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End of the Year Book Survey | 2015 Edition

December 31, 2015 Comments : 5

2015 end of the year book survey

At the end of the year, the End of the Year Book Survey (by Jamie @ The Perpetual Page-Turner) pops up onto my feed, and it always gets me giddy to do it.

Last year, I took a different approach because all my reads were subpar, and I didn’t want to put them into book survey categories when I was feeling lackluster about it. However, this year? I am all aboard, ready to complete every category (or most of it) because 2015 was a great reading year for me!

 

Reading Stats | Best In Books | My Blogging/Bookish Life | Looking Ahead

2015 READING STATS

Number Of Books You Read: 109+
Number of Re-Reads: 14
Genre You Read The Most From: Contemporary

(Not completely accurate since I forgot to count a lot of books I’ve reread nor did I count all the individual comic issues I’ve read.)

BEST IN BOOKS

BEST BOOKS I READ IN 2015

BOOKS I WAS EXCITED ABOUT & THOUGHT I WAS GONNA LOVE MORE BUT DIDN’T

 

MOST SURPRISING (IN A BAD WAY) BOOK I READ

For a book that’s supposed to be about bisexuality, it does a terrible job portraying it.

BOOK I “PUSHED” THE MOST PEOPLE TO READ (AND THEY DID)

THE WICKED + THE DIVINE!

Go read this comic series. Do it!

BEST SERIES I STARTED

East of West!

A great sci-fi Western comic series “set in dystopian United States whose fate rests with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.”

FAVORITE NEW AUTHOR I DISCOVERED

MOST ACTION-PACKED/THRILLING/UNPUTDOWNABLE BOOK

BOOKS I READ IN 2015 THAT I WILL PROBABLY RE-READ IN 2016

The Rest of Us Just Live Here, Six of Crows, East of West,

Vicious, Dime Store Magic, Industrial Magic

FAVORITE COVERS OF A BOOK I READ

MOST MEMORABLE CHARACTER OF 2015

Severin Unck (Radiance), Kaz Brekker (Six of Crows), Tara (The Wicked + The Divine)

MOST BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN BOOK READ

MOST THOUGHT-PROVOKING/LIFE-CHANGING BOOK

The Wicked + The Divine #13

This isn’t a book, but a comic issue (that will be in the Volume 3 collection of WICDIV which will be out in February 2016). It was quite an eye-opening read because what Tara faces is what ladies on the Internet are constantly dealing with, and it’s just absolutely heartbreaking.

Bitch Planet

Women, who are deemed non-compliant (not following the rules of the terrible patriarchal world), are sent to a place called Bitch Planet. Like WICDIV #13, this comic speaks so much truth about the treatment of women. It doesn’t sugar-coat anything. You have these women being punished and made for sport by men for not being compliant with their bullshit rules.

These two comics does a beautiful job at making you think about what women face everyday.

BOOK YOU CAN’T BELIEVE YOU WAITED UNTIL 2015 TO READ

FAVORITE PASSAGE/QUOTES FROM A BOOK YOU READ

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BOOK THAT SHOCKED YOU THE MOST

My jaw dropped to the floor with Made You Up. I’m still at a lost about what happened because I was not expecting that at all.

OTPS OF THE YEAR (I WILL GO DOWN WITH THIS SHIP!)

KAZ + INEJ! (from Six of Crows)

LUCAS CORTEZ + PAIGE WINTERBOURNE (from Dime Store Magic/Industrial Magic)

FAVORITE NON-ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP OF THE YEAR

Mikey, Mel and Meredith (in The Rest of Us Just Live Here)

These siblings made me emotional because you can tell how much they love each other.

FAVORITE BOOK YOU READ IN 2015 FROM AN AUTHOR YOU’VE READ PREVIOUSLY

the rest of us just live here

BEST BOOK YOU READ THAT YOU READ BASED SOLEY ON A REC FROM SOMEBODY ELSE

Fates & Furies

I read this because a Penguin rep and Elena rec-ed it, and oh boy, what a fascinating book Fates & Furies. A very interesting look at a marriage that seems perfect on the outside, but behind closed doors is a mess. It did give me a bit of Gone Girl vibes (minus the murder or the thriller aspect).

NEWEST FICTIONAL CRUSH FROM A BOOK YOU READ

Lucas Cortez (from Dime Store Magic/Industrial Magic)

BEST 2015 DEBUTS YOU READ

Made You Up & This Monstrous Thing!

BOOKS THAT PUT A SMILE ON YOUR FACE/WAS THE MOST FUN TO READ

Six of Crows, The Rest of Us Just Live Here

Both books were just so fun to read because of the way the characters interacted with each other and because of the awesome writing by Leigh Bardugo and Patrick Ness. Wonderful wordsmiths!

BOOK THAT MADE YOU CRY OR NEARLY CRY

Goodbye Stranger

THE FRIENDSHIPS! I was near tears at seeing how much these girls cherish their friendships. That’s how it’s supposed to be! None of the pettiness! Just the sweetness of friendships! So much love!

