EOY 2014 Book Survey

Jamie The Perpetual Page Turner created this EOY Book Survey. I've participated the last two years (2012 & 2013), and I really enjoyed it. So here I am again for 2014. I've discussed how difficult narrowing down these are for me, right? Some of these get out of hand. Oh and feel free to join in and do your own survey. Just link back to Jamie.

2014 Reading Stats

142 books read
7 books re-read
Genre Read the Most From? New Adult Contemporary & Young Adult Fantasy

Best in Books

1. Best book you read in 2014?

Reason to Breathe (Breathing, # 1) – Rebecca Donovan; Cress (Lunar Chronicles, # 3) – Marissa Meyer; Shatter Me (Shatter Me, # 1) – Tahereh Mafi; Push (Push, # 1) by Claire Wallis; Easy (Contours of the Heart, # 1) – Tammara Webber; Blood of My Blood (Jasper Dent, # 3) – Barry Lyga; The Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles, # 1) – Mary E Pearson; Mortal Heart (His Fair Assassin, # 3) – Robin LaFevers; V is for Virgin (V is for Virgin, # 1) – Kelly Oram; Sinner (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, # 4) – Maggie Stiefvater

2. Book you were excited about & thought you were going to love more but didn’t?

Panic – Lauren Oliver; The Vincent Boys (The Vincent Boys, # 1) – Abbi Glines; Pretty When She Dies (Pretty When She Dies, # 1) – Rhiannon Frater; Something Strange and Deadly (Something Strange and Deadly, # 1) – Susan Dennard; Burying Water (Burying Water, # 1) – KA Tucker; Fangirl – Rainbow Rowell; Unravel Me (Shatter Me, # 2) – Tahereh Mafi; Maybe Someday - Colleen Hoover

3. Most surprising (in a good way) book you read in 2014?

Reason to Breathe (Breathing, # 1) by Rebecca Donovan; Undeclared (Woodlands, # 1) – Jen Frederick; Push (Push, # 1) – Claire Wallis; I Hunt Killers (Jasper Dent, # 1) – Barry Lyga; The Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles, # 1) – Mary E Pearson; V is for Virgin (V is for Virgin, # 1) – Kelly Oram; The Boys of Summer (Summer, # 1) – CJ Duggan; No Place to Fall – Jaye Robin Brown; Finding Mr. Brightside – Jay Clark (publishes in 2015); Beautiful Oblivion (Maddox Brothers, # 1) – Jamie McGuire

4. Book you read in 2014 that you recommended to people the most?

Reason to Breathe (Breathing, # 1) – Rebecca Donovan; Undeclared (Woodlands, # 1) – Jen Frederick; Push (Push, # 1) – Claire Wallis; I Hunt Killers (Jasper Dent, # 1) – Barry Lyga; The Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles, # 1) – Mary E Pearson; V is for Virgin (V is for Virgin, # 1) – Kelly Oram; Sinner (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, # 4) – Maggie Stiefvater; Ugly Love – Colleen Hoover

5. Best series discovered in 2014?

Breathing – Rebecca Donovan; Woodlands – Jen Frederick; Shatter Me – Tahereh Mafi; Pivot Point – Kasie West; Push – Claire Wallis; Contours of the Heart – Tammara Webber; Jasper Dent – Barry Lyga; To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before – Jenny Han; The Remnant Chronicles – Mary E Pearson; V is for Virgin – Kelly Oram; Summer – CJ Duggan; Maddox Brothers – Jamie McGuire

6. Best sequel read in 2014?

Cress (Lunar Chronicles, # 3) - Marissa Meyer; Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin, # 2) - Robin LaFevers; The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, # 2) - Michelle Hodkin; Silver Shadows (Bloodlines, # 5) - Richelle Mead

7. Best series ender read in 2014?

City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments, # 6) by Cassandra Clare; Mortal Heart (His Fair Assassin, # 3) by Robin LaFevers; A is for Abstinence (V is for Virgin, # 2) by Kelly Oram; Sinner (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, # 4) by Maggie Stiefvater; Blood of My Blood (Jasper Dent, # 3) by Barry Lyga

8. Favorite new author you discovered in 2014?

Rebecca Donovan, Jen Frederick, Tahereh Mafi, Claire Wallis, Barry Lyga, Kylie Scott, Jenny Han, Mary E Pearson, Jojo Moyes, Kelly Oram, CJ Duggan, E Lockhart, Jay Clark

