Reading Stats
Number Of Books You Read: 43
Number Of Re-Reads: 2
Genre You Read The Most From: YA Contemporary
Best In Books
1. Best book you read in 2019?
It's so hard to choose one 'best' book of the year, so I have to have two. Both Fierce Fragile Hearts by Sara Barnard and Postscript by Cecelia Ahern were beautiful books that ripped my heart to shreds.
2. Book you were excited about and thought you were going to love more but didn't?
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston. I head so many amazing things about this that I was sure I would love it. Everyone raves about it and it even won the Goodreads Choice Award, but I just thought it was pretty average. It wasn't bad but I didn't love it like everyone else seems to have.
3. Most surprising (in a good or bad way) book you read?
Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire. I only picked this up because it was short. It isn't something I would typically reach for, it's not a genre I usually enjoy all that much, but I ended up really enjoying this book. I even want to carry on with the series.
4. Book you 'pushed' the most people to read?
I don't really push people to read book in 'real life' because not a lot of people I know read, and those who do have very different tastes to me. I've also been such a bad blogger in 2019 that I don't think I really pushed any books on here. So I don't think I have really promoted a single book in 2019.
5. Best series you started in 2019? Best sequel of 2019? Best series ender of 2019?
I really enjoyed The Potion Diaries by Amy Alward, which is the first in a series that I wasn't expecting much from but ended up surprised by. In terms of sequels, both of the books in mentioned in the first question were sequels, so obviously they were my favourites.
6. Favourite new author you discovered in 2019?
Nina LaCour. I read Everything Leads To You and absolutely adored it, I can't wait to read more from her.
7. Best book from a genre you don't typically read/was out of your comfort zone?
I've mentioned it already but definitely Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire. I didn't venture outside my comfort zone much in 2019, but this has encouraged me to do so more in 2020.
8. Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year?
Verity by Colleen Hoover. I couldn't stop reading this. Even though I found it to be a bit predictable, I still found it thrilling and couldn't put it down.
9. Book you read in 2019 that you would be most likely to reread next year?
Probably Fierce Fragile Hearts by Sara Barnard. I know I loved it about it was one of my favourites of the year, but there is already so much about it that I can't remember.
10. Favourite cover of a book you read in 2019?
I can't say Fierce Fragile Hearts again so I'll have to go with Everything Leads To You by Nina LaCour.
11. Most memorable character of 2019?
Flora from Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins. I just love her.
12. Most beautifully written book of 2019?
Postscript by Cecelia Ahern. I will never not love her writing and this book was just beautiful.
13. Most thought-provoking/life changing book of 2019?
Hard Pushed by Leah Hazard. I read this just months before joining the NHS myself and this book not only made me think, but really solidified my passion and desire for my job.
14. Book you can't believe you waiting until 2019 to read?
Panic by Lauren Oliver. I have owned this book for far too long, it was in my first haul I ever posted on this blog, and finally picked it up in 2019.
15. Favourite passage/quote from a book you read in 2019?
I don't keep a note of any passages or quotes that I love so don't have any to share. I should maybe start.
16. Shortest & longest books you read in 2019?
I covered this in my Bookish Statistics but shortest was Did I Mention It's 10 Years Later by Estelle Maskame and longest was City Of Glass by Cassandra Clare.
17. Book that shocked you the most?
Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough. If you've read it you'll know what I'm talking about, if you haven't you need to read it.
18. OTP of the year?
I read a lot of really great couples in 2019. I really love Emi & Ava from Everything Leads To You by Nina LaCour.
19. Favourite non-romantic relationship of the year?
Suzanne, Caddy & Rosie from Fierce Fragile Hearts by Sara Barnard. I know I've answered basically every question with this book but there friendship is just my favourite, even with everything that happens in this book.
20. Favourite book you read in 2019 from an author you've read previously?
Can I say Fierce Fragile Hearts or Postscript again? This is getting repetitive.
21. Best book you read in 2019 based solely on a recommendation from somebody else?
Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough. I had no interest in it until it was recommended by various booktubers.
22. Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2019?
I don't really have fictional crushes anymore, does that make me old? I did quite enjoy Travis Maddox from Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire, when he wasn't being a horrible human being obviously.
23. Best 2019 debut you read?
I think the only debut I read was Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston, which as I mentioned was a bit of a disappointment.
