 

                                            

16.Shortest and Longest Book You Read In 2016?

Longest Book: Empire of Storms at 693 pages
Shortest Book: J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World at 12 pages

 17. Book That Shocked You The Most

18. OTP OF THE YEAR (you will go down with this ship!) Andie and Clark

19. Favorite Non-Romantic Relationship Of The Year - Frankie, Paige and Eva

20. Favorite Book You Read in 2016 From An Author You’ve Read Previously

21. Best Book You Read In 2016 That You Read Based SOLELY On A Recommendation From Somebody Else/Peer Pressure:

22. Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2016? Clark

                                                          

23. Best 2016 debut you read?

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?

26. Book That Made You Cry Or Nearly Cry in 2016?

27. Hidden Gem Of The Year?

28. Book That Crushed Your Soul?

29. Most Unique Book You Read In 2016?

1. New favorite book blog you discovered in 2016? I discover new blogs on twitter and try to check them out. I don't have just one...

2. Favorite review that you wrote in 2016? Good Lord. Nope. Not choosing. But I do like how this one came together (not a review) 

3. Best discussion/non-review post you had on your blog? I don't really seem to have these. 

4. Best event that you participated in (author signings, festivals, virtual events, memes, etc.)? I went to a small writing conference put on my RWA chapter. It was fantastic. Plus I got to have coffee with Sarah MacLean.

5. Best moment of bookish/blogging life in 2016? Meg Cabot tweeting out a review of The Boy is Back (I guess she liked it!)

6. Most challenging thing about blogging or your reading life this year? There's never enough time to read everything. And stats on the blog are down, but I think that just happens. Several bloggers are calling it quits. I've thought it about it at times, but I still enjoy it, so I'll be here.

7. Most Popular Post This Year On Your Blog (whether it be by comments or views)? Summer Reading Program Ideas for Giant Games

8. Post You Wished Got A Little More Love? It is cheating if I say all of them? I guess it would be Book Recommendations for fans of Reality TV

9. Best bookish discover (book related sites, book stores, etc.)? Bookish Knee Socks

10.  Did you complete any reading challenges or goals that you had set for yourself at the beginning of this year? I try them, but inevitably, I end up forgetting about them and never pay attention to them, so if I did, it was by luck.

1. One Book You Didn’t Get To In 2016 But Will Be Your Number 1 Priority in 2017? I don't really have one.

2. Book You Are Most Anticipating For 2017 (non-debut)?

3. 2017 Debut You Are Most Anticipating? This is one is high on my list.

 4. Series Ending/A Sequel You Are Most Anticipating in 2017? So Many, but this one is super high on my list.

5. One Thing You Hope To Accomplish Or Do In Your Reading/Blogging Life In 2017? Talk more about picture books and kids books.

6. A 2017 Release You’ve Already Read; Recommend To Everyone:

End of the Year Survey 2013

1. Best Book You Read In 2013? (If you have to cheat — you can break it down by genre if you want or 2013 release vs. backlist)

It's a tie between Crown of Midnight and Dark Triumph - seriously loved those two books so much. I'll try not to use them for every answer!

2. Book You Were Excited About and; Thought You Were Going To Love More But Didn’t?

Wedding Night - Love Sophie Kinsella books - but this one was a little too over the top for me. I still enjoyed it, but I didn't love it.
Stats: The Greatest Number in Sports. I was appalled by this book and it's lack of stats for women's sports.

 3. Most surprising (in a good way!) book of 2013? 

Bomb - I'm not usually a serious nonfiction reader, but I really liked this book.

 4. Book you read in 2013 that you recommended to people most in 2013?

All I Need by Susanne Colasanti -  this book went out a lot over the summer with teens at the library.

 5. Best series you discovered in 2013?

Also Known As by Robin Benway

 6. Favorite new author you discovered in 2013?

You can see my Top Ten New to Me Authors here...

7. Best book that was out of your comfort zone or was a new genre for you?

Library Wars - I'm not a huge reader of Graphic Novels. I liked it, but it was hard to tell the characters apart. 

