**2019 Reading Stats**
Number Of Books You Read: 77
Number of Re-Reads: 2
Genre You Read The Most From: YA Fantasy
Best Book You Read In 2019?
Finale by Stephanie Garber, Bloodleaf by Crystal Smith, and House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig. So yeah, not just 1...not different genres either! Lol! These were all fantastic fantasy reads that left me daydreaming for more! Sadly, one was a final book and another was a standalone.
Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going To Love More But Didn’t?
Spetacle by Jodie Lynn Zdrok and The Missing Season by Gillian French were my two biggest letdowns this year. Went into both of them expecting a bone chilling mystery and ended up with a blah contemporary situation with random mysterious moments.
Most surprising (in a good way or bad way) book you read?
Book You “Pushed” The Most People To Read (And They Did)?
Best series you started in 2019? Best Sequel of 2019? Best Series Ender of 2019?
The Wicked King by Holly Black--a jawdropper of a sequel to the first book of her amazing trilogy
Finale by Stephanie Garber--a book you can pretty much expect to see a lot of in this survey!
Favorite new author you discovered in 2019?
Erin A. Craig for sure!
Best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone?
The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright--I don't usually read Middle Grade books, but decided to give this one a whirl and it was actually pretty good!
Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year?
Bloodleaf was pretty unputdownable! I love me a good fairy tale retelling!
Book You Read In 2019 That You Would Be MOST Likely To Re-Read Next Year?
I'm not much of a re-reader, even though I did re-read 2 books this year. A huge plus for me! Lol! I'd say I'd pick up The Joy of Cookies again because it was a short and light-hearted read!
Favorite cover of a book you read in 2019?
Most memorable character of 2019?
Tella for sure! I love that girl!
Most beautifully written book read in 2019?
House of Salt and Sorrows was a gorgeous retelling of The Worn Out Dancing Shoe! I love that tale so much and Erin retold it so creatively!
Most Thought-Provoking/ Life-Changing Book of 2019?
That again would be The Joy of Cookies! Lol. It was pretty deep.
Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2019 to finally read?
Escaping from Houdini by Kerri Maniscalco! And even more unbelievable...I still need to read Capturing the Devil!
Favorite Passage/Quote From A Book You Read In 2019?
"The most magnificent things are worth living for."
Shortest & Longest Book You Read In 2019?
The Boy Who Didn't Come Home by Melissa Albert--38 pages
The Evil Queen by Gena Showalter--538 pages
Book That Shocked You The Most
Finale...which should come as no shock! Lol!
OTP OF THE YEAR (you will go down with this ship!)
Tella and Legend! I just adored these two!
Favorite Non-Romantic Relationship Of The Year
Tella and Scarlett! Gotta love their sisterly bond!
Favorite Book You Read in 2019 From An Author You’ve Read Previously
To break things up I will say for this one Storm and Fury by Jennifer L. Armentrout--an author I adore!
Best Book You Read In 2019 That You Read Based SOLELY On A Recommendation From Somebody Else/Peer Pressure/Bookstagram, Etc.:
In the Woods by Carrie Jones and Steven E. Wedel is one I saw on someone's WoW way back when and it caught my eye!
Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2019?
Devlin de Vincent, the last and oldest of the super dream de Vincent brothers!
Best 2019 debut you read?
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig! As I said I LOVE fairy tale retellings and this one was based off a favorite of mine!
Best Worldbuilding/Most Vivid Setting You Read This Year?
The Girl in Red had a scary post-apocalyptic world-setting that was pretty terrifying because of how realistic is was!
Book That Put A Smile On Your Face/Was The Most FUN To Read?
Finale of course! Is anyone surprised? I was going through a mix of emotions with this one!
Book That Made You Cry Or Nearly Cry in 2019?
Elly Blake's Nightblood left me with a mix of emotions towards the ending. There may have been some form of tears!
Hidden Gem Of The Year?
Bloodleaf was literally a delight from cover to cover!
Book That Crushed Your Soul?
I think Bloodwitch by Susan Dennard crushed my soul...multiple times. It did put some of the pieces back together though!
Most Unique Book You Read In 2019?
As I said, House of Salt and Sorrows was a unique retelling of The Worn Out Dancing Shoes aka The Twelve Dancing Princesses! I adored this one from start to finish!
Book That Made You The Most Mad (doesn’t necessarily mean you didn’t like it)?
Let's just say that in Finale, Legend made some choices that had me wanting to throttle the dude!
New favorite book blog/Bookstagram/Youtube channel you discovered in 2019?
I apparently hadn't been following my best friend Nikki @take_me_awayyy on Instagram earlier this year, but that was quickly remedied!
Favorite post you wrote in 2019?
My UNDYING Love for Vampires
Favorite bookish related photo you took in 2019?
This was the first picture I took for the New Year...lamenting the loss of my favorite series that will forever remain unfinished.
Best bookish event that you participated in (author signings, festivals, virtual events, etc.)?
YALLFest, I attended this with Nikole from A Court of Coffee and Books and it was a lot of fun!
Best moment of bookish/blogging life in 2019?
Celebrating my 10th Blogoversary!
Most challenging thing about blogging or your reading life this year?
Having to adjust to not reading as much with job changes and still trying to find a new job that will greatly reduce my reading time even more.
Most Popular Post This Year On Your Blog (whether it be by comments or views)?
10th Blogoversary Extravaganza!
Post You Wished Got A Little More Love?
Just about any review post
Best bookish discover (book related sites, book stores, etc.)?
Dream in a Bottle Shop
Did you complete any reading challenges or goals that you had set for yourself at the beginning of this year?
Yes, I had 5 challenges this year including Goodreads and I surpassed them all!
One Book You Didn’t Get To In 2019 But Will Be Your Number 1 Priority in 2020?
Shades of Wicked by Jeaniene Frost--as soon as I get through my stack of review books I'm aiming for this one! So I'm thinking late spring early summer?
Book You Are Most Anticipating For 2020 (non-debut)?
Kim Harrison's return to the Hollows with American Demon!
2020 Debut You Are Most Anticipating?
All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace is one I am looking forward to! It's in my review pile...yet there are still a few January books ahead of it!
Series Ending/A Sequel You Are Most Anticipating in 2020?
Fractures by Alice Reeds is one I am soooooooo unbelievably excited for!!!
One Thing You Hope To Accomplish Or Do In Your Reading/Blogging Life In 2020?
Read more backlist titles! I need to get my TBR pile under more control! Haha!!
A 2020 Release You’ve Already Read & Recommend To Everyone:
A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer
Chosen by Kiersten White
Both sequels to amazing first books that I would whole-heartedly recommend!
I really need to read Finale!
ReplyDeleteThat's disappointing about Spectacle. I was really looking forward to reading that one. The House of Salt and Sorrows sounds really good. I am glad you enjoyed it so much. I am really eager to read Bloodleaf. I still need to start Dennard's series. Bloodwitch sounds so good! I hope you have a Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteThat cover for The Dollhouse Murders would totally win me over---love it! Sorry you didn't have as much time to read in 2019. Hopefully that will change in 2020!
ReplyDeleteNicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction