End of the Year Survey

**2018 READING STATS**

A survey from Jamie The perpetual page turner

Number Of Books You Read: 254
Number of Re-Reads: 13


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1. Best Book You Read In 2018?
The Martian by Andy Weir
2. Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going To Love More But Didn’t?
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War y Max Brooks. The premise sounded great but in the end, I was let down hugely. It ended being just an ok story.

3. Most surprising (in a good way or bad way) book you read? 
The grownup, by Gillian Flyn, I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. Even if it was a very short story and had an open ending, two things that in thrillers annoy me, this made it work perfectly.

4. Book You “Pushed” The Most People To Read (And They Did)?
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater. I just loved this series and wanted more people to read it, I have been pestering my sisters and friends to read it.

5. Best series you started in 2018? Best Sequel of 2018? Best Series Ender of 2018?
The best series I started and finished this year was definitely The Raven Cycle.
The best sequel of 2018 in enjoyment level was Thunderhead. The story is definitely getting better.


6. Favorite new author you discovered in 2018?
Leigh Bardugo, I had not read anything by her until this year and I loved her series in the Grisha universe.

7. Best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone?
And Each Morning The Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrick Backman

8. Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year?
The Black Prism by Brent Weeks

9. Book You Read In 2018 That You Would Be MOST Likely To Re-Read Next Year?
The Martian by Andy Weir

10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2018?
Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan Mc Guire

11. Most memorable character of 2018?
Kaz Brekker from the Six of Crows duology

12. Most beautifully written book read in 2018?
How The Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr Seus


13. Most Thought-Provoking/ Life-Changing Book of 2018?
The Greatest Gift by Philip Van Doren Stern

14. Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2018 to finally read?
The whole Percy Jackson series.

15. Favorite Passage/Quote From A Book You Read In 2018?
“One day isn't your whole life. A day is just a day.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, Letters to the Lost


16. Shortest & Longest Book You Read In 2018?
Longest Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Shortest: Thoughts by Benjamin Bauda

17. Book That Shocked You The Most
I am The Messenger by Markus Zusak, unfortunately the surprise here was not to my liking.

18. OTP OF THE YEAR (you will go down with this ship!)
Adam and Ronan The Raven Cycle

(OTP = one true pairing)

19. Favorite Non-Romantic Relationship Of The Year
The friendship between Blue and her Raven boys

20. Favorite Book You Read in 2018 From An Author You’ve Read Previously
The Confession by John Grishman

21. Best Book You Read In 2018 That You Read Based SOLELY On A Recommendation From Somebody Else/Peer Pressure/Bookstagram, Etc.:
The Grisha Trilogy

22. Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2018?
Gabriel Bautin from Half Wild by Sally Green

23. Best 2018 debut you read?
My Heart and other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga

24. Best Worldbuilding/Most Vivid Setting You Read This Year?
Snow Like Ashes trilogy

25. Book That Put A Smile On Your Face/Was The Most FUN To Read?
Not sure, can´t think of one really.

26. Book That Made You Cry Or Nearly Cry in 2018?
Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider

27. Hidden Gem Of The Year?
The Rook by Daniel O'Malley. It was so much better than anticipated.

28. Book That Crushed Your Soul?
Half Lost by Sally Green, oh that ending

29. Most Unique Book You Read In 2018?
You by Caroline Kelps especially if you have the audio, the way its written it gives it a different feel to the whole story.
And if format wise: Illuminae by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kauffman because as many of you know it told from copílation of emails, video footage, interviews... This is the first book I read that includes this kind of format to tell the story.

30. Book That Made You The Most Mad (doesn’t necessarily mean you didn’t like it)?
Sadie, Courtney Summers, those open endings I really do not like it.

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