 8. Most thrilling, unputdownable book in 2013?

Besides my answers for #1 - Something Real by Heather Demetrios (out next year) made me angry when I had to stop reading. I didn't want to do anything but finish the book. 

 9. Book You Read In 2013 That You Are Most Likely To Re-Read Next Year?

I rarely re-read books because of time issues. I don't have enough time to read all the books I want to. I only re-read for book club. 

10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2013?

I have a post on this... check it out here.

11. Most memorable character in 2013? 

Celaena from Crown of Midnight.

13. Book that had the greatest impact on you in 2013? 

Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas

 14. Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2013 to finally read? 

Jenny Han's Summer Trilogy - everyone raved about it, but I wasn't sure I was going to like it because of the FEELS.

 15. Favorite Passage/Quote From A Book You Read In 2013?

16.Shortest and; Longest Book You Read In 2013?

How I did this: Went to my read books on Goodreads and sorted by page number and just looked for what I knew I read this year that was the shortest and longest.

Shortest: Chu's Day coming in at 30 pages

Longest: Keepers of the Lost Cities: Exile coming in at 576 pages

 17. Book That Had A Scene In It That Had You Reeling And Dying To Talk To Somebody About It? (a WTF moment, an epic revelation, a steamy kiss, etc. etc.) Be careful of spoilers!

Allegiant - that ending! 

18. Favorite Relationship From A Book You Read In 2013 (be it romantic, friendship, etc).

Ruby and Liam from Never Fade

19. Favorite Book You Read in 2013 From An Author You’ve Read Previously

Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

20. Best Book You Read In 2013 That You Read Based SOLELY On A Recommendation From Somebody Else:

One and Only Ivan 

21. Genre You Read The Most From in 2013?

Contemporary

22. Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2013?

Jase Garrett

23. Best 2013 debut you read?

Taste Test by Kelly Fiore

24. Most vivid world/imagery in a book you read in 2013?

Just One Day by Gayle Forman. I felt like I was on the streets of Paris..

25. Book That Was The Most Fun To Read in 2013?

Roomies by Sara Zarr and Tara Altebrando 

26. Book That Made You Cry Or Nearly Cry in 2013?

The Summer trilogy by Jenny Han. I Cried several times throughout the trilogy. 

27. Book You Read in 2013 That You Think Got Overlooked This Year Or When It Came Out?

I thought it was great, but I didn't really hear people talking about this one.

1. New favorite book blog you discovered in 2013? 

http://justanotherteenreading.blogspot.com/

2. Favorite review that you wrote in 2013? 

I have no idea how to answer this question...too many reviews.

3. Best discussion you had on your blog?

If We Were Having Tea - lots of comments outside of the blog.

4. Most thought-provoking review or discussion you read on somebody else’s blog?

If We Were Having Coffee -from Jamie at the Perpetual Page Turner - which prompted my own post

5. Best event that you participated in (author signings, festivals, virtual events, memes, etc.)?

BEA - so many great moments with authors, publishers, librarians, and bloggers.

6. Best moment of book blogging/your book life in 2013?

Hanging out with Meg Cabot at RJ Julias!

7. Most Popular Post This Year On Your Blog (whether it be by comments or views)?

Views: 2480 - Unremembered Blog Tour  

8. Post You Wished Got A Little More Love?

Bookish Gifts for Teens 

9. Best bookish discover (book related sites, book stores, etc.)?

Rafflecopter - I just started using it this year for contests and it's makes things so super easy.

10.  Did you complete any reading challenges or goals that you had set for yourself at the beginning of this year?

2/3 - see this post for more details

1. Your Reading Priority in 2014?

More standalone books (it seems I've read lots of series books this year) and more YA. I was on an adult reading kick for a lot of the year. Not that they weren't good - just that I missed a lot of YA books.

2. Book You Are Most Anticipating For 2014 (non-debut)?

Here's my post on these books (it's HARD narrowing down the choices)

3. 2014 Debut You Are Most Anticipating?

4. Series Ending You Are Most Anticipating in 2014?

5. One Thing You Hope To Accomplish Or Do In Your Reading/Blogging In 2014?

More personal posts on the blog, sharing a bit more about me

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