BOOK THAT CRUSHED YOUR SOUL

The Wicked + The Divine: Vol. 2 – Fandemonium

This comic series always tears my soul apart. It’s just soooo good. Volume 2 is no different. Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie are masters at what they do. They have a real talent for it.

MOST UNIQUE BOOK YOU READ

BOOK THAT MADE ME THE MOST MAD

Hello, I Love You was a frustrating and anger-inducing read because of the main character and her close-minded judgmental white savior complex. Bitch Planet was my favorite comic read of 2015, but it sure did get me angry (in a good way) at the damn patriarchy. JUSTICE FOR THESE WOMEN. #noncompliant

(I also should say Everything Everything and Tiny Pretty Things also made me angry because they were terrible.)

YOUR BLOGGING/BOOKISH LIFE 

NEW FAVORITE BOOK BLOG I DISCOVERED

Aentee is one of favorite people I’ve found this year. She is absolutely fabulous. She was a great person to have for fangirling over Kaz/Inej in Six of Crows, and she’s a Catherynne M. Valente fan! Yeeeee.

FAVORITE REVIEWS I WROTE IN 2015

Radiance

Black Widow: Forever Red

Cut Both Ways

I finally was able to put my love for Radiance into intelligible words, and oh boy, what an essay I wrote. It’s essentially a love essay of me singing its praises! ;) I disliked Black Widow: Forever Red and Cut Both Ways, but the reviews I wrote for them are some of my best works.

BEST DISCUSSION/NON-REVIEW POSTS I HAD ON MY BLOG

Why You Need To Read The Wicked + The Divine

I Love You So Much That I Can’t Write A Review

BEST EVENST I PARTICIPATED IN

Oh boy, the list is endless:

  • Love-A-Thon
  • ALA
  • ARC August
  • Leigh Bardugo signing
  • Patrick Ness signing
BEST MOMENT OF BOOKISH/BLOGGING LIFE IN 2015
  • I met KELLLLLLYYYYYYYY (who was my first official blogging friends).
  • Met my favorite author of all time, Patrick Ness! 
  • Successfully traded for an arc of Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore with Nancy!
  • Comic awesomeness: Got a sneak peak of Black Canary #2 from the writer, Brenden Fletcher, & got an advance reading copy of Monstress
  • Getting recognized by publishers
MOST CHALLENGING THING ABOUT BLOGGING OR MY READING LIFE

Being inspired to come up with creative new posts. 

MOST POPULAR POST THIS YEAR ON MY BLOG

DID I COMPLETE ANY READING CHALLENGES OR GOALS I SET FOR MYSELF AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR?

I only participated in the Goodreads challenge, and I read over 100 books! Yeeeee. For my 2015 goals, I did a terrible job completing it. It’s very embarrassing to look at it, and see how I haven’t really achieved any of it.

LOOKING AHEAD

BOOKS I DIDN’T GET TO IN 2015 BUT WILL BE MY #1 PRIORITY IN 2016

All the Middle Grade books!

One of my goals for 2016 is to read a lot more Middle Grade books. I’ve read many synopses that just sounds so darn cute and awesome. (Plus, no romance, which is always a plus because the one thing I dislike about YA is that it’s usually so romance focused.)

BOOK I AM MOST ANTICIPATING FOR 2016 (NON-DEBUT)

Some Kind of Happiness by Claire Legrand

I love Claire Legrand’s books. <3 Her Middle Grades are always so on point.

2016 DEBUT I AM MOST ANTICIPATING

The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner

ONE THING I HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH IN MY READING/BLOGGING LIFE IN 2016

Start reading the unread books on my bookshelves.

Did you see any books in my survey that is on yours too? 

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Comments

  1. Eliza says

    December 31, 2015 at 6:06 am

    YES to mikey, mel and meredith’s relationship! Patrick Ness is my absolute fave.

    Eliza xo | http://www.lipglossandpaperbacks.blogspot.co.uk

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  2. Stormy says

    December 31, 2015 at 7:13 am

    What I’m gathering from your survey is that I really need to read Radiance! (It’s been on my radar, but I want to read Deathless first since I own that and it sounds AMAZING).
    I’m surprised you read Vicious this year — for some reason I thought you had read it earlier?

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  3. Alexa S. says

    December 31, 2015 at 7:51 am

    SIX OF CROWS <3 <3 <3 I seriously loved that book, and I honestly cannot stop thinking about it! Also, Love-a-Thon shoutout makes my heart happy. Can't wait for 2016!

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  4. Eva @ All Books Considered says

    December 31, 2015 at 11:38 am

    I just purchased Made You Up so I’m excited to see it on your list! I love that Vengeance Road cover, just wish I loved the book more. Great year in books!

    My 2015 Survey!

    Reply
  5. Emily @ Ink, Inc. says

    January 6, 2016 at 1:43 pm

    The blogosphere is soooo obsessed with Six of Crows! I must really really read it, though I’ve actually not read the Grisha trilogy yet, so I guess I should do that first.

    Also VE Schwab, I see her/him (?) around a lot. Must check out soon!

    I love Rebecca Stead <3

    Happy New Year!

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