2019 End of Year Reading Survey!

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Annual End of Year Reading Survey!

Jame from The Perpetual Page Turner started this awesome tradition that allows you to reflect on the books you've read during the year, and I absolutely love it and look forward to doing it at the end of every year! So here's mine!



2019 Reading Stats:

Number of Books Read: 123
Number of Re-Reads: 6
Genre You Read the Most From: YA "Contemporary" (YA that wasn't SF/F)



Best in Books:

Best book you read in 2019?

       Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Book you thought you were going to love more but didn't?

       Rebel by Marie Lu

Most surprising (in a good or bad way) book you read?

       The Kingdom by Jess Rothenberg

Book you "pushed" the most people to read (and they did)?

       Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Best series you started in 2019? Best sequel of 2019? Best series ender of 2019?

       Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin

       Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins

       Finale by Stephanie Garber

Favorite new author you discovered in 2019?

       This is a re-discovery, but... Erin Morgenstern

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

       New Kid by Jerry Craft

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

       Verity by Colleen Hoover

Book you read in 2019 that you would be most likely to re-read next year?

       Any of the 2020 ARCs I read this year that I loved, but... probably A Breath Too Late by Rocky         Callen

Favorite cover of a book you read in 2019?

       Gotta give a shoutout to all of them...

       Bright Burning Stars by A.K. Small

       The Kingdom by Jess Rothenberg

       The cover of Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin I got in the Bookish Box

       Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

       Again, but Better by Christine Riccio

Most memorable character of 2019?

       Ellie (A Breath Too Late by Rock Callen)

Most Beautifully Written Book Read in 2019?

       The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

Most thought-provoking/life-changing book of 2019?

       Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Book you can't believe you waited UNTIL 2019 to finally read?

       Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

Favorite passage/quote from a book you read in 2019?

       The judge had given Brock something that would never be extended to me: empathy. My pain             was never more valuable than his potential.  - Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Shortest and longest book you read in 2019?

       Shortest:

       Longest: Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin


Book that shocked you the most?

      The Tenth Girl by Sara Faring

OTP of the year?
 
     Alex and Henry (Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston)

Favorite non-romantic relationship of the year?

      The White House Trio  (Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston)

Favorite book you read in 2019 from an author you've read previously?

      The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

Best book you read in 2019 that you read based solely on the recommendation from somebody else?

      Frankly in Love by David Yoon (recommended to me by Laurie Halse Anderson herself)

Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2019?

      Alex Claremont-Diaz (Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston)

Best 2019 debut you read?

      Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Best worldbuilding/most vivid setting you read this year?

      The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

Book that put a smile on your face/was the most fun to read?

      To change it up a little... American Royals by Katharine McGee

Book that made you cry or nearly cry in 2019?

      A Breath Too Late by Rocky Callen

Hidden gem of the year?

      Suggested Reading by Dave Connis

Book that crushed your soul?

      A Breath Too Late by Rocky Callen

Most unique book you read in 2019?

      The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

Book that made you the most mad?

      Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Looking Ahead:

Book you didn't get to in 2019 that will be your #1 priority in 2020?

Well... I'm currently reading House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas, and I'd hoped to finish it in 2019, but that didn't happen, so...

Book you are most anticipating for 2020 (non-debut)?

       The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

2020 debut you are most anticipating?

      Anna K. by Jenny Lee -- I've already read this, but I've been involved with this book for quite              some time; I read a manuscript and provided a blurb for the ARC, so I am just so excited for this        book to be out in the world, although I know it is a book that is not for everybody!

2020 release you've already read and recommend to everyone?

      SO many! Here are my favs:

      Anna K. by Jenny Lee

      The Best Laid Plans by Cameron Lund

      Where Dreams Descend by Janella Angeles

      A Breath Too Late by Rocky Callen

      Break the Fall by Jennifer Iacopelli

Series ending/a sequel you are most anticipating in 2020?

      Blood & Honey by Shelby Mahurin

      American Royals #2 by Katharine McGee


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