2014 End of the Year Survey

Merry Christmas everyone! I didn't want to do a big major post today but I wanted to do something so I thought it would be the perfect time to answer the End of Year Survey from Jamie at The Perpetural Page Turner so here you go!

2014 Reading Stats

Number of Books Read in 2014?
Just finished my 112th book but I'm hoping to finish three more before the end of the year.

Best in Books

1. Best Book You Read In 2014? (If you have to cheat — you can break it down by genre if you want or 2013 release vs. backlist)
Adult - Bitter Greens by Kate Fosyth and Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
Young Adult - These Broken Stars by Aime Kaufman and Meagan Spooner

2. Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going To Love More But Didn’t?
Adult: Three Princes by Ramona Wheeler
Young Adult: Of Monsters and Madness by Kate Verday, Hexed by Michelle Krys,

3. Most surprising (in a good way or bad way) book you read in 2014?
Adult: Neverhome by Laird Hunt
Young Adult: Looking for Alaska by John Green
Middle Grade: Nest by Esther Ehrlich

4. Book You “Pushed” The Most People To Read (And They Did) In 2014?
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson and Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth

5. Best series you started in 2014? Best Sequel of 2014? Best Series Ender of 2014?
Series Started w/ Only One Book: The Young Elites by Marie Lu
Best Sequel: Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas and Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Steifvater
Best Series Ender: Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo and The Magician's Land by Lev Grossman

6. Favorite new author you discovered in 2014?
Brandon Sanderson (Here's a full list)

7. Best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone?
Adult- Landline by Rainbow Rowell
(I mean Rainbow is not out of my comfort zone by Adult Contemporary/Romance are)
Young Adult- Looking for Alaska by John Green

8. Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year?
Adult- The Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson

Young Adult- Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo and The Young Elites by Marie Lu

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

Adult- Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth or A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin

Young Adult- The Raven Cycle by Maggie Steivfater

10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2014

Adult- A Sudden Light by Garth Stein

Young Adult- These Broken Stars by Aime Kaufman and Meagan Spooner and Jackably by William Ritter

11. Most memorable character of 2014?

Adult Books - Vin in the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson

Young Adult- Adelina in The Young Elites by Marie Lu and Manon Blackbeak in Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maad

12. Most beautifully written book read in 2014?

Adult- Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth, Rooms by Lauren Oliver and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Young Adult- Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein and The Raven Cycle by Maggie Steifvater

Middle Grade- Nest by Esther Ehrlich

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

Adult- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Young Adult- Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein and Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

Middle Grade- Nest by Esther Ehrlich

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

Adult- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Young Adult- The Raven Boys by Maggie Steufvater and Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

15. Favorite Passage/Quote From A Book You Read In 2014?
I usually write my favorite quotes on the post-its I use as bookmarks and then leave them in the books but I'm on vacation right now so sadly I can't look!

16.Shortest & Longest Book You Read In 2013? How I did this: Went to my read books on Goodreads and sorted by page number and just looked for what I knew I read this yeaer that was the shortest and longest.

Shortest- Legion by Brandon Sanderson (88 pages)

Longest- A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin (1125 pages)

17. Book That Shocked You The Most (Because of a plot twist, character death, left you hanging with your mouth wide open, etc.)

Adult- Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little and The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

Young Adult- These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner and Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson

18. OTP OF THE YEAR (you will go down with this ship!) (OTP = one true pairing if you aren’t familiar)

Adult- Vin and Elend in the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson

Young Adult- TOO MANY TO LIST. Two of my favorites atm are Chubs and Vida in The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken and David and Meagan in The Reckoners trilogy by Brandon Sanderson.

19. Favorite Non-Romantic Relationship Of The Year

Adult- Jon Snow and Sam in ASOIAF by George R.R. Martin and Jennifer and Beth in Attachments by Rainbow Rowell.

Young Adult- Maddie and Verity in Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein. I want to say Blue and the Raven Boys but can't for shipping reasons so...

