2018 End of Year Book Survey

Joining in the fun with this survey provided by Perpetual Page Turner.

**2018 READING STATS**

Number Of Books You Read: 95
Number of Re-Reads: 4
Genre You Read The Most From: Contemporary

**BEST IN BOOKS**

1. Best Book You Read In 2018?
Either Before She Ignites by Jodi Meadows or Scythe by Neal Shusterman

2. Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going To Love More But Didn’t?
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

3. Most surprising (in a good way or bad way) book you read?  
Daughter of the Pirate King by Trisha Levenseller

4. Book You “Pushed” The Most People To Read (And They Did)? 
Scythe, but I'm not sure if they read it LOL

5. Best series you started in 2018?
Fallen Isles by Jodi Meadows or Arc of a Scythe by Neal Shusterman
Best Sequel of 2018? 
Saga, Volume 2 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
Best Series Ender of 2018? 
Obsidio by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

6. Favorite new author you discovered in 2018? 
Emma Mills

7. Best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone?
The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter

8. Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year?
The Saga series

9. Book You Read In 2018 That You Would Be MOST Likely To Re-Read Next Year? 
Scythe

10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2018?
The Wicked Deep by Shea Earnshaw

11. Most memorable character of 2018?
AIDAN from the Illuminae Files

12. Most beautifully written book read in 2018?
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

13. Most Thought-Provoking/ Life-Changing Book of 2018?
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

14. Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2018 to finally read?
Let's Pretend this Never Happened by Jenny Lawson

15. Favorite Passage/Quote From A Book You Read In 2018?
"“Does it hurt?' I nodded. 'You know Sekou Sundiata, in a poem, he said the most important part of the body 'ain't the heart or the lungs or the brain. The biggest, most important part of the body is the part that hurts.”" - Turtles All the Way Down

16.Shortest & Longest Book You Read In 2018? 
I Hate Fairyland, Vol. 1 at 128 pages and It at 1090 pages
 
17. Book That Shocked You The Most
It by Stephen King - I have watched the mini series a million times and heard about the orgy at the end of the book, but there were still some pretty gruesome things in the book.

18. OTP OF THE YEAR (you will go down with this ship!)
I don't really ship too many people, but I will go with a series I hate so much now. Hannah and Norman from Hannah Swenson series by Joanne Fluke.

19. Favorite Non-Romantic Relationship Of The Year 
Harry and Hermione

20. Favorite Book You Read in 2018 From An Author You’ve Read Previously 
Renegades by Marissa Meyer

21. Best Book You Read In 2018 That You Read Based SOLELY On A Recommendation From Somebody Else/Peer Pressure/Bookstagram, Etc.: 
The Royals series by Erin Watt

22. Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2018?
I don't do fictional crushes really.

23. Best 2018 debut you read? 
Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston [I went with release because I didn't read any 2018 debuts)

24. Best Worldbuilding/Most Vivid Setting You Read This Year? 
Saga or Illuminae Files

25. Book That Put A Smile On Your Face/Was The Most FUN To Read? 
Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris
 

26. Book That Made You Cry Or Nearly Cry in 2018? 
I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend by Martin Short - the way he spoke about his late wife was so beautiful and absolutely depressing.

27. Hidden Gem Of The Year? 
The Delphi Effect by Rysa Walker

28. Book That Crushed Your Soul? 
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling

29. Most Unique Book You Read In 2018? 
Blame It on Bianca del Rio by Bianca del Rio - a book from a drag queen answering letters, pretty unique. I don't recommend but yeah, pretty unique.

30. Book That Made You The Most Mad (doesn’t necessarily mean you didn’t like it)? 
Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting Casey Anthony by Jeff Ashton. I watched the trial every day and this book had me infuriated all over again.

**LOOKING AHEAD**

1. One Book You Didn’t Get To In 2018 But Will Be Your Number 1 Priority in 2019?
Daughter of the Siren Queen by Trisha Levenseller

2. Book You Are Most Anticipating For 2019 (non-debut)?
Tie between The Princess and the Fanboy by Ashley Poston, Soul of Stars by Ashley Poston, and 99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne

3. 2019 Debut You Are Most Anticipating?
I am not tracking any at the moment - but leave me a comment to tell me yours!

4. Series Ending/A Sequel You Are Most Anticipating in 2019?
Soul of Stars - pretty much all the books that are sequels are third books and I haven't read the 2nd books yet, so I'm not sure they count haha

5. One Thing You Hope To Accomplish Or Do In Your Reading/Blogging Life In 2019? Accomplish all my reading goals - which will be going up in my January TBR post in a few days. Big one is to read 36 books and get Netgalley books reviewed!

6. A 2019 Release You’ve Already Read & Recommend To Everyone (if applicable): Not applicable to me!