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

Jasper Dent – Barry Lyga; The Fall – Bethany Griffin; A Thousand Pieces of You (Firebird, # 1) – Claudia Gray

10. Most thrilling, unputdownable book in 2014?

Reason to Breathe (Breathing, # 1) – Rebecca Donovan; Pivot Point (Pivot Point, # 1) – Kasie West; Push (Push, # 1) – Claire Wallis; Blood of My Blood (Jasper Dent, # 3) – Barry Lyga; We Were Liars – E Lockhart

11. Book you read in 2014 that you are most likely to re-read next year?

Easy (Contours of the Heart, # 1) – Tammara Webber; The Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles, # 1) – Mary E Pearson; Beautiful Oblivion (Maddox Brothers, # 1) – Jamie McGuire

12. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2014?

Cress (Lunar Chronciles, # 3) – Marissa Meyer; The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, # 2) – Michelle Hodkin; City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments, # 6) – Cassandra Clare; The Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles, # 1) – Mara E Pearson; Dreams of Gods & Monsters (Daughter of Smoke & Bone) – Laini Taylor; A Thousand Pieces of You (Firebird, # 1) – Claudia Gray; Blue Lily, Lily Blue (The Raven Cycle, # 3) – Maggie Stiefvater

13. Most memorable character in 2014?

Cress & Captain Thorne, Cress (Lunar Chronicles, # 3) – Marissa Meyer; Sybella, Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin, # 2) – Robin LaFevers; David, Push (Push, # 1) – Claire Wallis; Lucas, Easy (Contours of the Heart, # 1) – Tammara Webber; Jasper & Billy Dent (Jasper Dent) – Barry Lyga; Balthazaar, Mortal Heart (His Fair Assassin, # 3) – Robin LaFevers

14. Most beautifully written book read in 2014?

Dark Triumph & Mortal Heart (His Fair Assassin, 2 & 3) – Robin LaFevers; Shatter Me (Shatter Me, # 1) – Tahereh Mafi; The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, # 2) – Michelle Hodkin; Sinner (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, # 4) – Maggie Stiefvater; Ugly Love – Colleen Hoover; The Fall – Bethany Griffin; We Were Liars – E Lockhart; Blue Lily, Lily Blue (The Raven Cycle, # 3) – Maggie Stiefvater; Matched (Matched, # 1) – Ally Condie

15. Book that had the greatest impact on you in 2014?

16. Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2014 to finally read?

Shatter Me (Shatter Me, # 1) – Tahereh Mafi; Pivot Point (Pivot Point, # 1) – Kasie West; Emma – Jane Austen; Matched (Matched, # 1) – Ally Condie; Easy (Contours of the Heart, # 1) – Tammara Webber; Before I Fall – Lauren Oliver; I Hunt Killers (Jasper Dent, # 1) – Barry Lyga

17. Favorite passage/quote from a book you read in 2014?

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
from the poem Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas quoted in Matched (Matched, # 1) by Ally Condie

18. Shortest and longest book you read in 2014?

Longest: A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, # 4) – George R R Martin @ 1100 pages Shortest: Mind Games (Mindjack Origins, # 1) by Susan Kaye Quinn @ 20 pages

19. Book that had a scene in it that had you reeling and dying to talk to somebody about it? (a WTF moment, an epic revelation, a steamy kiss, etc, etc)

Reason to Breathe & Barely Breathing (Breathing, # 1 & 2) – Rebecca Donovan; Push & Pull (Push, 1 & 2) – Claire Wallis; The DUFF by Kody Keplinger; The Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles, # 1) – Mary E Pearson; Mortal Heart (His Fair Assassin, # 3) – Robin LaFevers; Blood of My Blood (Jasper Dent, # 3) – Barry Lyga; We Were Liars – E Lockhart; Beautiful Oblivion (Maddox Brothers, # 1) – Jamie McGuire

