From The Perpetual Page Turner!!! A Survey!!
6th Annual End Of Year Survey – 2015 edition!! (abbreviated version)
Number Of Books You Read: 124
Number of Re-Reads: 0
Genre You Read The Most From: Romance
1. Best Book You Read In 2015?
The Land of the Beautiful Dead by R Lee Smith
3. Most surprising (in a good way or bad way) book you read?
The Jade Temptress by Jeannie Lin...didn't expect to like a romance set in imperial China.
4. Book You “Pushed” The Most People To Read (And They Did)?
Downside Ghosts series by Stacia Kane
5. Best series you started in 2015?
Downside Ghosts by Stacia Kane
6. Favorite new author you discovered in 2015?
Amy Harmon
7. Best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone?
New to me genre that I'm in total love with is fantasy romance read: Radiance by Grace Draven or Warprize by Elizabeth Vaughn
Or The Martian by Andy Weir
8. Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year?
The Martian by Andy Weir. OMG could not get enough!! Not my usual fare at all. The audio book was AMAZEballs.
10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2015?
The Law of Moses by Amy Harmon
11. Most memorable character of 2015?
Terrible from the Downside Ghosts by Stacia Kane. For a character described as hulking and ugly I just couldn't get enough.
12. Most beautifully written book read in 2015?
Either Making Faces by Amy Harmon or God-Shaped Hole by Tiffanie DeBartolo
13. Most Thought-Provoking/ Life-Changing Book of 2015?
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty-- probably because it was most relevant to my life, not sure it would be impactful for everyone.
14. Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2015 to finally read?
Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick. This feels like something I should have read in high school, but somehow I didn't. So moving, so poignant and just...I don't even know.
16.Shortest & Longest Book You Read In 2015?
Shortest: His Road Home by Anna Richland
Longest: The Land of the Beautiful Dead by R Lee Smith
17. Book That Shocked You The Most
Slow Surrender by Cecilia Tan in the Struck by Lightening series. I didn't end up liking the series, but the first novella ends on a cliff-hanger and it made me want to punch someone.
18. OTP OF THE YEAR (you will go down with this ship!)
Definitely Chess and Terrible from the Downside Ghosts...so, so, so good!
19. Favorite Non-Romantic Relationship Of The Year
Gotta be Earl and Greg from Me, Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
20. Favorite Book You Read in 2015 From An Author You’ve Read Previously
Reality Boy by A.S. King-- the woman can write. Read and LOVED, LOVED, LOVED Please Excuse Vera Dietz from her last year.
21. Best Book You Read In 2015 That You Read Based SOLELY On A Recommendation From Somebody Else/Peer Pressure:
I will literally read anything that Jayne from Dear Author recommends...such as Taming the Legend by Kat Latham
22. Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2015?
Max Stella from Beautiful Stranger by Christina Lauren. Also, notably one of the hottest initial meeting scenes, maybe ever. Gotta say I love that series.
23. Best 2015 debut you read?
Didn't read any 2015 debuts...but A Bollywood Affair by Sonali Dev was her debut in 2014 and it was excellent.
24. Best Worldbuilding/Most Vivid Setting You Read This Year?
Wicked as They Come by Delilah S. Dawson for a very unique spin on an alternate world/reality with vampires who aren't really like vampires. It had a bizarrely awesome Alice in Wonderland vibe.
25. Book That Put A Smile On Your Face/Was The Most FUN To Read?
Me, Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews. (Started in 2015 and finished in 2016, but nothing else was funny this year.)
26. Book That Made You Cry Or Nearly Cry in 2015?
God Shaped Hole by Tiffanie DeBartolo. You know what will happen going in, but that didn't seem to have any effect on me as I sat there bawling my eyes out at the end!
27. Hidden Gem Of The Year?
Good Time Bad Boy by Sonya Clark. I have no idea why other people aren't reading this romance the washed-up country music star was like my crack.
28. Book That Crushed Your Soul?
God-Shaped Hole by Tiffanie DeBartolo seriously. She also crushed me with her other book How To Kill A Rockstar. I'd been waiting until this one was released in ebook form from her backlog.
29. Most Unique Book You Read In 2015?
Beck and Call by Jane Harvey-Berrick. Diary of a male escort-- but there's really nothing sexy about it.
10. Did you complete any reading challenges or goals that you had set for yourself at the beginning of this year?
I didn't complete my reading challenge on Goodreads for the first time since 2011. I was only at 124 out of 150. It did go back to grad school though, so I'm blaming it on that and I was a little more conservative with my goal for this year.
1. One Book You Didn’t Get To In 2015 But Will Be Your Number 1 Priority in 2016?
Six of Crows by Leah Bardugo
2. Book You Are Most Anticipating For 2016 (non-debut)?
Honestly probably Dirty by Kylie Scott, her Stage Dive books are a lot of fun and I think this new spin off series will be a light and fun read.
4. Series Ending/A Sequel You Are Most Anticipating in 2016?
Hidden Legacy Series by Ilona Andrews. Book one Burn for Me was out last year, but the next in the series isn't expected until 2017! Ahh!
5. One Thing You Hope To Accomplish Or Do In Your Reading/Blogging Life In 2016?
Write at least one post every two weeks.
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