Perpetual Page Turner's End of the Year Survey!

Number Of Books You Read: 89 Arcs + whatever else I read . . .
Number of Re-Reads: The International Series by Chanel Cleeton (2)
Genre You Read The Most From: New Adult

1. Best Book You Read In 2014?
Flat-Out Love by Jessica Park

2. Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going To Love More But Didn’t?The Bloodlines series by Richelle Mead since I loved the VA series. Still loved Adrian, liked Sydney, but hated the other characters and the plot. Couldn't finish it.


3. Most surprising (in a good way or bad way) book you read in 2014? Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher. Who knew someone could write a clever story only told through memos? Julie totally did!


4. Book You “Pushed” The Most People To Read (And They Did) In 2014? The International School series by Chanel Cleeton, beginning with I See London. LOVED LOVED LOVED! I'll have my review up tomorrow for the 3rd and final installment, French Kissed!

5. Best series you started in 2014? I loved Chanel Cleeton's International School series as well as T. Torrest's Remember When series.


6. Favorite new author you discovered in 2014? I could certainly gush on and on about Chanel Cleeton, but I also like New Adult author Cora Carmack.

7. Best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone? Conduct Unbecoming by LA Witt. I'd never read M/M romances, but I really like hers.

8. Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year? The Girl with All the Gifts by MR Carey. While I usually don't like Dystopian stories, this one was amazing.

9. Book You Read In 2014 That You Are Most Likely To Re-Read Next Year?
I'd probably re-read either The Before Now and After Then by Peter Monn. A good coming-of-age m/m young adult novel.

10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2014?
Not sure - maybe Before You by Amber Hart.

11. Most memorable character of 2014?
Samir from I See London

12. Most beautifully written book read in 2014?
Then & Always by Dani Atkins

13. Most Thought-Provoking/ Life-Changing Book of 2014?
What She Lost & Found by ML Garcia

14. Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2014 to finally read? Vampire Academy!

15. Favorite Passage/Quote From A Book You Read In 2014?

16.Shortest & Longest Book You Read In 2014?
I am not a novella fan, so I avoid those at all cost. The longest was probably The Girl with All the Gifts by MR Carey.

17. Book That Shocked You The Most?
Dear Nobody probably. I love memoirs, but this collection of diary entries were explicit and not what I was expecting.

18. OTP OF THE YEAR (you will go down with this ship!) Maggie & Samir from the International Series by Chanel Cleeton!!!

19. Favorite Non-Romantic Relationship Of The Year:
Julie & Celeste from Flat-Out Love by Jessica Park. Has anyone read Flat-Out Celeste? I'm trying to decide whether to read it or not.

20. Favorite Book You Read in 2014 From An Author You’ve Read Previously:
The only books I read this year by the same author were sequels, so I can't really pick one.

21. Best Book You Read In 2014 That You Read Based SOLELY On A Recommendation From Somebody Else/Peer Pressure: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer. Just finished the first book. Haven't written the review yet.

22. Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2014?
Again, Samir from the International Series.

23. Best 2014 debut you read?
I'm honestly really bad at figuring out if an author is a first-time writer or not, so I can't answer without googling every single one of my faves.

24. Best Worldbuilding/Most Vivid Setting You Read This Year?
Mara Dyer

25. Book That Put A Smile On Your Face/Was The Most FUN To Read?
Turning 16 by Perie Wolford. It was basically a re-telling of the movie "Sixteen Candles" with Sam as a gay high school boy. Loved it. Oh the nostagia!

26. Book That Made You Cry Or Nearly Cry in 2014?
Talania by Crystal Spears. Cancer? Amnesia? First love? Reminding the first love with amnesia about said love? Tearjearker in the best way!

27. Hidden Gem Of The Year?
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sarra Manning. I need to write a review for it. It's a long book that shows how a selfish playboy and a self-professed "big" girl grow together and grow in love. Loved it.

28. Book That Crushed Your Soul?
See #27.

29. Most Unique Book You Read In 2014?
The Austenland books by Shannon Hale. I also highly recommend seeing the movie starring!

30. Book That Made You The Most Mad?
Above by Isla Morely. I really hated that the MC spent most of her life underground and, when she finally escapes, she finds a dystopian society.

1. New favorite book blog you discovered in 2014
It's not a total book blog, but Melbourne on My Mind. We have a lot of the same taste in books & movies.

2. Favorite review that you wrote in 2014?
All of them? lol

3. Best discussion/non-review post you had on your blog?
I recently started doing Mish Mash Mondays featuring things going on in my life and/or things on my mind.

4. Best event that you participated in? The blog tours for Chanel Cleeton!

5. Best moment of bookish/blogging life in 2014?Getting my hands on the sequels for I See London by Chanel Cleeton.!

7. Most Popular Post This Year On Your Blog (whether it be by comments or views)? My Mish Mash Posts.

8. Post You Wished Got A Little More Love? My reviews in general. I don't get a ton of traffic.

9. Best bookish discover (book related sites, book stores, etc.)? Bookish items on Etsy! Love finding unique ones.

10. Did you complete any reading challenges or goals that you had set for yourself at the beginning of this year? No

1. One Book You Didn’t Get To In 2014 But Will Be Your Number 1 Priority in 2015? The Walls Around Us - Nova Ren Suma

2. Book You Are Most Anticipating For 2015 (non-debut)? Macdeath - Cindy Brown - 1/20/15

3. 2015 Debut You Are Most Anticipating? I suck b/c I'm not bookish enough to know which are debuts and which aren't!

