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2019 End of Year Book Survey

January 6, 2020 by Erin Leave a Comment

For a number of years now, Jamie over at Perpetual Page Turner has been hosting an end of year book survey and I’m pretty sure we have used her prompts as a guide since she started to close out our 2019 reading – we’ve just slightly shortened it up for the blog since there are two of us.  It’s a great way to reflect on the books from the past year.  Check out our stats / thoughts and let us know your thoughts in the comments!

Erin

Number of Books You Read:  252
Number of Re-Reads:  24
Genre You Read the Most From:  Fantasy and Historical Romance

Best Book You Read In 2019:  Kingsbane by Claire Legrand

Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going to Love More but Didn’t: The Girl the Sea Gave Back by Adrienne Young – the characters just didn’t connect with me.

Most surprising (in a good way or bad way) book you read:  The Grace Year by Kim Liggett – I was not expecting that ending.

Book You “Pushed” The Most People to Read (And They Did): Vow of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson – I’m pretty sure I talked about this one on every podcast this year.

Favorite new author you discovered in 2019:  Shelby Mahurin – I’m looking forward to more from her based on Serpent & Dove.

Best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone:   Nothing is really out of my comfort zone but since I don’t read a ton of contemporary, I will pick Foolish Hearts by Emma Mills.

Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year:  Warrior of the Wild by Tricia Levenseller

Book You Read In 2019 That You Are Most Likely to Re-Read Next Year:  The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen

Favorite cover of a book you read in 2019: House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig

Most memorable character of 2019: Henry Montague – The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzie Lee

Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2019 to finally read:   Dark Triumph by Robin LaFevers

OTP OF THE YEAR (you will go down with this ship!):  Jase and Kazi – Vow of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson

Favorite Book You Read in 2019 From an Author You’ve Read Previously:  The Lady Rogue by Jenn Bennett

Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2019:  Chase Henry – 738 Days by Stacey Kade

Best 2019 debut you read: Evie Dunmore – I loved her book Bringing Down the Duke!

Book That Put A Smile on Your Face/Was the Most FUN to Read:   The Scandalous, Dissolute, No-Good Mr. Wright by Tessa Dare

Hidden Gem of The Year:  Dangerous Alliance: An Austentacious Romance by Jennieke Cohen

One Book You Didn’t Get to in 2019 But Will Be Your Number 1 Priority in 2020:   Darkdawn by Jay Kristoff – I’m almost done with my re-read of Godsgrave…then I can start!

Book You Are Most Anticipating For 2020 (non-debut): Rebel Spy 355 by Veronica Rossi

Series Ending/A Sequel You Are Most Anticipating in 2020: TRUEL1F3 (Lifelike #3) by Jay Kristoff

Jaime

Number of Books You Read:  210
Number of Re-Reads: 16
Genre You Read the Most From:  Historical Romance

Best Book You Read In 2019:  Gentleman’s Guide to Vice & Virtue – I absolutely loved it even though it was an older book.  2019 release – Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin

Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going to Love More but Didn’t: Four Dead Queens  — Oh the hype got me on this one!

Most surprising (in a good way or bad way) book you read:  The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen – I thought I’d like it but I actually ended up LOVING It!

Book You “Pushed” The Most People to Read (And They Did):  Serpent  & Dove by Shelby Mahurin

Favorite new author you discovered in 2019:  Emma Lord!  If you don’t have Tweet Cute on your pre-order list you MUST!

Best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone:   This whole year was a lesson in reading outside of your typical genre – I binged on Historical Romance so much that 40+% of my reading was HR.   I’ll say anything by Tessa Dare and Sarah Maclean are safe bets, but I found myself loving Lisa Kleypas, Valerie Bowman & Lenora Bell.

Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year:  Dance of Thieves / Vow of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson

Book You Read In 2019 That You Are Most Likely to Re-Read Next Year:  Aurora Rising- in preparation of Aurora Burning

Favorite cover of a book you read in 2019: Theatrical by Maggie Harcourt – it’s adorable

Most memorable character of 2019:  Henry Montague – even though he’s from 2017

Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2019 to finally read:   Gentleman’s Guide to Vice & Virtue – what is wrong with me

OTP OF THE YEAR (you will go down with this ship!):  Rasmira & Soren from Warrior of the Wild by Tricia Levenseller

Favorite Book You Read in 2019 From an Author You’ve Read Previously:  Meet Me at Midnight / When Summer Ends by Jessica Pennington – she can’t write books fast enough for me!

Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2019:  Jase from Dance of Thieves/Vow of Thieves

Best 2019 debut you read:  Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin

Book That Put A Smile on Your Face/Was the Most FUN to Read:  The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky by Mackenzi Lee

Hidden Gem of The Year:  10 Blind Dates by Ashley Elston

One Book You Didn’t Get to in 2019 But Will Be Your Number 1 Priority in 2020:   The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary

Book You Are Most Anticipating For 2020 (non-debut):  The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski (MARCH)

Series Ending/A Sequel You Are Most Anticipating in 2020:   Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

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