We have said goodbye to 2018 and 2019 is just beginning, which means it's time to look back and reflect on the year in terms of the books we've read! Book counts are starting to be tallied up, favorites, least favorites, how many you may have DNFed, etc. This survey in particular was created by The Perpetual Page Turner and I highly recommend checking out her blog! Although I have only participated in one or two of these, this is the ninth one she's created!
Let's jump into my answers! I will add covers wherever it permits but if you're interested in my in depth thoughts I will link my reviews along with the Amazon and Goodreads lists. All of these books may not have published in 2018 but I read them in 2018! I also skipped some questions that I didn't have answer for (so check out the link above for the full list if you plan on doing it!) and if a book was my answer for more than one I'm going to bunch them together.
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Number of Books Read: 115 Books
Number of Re-Reads: 25
Genre You Read The Most From: Fantasy, Young Adult
Best In Books
Best Book You Read in 2018
Reign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh
Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going To Love But Didn't?
Renegades by Marissa Meyer
Most Surprising (in a good or bad way) Book You Read?
The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding by Alexndra Bracken (Good)
Book You "Pushed" The Most People To Read (And They Did)?
Gmorning, Gnight! Little Pep Talks For Me & You by Lin Manuel Miranda & Jonny Sun
Best Series You Started in 2018? Best Sequel of 2018? Best Series Ender?
Best Worldbuilding/Most Vivid Setting You Read This Year?
Shades of Magic Trilogy by V.E. Schwab
(Links Below for A Darker Shade of Magic which is book one)
Favorite New Author You Discovered in 2018?
Sarah Glenn Marsh
Best Book From A Genre You Don't Typically Read/Was Out Of Your Comfort Zone?
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Most Action-Packed/Thrilling/Unputdownable Book of the Year
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Book You Read In 2018 That You Would MOST Likely Re-Read Next Year?
Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson
Favorite Cover of a Book You Read in 2018?
The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw
Most Memorable Character of 2018?
Evelyn Hugo from The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Most beautifully written book in 2018?
The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan
Most Thought-Provoking/ Life Changing Book of 2018?
Golden Boy by Abigail Tarttelin
Book You Can't Believe You Waited UNTIL 2018 To Finally Read?
The Archived by Victoria Schwab
Favorite Passage/Quotes From A Book You Read In 2018?
"My magic truth - the thing that has changed everything for me - is this: the body I have shouldn't change how deserving I am of my dreams. I stopped obsessing over my body being too round or too wide or too lumpy. Because I'm not too much of anything. I am just enough. Even when I don't feel like I am." - Puddin' by Julie Murphy
Shortest Book You Read in 2018?
The Ghost, The Owl by Sara Richard (53 pages)
Longest Book You Read in 2018?
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (734 Pages)
Book That Shocked You The Most
Sadie by Courtney Summers
Favorite Non-Romantic Relationship Of The Year
Cassidy & Jacob from City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab
Favorite Book You Read in 2018 From An Author You've Read Previously
Heartless by Marissa Meyer
Best Book You Read In 2018 Solely on Hype or Bookstagram/Recommendation
Most Unique Book You Read in 2018?
Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Best 2018 Debut You Read?
Sky In The Deep by Adrienne Young
Book That Put A Smile On Your Face/Was The Most Fun To Read?
Rapunzel and the Lost Lagoon by Leila Howland
Book That Made You Cry or Nearly Cry in 2018?
From Ant To Eagle by Alex Lyttle
Hidden Gem Of The Year?
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
Book That Crushed Your Soul?
They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera
Book That Made You The Most Mad?
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Bookish/Blogging Life
New favorite book blog/Bookstagram
Destiny @ HowlingLibraries
Favorite Post You Wrote in 2018?
Best Bookish Even You Participated In?
This is a hard one but I had to pick this one! It was so much fun to write! I am hoping to do more posts in 2019 where I visit different bookstores in my area and write about my experiences. I liked being able to compile pictures of the day and have a bit of a diary like entry about it as a whole. Plus, it's one of my favorite events I've been going to for like five years now. So I bet there will be a 2019 version also.
Favorite Bookish Related Photos You Took in 2018?
I have been venturing out in taking more photos versus using covers or making cover photos for my book reviews. It's much more fun and honestly easier. If you're interested in following my Instagram, I'll link it here. I love this Coraline photo that I took but I have been loving a lot of the photos I've been taking lately. I like using natural lighting and areas around my apartment. Once winter gets bad I have no idea what I'll do haha.
Best moment of bookish/blogging life in 2018?
Becoming friend with Sarah Glenn Marsh, someone who has been such a good friend and I just love her so much! She is the sweetest person I have ever met and one of the most talented storytellers. Her heart is so big and I am so grateful to have met her. I cannot wait to meet her IRL hopefully in 2019!! I will always be pushing everyone to read her Reign of the Fallen duology and probably anything else she publishes.
Most challenging thing about blogging or your reading life this year?
When it comes to blogging and reading it hasn't been a challenging year actually. I took off a big chunk of time from blogging in November and part of December because of NaNoWriMo, and then I was having some technical difficulties which made me a bit low when it came to blogging and even reading. But I just took the time I needed, fixed what had to be fixed, and everything seems fine now.
Most Popular Post This Year On Your Blog?
In this post I talk about some authors I decided that I was done with. Whether that be because I outgrew them, they said or did something I don't want to support, or I am just not into their writing and done giving them anymore chances.
Post You Wished Got A Little More Love?
Did you complete any reading challenges of goals that you set for yourself at the beginning of this year?
- I participated in The BookTube-A-Thon and that was so much fun!
- In the beginning of the year I told myself I would take a year off Goodreads because I didn't like their new rules and policies with giveaways. I did that, and now I am slowly getting back on it. I decided that the year off was really good and it helped me not be so obsessed about numbers so hopefully I will only use it for documenting my progress and that's all. I don't plan on participating with giveaways and will be on the website as little as possible.
- I also told myself I wouldn't focus on numbers, and I think I did fairly good at that. I am proud of the amount of books/pages I read and I tackled some big books & series I was putting off for so long because they either didn't complete a reading challenge or were too big and would take up too much time. I hope to do that more in the future because it was so rewarding. Instead of focusing on making a quota for the year or finishing a challenge I was able to jut read what I felt like reading in the moment.
Looking Ahead
Vengeful by V.E. Schwab
Amazon | Goodreads
The Near Witch by V.E. Schwab
Amazon | Goodreads
2019 Debut You Are Most Anticipating?
Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan
Amazon | Goodreads
Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan
Amazon | Goodreads
Series Ending/Sequel You Are Most Anticipated in 2019
Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi
One Thing You Hope to Accomplish or Do in Your Reading/Blogging Life in 2019?
- Focus on reading books I have owned for a while or have put aside for far too long.
- Finish series I've started and need to continue.
- Re-read more books I have been itching to re-read.
- More dicussions on my blog.
- More buddy reads.
A 2019 Release You've Already Read & Recommend To Everyone
Song of the Dead by Sarah Glenn Marsh
Thanks for reading!
I would love to know your answers to any of these question or link your post in the comments and I will read them there!
I love this tag so much!! Awesome answers!
ReplyDeleteThank you E!! :) <3
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