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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