20. Favorite romance from a book you read in 2014?

Emma & Evan, Reason to Breathe & Out of Breath (Breathing, # 1 & 3) – Rebecca Donovan;
Robin & Phoenix, Believe (True Believers, # 3) – Erin McCarthy;
Cress & Captain Thorne, Cress (Lunar Chronicles, # 3) – Marissa Meyer;
Sybella & Beast, Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin, # 2) – Robin LaFevers;
Grace & Noah, Undeclared (Woodlands, # 1) – Jen Frederick;
Mara & Noah, The Evolution fo Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, # 2) – Michelle Hodkin;
Emma & David, Push (Push, # 1) – Claire Wallis;
Jacqueline & Lucas, Easy (Contours of the Heart, # 1) – Tammara Webber;
Jasper & Connie (Jasper Dent) – Barry Lyga;
Lara Jean & Peter, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, # 1) – Jenny Han;
Annith & Balthazaar, Mortal Heart (His Fair Assassin, # 3) – Robin LaFevers;
Cole St. Clair & Isabel, Sinner (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, # 4) – Maggie Stiefvater;
Sydney & Adrian, Silver Shadows (Bloodlines, # 5) – Richelle Mead;
Cath & Levi, Fangirl – Rainbow Rowell;
Ringer & Razor and Cassie & Evan, The Infinite Sea (The 5th Wave, # 2) – Rick Yancey;
Cadance & Gat, We Were Liars – E Lockhart;
Abram & Juliette, Finding Mr. Brightside – Jay Clark;
Blue & Gansey, Blue Lily, Lily Blue (The Raven Cycle, # 3) – Maggie Stiefvater

21. Favorite non-romantic relationship read in 2014?

Emma & Sara, (The Breathing Series) – Rebecca Donovan;
Jacqueline & Erin, Easy (Contours of the Heart, # 1) – Tammara Webber;
Jasper & Howie (Jasper Dent) – Barry Lyga;
Lara Jean, Margot & Kitty, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, # 1) – Jenny Han;
Cath & Raegan and Cath & Wren, Fangirl – Rainbow Rowell;
Cadance, Gat, X & X, We Were Liars – E Lockhart;
Blue, Gansey, Noah, Ronan, & Adam, Blue Lily, Lily Blue (The Raven Cycle, # 3) – Maggie Stiefvater

22. Favorite book you read in 2014 from an author you’ve read previously?

Believe (True Believers, # 3) – Erin McCarthy; Cress (Lunar Chronicles, # 3) – Marissa Meyer; The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, # 2) – Michelle Hodkin; Pivot Point (Pivot Point, # 1) – Kasie West; Emma – Jane Austen; Easy (Contours of the Heart, # 1) – Tammara Webber; Before I Fall – Lauren Oliver; City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments, # 6) – Cassandra Clare; Mortal Heart (His Fair Assassin, # 3) – Robin LaFevers; Sinner (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, # 4) – Maggie Stiefvater; Silver Shadows (Bloodlines, # 5) – Richelle Mead; Ugly Love – Colleen Hoover; The Infinite Sea (The 5th Wave, # 2) – Rick Yancey; Beautiful Oblivion (Maddox Brothers, # 1) – Jamie McGuire

23. Best book you read in 2014 that you read based soley on a recommendation from somebody else?

Reason to Breathe (Breathing, # 1) – Rebecca Donovan; To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, # 1) – Jenny Han; V is for Virgin (V is for Virgin, # 1) – Kelly Oram; The Boys of Summer (Summer, # 1) – CJ Duggan; We Were Liars – E Lockhart

24. Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2014?

Evan (Reason to Breathe)
Noah (Undeclared)
Lucas (Easy)
Balthazaar (Mortal Heart)
Cole St. Clair (Sinner)
Trent (Beautiful Oblivion)
Gansey (Blue Lily, Lily Blue)

25. Best 2014 debut you read?

Push (Push, # 1) – Claire Wallis

26. Most vivid world/imagery in a book you read in 2014?

Cress (Lunar Chronicles, # 3) – Marissa Meyer, Dark Triumph/Mortal Heart (His Fair Assassins, # 2 & 3) – Robin LaFevers, Shatter Me (Shatter Me, # 1) – Tahereh Mafi, The Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles, # 1) – Mary E Pearson, Blue Lily, Lily Blue (The Raven Cycle, # 3) – Maggie Stiefvater

27. Book that was the most fun to read in 2014?

The DUFF – Kody Keplinger

28. Book that made you cry or nearly cry in 2014?

Ugly Love – Colleen Hoover

29. Book you read in 2014 that you think got overlooked this year or when it came out?

Push (Push, # 1) – Claire Wallis

30. Book that crushed your soul?

The Breathing Series by Rebecca Donovan; Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover Pull (Push, # 2) by Claire Wallis

31. Most unique book you read in 2014?

Unique to me out of all the other books I read this year: Bobbi Brown Makeup Manual by Bobbi Brown.

