Hey all, this bookish survey is finally being posted way later than I wanted. It was initially going to be one of my first posts of the year and it kind of just went ot the backburner. It has been forever since I did this, around five years. I’m kind of ridiculous, ha.
I was thinking of it as a quiz and I hate quizzes but I finished it pretty quickly. I read so many books last year, it was kind of ridiculous. Especially given how many repeats there are. What can I say? I like what I like.
I think I may have read more books in 2019 than all the books during the rest of my blogging years. Thank you, audiobooks.
Thank you to Jame @ The Perpetual Page Turner for creating it!
*I’m not going to add covers for all of these if ,there’s repeated books
**2019 READING STATS**
Number Of Books You Read: 139
Number of Re-Reads: 8
Genre You Read The Most From: Contemporary
1. Best Book You Read In 2019?
Far From You was so amazing and it will be on this list a few times. It’s a thriller and it tackles different topics and it’s lovely.
Full Disclosure was a 2019 release I read and loved.
2. Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going To Love More But Didn’t?
Damsel wasn’t bad but I just expected a bit more from it.
3. Most surprising (in a good way or bad way) book you read?
I was just really surprised at the parents in this book because I didn’t understand their thinking. At all. Like what are you doing??
4. Book You “Pushed” The Most People To Read (And They Did)?
I pushed Full Disclosure once I finished it but I don’t know if anyone read it.
5. Best series you started in 2019? Best Sequel of 2019? Best Series Ender of 2019?
Started: Girls Made of Paper and Fire
Sequel: Children of Virtue and Vengeance
Ender: I should put Mockingjay as it’s the only Series Ender I read but…nope.
6. Favorite new author you discovered in 2019?
Elana K Arnold!
I love the way she writes girls.
Tess Sharpe!
Far From You was such an amazing book and I want it as a movie.
Sandhya Menon!
I waited forever to read her books but they were all so lovely.
7. Best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone?
Children of Blood and Bone and Girls of Paper and Fire, don’t make me choose between them!
8. Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year?
It was such a good mystery! It is a lot better than One Of Us Is Lying, which, side note, I hated because of a certain thing.
Anyway, I literally had to take notes about Two Can Keep A Secret during work and on my break, as well as lunch for theories on my phone.
9. Book You Read In 2019 That You Would Be MOST Likely To Re-Read Next Year?
It is such a scary and timely Dystopian novel that hits super close to home.
10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2019?
Girls of Paper and Fire
It’s so gorgeous.
11. Most memorable character of 2019?
This is such a ridiculous answer because hello, I listed so many books but I seriously can’t pick.
12. Most beautifully written book read in 2019?
I loved The Beauty That Remains and I Have Lost My Way with the way they covered the characters struggles so well.
13. Most Thought-Provoking/ Life-Changing Book of 2019?
Obviously I am NOT good at choices.
14. Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2019 to finally read?
15. Favorite Passage/Quote From A Book You Read In 2019?
“But the truth was far deeper. The truth was every single color in a rainbow spectrum, and Maya didn’t have the words to say what she felt. So she didn’t say anything. It was just easier that way.”
― Far from the Tree
― Far from the Tree
16. Shortest & Longest Book You Read In 2019?
Shortest: Chronic Pixie Dream Girl
Longest – Winter
17. Book That Shocked You The Most
Mockingjay
One word: Ughhh.
I don’t even know. i feel like the ending was thrown together and it wasn’t done super well.
18. OTP OF THE YEAR (you will go down with this ship!)
Winter and Jacin from Winter ??
19. Favorite Non-Romantic Relationship Of The Year
Characters in Hello Girls and Unpregnant??
20. Favorite Book You Read in 2019 From An Author You’ve Read Previously
Far From The Tree was a total knock out. I adored the entire thing.
21. Best Book You Read In 2019 That You Read Based SOLELY On A Recommendation From Somebody Else/Peer Pressure/Bookstagram, Etc.:
Hello Girls from Dahlia Adler on Twitter sometime. I had the hardcover for months before listening to the audiobook instead, oops. It was so, so good.
22. Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2019?
I mean, for character OTPs, I’d go with Jacin.
23. Best 2019 debut you read?
Full Disclosure obviously. I’ve been yelling about this book.
24. Best Worldbuilding/Most Vivid Setting You Read This Year?
The Grace Year even if I would have liked maybe more description of the background…
25. Book That Put A Smile On Your Face/Was The Most FUN To Read?
Unpregnant and Hello Girls.
26. Book That Made You Cry Or Nearly Cry in 2019?
It was so devastating and hard to read.
27. Hidden Gem Of The Year?
I related way too much to the main character.
28. Book That Crushed Your Soul?
Like Written In The Stars, Between Shades of Grey was so hard.
29. Most Unique Book You Read In 2019?
Undead Girl Gang – They bring back dead girls and things ensue.
What Girls Are Made Of – Lots of talk mixed in chapters of goddesses
Aftercare Instructions – There’s two timelines and the second one is in play form
30. Book That Made You The Most Mad (doesn’t necessarily mean you didn’t like it)?
Breaking Butterflies
I just really need to review this book and make no mistake, I did not like it.
Blogging:
1. New favorite book blog/Bookstagram/Youtube channel you discovered in 2019?
Blogs:
2. Favorite post you wrote in 2019?
N/A
I seriously had the hardest time blogging the past two years.
3. Favorite bookish related photo you took in 2019:?
4. Best bookish event that you participated in (author signings, festivals, virtual events, etc.)?
Shattering Stigmas
5. Best moment of bookish/blogging life in 2019?
Shattering Stigmas again
6. Most challenging thing about blogging or your reading life this year?
Blogging in general
7. Most Popular Post This Year On Your Blog (whether it be by comments or views)?
8. Post You Wished Got A Little More Love?
Literally anything I did for Poetic Justice or Shattering Stigmas, ha.
They didn’t get a ton of love and I think that’s because poetry isn’t really a thing in the YA world obviously and I fell out with the blogging community a couple years ago. The former was a total disaster in regards to consistency, but you can read all the posts marked with the tag or category Poetic Justice.
9. Best bookish discover (book related sites, book stores, etc.)?
N/A
I didn’t really discover anything last year.
10. Did you complete any reading challenges or goals that you had set for yourself at the beginning of this year?
I set my Goodreads goal for 100 books and I did it! And then went over by 39 books.
2020:
1. One Book You Didn’t Get To In 2019 But Will Be Your Number 1 Priority in 2020?
It doesn’t look like it’s going to happen in January even though it’s on my physical TBRTBR. Sigh. This year though. For sure.
2. Book You Are Most Anticipating For 2020 (non-debut)?
I have loved all of Jackson’s books and I can’t wait to read her newest one.
3. 2020 Debut You Are Most Anticipating?
Who I Was With Her reminds me of Far From You and We Are Okay and it sounds heartbreaking and I want it so much.
4. Series Ending/A Sequel You Are Most Anticipating in 2020?
Both of these books sound so good.
5. One Thing You Hope To Accomplish Or Do In Your Reading/Blogging Life In 2020?
Reading Life and Blogging Life: Keep a journal
Blogging Life – Comment More
6. A 2020 Release You’ve Already Read & Recommend To Everyone (if applicable)
I am so awful, I’ve had eARCs to read and I just didn’t read them. Sad.
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