24. Best worldbuilding/most vivid setting you read this year?
City Of Glass by Cassandra Clare was probably the only book I read with any kind of worldbuilding since I read mostly contemporary book set in our world.
25. Book that put a smile on your face/was the most fun to read?
Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas by Adam Kay. Adam Kay books are perfect for putting a smile on your face.
26. Books that made you cry or nearly cry in 2019?
So many books made me cry in 2019! One that I don't think I've mentioned yet is A Quiet Kind Of Thunder by Sara Barnard. That was another really beautiful book.
27. Hidden gem of the year?
Hard Pushed by Leah Hazard. It's not a popular book, I haven't heard a single person talk about it, but it was incredible.
28. Book that crushed your soul?
This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp. This deal with a school shooting so I think that says it all. Contrary to popular opinion, I thought this was really well done and gave it 5 stars. It did definitely crush my soul though.
29. Most unique book you read in 2019?
Roar by Cecelia Ahern. I have never read anything like this and don't think I ever will again. On the surface it seems pretty normal, a collection of short stories about women, but the stories were so unique and unlike anything I have read before.
30. Book that made you the most mad?
Layover by Amy Andelson & Emily Meyer. I spent this whole book mad at how stupid it was. I was not a fan.
Your Blogging/Bookish Life
1. New favourite book blog/bookstagram/youtube channel you discovered in 2019?
I discovered Chandler Ainsley on Youtube towards the end of 2019 and I adore her. She puts out really original, well thought out content and I just love her personality as well. She is definitely a new favourite.
2. Favourite post you wrote in 2019?
I failed miserably at blogging in 2019 so I am not really happy with anything I posted. After the end/beginning of year posts in January, pretty much all I had time to post were wrap ups.
3. Favourite bookish related photo you took in 2019?
I also failed miserably with my bookstagram that I have been trying to get into for the last couple of years. I did post this photo, which I quite like and was basically the only one I put any effort at all into.
4. Best bookish event that you participated in?
It makes me so sad to say I didn't participate in any bookish events in 2019. I had a great year for events in 2018 with YALC and a load of signings, but I had no time for anything bookish last year.
5. Best moment of bookish/blogging life in 2019?
I had such a rubbish bookish year and I just didn't have any time to read or blog for the majority of the year. So for this I would probably say the least couple of weeks of the year when I finally managed to get back into reading and started to blog again, that was pretty great.
6. Most challenging thing about blogging or your reading life this year?
Like I just said, lack of time! I spent the first half of 2019 finishing university, which meant a whole lot of work, and then the second half adjusting to life after university and into full time employment. It was a lot and reading/blogging had to take a major back seat.
7. Most popular post this year on your blog?
My blog wasn't popular at all in 2019 because I had no time to put into it. Looking at views it seems to be my March Haul.
8. Post you wish got a little more love?
All of them? None of them? Honestly none of them really deserved much love because I didn't have the effort to put into them.
9. Best bookish discovery?
I discovered Scribd right at the end of 2018 and definitely made use of it in 2019. I then discovered Prime Reading towards the end of 2019, which no doubt I will made use of this year.
10. Did you complete any reading challenges or goals that you had set yourself at the beginning of the year?
I haven't looked back on my 2019 goals yet to see how successful I was. I will be looking back and reflecting on them in a future post coming very soon.
Looking Ahead
1. One book you didn't get to in 2019 but will be your number 1 priority in 2020?
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare. I really want to finally finish The Mortal Instruments series but I am reading the books in publication order so I need to read The Infernal Devices as well. I'm intimidated but I will hopefully get it done in 2020.
2. Book you are most anticipating (non-debut)?
3. 2020 debut you are most anticipating?
I just did a whole post on my most anticipated books of 2020, so you can find out about these questions here.
4. Series ending/a sequel you are most anticipating in 2020?
I'm actually not anticipating any sequels or series enders at the moment.
5. One thing you hope to accomplish or do in your reading/blogging life in 2020?
I would really just like to be able to blog consistently for the whole year. I have lacked consistency in life in general for the past few years making it difficult to keep up with blogging. I am hoping now that things have changed in my personal life, I can get into more of a routine with blogging.
I always forget just how many questions there are in this thing but I'm so glad to be doing it again.
Sophie :)
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