4. Series Ending/A Sequel You Are Most Anticipating in 2015? I want to keep reading the Lux series by Jennifer Armentrout - I'm very behind.

5. One Thing You Hope To Accomplish Or Do In Your Reading/Blogging Life In 2015? Have more time for reading!

6. A 2015 Release You’ve Already Read & Recommend To Everyone: I can't find one that I read that I really, really like.

A to Z Book Survey

Feel free to play along. :)

A: Author you've read the most books by: Probably Lisa Gardner. I believe I've read all her suspense books. You can find the list here, broken down by series or character involvement.

B: Best Sequel Ever: One of my ab fab fave books, The Book of Bright Ideas by Sandra Kring has a wonderful sequel, A Life of Bright Ideas. Both books follow the unlikely friendship between the rural Button and the worldly Winnalee.

Bright Idea #91: When the weather's bad and your lights go out, have a pajama party. Eat till you feel sick, hula-hoop, paint your faces. Catch fireflies, and dance naked in the rain. If you do, then your bare butt will light up like a firefly after it's been let out of a jar.

C: Currently Reading: To Be Underwater by Tom McNeal

Judith Whitman always believed in the kind of love that "picks you up in Akron and sets you down in Rio." Long ago, she once experienced that love. Willy Blunt was a carpenter with a dry wit and a steadfast sense of honor. Marrying him seemed like a natural thing to promise. But Willy Blunt was not a person you could pick up in Nebraska and transport to Stanford. When Judith left home, she didn't look back.

D: Drink of Choice While Reading: I like to drink tea while reading Agatha Christie. It feels like a given.

E: E-Reader or Physical Book? Both, although I'm reading a lot more e-reader books since I get daily emails from The E-Reader Cafe who tells me Amazon's daily freebies & cheapies. If you like e-readers, you should subscribe.

F: Fictional Character You Probably Would Have Dated in High School: I would have wanted to date Mr. Knightly from Emma, even though everyone else would've been swooning over Mr. Darcy. Emma is actually a FREE download from kindle right now. Click on the book below for your download!

G: Glad You Gave This Book a Chance: Emotionally Weird by Kate Atkinson. I've read it a few times now. A very funny off-beat novel about family, relationships and college. I also recommend Case Histories by Kate, but I don't like the sequels to it at all. Read the first one only.

H: Hidden Gem Book: Although she doesn't write fiction anymore, I highly recommend reading any fiction book by Fiona Robyn.

I: Important Moment in Your Reading Life: I always loved reading, but reading The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin was my first foray into the cleverness of mystery. No matter how old I get, I will continue to re-read this book.

J: Just Finished: Long Time Coming by Edie Claire - It's currently Free on Amazon! It's a light romance that deals with coming to terms with a friend's death.

K: Kinds of Books You Won't Read: I'll never be reading 50 Shades of Grey/Gray. Not into S&M thankyouverymuch.

L: Longest Book You've Ever Read: Strangers by Dean Koontz is one. I think I might re-read this one since it's been so many years.

M: Major Book Hangover Because Of: Although I'm not a huge Jodi Picoult fan, My Sister's Keeper is superb, although I heard the changed the ending when they made it a movie - which is dumb.

N: Number of Book Cases You Own: 2

O: One book you have read multiple times: The Westing Game, as I said above.

P: Preferred place to read: Snuggled up in my bed.

Q: Quote That Inspires You/Gives You Feels From a Book You've Read: Anything from The Book of Bright Ideas

Bright idea #90- After you play beauty shop, your husband might say you look like a beauty queen, or he might just ask you where the phillips screwdriver is. Either way, it doesn’t matter as long as your new hair makes you think nice things about yourself.

R: Reading Regret: Even trying to read Twilight. HORRIBLE.

S: Series You Started But Still Need to Finish (All Books Are Out): Just bought the final book in the [Insert Word] Your Love series by JC Reed yesterday. These are kind of racy but well-written and engaging.

T: Three of your Favorite Books: How do I choose?

U: Unapologetic Fangirl For: The Flowers in the Attic series by VC Andrews. They just did a remake of the movie on Lifetime - horrible acting just like the first. :) You can download the whole series for kindle by clicking on the image below.

V: Very Excited for This Release More Than Others: Anything by Lisa Gardner

W: Worst Bookish Habits: Starting several books at the same time, then leaving them pile up next to my bed.

X: X Marks the Spot, Start at the Top of Your Shelf and Pick the 27th Book: I'm not at home, so I don't know.

Y: Your Latest Book Purchase: Confessions of a Call Center Gal by Lisa Lim. Anything hailed as "The Office meets Avenue Q" that's only 99cents is good enough for me.

Z: Zzzz-Snatcher Book-(The last book that kept you up way too late): Fear Nothing by Lisa Gardner, although it was one of my least favorite books of hers.