Its basically the end of the year, and Jamie over at The Perpetual Page Turner has compiled her yearly survey for all us book-lovers out there to take! So, here we go!
Best Book You Read in 2012
There's too many. Honestly.. I have to break this down.Slammed by Colleen Hoover
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
...the entire Hunger Games Trilogy.
Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going to Love More But Didn't?
Crossed by Ally Condie. I really enjoyed Matched but couldn't finish Crossed.
Most surprising (in a good way!) book of 2012?
Honestly? BASICALLY ALL the New Adult I read. Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire, and the Avoiding Series by K.A. Linde especially.
Book you recommended to people most in 2012?
Hands down (THREE way tie). Divergent by Veronica Roth, Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry and Slammed by Colleen Hoover.
Best series you discovered in 2012?
Shatter Me Series/ Hunger Games Series. I was late, I know!
Best book that was out of your comfort zone or was a new genre for you?
Is all the YA an acceptable answer? Because I mostly read adult before this year. And due to the Hunger Games and the Maze Runner, I became an AVID lover and reader of ALL the YA.
Most thrilling, unputdownable book in 2012?
..Its technically 2013 release, but Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi.
Book You Read In 2012 That You Are Most Likely To Re-Read Next Year?
I really don't re-read. But, maybe I will re-read Catching Fire, but only because I'll have to catch myself back up before seeing the movie.
Favorite cover of a book you read in 2012?
Most memorable character in 2012?
Mara Freakin' Dyer. [The Unbecoming/Evolution of Mara Dyer]
Most beautifully written book read in 2012?
Delirium Series. Lauren Oliver can destroy anyone with a pen and paper.
Book that had the greatest impact on you in 2012?
Where She Went, Gayle Forman. And yet again. Slammed; Colleen Hoover.
Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2012 to finally read?
The Hunger Games series. What was I THINKING!?
Favorite Passage/Quote From A Book You Read In 2012?
“Love: It will kill you and save you, both” ― Lauren Oliver, Delirium
“I run for I don't know how long. Hours, maybe, or days. Alex told me to run. So I run. You have to understand. I am no one special. I am just a single girl. I am five feet two inches tall and I am in-between in every way. But I have a secret. You can build walls all the way to the sky and I will find a way to fly above them. You can try to pin me down with a hundred thousand arms, but I will find a way to resist. And there are many of us out there, more than you think. People who refuse to stop believing. People who refuse to come to earth. People who love in a world without walls, people who love into hate, into refusal, against hope,and without fear. I love you. Remember. They cannot take it.”
― Lauren Oliver, Delirium
Shortest & Longest Book You Read In 2012?
Hana- A Delirium Novella- Lauren Oliver [Shortest]
The Evolution of Mara Dyer- Michelle Hodkin [Longest]
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.) Be careful of spoilers!
ALL of Unravel Me, and The Evolution of Mara Dyer. I can't speak about it, STILL.Favorite Relationship From A Book You Read In 2012 (be it romantic, friendship, etc).
Ugh, SO MANY! Adam & Mia, If I Stay & Where She Went. Will & Lake, Slammed. Noah & Echo, Pushing the Limits, and Samantha & Jace, My Life Next Door
Favorite Book You Read in 2012 From An Author You Read Previously?
Lola and the Boy Next Door Stephanie Perkins. I adored Anna, and Lola was seriously amazing as well!
A Want So Wicked; Suzanne Young. Loretta from Between the Pages told me about this series, and I LOVEDDDD this book!
One Book You Didn't Get To In 2012 But Will Be Your Number 1 Priority in 2013?
The Unearthly Series by Cynthia Hand.
Book You Are Most Anticipating For 2013?
The conclusions! Aka; Reqiuem, Lauren Oliver and Divergent #3, Veronica Roth, ALSO - Where the Stars Still Shine by Trish Doller!
One Thing You Hope To Accomplish Or Do In Your Reading/Blogging in 2013?
Going to a bookish event! That would be really fun and I wish I could have gone to anything this year but I was far too "new" to this world!
Final Thought:
I opted to skip the Blogging Section simply because EVERYTHING was new to me this year. But, there was a question about the post that got the most love, and that was my Author Interview with Trish Doller. Since I adore Trish so much, I wanted to link back to that so if you didn't read my blog then, you can check it out!
