2015 Reading Stats:
Number Of Books You Read: 104 exactly
Number of Re-Reads: 5? I reread the entire Inheritance Cycle and And Then There Were None.
Genre You Read The Most From: fantasy, there’s no question. Probably high fantasy if we’re being specific.
Best of Books:
1. Best Book You Read In 2015?
(If you have to cheat — you can break it down by genre if you want or 2015 release vs. backlist)
Oh god, well for 2015 releases I might have to go with Queen of Shadows and as for backlist books, the first 2 Mara Dyers.
Best contemporary: uh I don’t read many contemporaries but ANY of Natalie D. Richards’ books sit happily in this spot. Also Liz Coley’s Pretty Girl 13
Best adult book: One of the Torchwood audiobooks, either Ghost Train or Department X
Best fantasy: Six of Crows and Queen of Shadows. Also the Novice.
2. Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going To Love More But Didn’t? The Blind Wish by Amber Lough. Ugh that book.
3. Most surprising (in a good way or bad way) book you read?
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, I really thought I would hate it.
4. Book You “Pushed” The Most People To Read (And They Did)? A Madness so Discreet! Much love to Mindy.
5. Best series you started in 2015? Best Sequel of 2015? Best Series Ender of 2015?
Series: The Sin Eater’s Daughter
Sequel: The Winner’s Crime
Ender: Echoes of Us, I didn’t read a lot of series enders this year.
6. Favorite new author you discovered in 2015?
Melinda Salisbury, Kiera Cass, Victoria Aveyard, Marie Rutkoski,
7. Best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone?
My Secret to Tell by Natalie D Richards
8. Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year?
Six of Crows, not a contest.
9. Book You Read In 2015 That You Are Most Likely To Re-Read Next Year?
Sin Eater’s Daughter. Much love to that one.
10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2015?
Also Sin Eater’s Daughter. Such a pretty green.
11. Most memorable character of 2015?
Kaz from Six of Crows. I might be in love, again.
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12. Most beautifully written book read in 2015?
Queen of Shadows. Also the MAra Dyer’s and Inheritance Cycle.
13. Most Thought-Provoking/ Life-Changing Book of 2015?
Any of Natalie’s books, probably the best was Six Months Later, but also Liz Coley’s Pretty Girl 13 and None of the Above by IW Gregorio.
14. Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2015 to finally read?
Mara Dyer. I think I might be the new fangirl for this one. Also the Merciless.
15. Favorite Passage/Quote From A Book You Read In 2015?
Can’t think of one right now.
16.Shortest & Longest Book You Read In 2015?
The shortest would be one of the novellas, probably the Too Clever Fox or House of the Stone.
17. Book That Shocked You The Most
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard. Ho.ly. Shit.
18. OTP OF THE YEAR (you will go down with this ship!)
(OTP = one true pairing if you aren’t familiar)
Aelin/Rowan forever!
19. Favorite Non-Romantic Relationship Of The Year
Chaol/Dorian
20. Favorite Book You Read in 2015 From An Author You’ve Read Previously
My Secret to Tell because I adore Natalie Richards.
21. Best Book You Read In 2015 That You Read Based SOLELY On A Recommendation From Somebody Else/Peer Pressure:
Mara Dyer again! I legit just gave in and read the damn thing.
22. Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2015?
Mmm Kaz. And Rowan. And Arin. Yeah….
23. Best 2015 debut you read?
Red Queen or Sin Eater’s Daughter! Also None of the Above was fab.
24. Best Worldbuilding/Most Vivid Setting You Read This Year?
Christopher Paolini’s world in the Inheritance Cycle has no equal!
25. Book That Put A Smile On Your Face/Was The Most FUN To Read?
The Selection books. They’re not amazing but they are a lot of fun.
26. Book That Made You Cry Or Nearly Cry in 2015?
Red Queen and Queen of Shadows. Yep.
27. Hidden Gem Of The Year?
The Witch Hunter by Virginia Boecker
28. Book That Crushed Your Soul?
Queen of Shadows and A Court of Thorns and Roses. Maas you kill me!
29. Most Unique Book You Read In 2015?
Exquisite Captive
30. Book That Made You The Most Mad (doesn’t necessarily mean you didn’t like it)?
Blind Wish (kill me), The Uninvited by Sophie Jordan (DNFed so hard), Of Poseidon (oh please no), Fever by Lauren Destefano.
Blogging/Bookish Life:
1. New favorite book blog you discovered in 2015?
So many, I can’t even count them.
2. Favorite review that you wrote in 2015?
Probably for Scorpion Rules because my brain could not figure out what to do with it.
3. Best discussion/non-review post you had on your blog?
Hands down when I was discussing the Winner’s Kiss cover changes a few weeks ago.
4. Best event that you participated in (author signings, festivals, virtual events, memes, etc.)?
TBF in Rochester was pretty great, but so was the big event in Pickerington in July.
5. Best moment of bookish/blogging life in 2015?
Either announcing my co-blogger Jenny or revealing the brand new redesign right at the end of the year.
6. Most challenging thing about blogging or your reading life this year?
Not slacking. Lord, the second half of 2015 was slack city. I just couldn’t do it with all I was going through.
7. Most Popular Post This Year On Your Blog (whether it be by comments or views)?
My OAAA posts, one of my favorite things I’ve done.
8. Post You Wished Got A Little More Love?
Some more of the personal stuff Jenny and I have posted. Also our calls for suggestions.
9. Best bookish discover (book related sites, book stores, etc.)?
Grounds for Thought in my new city. Yay used books bought with store credit!
10. Did you complete any reading challenges or goals that you had set for yourself at the beginning of this year?
Did my goodreads goal of 100. Did 104.
Looking Ahead:
1. One Book You Didn’t Get To In 2015 But Will Be Your Number 1 Priority in 2016?
Carry On, Orphan Queen, Magnus Chase
2. Book You Are Most Anticipating For 2016 (non-debut)?
Sleeping Prince, Glass Sword, Winner’s Kiss, Truthwitch
3. 2016 Debut You Are Most Anticipating?
So many I can’t even pick one, but look at all the pretty fantasy coming our way!
4. Series Ending/A Sequel You Are Most Anticipating in 2016?
Glass Sword and Winner’s Kiss are tops! Infinite Risk, Sleeping Prince, and The Crown are pretty close too.
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5. One Thing You Hope To Accomplish Or Do In Your Reading/Blogging Life In 2016?
Read more older books from my shelves and the library.
6. A 2016 Release You’ve Already Read & Recommend To Everyone:
TRUTHWITCH!!! I will not shut up about it til I have my finished baby in my hands.
(Survey created by another blog, if anyone knows where let me know.)
So that’s the survey, do it yourself and link me to it!
Yeeeeeeeeessssssss for the Mara Dyer books! I haven’t read Retribution yet because it was so long of a wait between two and three that I need to read the first two again. I am also looking forward to Truthwitch. Happy New Year. 🙂