32. Book that made you the most mad (doesn't necessarily mean you didn't like it)?

The Perfect Game (The Perfect Game, # 1) by J Sterling; The Vincent Boys (The Vincent Boys, # 1) by Abbi Glines; Blindness by Ginger Scott; Barely Breathing (Breathing, # 2) by Rebecca Donovan; Left Drowning by Jessica Park; Anatomy of a Misfit by Andrea Portes; Jane's Harmony (Jane's Melody, # 2) by Ryan Winfield

Blogging

1. New favorite book blog you discovered in 2014?

Paper Cuts

2. Favorite review you wrote in 2014?

The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger

3. Best discussion you had on your blog?

Discussion Only We Know: Requesting from NetGalley/Edelweiss

4. Best event that you participated in (author signing, festivals, virtual events, meme’s, etc)

Meh…not much new happened this year and I didn’t go to any events. I did participate in Armchair BEA for the 3rd year in a row.

5. Best moment of book blogging/your book life in 2014?

Getting approved for an advanced reader copy of Mortal Heart (His Fair Assassins, # 3 ) – Robin LaFevers, and talking with Claire Wallis and Jen Frederick over email a couple of times.

6. Most popular post this year on your blog (views or comments)?

I figure giveaways don't count. Aside from my Best of 2014 Giveaway Hop post, my Top Ten Most Vivid World Settings post has gotten the most page views this year.

7. Post you wished got a little more love?

Discussions Only We Know: DNSing

8. Best bookish discovery (book related sites, stores)?

Edelweiss. Obviously, I'd heard of Edelweiss before 2014, but I didn't really use it much compared to NetGalley. This year that really changed. I love the "read now" selection they offer, as well as how far in advance the review copies are usually posted to the site.

9. Did you complete any reading challenges or goals that you had set for yourself at the beginning of the year?

I completed my Goodreads challenge goal of 104 books. I actually read 142 in 2014. Re-read The Bible. But this year myself and my sister-in-law, Holly @ Words Fueled by Love hosted the 2014 Series Enders Reading Challenge. I read 17 series enders this year.

Looking ahead…

1. One book you didn’t get to in 2014 but will be your number 1 priority in 2015?

The Retribution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, # 3) by Michelle Hodkin

2. Book you are most anticipating in 2015 (non-debut)?

Forever Summer (Summer, # 4) by CJ Duggan; The Fill-In Boyfriend by Kasie West; PS I Still Love You (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, # 2) by Jenny Han; Nowhere But Here (Thunder Road, # 1) by Katie McGarry

3. 2015 Debut you are most anticipating?

Red Queen (Red Queen Trilogy, # 1) by Victoria Aveyard

4. Series ending you are most anticipating in 2015?

The Ruby Circle (Bloodlines, # 6) by Richelle Mead; Asa (Marked Men, # 6) by Jay Crownover; Winter (Lunar Chronicles, # 4) by Marissa Meyer; Untitled (The 5th Wave, # 3) by Rick Yancey, Untitled (Starbound, # 3) by Aime Kaufman and Meagan Spooner & Untitled (The Raven Cycle, # 4) by Maggie Stiefvater

5. Sequel you are most anticipating in 2015?

The Heart of Betrayal (The Remnant Chronicles, # 2) by Mary E Pearson; Becoming Rain (Burying Water, # 2) by KA Tucker; Beautiful Redemption (The Maddox Brothers, # 2) by Jamie McGuire

6. One thing you hope to accomplish or do in your reading/blogging in 2015?

Stay true to myself. Be cautious about which books to request for review so that I don't find myself overwhelmed with a bunch of books I'm not actually interested in reading. Blog my way. Don't get wrapped up in what everyone else is doing.

7. 2015 Debut you've already read and want to recommend to others?

Finding Mr. Brightside by Jay Clark

Don't forget if you want to do your own post just link back up to Jamie! What are your favorites from 2014? Let me know!