2013 End of the Year Survey

I waited a long time to do this tag because I really wanted it to be comprehensive. I didn't want to neglect any books that I read in late December. But as I am already starting my January reads... here it is without further ado... 

                                                  Hosted by Jamie at The Perpetual Page Turner 

BEST BOOKS IN 2013

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1. Best Book You Read In 2013? (If you have to cheat — you can break it down by genre if you want or 2013 release vs. backlist)

Young Adult- Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell and Divergent by Veronica Roth

Adult Fiction- The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers 

and Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin

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

Young Adult- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Adult- A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness 

and The House of Seven Gables by Nathanial Hathorne

 3. Most surprising (in a good way!) book of 2013? 

Young Adult- Splemdor by Anna Godbersen and Rebel Angels by Libba Bray

Adult- The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

 4. Book you read in 2013 that you recommended to people most in 2013?

Young Adult - Divergent (and the rest of the series) by Veronica Roth

Adult- A Game of Thrones (and the rest of the series) by George R.R. Martin

 5. Best series you discovered in 2013?

Young Adult - Divergent by Veronica Roth and The Gemma Doyle Trilogy by Libba Bray

Adult- None? All the series in the adult genre I read this year I had already discovered.

 6. Favorite new author you discovered in 2013?

Libba Bray. I want to read everything she's ever written now!

7. Best book that was out of your comfort zone or was a new genre for you?

Fifty Shades of Gray by E.L. James (and I did not really like it!)

 8. Most thrilling, unputdownable book in 2013?

Young Adult- Divergent by Veronica Roth

Adult- A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin

 9. Book You Read In 2013 That You Are Most Likely To Re-Read Next Year?

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (in preparation for the movie)

10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2013?

Young Adult - A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray and Splendor by Anna Godbersen

 (can you tell I have a thing for covers with pretty dresses)

Adult- Dracula by Bram Stoker 

(because in addition to being really pretty it looks like my copy of The Historian)

 

11. Most memorable character in 2013? 

Young Adult- Peter in the Divergent trilogy and Miss Moore in the Gemma Doyle trilogy

Adult- Sansa Stark, Jamie Lannister, and Daenerys Targaryean in A Song of Ice and Fire

12. Most beautifully written book read in 2013?

Young Adult - Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Adult - The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

13. Book that had the greatest impact on you in 2013? 

Young Adult - Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Adult - The Heart is A Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

 14. Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2013 to finally read? 

Young Adult - Rumors by Anna Godbersen and A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

Adult - The Magician King by Lev Grossman

 15. Favorite Passage/Quote From A Book You Read In 2013?

Young Adult

"What if evil doesn't exist? What if evil is something dreamed up by man, and there is nothing to struggle against except our own limitations? The constant battle between our will, our desires, and our choices?" Rebel Angels by Libba Bray

Adult

“For in a swift radiance of illumination he saw a glimpse of human struggle and valor. Of the endless fluid passage of the humanity through endless time. And of those who labor and of those who - one word- love. His soul expanded. But for a moment only. For in him, he felt a warning, a shaft of terror.” The Heart is A Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

16.Shortest & Longest Book You Read In 2013?

Shortest- Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter, 236 pages

Longest - A Storm of Swords by Geaorge R.R. Martin 1177 pages

17. Book That Had A Scene In It That Had You Reeling And Dying To Talk To Somebody About It? (a WTF moment, an epic revelation, a steamy kiss, etc. etc.) Be careful of spoilers!

Young Adult - Allegiant by Veronica Roth and The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray

Adult- The Magician King by Lev Grossman and A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin

18. Favorite Relationship From A Book You Read In 2013 (be it romantic, friendship, etc).

Young Adult - Cath and Levi in Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell and Parzival with Aech and Art3mis in Ready PlayerOne by Ernest Cline

Adult - Joe and Sammy in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

19. Favorite Book You Read in 2013 From An Author You’ve Read Previously

Young Adult - Splendor by Anna Godbersen

Adult - The Magician King by Lev Grossman

20. Best Book You Read In 2013 That You Read Based SOLELY On A Recommendation From Somebody Else:

Young Adult - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Adult - The Sherlockian by Stephen Graham

21. Genre You Read The Most From in 2013?

Fantasy, across the board!

22. Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2013?

Young Adult - Four in Divergent and Levi in Fangirl

Adult - Jamie Lannister in A Song of Ice and Fire

23. Best 2013 debut you read?

I didn't read any debuts this year :(

24. Most vivid world/imagery in a book you read in 2013?

Young Adult - The Divergent Trilogy by Veronica Roth

Adult - Unholy Night by Seth Grahame-Smith and The Magician King by Lev Grossman

25. Book That Was The Most Fun To Read in 2013?

Young Adult - Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Adult - The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

26. Book That Made You Cry Or Nearly Cry in 2013?

Young Adult - Allegiant, Fangirl, Ready Player One, The Sweet Far Thing, and Little Women

Adult - The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay,

and Storm of Swords

27. Book You Read in 2013 That You Think Got Overlooked This Year Or When It Came Out?

Young Adult - The Luxe series by Anna Godbersen

Adult - Unholy Night by Seth Grahame-Smith

LOOKING AHEAD...

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1. One Book You Didn’t Get To In 2013 But Will Be Your Number 1 Priority in 2014?

Young Adult - There are so many! The Grisha trilogy is probably number one but also The Darkest Minds, The Lunar Chronicles, and These Broken Stars

2. Book You Are Most Anticipating For 2014 (non-debut)?

Young Adult - We'll see how some of these series I start go but probably Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo. But also The Here and Now by Anne Brashares

Adult - The Magician's Land by Lev Grossman (I have to see how this series finishes)

3. 2014 Debut You Are Most Anticipating?

Young Adult - Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Page and NIL by Lynne Matson

Adult - ???? My most anticipated debuts are all YA

  

4. Series Ending You Are Most Anticipating in 2014?

Young Adult - Again we'll see how I feel later but The Grisha trilogy by Leigh Bardugo

Adult - The Magician's Land by Lev Grossman (Shocking, I know!)

5. One Thing You Hope To Accomplish Or Do In Your Reading/Blogging In 2014?

To read or complete at least one series a month. To read 60 books. To keep my blogging as consistent as it has been lately.