To kick off my year in review I'm going to complete the Stats Survey from The Book Addict's Guide. I also did The End of Year Book Survey from The Perpetual Page-Turner in December.
Statistics Survey 2014
from The Book Addict's Guide and Andi's ABCs
from The Book Addict's Guide and Andi's ABCs
Number Of...
- Number of books under 250 pages (not including novellas): 21
- Number of books read between 400 – 449 pages: 5
- Number of books read between 450 – 449 pages: 3
- Number of books read over 500 pages: 1
- Number of books read over 1000 pages: NONE
- Number of novellas read: 4
- Number of books that made you cry: 8
- Number of books from female POV: 56
- Number of books from male POV: 18
- Number of books with alternating POVs: 16
- Number of DNFs (did not finish): 7
- Number of five star reads: 6
- Number of one/two star reads: 4
- Number of authors met in 2014: unknown, I've attended some really large events BEA, YALLFest among others. So tons!
- Number of book events attended in 2014: about a dozen including BEA, YALLFest and others
- Number of books you read in one day: 2
- Number of audiobooks: 8
- Number of 2015 books you have on pre-order: none as of yet... trying to practice selective buying :p
- Number of re-reads: 0
By the Books
- Book with the highest rating on Goodreads: The Fault In Our Stars, 4.42 avg. rating
- Book with the lowest rating on Goodreads: Little Blue Lies, 2.99 avg. rating
- Book read furthest away from home (vacation reads?): Either Belzhar or Black Ice, both were read in Cali (I live in NC)
- Book that took you the longest to read: Afterworlds, it was the longest and took me FOREVER! (maybe six weeks?)
- Book that you personally connected with the most: Roomies by Sara Zarr and Tara Altebrando
- Book that made you love the villain: Jackal from Immortal Rules
- Book you said you’d come back to but still haven’t picked up again: Brutal Youth and Grasshopper Jungle
- Book you read waaaay before it’s publication date: I just began blogging this year so this didn't really happen.
- Book you read on your birthday: Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer
- Book with a character who shares your name: Meg from I Was Here by Gayle Forman
- Book you weren’t entirely truthful about when rating (Fluff up any ratings? Rated even though you didn’t finish?): I wouldn't say I was untruthful when rating it but it was only my second review ever, Fire & Flood is probably not a 5-star read.
- Book you read in 2014 but already want to re-read: The Winner's Curse
- Book you borrowed from a friend a long time ago and still have: Outlander, borrowed 2+ years ago *hangs head in shame*
- Book by a foreign author/originally published in another country: none
- Book you which you could go back and read for the first time again: A Thousand Pieces of You
- Most books read by one author this year: Gayle Forman
This and That
- Happiest and saddest: Better Off Friends; The Fault in Our Stars
- Longest and shortest: Afterworlds; Just One Night
- Best and worst: A Thousand Pieces of You; The Silent Wife
- First and last reads of 2014: That Was Then, This Is Now; The Darkest Part of the Forest
- First and last books on your bookcase (1st book on the top left and last book on the bottom right): Hunger Games; Winterspell
- The most disappointing and the biggest pleasant surprise: Love and Other Theories; Belzhar
- Bandwagon/fandom you joined and one you abandoned: I don't really think in terms of fandoms but I definitely solidified my love for Rainbow Rowell this year and have lost interest in finishing the Mortal Instruments Series.
- Most lenient and harshest ratings: Fire and Flood; A Hole In My Heart
- Most hyped and furthest under the radar that you read: The Fault In Our Stars; Keeper
Grab Bag
- Book you read that is red: We Should Hang Out Sometime
- Book you read that starts with M: Madame Tussaud's Apprentice
- Book you read that you may have hugged when you finished it: My True Love Gave To Me
- Book you read that you may have wanted to throw across a room: Broken Hearts, Fences and Other Things To Mend
- Book that has the letters Q, X, or Z in the title (bonus for one of the words in the title beginning with those!): All Unquiet Things
- Book that suffered some damage this year (food? water? ripped pages/cover? Ouch!): ARC of No Place To Fall may have had an incident :/
- Food you craved while/after reading a certain book: Crepes after read Anna and the French Kiss
- First book you read in 2015: Perfect Couple by Jennifer Echols
- Number of books read that end with a 6 in the page count: 13
Blogging Life
- Number of posts in 2014: 308
- Number of reviews posted this year: 95
- First post of 2014: Launching March 2014!
- First review of 2014: Little Blue Lies by Chris Lynch
- Last post of 2014: Waiting on Wednesday: The Orphan Queen by Jodi Meadows
- Last review of 2014: The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds
- Least coherent review: Uhh... not sure *shrugs*
- Review with the most views (regardless of post date): Unremembered by Jessica Brody
- Post with the most comments: Mortal Gods by Kendare Blake
- Post you wish you could re-write: Too many to count! This was my first year blogging so there's been a lot of growth and much more to come ;)
- Most popular post this year (that was posted in 2014): Review of Unremembered by Jessica Brody
Goals and Resolutions!
I'm not sure how much I believe in resolutions... however, I do love me some good old fashion goals. I like goal setting and working towards something. With that said check out my previous posts on my Top Ten Goals for 2014 and Reading Challenges.
I really tried to only choose challenges that fit with my overall reading goals and habits. I would like to successfully meet the goals by pushing myself a little but nor rearranging my whole life around them.
I've also added the following challenges to my list :)
31 Days to Better Blogging, hosted by Parajunkee < January 2015
2015 Audiobook Challenge, hosted by The Book Nympho and Hot Listens
Thanks for stopping by and a really awesome 2014!!!!
Share your goals and/or resolutions :)
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