End of The Year Book Survey: 2012 Edition

It took me so long to complete this. I read so many really good books in 2012. Too hard. I had to skip questions just to complete it.

Best In Books 2012

1. Best Book You Read In 2012? (You can break it down by genre if you want)

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. It's been more than 7 months since I read it and I'm still in love with it. 

2. Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going To Love More But Didn’t?

Carnival of Souls by Melissa Marr. I was really excited about it but wound up feeling meh about it. 

 3. Most surprising (in a good way!) book of 2012?

Julie and Julia by Julie Powell. I didn't care for Julie's character in the movie but I understood her better in the book. 

 4. Book you recommended to people most in 2012?

Ready Player One, The Fault In Our Stars by John Green, and Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn were all books I recommended numerous times. 

 5. Best series you discovered in 2012?

I started several series in 2012 but my favorites are Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater, Across the Universe by Beth Revis, Jodie Meadows' Newsoul, The Selection by Kiera Cass, and Jessica Spotswood's The Cahill Witch Chronicles. 

 6. Favorite new authors you discovered in 2012?

Beth Revis! 

7. Best book that was out of your comfort zone or was a new genre for you?

Sudden Country by Karen Fisher. I read it for the Western Genre challenge. 

 8. Most thrilling, unputdownable book in 2012?

The Rook by Daniel O'Malley.

 9. Book You Read In 2012 That You Are Most Likely To Re-Read Next Year:

Ready Player One.

10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2012?

 13. Shortest & Longest Book You Read In 2012? 

Shortest book was The Thorn and The Blossom by Theodora Goss at 82 pages.

Longest book was Blackout by Mira Grant at 659 pages.

14. Best Book You Read That You Read Based SOLELY On A Recommendation From Somebody Else:

Witch Child by Celia Rees. My friend Jen loaned it to me. I'm glad she did. 

Looking Ahead…

1. One Book You Didn’t Get To In 2012 But Will Be Your Number 1 Priority in 2013?

I said I'd read Pride and Prejudice and I still have not. I'm planning on reading it this month.

2. Book You Are Most Anticipating For 2013?

The end of the Across The Universe series. I can't wait to see how it ends. 

3. One Thing You Hope To Accomplish Or Do In Your Reading/Blogging In 2013?

Keep making new friends and enjoying both reading and blogging.

December Book Tally and End of Year Wrap Up

December Book Tally

Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day Winifred Winston
Her Fearful Symmetry by  Audrey Niffenegger
Ashes of Honor by Seanan McGuire
Carnival of Souls by Melissa Marr
Son by Lois Lowry
Blackberry Winter by Sarah Jio
Joy for Beginners by Erica Bauermeister
Saga vol 1 by Brian K Vaughn
The Persecution of Mildred Dunlap by Paulette Mahurin
Blankets by Craig Thompson
Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
Stumptown vol 1 by Greg Rucka
The Kashmir Shawl by Rosie Thomas
Demon Knights vol 1 by Paul Cornell
Amulet vol 5 by Kazu Kibuishi

Fifteen books! I had a lot of time for reading but I also had a bunch of books that sucked me in. Towards the end of December, I got really sick and had a hard time reading. So I read 3 graphic novels in 2 days. 

So how did I do on my goals?

1. Read Pride and Prejudice-Fail. I thought I owned Pride and Prejudice but I own Sense and Sensibility. I was too sick to go out and buy a copy before the end of 2012. 
2. Participate in the War Through The Generation challenge, The Western Genre challenge, and the Foodies Read 2 challenge.-I met my goal for the War through The Generation challenge and exceeded my goal for the Foodie Read 2 Challenge. I failed at my goal for the Western Genre. 
3. I'm keeping reading goal at 100. -I met my goal and exceeded it. 
4. Participate in Weekend Cooking. I've been invited numerous times to participate and I'm going to start in January. I'll still have my slow cooker Tuesdays but post non-slow cooker recipes on Saturdays. -I've been participating in Weekend Cooking for most of the year. 

Now all the stats!

Total books read: 128 (5 more than last year)

Total number of pages read: 39,863 (1823 more pages than last year)

 YA continues to be my largest genre of books read. I read less graphic novels than last year. These are not all the books I read just the most popular ones for me.

I still read more books by women than men. This is still about the same as last year.

How was your reading in 2012?