Finally! I didn’t think that I’d finish this in time but after adapting Jamie’s End of the Year Book Survey to TV (read here) and Movies (read here), I’ve finally filled out the survey as it was originally intended! Please note though that I’ve attempted to avoid mentioning titles more than once but a few are repeated.
Okay, here we go!
Number Of Books You Read: 93
1. Best Book You Read In 2015?
Please Remain Calm by Courtney Summers
Never Never #1 and #2 by Colleen Hoover & Tarryn Fisher
Delicate Monsters by Stephanie Kuehn
More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler
2. Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going to Love More But Didn’t?
There were more than a few disappointing reads this year, I’d rather not say… onto what I did love…
3. Most Surprising Book You Read?
Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed: A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings by Michelle Knight, Michelle Burford
4. Book You “Pushed” The Most People To Read (And They Did)?
The Ring and the Crown by Melissa de la Cruz
5. Best series you started in 2015? Best Sequel of 2015? Best Series Ender of 2015?
I began more series than I finished this year and actually the best series I started in 2015 was a comic…Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson & Adrian Alphona. A must read!
6. Favorite new author you discovered in 2015?
I’ve known about Matthew Quick for quite some time but I didn’t start reading his work until this past summer and I am so, so glad that I finally did. I loved Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock and The Silver Linings Playbook and I think The Good Luck of Right Now is next on my list!
7. Best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone?
The Ring and the Crown by Melissa de la Cruz
8. Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year?
The Murder Complex by Lindsay Cummings
Every Day by David Levithan
Last Will and Testament by Dahlia Adler
9. Book You Read In 2015 That You Are Most Likely To Re-Read Next Year?
The Walking Dead, Vol. 21: All Out War Part 2 or The Walking Dead, Vol. 22: A New Beginning by Robert Kirkman
10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2015?
11. Most memorable character of 2015?
Aaron Soto from More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
12. Most beautifully written book read in 2015?
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
13. Most Thought-Provoking/ Life-Changing Book of 2015?
The Ultimate Guide to the Daniel Fast by Kristen Feola
14. Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2015 to finally read?
Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham
15. Favorite Passage From A Book You Read In 2015?
Pick any chapter from Dancing Through Life: Steps of Courage and Conviction by Candace Cameron Bure and Erin Davis to read by itself and tell me you weren’t moved in some way.
16. Shortest & Longest Book You Read In 2015?
Note: By Page Count, According to Goodreads
Shortest: The Fisher Queen by Alyssa Wong
Longest: Fallout by Ellen Hopkins
17. Book That Shocked You The Most (Because of a plot twist, character death, left you hanging with your mouth wide open, etc.)
This is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp
18. OTP OF THE YEAR (you will go down with this ship!) (OTP = one true pairing)
Penryn and Raffe of the Angelfall trilogy by Susan Ee (I’ve read Angelfall and the sequel, World After. I must read End of Days asap!)
19. Favorite Non-Romantic Relationship Of The Year
Greg, Earl, Rachel from Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
20. Favorite Book You Read in 2015 From An Author You’ve Read Previously
Bruiser by Neal Shusterman
21. Best Book You Read In 2015 That You Read Based SOLELY On A Recommendation From Somebody Else:
Ask the Passengers by A.S. King
22. Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2015?
No one comes to mind but it’s hard to hook me so maybe next year I’ll read more and have an answer. 🙂
23. Best 2015 debut you read?
A Shot of Reckless by Maddie Paige
24. Best Worldbuilding/Most Vivid Setting You Read This Year?
Lock In by John Scalzi
25. Book That Put A Smile On Your Face/Was The Most FUN To Read?
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae
26. Book That Made You Cry Or Nearly Cry in 2015?
Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland by Amanda Berry & Gina DeJesus
27. Hidden Gem Of The Year?
The Walled City by Ryan Graudin
28. Book That Crushed Your Soul?
More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
29. Most Unique Book You Read In 2015?
Grace’s Guide: The Art of Pretending to Be a Grown-up by Grace Helbig
30. Book That Made You The Most Mad (doesn’t necessarily mean you didn’t like it)?
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
BOOK BLOGGING LIFE
1. New favorite book blog you discovered in 2015?
2. Favorite review that you wrote in 2015?
Please Remain Calm by Courtney Summers
3. Favorite non-review post you had on your blog?
25 All Time Favorite YA Books of the Past 3 Years
4. Best event that you participated in (author signings, festivals, virtual events, memes, etc.)?
5. Best moment of bookish/blogging life in 2015?
Launching the second year of YA Runs A 5K – still accepting donations as we raise money for We Need Diverse Books! Signed books and writing critiques are available! 🙂
6. Most challenging thing about blogging or your reading life this year?
Reading and reviewing a book every other day in the summer (for Summer Reading Diversity Spotlight so it was well worth it! Can’t wait to do it again in 2016!)
7. Most Popular Post This Year On Your Blog (whether it be by comments or views)?
Most views: More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
8. Post You Wished Got A Little More Love?
9. Best bookish discovery (book related sites, book stores, etc.)?
Litographs – I haven’t bought anything from here yet but boy do I plan to!
10. Did you complete any reading challenges or goals that you had set for yourself at the beginning of this year?
Totally did not complete my ridiculous goal that I set for myself this year so I’m going to go left and set a ridiculously low goal for 2016 so that I can not only reach and surpass the goal but see just how much I can push myself after I surpass it.
LOOKING AHEAD
1. One Book You Didn’t Get To In 2015 But Will Be Your Number 1 Priority in 2016?
Made You Up by Francesca Zappia
2. Book You Are Most Anticipating For 2016 (non-debut)?
Truthwitch by Susan Dennard
This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab
This Is Where the World Ends by Amy Zhang
3. 2016 Debut You Are Most Anticipating?
Beyond the Red by Ava Jae
4. Series Ending/A Sequel You Are Most Anticipating in 2016?
Any sequel that I actually get to seeing is what I’m anticipating reading as I have a habit of starting a series and not continuing on because I don’t want the series to end…
5. One Thing You Hope To Accomplish Or Do In Your Reading/Blogging Life In 2016?
I’d love to complete buying certain books in series that I love so that I have finished sets in my home library.
6. A 2016 Release You’ve Already Read & Recommend To Everyone:
This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp
See you next year!