Annual End of Year Book Survey – 2014 Edition!

Original survey from The Perpetual Page-Turner

2014 Reading Stats


Number Of Books You Read: 128
Number of Re-Reads: 4
Genre You Read The Most From: Fantasy/Paranormal

Best In Books


1. Best Book You Read In 2014?



Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken

2. Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going To Love More But Didn’t?


God, there were so many like this. But the biggest disappointments were:

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

3. Most surprising (in a good way or bad way) book you read in 2014? 



The Unbecoming of Mara by Michelle Hodkin (good surprise)

4. Book You “Pushed” The Most People To Read (And They Did) In 2014?



The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (I read it in the end of 2013, but it was the only book I pushed on people so…)

5. Best series you started in 2014? Best Sequel of 2014? Best Series Ender of 2014?


The Darkest Minds

Never Fade

In the Afterlight

by Alexandra Bracken


Also The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

6. Favorite new author you discovered in 2014?


Jennifer L Armentrout (read 9 of her books this year)

7. Best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone?


I’m gonna say Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn and The Opposite of Loneliness by  Marina Keegan since I don’t read a lot of thriller or non-fiction

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


Not really super action-packed, but one book I couldn’t put down was Of Poseidon by Anna Banks

 9. Book You Read In 2014 That You Are Most Likely To Re-Read Next Year?


The Book Thief

Jane Eyre

Fangirl

10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2014?




11. Most memorable character of 2014?

Ruby Daly from The Darkest Minds Trilogy

12. Most beautifully written book read in 2014?


The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

13. Most Thought-Provoking/ Life-Changing Book of 2014?


If I stay by Gayle Forman

14. Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2014 to finally read? 


Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead


15. Favorite Passage/Quote From A Book You Read In 2014?


“I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.” - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak


“Underneath this veneer of slightly crazy and mildly socially retarded, I’m a complete disaster.” - Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell


“People see what they wish to see. And in most cases, what they are told that they see.” - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

16.Shortest & Longest Book You Read In 2013?


Longest: A Clash of Kings by George RR Martin 

Shortest (excluding novellas and comics): The Little Prince by 

17. Book That Shocked You The Most


I never get too shocked by anything. Maybe Agatha Christie’s The Seven Dials Mystery



18. OTP OF THE YEAR (you will go down with this ship!)



Katy and Daemon from The Lux Series

Aria and Perry from Under The Never Sky




19. Favorite Non-Romantic Relationship Of The Year



Bod and Silas from The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman


20. Favorite Book You Read in 2014 From An Author You’ve Read Previously



The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling



21. Best Book You Read In 2014 That You Read Based SOLELY On A Recommendation From Somebody Else/Peer Pressure:


Nothing really.


22. Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2014?



Daemon Black, Perry


23. Best 2014 debut you read?




Maybe Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige. Not sure.



24. Best Worldbuilding/Most Vivid Setting You Read This Year?



Under The Never Sky by Veronica Rossi



25. Book That Put A Smile On Your Face/Was The Most FUN To Read?



Fangirl


26. Book That Made You Cry Or Nearly Cry in 2014?



If I Stay



27. Hidden Gem Of The Year?




The School For Good and Evil by Soman Chaining


28. Book That Crushed Your Soul?



These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Megan Spooner


29. Most Unique Book You Read In 2014?



The Night Circus


30. Book That Made You The Most Mad (doesn’t necessarily mean you didn’t like it)?



If I were you (ugh)


So many great books didn’t make the cut. Every book I’ve read this year had an impact and was important in my overall reading history. Even the ones that weren’t all that great. This was the year that I have read more books in my entire life. And most of them in english (which is not my mother language but it is my favorite) and ebooks (which is a format I just recently discover that I really enjoy).




Overall a great reading year!

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