End of the Year Survey 2017

Hello fellow bookworms 🗓 I have seen this post over at Cait’s Blog last year and wanted to do it, because I looove stats so much and think it’s always an interesting way to recap the reading year! The feature was originally created by PerpetualPageTurner! I have left out quite a few questions, because the Survey is very long and I have answered a few in my Best of and Worst of 2017 Posts. Still, this turned out to be rather long, so grab a hot drink of your choice 😄

2017 Reading Stats 🗓

Number Of Books You Read: 107
Number of Re-Reads: 23 (wow that’s a lot)

Genre You Read The Most From

Unsurprisingly it’s mostly Fantasy, because it’s my favorite genre, but damn I thought that I had read more Historical Fiction this year 😮

Star Ratings

Wow that turned out to be more 5 Star Ratings then I thought. Let’s just say that I had a pretty good reading Year and have gotten really good at trying to determine which books I would possible enjoy 🙂

Year Published

Most books I read were still 2017 releases, but I also read so many backlist books, since they are mostly available at my local library. Surprisingly 15% of my books were published before 2010, which I had not realized up until now.

Where my books came from
Taken Digital Arcs and Library copies together (54%) I have read slightly more books that I didn’t own/pay for than those that are actually on my shelf. I thought it would be more library books though, because I spend sooo much time there every week.

Best in Books 2017 🗓

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

 

Best series you started in 2017? Best Sequel of 2017? Best Series Ender of 2017

  

🗓 Series Started: Lightbringer Series

🗓 Sequel: Windwitch

🗓 Series Finale: The Midnight Star

Favorite new author you discovered in 2017?

Most Read Author in 2017?

🗓 Rick Riordon: 8 Books

🗓 Marie Lu: 7 Books

Book You Read In 2017 That You Are Most Likely To Re-Read Next Year?

Favorite cover of a book you read in 2017?

  

Most memorable character of 2017?

🗓 Adelina Amouteru (The Young Elites)

Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2017 to finally read?

  

 

OTP OF THE YEAR (you will go down with this ship!)

🗓 Nicholas & Etta (Passenger)

🗓 Ruby & Arcus (Frostblood)

Favorite Non-Romantic Relationship Of The Year?

🗓 Julie & Maddie (Code Name Verity)

Hidden Gem Of The Year?

Your Bookish Life 🗓

New favorite book blog you discovered in 2017?

• Honestly I could never choose one, because I would end up forgetting me, so let’s just say that this is everyone who is following me or who I follow aka all the people who I love interacting with! So if you’re reading this, it’s definitely you as well 💕

Favorite review that you wrote in 2017?

🗓 Queens of Geek (Jen Wilde)

🗓 Passenger (Alexandra Bracken)

Best discussion/non-review post you had on your blog?

🗓 Possible Future Favorites

Best event that you participated in (author signings, festivals, virtual events, memes, etc.)?

• Angie Thomas actually came to Germany!! I was so lucky to be able to go to the event, which was a reading with a following discussion AND signing. Angie is one of the nicest people I have met, it was absolutely amazing to talking to her 💕 This was also my first time ever meeting an author/going to a signing.
• Frankfurt Book Fair – Germany’s biggest and most popular book fair. I only went on one day, where I was able to get Kerstin Gier and Jennifer L. Armentrout to sign my books. Both were very nice and it was totally worth waiting for. I also meet two fellow bookworms in the signing line.
• All the amazing Readathons! This means the Sbooktacular Reading Adventure, The Reading Quest, The HolidayadventureAThon and Tome Topple. I had lots of fun with all of these, especially those who had fun challenges and team interactions.

Best moment of bookish/blogging life in 2017?

• Starting my book blog here on WordPress. I had a book blog on Tumblr for over 1 1/2 years, because it was the only platform I knew at the time. The time gave me lots of blogging experience, but interaction with other bloggers was sparse. Therefore, I decided to gather my courage and work out WordPress. Best decision ever, as now I can interact with other bloggers, it’s amazing! 💕
• Getting 50 Followers (you are amazing guys!) 💕

Most challenging thing about blogging or your reading life this year?

• My third semester that recently started stressing me out so much, that I was not as relaxed about my reading as I usually was. Stress is the nemesis for my reading, as it sucks all the life out of me.
• I feel like that’s it. There’s nothing else, which is probably a good sign.

Best bookish discover (book related sites, book stores, etc.)?

• WordPress. Seriously, I was so glad when I managed to set up my book blog, because I am so much happier here than I was all isolated on Tumblr.

Looking Ahead 🗓

One Book You Didn’t Get To In 2016 But Will Be Your Number 1 Priority in 2018?

2018 Debut You Are Most Anticipating?

  

Series Ending/A Sequel You Are Most Anticipating in 2018?

  

One Thing You Hope To Accomplish Or Do In Your Reading/Blogging Life In 2018?

Reading Life 📖 Get to the books that I have been wanting to catch on since 3+ years

Blogging Life 🖋 Interact with even more amazing fellow bookworms

A 2018 Release You’ve Already Read & Recommend To Everyone.

What are your favorite characters of 2017?🏆

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