Jamie at Perpetual Page Turner hosts this fun end of year reading survey every year. It's a fun way to look back on the past years reading and blogging highs and lows. I had more lows this year. This is the first year since my kids were babies I've read this few new-to-me books.
New-to-Me Books Read: 105
Genre Read Most From: Contemporary Romance (Was NOT expecting that.)
MG Realistic: Midnight Without a Moon by Linda Williams Jackson
MG Speculative: Miss Ellicott's School for the Magically Minded by Sage Blackwood
YA Realistic: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
YA Speculative: Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner
Contemporary Romance: A Crown of Bitter Orange by Laura Florand
Historical Romance: Beauty Like the Night by Joanna Bourne
Book I Thought I Would Love More: Hunted by Meagan Spooner (It's a Beauty and the Beast retelling and I was so disappointed.)
Most Surprising: Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh (I don't typically enjoy ghost or creepy stories so I was surprised by how into this I was.)
Book I Pushed Most Successfully: Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson
Best Sequel I Read: Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner
Best Series Ender I Read: Do You Want to Start a Scandal by Tessa Dare
Best New Author Discovery: This one is HARD, but I'm going with Angie Thomas.
Most Unputdownable: Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner
Book I'm Most Likely to Reread in 2018: A Crown of Bitter Orange by Laura Florand
Favorite Cover of a Book I Read:
Most Memorable Character: Starr Carter from The Hate U Give
Most Beautifully Written: An Uninterrupted View of the Sky by Melanie Crowder (Every year she releases a book she gets this title from me.)
Most Thought Provoking: Also goes to An Uninterrupted View of the Sky (So much of the history in this book I had NO KNOWLEDGE of.)
Longest Book: The Shadow Cypher by Laura Ruby
Shortest Book: A Midnight Feast by Emma Barry and Genevieve Turner
Book That Shocked Me Most: Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner (Maybe I should say it hurt me most in a way wasn't expecting.)
OTP of the Year: Fransisco and Soledad from An Uninterrupted View of the Sky
Favorite Non-Romantic Relationship: Kamet and Costis from Thick as Thieves
Best Book Read Solely on Recommendation From Someone: Her Best Worst Mistake by Sarah Mayberry
Fictional Crush of 2017: Tristan Rosier from A Crown of Bitter Orange (I was honestly not expecting to love him as much as I did.)
Best 2017 Debut: The Hate U Give
Best World Building: Thick as Thieves
Most Fun to Read: When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
Book That Made Me Cry: The Hate U Give
Hidden Gem of the Year: An Uninterrupted View of the Sky
Most Unique Book: Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean
Favorite Review I Wrote: The Hate U Give
Favorite Non-Review Post: Antagonism to Love Romances
Best Event: Megan Whalen Turner talk/signing in Columbus, OH
Most Challenging Aspect of Reading/Blogging Life: Finding the will to keep going when everything seems terrible.
Most Popular Post (page views): American Street by Ibi Zoboi
Most Popular Post (comments): TTT: Most Unique Books I've Read
Book I Didn't Get to in 2017 That Will Be First Priority in 2018: There were a bunch of books that came out right when we were moving settling in that were high priority I didn't get to, but on the top of that list is That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston
Most Anticipated 2018 Release:
Most Anticipated 2018 Debut:
Most Anticipated Series Ender/Sequel: The Penderwicks at Last by Jeanne Birdsall
New-to-Me Books Read: 105
Genre Read Most From: Contemporary Romance (Was NOT expecting that.)
MG Realistic: Midnight Without a Moon by Linda Williams Jackson
MG Speculative: Miss Ellicott's School for the Magically Minded by Sage Blackwood
YA Realistic: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
YA Speculative: Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner
Contemporary Romance: A Crown of Bitter Orange by Laura Florand
Historical Romance: Beauty Like the Night by Joanna Bourne
Book I Thought I Would Love More: Hunted by Meagan Spooner (It's a Beauty and the Beast retelling and I was so disappointed.)
Most Surprising: Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh (I don't typically enjoy ghost or creepy stories so I was surprised by how into this I was.)
Book I Pushed Most Successfully: Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson
Best Sequel I Read: Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner
Best Series Ender I Read: Do You Want to Start a Scandal by Tessa Dare
Best New Author Discovery: This one is HARD, but I'm going with Angie Thomas.
Most Unputdownable: Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner
Book I'm Most Likely to Reread in 2018: A Crown of Bitter Orange by Laura Florand
Favorite Cover of a Book I Read:
Most Memorable Character: Starr Carter from The Hate U Give
Most Beautifully Written: An Uninterrupted View of the Sky by Melanie Crowder (Every year she releases a book she gets this title from me.)
Most Thought Provoking: Also goes to An Uninterrupted View of the Sky (So much of the history in this book I had NO KNOWLEDGE of.)
Longest Book: The Shadow Cypher by Laura Ruby
Shortest Book: A Midnight Feast by Emma Barry and Genevieve Turner
Book That Shocked Me Most: Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner (Maybe I should say it hurt me most in a way wasn't expecting.)
OTP of the Year: Fransisco and Soledad from An Uninterrupted View of the Sky
Favorite Non-Romantic Relationship: Kamet and Costis from Thick as Thieves
Best Book Read Solely on Recommendation From Someone: Her Best Worst Mistake by Sarah Mayberry
Fictional Crush of 2017: Tristan Rosier from A Crown of Bitter Orange (I was honestly not expecting to love him as much as I did.)
Best 2017 Debut: The Hate U Give
Best World Building: Thick as Thieves
Most Fun to Read: When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
Book That Made Me Cry: The Hate U Give
Hidden Gem of the Year: An Uninterrupted View of the Sky
Most Unique Book: Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean
Favorite Review I Wrote: The Hate U Give
Favorite Non-Review Post: Antagonism to Love Romances
Best Event: Megan Whalen Turner talk/signing in Columbus, OH
Most Challenging Aspect of Reading/Blogging Life: Finding the will to keep going when everything seems terrible.
Most Popular Post (page views): American Street by Ibi Zoboi
Most Popular Post (comments): TTT: Most Unique Books I've Read
Book I Didn't Get to in 2017 That Will Be First Priority in 2018: There were a bunch of books that came out right when we were moving settling in that were high priority I didn't get to, but on the top of that list is That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston
Most Anticipated 2018 Release:
Most Anticipated 2018 Debut:
Most Anticipated Series Ender/Sequel: The Penderwicks at Last by Jeanne Birdsall
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