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2014 End of Year Book Survey: Part 1

January 1, 2015 by brooke 3 Comments

2014-end-of-year-book-survey

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# of books you read: 61
# of rereads: *I’m not much of a re-reader!
genre you read the most from: YA

best-YA-books-2014

best book you read in 2014?
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

book you were excited about and thought you’d love more but didn’t?
Atlantia by Ally Condie

most surprising (in a good way or bad way) book you read in 2014?
bad way – The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
good way – Vampire Academy/Bloodlines by Richelle Mead

book you “pushed” the most people to read (and they did)?
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

best series you started? best sequel? best series ender?
best series: Cinder by Marissa Meyer/Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead/The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater/Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas
sequel: The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson
series ender: The One by Kiera Cass/Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo/City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare/Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan

fave new author you discovered?
Maggie Stiefvater, Marissa Meyer, Richelle Mead

best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone?
Vampire Academy/Bloodlines by Richelle Mead

most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year?
Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas

book you read in 2014 that you are most likely to reread next year?
Cinder by Marissa Meyer/The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater/Smart Girls Get What They Want by Sarah Strohmeyer

favorite cover of a book you read?
Champion by Marie Lu

most memorable character?
Gansey (The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater)/Celaena (Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas)

most beautifully written book?
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater/In the Shadows by Kiersten White

most thought-provoking/life-changing book?
Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour by Morgan Matson

book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2014 to finally read?
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

favorite passage/quote from a book you read?

shortest & longest book you read?
Adrenaline Crush by Laurie Boyle Crompton (shortest)/ City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare (longest)

book that shocked you the most (plot twist, character death, left you hanging)?
Perfect Lies by Kiersten White

OTP of the year (one true pairing – you will go down with this ship!)?
Sydney/Adrian (Bloodlines by Richelle Mead)
Cress/Thorne (Cress by Marissa Meyer)
Blue/Gansey (The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater)

favorite non-romantic relationship of the year?
sisters Moria/Ashyn (Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong)
best friends Gigi, Bea, Neerja (Smart Girls Get What They Want by Sarah Strohmeyer)
bromance Ronan/Adam (The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater)

favorite book you read in 2014 from an author you’ve read previously?
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith

best book you read in 2014 that you read based SOLELY on a recommendation from somebody else/peer pressure?
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

newest fictional crush from a book you read?
Thorne (Cress by Marissa Meyer)/Gansey (The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater)

best 2014 debut?
On the Fence by Kasie West

best worldbuilding/most vivid setting you read?
Born of Illusion by Teri Brown

book that put a smile on your face/was the most FUN to read?
Smart Girls Get What They Want by Sarah Strohmeyer/On the Fence by Kasie West

book that made you cry or nearly cry?
Heir of Fire by Sarah J Maas

hidden gem of the year?
Smart Girls Get What They Want by Sarah Strohmeyer

book that crushed your soul?
Blood Promise by Richelle Mead

most unique book you read in 2014?
Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge

book that made you the most mad (doesn’t necessarily mean you didn’t like it)?
Silver Shadows by Richelle Mead

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  1. Taylor Lynn says

    January 8, 2015 at 5:31 pm

    Needless to say, I love all of the mentions of Maggie Stiefvater/The Raven Cycle in this list. 😉 I also really need to get my hands on a copy of Throne of Glass, apparently, because it’s all anyone ever talks about! Maybe in 2015 I’ll finally get around to it, haha. Also, I’m super interested in In the Shadows and I’m glad to see it made it onto your best-of-2014 list here!

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    • brooke says

      January 10, 2015 at 10:14 am

      I thought you would! I love having someone to fangirl with over Maggie Stiefvater and The Raven Cycle. I plug the series WHENEVER I POSSIBLY CAN, hence it dominating this year’s list. I was a little late to the Throne of Glass bandwagon, but I’d heard so many good things and my curiosity got the better of me. Definitely a new favorite! Let me know if you read it sometime this year!

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