This is the ever so popular END OF YEAR BOOK SURVEY hosted by THE PERPETUAL PAGE-TURNER!
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Total does not include picture books, DNFs, or books under 100 pages.
NUMBER OF PAGES READ
2016 - 21,076
2015 - 29,980
NUMBER OF RE-READS
THORN
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
MEMORIES OF ASH
THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW
MOST READ GENRE
FANTASY
BEST BOOKS I READ IN 2015
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MIDDLE GRADE
ROOTBEER CANDY AND OTHER MIRACLES
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YOUNG ADULT
A tie!THE SMELL OF OTHER PEOPLE'S HOUSES
By Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
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THE SERPENT KING
By Jeff Zentner
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ADULT
FAITHFUL
By Alice Hoffman
A BOOK I WAS EXCITED ABOUT AND THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO LOVE MORE, BUT DIDN'T...
OF FIRE AND STARS
By Audrey Coulthurst
THE BOOK THAT SURPRISED ME THE MOST
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD
By J.K. Rowling
BOOK I PUSHED THE MOST PEOPLE TO READ.
Again this year ORLEANS by Sherri L. Smith. It is a diverse Dystopian with an MC of color by a POC author, and there is zero romance in it. It is boom in your face gritty and realistic.
BEST SERIES STARTER/SEQUEL/ENDER
STARTER
This is not exactly a series starter, but it is the "first" book in the Tiffany Aching arc of the Discworld mega-series.
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SEQUEL
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ENDED
FAVORITE NEW AUTHOR DISCOVERED THIS YEAR
ALICE HOFFMAN
BEST BOOK THAT WAS FROM A GENRE OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE.
HISTORICAL FICTION
THE SMELL OF OTHER PEOPLE'S HOUSES
MOST ACTION PACKED NON-PUT-DOWNABLE
By L.M. Montgomery
THE BOOK I AM MOST LIKELY TO RE-READ NEXT YEAR
FAVORITE COVER
I am doing a giveaway of a signed paperback copy, so stop by and enter to win: HERE.
MOST MEMORABLE CHARACTER OF 2016
Shelby from FAITHFUL by Alice Hoffman
MOST BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN BOOK I READ IN 2016
MOST THOUGHT PROVOKING
FAITHFUL by Alice Hoffman
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THE BOOK I CAN'T BELIEVE I WAITED UNTIL 2016 TO READ
By Philip Pullman
MY FAVORITE QUOTE FROM A BOOK READ IN 2016
"… she thought there should be a word meaning ‘a word that sounds like the noise a thing would make if that thing made a noise even though, actually, it doesn’t, but would if it ‘did’.
Glint, for example. If light made a noise as it reflected off a distant window, it’d go ‘glint!’ And the light of tinsel, all those little glints chiming together, would make a noise like ‘glitterglitter’. ‘Gleam’ was a clean, smooth noise from a surface that intended to shine all day. And ‘glisten’ was the soft, almost greasy sound of something rich and oily." ~ WEE FREE MEN by Terry Pratchett
SHORTEST AND LONGEST BOOK
THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW - 108 pages
FATE OF THE TEARLING - 496 pages
THE BOOK THAT SHOCKED ME THE MOST
THE CURSED CHILDMY OTP OF THE YEAR
Ron and Hermione, they still have my heart in THE CURSED CHILD.
MY FAVORITE NON-ROMANTIC SHIP OF 2016
Albus Severus and Scorpius, hands down, THE CURSED CHILD.
BEST BOOK FROM AN AUTHOR I HAVE READ PREVIOUSLY.
THE DREAM THIEVES
By Maggie Stiefvater
BEST BOOK READ SOLELY BASED ON PEER PRESSURE
THE SCORPIO RACES By Maggie Stiefvater
MY NEWEST CRUSH IN 2016
James, from FAITHFUL by Alice Hoffman
BEST DEBUT
THE SMELL OF OTHER PEOPLE'S HOUSES
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THE SERPENT KING
BEST WORLD BUILDING
FATE OF THE TEARLING
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A BOOK THAT WAS THE MOST FUN TO READ
CODY AND THE MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE
THE BOOK THAT MADE ME CRY
THE SERPENT KING
HIDDEN GEM
THE BONE SPARROW
THE BOOK THAT CRUSHED MY SOUL
THE CURSED CHILD
MOST UNIQUE BOOK
OMNIA
Heather from RANDOM REDHEADED RAMBLINGS, Greg from BOOK HAVEN, and I did a triple review. It was fun!
THE BONE SPARROW because of the treatment of residents in refugee camps and the horrible living conditions.
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A DANCE WITH BOOKS
*waves to Annemieke*
FAVORITE BOOKTUBER
Amber from
THE MILE LONG BOOKSHELF
MY BEST DISCUSSION POST
THURSDAY THOUGHTS - PERSONALITY TESTS
It had 163 views and 24 comments. The book related discussion post stats were horrendous. What do you all want to talk about?
BEST BOOKISH FEATURE
I love my new SATURDAY EVENING CONVERSATIONS feature.
MY BEST BLOGGING MOMENT
Watching my monthly hits almost top 12,000. I was 33 views away.
MY MOST DISAPPOINTING EVENT OF 2016
I requested my first two physical ARCs from larger publishers and received neither. One of the publishers sent me another book instead, which was more popular than the one I requested. Ha ha. I don't quite know what that meant.
MOST POPULAR POST
My most popular post was a THE SUNDAY POST, which contained a tribute to my buddy Jani Lane on the fifth year anniversary of his death, with 1,002 views, but I suspect the overage was due to my music biz friends visiting and sharing. Plus, I am not going to count my blogversary and a blog hop, which had views in the high 600s, because they both had giveaways. The highest regular post was THE PLAYLIST SHUFFLE TAG with 492 views. Hmm... maybe I should turn this into a music blog, ha ha!
THE POST I WISH RECEIVED A LITTLE MORE LOVE
The SATURDAY EVENING CONVERSATIONS post about HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD. It was a spoilery discussion with fellow Potterhead Jolene from JO'S BOOK BLOG. I thought the comments would blow up because everyone had been tweeting about it. I really wanted to know people's thoughts.
MY BEST BOOKISH DISCOVERY
That there is a "collections" feature for documents on my Kindle tablet, and I can have a current ARCs list and a backlist ARCs list with both my Edelweiss and Netgalley books together, so I don't have to hop between sites to see what I have. I can also add the docs to my Kindle Library collections!
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REACHED CHALLENGES
The only challenge I was in with a goal was the Goodreads Challenge and I hit it on the nose with 72 books.
A BOOK I DIDN'T GET TO IN 2015 BUT WANT TO RIGHT AWAY
BY V.E. Schwab
MOST ANTICIPATED 2017 NON-DEBUT
By V.E. Schwab
MOST ANTICIPATED 2017 DEBUT
MOST ANTICIPATED SERIES FINISHER
By V.E. Schwab
ONE THING I HOPE TO DO BLOGGING WISE IN 2017
Post more on my children's book blog TICKLING DRAGONS, and my Middle Grade book blog PAPER DRAGONS. *This is exactly the same sentence from last year's survey. Heh heh.
2017 RELEASE YOU RECOMMEND TO EVERYONE
What were some of your reading highlights last year? Did you do an End Of Year Book Survey? If you did please leave your link in the comments and I will hop on over!
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