Well, it’s been a few years since I completed one of these surveys! Strangely enough, I pick the year I hardly read anything to complete it but here’s to baby steps 🙂 This survey is put out every year by the lovely Jamie at The Perpetual Page-Turner so be sure to pop over there!
2019 READING STATS
Number Of Books You Read: 29
Number of Re-Reads: 0
Genre You Read The Most From: Mystery/Thriller (21!)
BEST IN BOOKS
1. Best Book You Read In 2019?
Well, this was surprisingly easy, I legit only read one 5 star book this year: The Wicked King by Holly Black!
2. Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going To Love More But Didn’t?
Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
3. Most surprising (in a good way or bad way) book you read?
Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough – That book was a complete mind blow at the end!
4. Book You “Pushed” The Most People To Read (And They Did)?
I would say probably The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware? I didn’t really book push much this year, but I did lend this to someone and they read it! I mostly suggested backlist titles that I had read previously but I can’t even remember which ones!!!!
5. Best series you started in 2019? Best Sequel of 2019? Best Series Ender of 2019?
Best series I started is definitely the Kate Burkholder series by Linda Castillo! Best sequel was definitely The Wicked King (I’m going to TRY to make that not the answer to every question haha).
6. Favorite new author you discovered in 2019?
This one has to go to Linda Castillo also! I love her Kate Burkholder series and I will definitely be continuing with it.
7. Best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone?
I didn’t read anything out of my comfort zone, haha. Next year will be better!
8. Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year?
Hmm, that’s kind of hard because I can’t really remember (except for The Wicked King :P), but I did read The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas in one day so I’d say that one!
9. Book You Read In 2019 That You Would Be MOST Likely To Re-Read Next Year?
The only one that I can ever see myself rereading EVER is The Wicked King and/or The Lost Sisters by Holly Black. I read mostly thrillers and they aren’t exactly re-readable to me.
10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2019?
The Grim Lovelies by Megan Shepherd
11. Most memorable character of 2019?
This is probably such a weird answer, but Kate Burkholder… only because I read a ton of books from that series so it’s unlikely I will ever forget her as a character.
12. Most beautifully written book read in 2019?
Hmm, pass. I wouldn’t call anything I read beautifully written exactly.
13. Most Thought-Provoking/ Life-Changing Book of 2019?
Another pass. I didn’t exactly read broadly this year or outside of my comfort zone. I didn’t even really read any non fiction. I’ll be doing better in 2020 😛
14. Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2019 to finally read?
That’s definitely Sworn to Silence by Kate Burkholder. I love Amish fiction, and this series was recommended to me by Cassie years and years ago and I only JUST read the first one.
15. Favorite Passage/Quote From A Book You Read In 2019?
Another pass. Since the majority of my books are packed in boxes and I’ve been reading from the library I don’t even have these books to reference… it would probably be from The Wicked King though if I was to try 😛
16.Shortest & Longest Book You Read In 2019?
Shortest was The Lost Sisters by Holly Black at 50 pages and longest was Copycat by Alex Lake at 416 pages.
17. Book That Shocked You The Most
Hands down was Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough. That book was MESSED up… the ending was just, wow.
18. OTP OF THE YEAR (you will go down with this ship!)
Gosh, Jude & Carden. I love them. I’m so nervous about The Queen of Nothing.
19. Favorite Non-Romantic Relationship Of The Year
Eek, pass. I don’t even remember any and clearly, if I can’t remember they aren’t even a favorite.
20. Favorite Book You Read in 2019 From An Author You’ve Read Previously
The Wicked King because I only read ONE FAVORITE.
21. Best Book You Read In 2019 That You Read Based SOLELY On A Recommendation From Somebody Else/Peer Pressure/Bookstagram, Etc.:
Oh, that’s definitely Sworn to Silence… the same as my response above.
22. Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2019?
Ugh, so sad. This used to be one of my favorite questions but I didn’t read enough last year to even answer thing.
23. Best 2019 debut you read?
I didn’t read any debuts!
24. Best Worldbuilding/Most Vivid Setting You Read This Year?
Haha, The Wicked King. I just love that world.