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

Adult- Attachments by Rainbow Rowell and The Magician's Land by Lev Grossman

Young Adult- Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

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

Adult- Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

Yound Adult- The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stefvater

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

Adult- Lincoln in Attachments by Rainbow Rowell and Elend in Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

Young Adult- Thorn in The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

23. Best 2014 debut you read?

Adult- The Good Girl by Mary Kubica

Young Adult- Jackaby by William Ritter

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

Adult- The Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson, Vicious by V.E. Schwab

Young Adult- The Grisha trilogy by Leigh Bardugo, The Young Elites by Marie Lu

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

Adult- The Job by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg and The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas and Jennifer
Young Adult- Jackaby by William Ritter, Egg and Spoon by Gregory Maguire, and Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

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

ALL THE BOOKS!!!!!
Adult- The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

Young Adult- Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell, In the Afterlight by Alexandra Bracken, The Young Elites by Marie Lu

27. Hidden Gem Of The Year?

Adult- Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little and The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant

Young Adult- Egg and Spoon by Gregory Maguire

Middle Grade- The Map to Everywhere by Carrie Ryan and John Parke Davis

28. Book That Crushed Your Soul? (these are all in a goood way)

Adult- The Good Girl by Mary Kubica and The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson  

Young Adult- Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell, Code Name Verity by Elizabet Wein, and The Young Elites by Marie Lu
Middle Grade: Nest by Esther Ehrlich

29. Most Unique Book You Read In 2014?

Adult- Rooms by Lauren Oliver

Young Adult- The Young Elites by Marie Lu and Blackbird by Anna Carey

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

Adult- A Sudden Light by Garth Nix (in a bad way) and A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin (in a good way)

Young Adult- Of Monsters and Madness by Jessica Verday (in a bad way) and The Falconer by Elizabeth May (in a good way)

Blogging/Bookish Life

1. New favorite book blog you discovered in 2014?
I was very new to the blogging community in 2013 so I feel like I basically discovered all the book blogs in 2014. But a recent one that I just discovered is The Starry-Eyed Review thanks to Jen being my TBTB Secret Santa.

2. Favorite review that you wrote in 2014?
Probably my review of The Magician's Land because it included a video review back when I was still thinking about doing the BookTube thing. Plus I refrained on the gushing and the review was spoiler free which is hard for a third book in a series.

3. Best discussion/non-review post you had on your blog?
By stats my top two are my Maze Runner Readalong post and my Blogoversary post.
My favorite though is my Crossing Over posts, On Unlikable Characters, and Book Polygamy

4. Best event that you participated in (author signings, festivals, virtual events, memes, etc.)?
BEA. I always wanted to go and it was so amazing. I can't wait till next year!

5. Best moment of bookish/blogging life in 2014?
BEA was really high up there! And also getting my first e-ARC which I can't remember when it happened but I know it was We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

7. Most Popular Post This Year On Your Blog (whether it be by comments or views)?
Landline by Rainbow Rowell. I mentioned the Easter Egg and tons of people find my review from it. I don't give away the spoiler either which is funny! My next most popular is my review of the Percy Jackson series.

8. Post You Wished Got A Little More Love?
I think the ones that surprised me are the reviews that don't get any comments and I thought were really popular like Gone Girl and The Raven Boys. But in general I wish reviews would get the same love as memes.

9. Best bookish discover (book related sites, book stores, etc.)?
Well I discovered Book Outlet this year and it's been really dangerous for my wallet ever since.

10. Did you complete any reading challenges or goals that you had set for yourself at the beginning of this year?
I did the 2014 Completed Series challenge and finished 15 series this year, the Standalone Reading Challenge and read 15 standalones, and my Goodreads challenge which I set to 60 at first and then moved to 105 and still beat it.

Looking Ahead - Books of 2015

1. One Book You Didn’t Get To In 2014 But Will Be Your Number 1 Priority in 2015?
Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas

2. Book You Are Most Anticipating For 2015 (non-debut)?
A Darker Shade of Magic by Victoria Schwab and A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

3. 2015 Debut You Are Most Anticipating?
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard and An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

4. Series Ending/A Sequel You Are Most Anticipating in 2015?
Series Ending - The final book in The Raven Cycle by Maggie Steifvater
Sequel- The Rose Society by Marie Lu, the sequel to The Young Elites

5. One Thing You Hope To Accomplish Or Do In Your Reading/Blogging Life In 2015?
Redesign my blog, I'm over this brown background.

 6. A 2015 Release You’ve Already Read & Recommend To Everyone:
I haven't read any 2015 releases yet! I'm a procrastinator. I'm halfway through The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon which is really good, so maybe that? Oh and Firefight by Brandon Sanderson which is the sequel to Steelheart!

There you go! My very rambly answers to the survey questions from Jamie at The Perpetual Page Turner. Have you read any of the books I mentioned? What did you think? Leave me a comment with your thoughts. Thanks for stopping by and HAPPY READING!