Once again, Jamie from The Perpetual Page Turner has provided us with an end of year book survey. Thanks! As usual, I'm skipping some questions and adding some more statistics and comparisons. I like to do these summary posts mostly for me, so I have a record, but if you are interested, here's my reading accomplishments and thoughts for 2017.
You can see the detailed list of all my reviews on my 2017 Review Archives Page.
Here's a link to my Goodreads Year In Books, if you want a more visual representation.
Number Of Books You Read: 80 (up from 77 in 2016, but still way behind the 124 from 2015). First year I've had an increase in a long time!
Genre You Read The Most From: I read mostly YA, but read more adult books this year, since I'm retiring and looking forward to having time for those. Historical fiction is my favorite, but not what I read most. Probably fantasy/adventure.
If you look at number of pages, I read 31,025, which is about 3,300 pages more than the 27,745 I read last year. Average book length: 388 pages, which is always pretty consistent. Two thousand fifteen's 56,824 is my all-time record for number of pages.
Forty-five books read were eBooks and 11 were audiobooks. Also pretty consistent.
Average book rating (out of a scale of 5) was 3.94. This may seem a bit high, but I never give a "1" rating -- if a book is that bad, I don't finish it. I DNF (did not finish) 9 books this year, almost the same as last year. And I rarely give "2" ratings (this year I didn't give any "2" or "2.5" ratings!) But, only 6 books got a 5/5 rating this year, compared to 11 last year. I must be getting tougher!
1. Best Book You Read In 2017?
2. Book You Were Excited About and Thought You Were Going To Love More But Didn’t?
Heartless, by Marissa Meyer (I didn't finish it, that's why there isn't a link.)
3. Most surprising (in a good way or bad way) book you read?
4. Book You “Pushed” The Most People To Read (And They Did)?
The Empress, by S. J. Kincaid. Mostly to my teens, since we read
The Diabolic for book club, and there wasn't supposed to be a sequel. Boy am I glad there was!
5. Best series you started in 2017? Best Sequel of 2017? Best Series Ender of 2017?
Started:
Nyxia, by Scott Reintgen
6. Favorite new author you discovered in 2017?
Well, I'd have to say
Laura Creedle, author of my favorite book of the year!
7. Best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone?
The Thirty-Nine Steps, by John Buchan. I'm leery of classics, and I picked this one totally at random. A very short book that I enjoyed.
8. Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year?
9. Book You Read In 2017 That You Are Most Likely To Re-Read Next Year?
I'm not a big re-reader, so none.
10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2017?
11. Most memorable character of 2017?
14. Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2017 to finally read?
17. Book That Shocked You The Most
21. Best Book You Read In 2017 That You Read Based SOLELY On A Recommendation From Somebody Else/Peer Pressure:
March: Book One, by John Lewis. This is on our list of nominated titles for the Teen Choice award in Illinois.
23. Best 2017 debut you read?
24. Best Worldbuilding/Most Vivid Setting You Read This Year?
25. Book That Put A Smile On Your Face/Was The Most FUN To Read?
26. Book That Made You Cry Or Nearly Cry in 2017?
Out of Darkness, by Ashley Hope Perez. This book elicited many emotions of all kinds. Mostly anger.
27. Hidden Gem Of The Year?
Odd & True, by Cat Winters. I've loved all of her books and never think she gets enough attention!
28. Book That Crushed Your Soul?
I'm not sure what that means, but this book just...well, it's so weird...and emotional, so I'm putting it here. (as well as in the next question.)
Confessions, by Kanae Minato
29. Most Unique Book You Read In 2017?
30. Book That Made You The Most Mad (doesn’t necessarily mean you didn’t like it)?
