Welcome to my Big Book Survey for 2018!
Number Of Books You Read: 48 (goal of 48!)
Number of Re-Reads: 7
Genre You Read Most: Literary Fiction
Best Book You Read In 2018?
- So Big by Edna Ferber
- On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
- Sometime After Midnight by L. Philips
Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going To Love More But Didn’t?
- The Elements of Style by Strunk & White
- I Felt A Funeral in My Brain by Will Walton
- Pet Sematary by Stephen King
Most surprising (in a good way or bad way) book you read?
Book You “Pushed” The Most People To Read (And They Did)?
- On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
- Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Best series you started? Best Sequel of 2018? Best Series-Ender of 2018?
- The Godfather by Mario Puzo
- The Trials of Apollo: The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan
- The Breaker by Bella Forrest
Favorite new author you discovered?
- Edna Ferber
- George Saunders
- L. Philips
Best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone?
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
- A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
- A Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich
Most action-packed/thrilling/un-put-down-able book of the year?
- People Kill People by Ellen Hopkins
- Rabbit & Robot by Andrew Smith
- The Outsider by Stephen King
Book You Read In 2018 That You Are Most Likely To Re-Read Next Year?
- Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Favorite cover of a book you read in 2018?
Most memorable character of 2018?
- Elio from Call Me By Your Name
- Ponyboy from The Outsiders
- Mary from The Secret Garden
Most beautifully written book read in 2018?
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman
- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Most Thought-Provoking/ Life-Changing Book of 2018?
- Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
- Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2018 to finally read?
- The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
- The Godfather by Mario Puzo
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Favorite Passage/Quote From A Book You Read In 2018?
“For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn’t end.” -Michelle Obama (Becoming)
Shortest & Longest Book You Read In 2018?
- Shortest: We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (52 pages)
- Longest: They Say / I Say, with Readings by Graff & Berkenstein (816 pages)
Book That Shocked You The Most
- The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
- Saga, Volume 9 by Brian K. Vaughan
- What If It’s Us? by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera
OTP OF THE YEAR (you will go down with this ship!)
- Elio and Oliver from Call Me By Your Name
- Cameron and Nate from Sometime After Midnight
- Arthur and Ben from What If It’s Us?
Favorite Non-Romantic Relationship Of The Year
- Ponyboy and Johnny from The Outsiders
- Lincoln and Willie from Lincoln in the Bardo
- Wade and Aech from Ready Player One
Favorite Book You Read in 2018 From An Author You’ve Read Previously
- Christopher Wild by Kathe Koja
- The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
- The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Best Book You Read In 2017 That You Read Based SOLELY On A Recommendation From Somebody Else/Peer Pressure:
Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2018?
n/a
Best 2018 debut you read?
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
- Sometime After Midnight by L. Philips
- Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick
Best World-building/Most Vivid Setting You Read This Year?
- So Big by Edna Ferber
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Book That Put A Smile On Your Face/Was The Most FUN To Read?
- Rabbit & Robot by Andrew Smith
- The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
- Sometime After Midnight by L. Philips
Book That Made You Cry Or Nearly Cry in 2018?
- The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
- Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick
- What If It’s Us? by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera
Hidden Gem Of The Year?
- People Kill People by Ellen Hopkins
- Sometime After Midnight by L. Philips
- What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera
Book That Crushed Your Soul?
- Dear Martin by Nic Stone
- What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera
Most Unique Book You Read In 2018?
- Rabbit & Robot by Andrew Smith
- I Felt A Funeral In My Brain by Will Walton
- Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Book That Made You The Most Mad (doesn’t necessarily mean you didn’t like it)?
- Saga Vol. 9 by Brian K. Vaughan
- On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
- People Kill People by Ellen Hopkins
New favorite book blog you discovered in 2018?
Oops – none…. Haven’t had much time to explore! Any recommendations?
Favorite review that you wrote in 2018?
- Christopher Wild by Kathe Koja
- The Time Quintet by Madeline L’Engle
The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
Best discussion/non-review post you had on your blog?
- Martin Luther King’s Last Vision
- Sweet Surprises and Judgmental Me
- “Out, out, brief candle:” An English Professor and Stephen Hawking
Best event that you participated in (author signings, festivals, virtual events, memes, etc.)?
Best moment of bookish/blogging life in 2018?
Most Popular Post This Year On Your Blog (whether it be by comments or views)?
Post You Wished Got A Little More Love?
Best bookish discovery (book related sites, book stores, etc.)?
Did you complete any reading challenges or goals that you had set for yourself at the beginning of this year?
I re-introduced the TBR Pile Challenge for 2018 and read about half the books on my list but reviewed even fewer than that. I hope to do better in 2019!
One Book You Didn’t Get To In 2018 But Will Be Your Priority in 2019?
Book You Are Most Anticipating For 2019 (non-debut)?
- Kindred by Octavia Butler
- Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut
- The Ascent of Woman by Melanie Phillips
2019 Debut You Are Most Anticipating?
- Anything Andrew Smith puts out!
Series Ending/A Sequel You Are Most Anticipating in 2019?
- Anything from Rick Riordan. Or perhaps the next installment of the Fantastic Beasts series?
One Thing You Hope To Accomplish Or Do In Your Reading/Blogging Life In 2019?
I want to read all 14 books on my TBR Pile Challenge list. I want to read at least a few books from my Classics Club challenge list. And I would like to post new content more regularly, not necessarily just book reviews.
A 2019 Release You’ve Already Read & Recommend To Everyone:
Hmmm…. Don’t think I’ve gotten any 2019 releases! I’m starting the year with CIRCE by Madeline Miller, though, which was a 2018 release. 🙂
With just two weeks left in the spring academic semester, I’ve been thinking ahead to the reading I would like to do this summer. I thought I would harken back to the good ol’ days of blogging, when the 
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (re-read) / I was not as enamored this time. 
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas 
Best series started: The Book of Dust by Philip Pullman
Shaun David Hutchinson 
What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton (Politics)
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Henry Montague from The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
Death Comes for the Archbishop by 
What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton 
Matilda by Roald Dahl 
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller (78 pages)
The Boy with the Red Hair by Chancery Stone
Monty and Percy from The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue
Matilda and Ms. Honey in Matilda by Roald Dahl
Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut 
Monty from The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue
La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman 
Welcome to Dead House by R.L. Stine 
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman 
Poe: A Life Cut Short by Peter Ackroyd 
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Angels in America by Tony Kushner (re-read) 
So, here’s a little year-end fun, because why not? I first completed this back in 2010 and thought I would bring it back as a sort of review of this year’s completed reading. The rules? Pretty simple: answer the questions with books you read this year!