25. Book That Put A Smile On Your Face/Was The Most FUN To Read?
Gosh, probably the only thing that would have made me SMILE that I read was Whiskey in a Teacup by Reese Witherspoon!
26. Book That Made You Cry Or Nearly Cry in 2019?
Nothing, I had no reactions this year I guess. Well, the end of The Wicked King I was sad and stunned, but no tears.
27. Hidden Gem Of The Year?
This is kind of annoying to keep answering like this but… none.
28. Book That Crushed Your Soul?
Haha, well that would be The Wicked King. It was definitely the only soul-crushing book I read and I AM SO SCARED.
29. Most Unique Book You Read In 2019?
I think that would again be Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough, just because… lord, that was a weird ending.
30. Book That Made You The Most Mad (doesn’t necessarily mean you didn’t like it)?
Oh, definitely Her Pretty Face by Robyn Harding. It mirrored the true-life crimes of Paul Bernardo & Karla Homolka so much it enraged me.
YOUR BLOGGING/BOOKISH LIFE
1. New favorite book blog/Bookstagram/Youtube channel you discovered in 2019?
This sucks that I can’t answer it but I really have no idea. I started following a lot of bookstagrams and book tube channels at the end of 2018/beginning of 2019 so I have no idea.
2. Favorite post you wrote in 2019?
Haha, well I guess we will have to go for the ONE post that I did write 🙂
3. Favorite bookish related photo you took in 2019:?
I normally take more photos of Simon and books together but it appears I only have one!
4. Best bookish event that you participated in (author signings, festivals, virtual events, etc.)?
Gosh, I didn’t participate in anything!
5. Best moment of bookish/blogging life in 2019?
Hands down meeting Melissa FINALLY!
6. Most challenging thing about blogging or your reading life this year?
I just couldn’t get in the groove. I was having a hard time reading, but I did do ok and I wanted to blog but couldn’t find the motivation. Hopefully, this year will be better, I’m PLANNING on it being better 🙂
7. Most Popular Post This Year On Your Blog (whether it be by comments or views)?
Well, that’s a big not applicable 🙂
8. Post You Wished Got A Little More Love?
🙂
9. Best bookish discover (book related sites, book stores, etc.)?
Fair’s Fair Books. This bookstore is AMAZING. One of the things I deeply missed about moving out of Ontario (and believe me there is only a handful) is the secondhand book sales. In the area that we lived there was a MASSIVE used book sale every year and I would get tons of great finds there. I was so sad to leave it because it definitely helped me curate my own bookshelves quite a bit, so I was THRILLED to find out that this amazing gem is in the city 🙂
10. Did you complete any reading challenges or goals that you had set for yourself at the beginning of this year?
Hah, not really. Just read again and blog again… and I guess I technically did the second one 😛
LOOKING AHEAD
1. One Book You Didn’t Get To In 2019 But Will Be Your Number 1 Priority in 2020?
Well this is easy… The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black! I also really want to read Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater. Those will definitely be the two that are next up in the queue.
2. Book You Are Most Anticipating For 2020 (non-debut)?
The Ballard of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins. Oh, my WORD am I excited about this one!
3. 2020 Debut You Are Most Anticipating?
This kind of sucks because I don’t really know 🙁 I’m trying to get caught up on 2020 releases coming out and research some but I’m not there yet on the debuts.
4. Series Ending/A Sequel You Are Most Anticipating in 2020?
Gosh, I don’t bloody know. My go-to answer is the sequel in A Court of Thorns and Roses but is that even coming out in 2020?
5. One Thing You Hope To Accomplish Or Do In Your Reading/Blogging Life In 2020?
Meet my Goodreads goal. Like come on girl, it’s 50 books, you used to breeze past that. I also really, really want to keep up with blogging this year. And if I’m really far-reaching I’d love to start a booktube channel!
6. A 2020 Release You’ve Already Read & Recommend To Everyone (if applicable):
Haven’t read any so far so I’m just excited 🙂
Have you filled out the survey? Leave a link below in the comments of your survey, I love reading these and this year more than ever I need to discover all the books I’ve missed <3
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