End of Year Survey - 2016

[Chris]

I've updated our Year End Survey for 2016! Thanks to our member Karen for bringing this fun survey idea here and credit for the survey from Perpetual Page Turner!! Below is a list of 30 questions on the books you've read in 2016. Join the fun and share your answers!!

You don't have to complete all 30 if some don't apply or you can't think of one!!

1. Best Book You Read In 2016?

(If you have to cheat — you can break it down by genre if you want)


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


3. Most surprising (in a good way or bad way) book you read in 2016?


4. Book You “Pushed” The Most People To Read (And They Did) In 2016?


5. Best series you started in 2016? Best Sequel of 2016? Best Series Ender of 2016?


6. Favorite new author you discovered in 2016?


7. Best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone?


8. Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year?


9. Book You Read In 2016 That You Are Most Likely To Re-Read Next Year?


10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2016?


11. Most memorable character of 2016?


12. Most beautifully written book read in 2016?


13. Most Thought-Provoking/ Life-Changing Book of 2016?


14. Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2016 to finally read?


15. Favorite Passage/Quote From A Book You Read In 2016?

16.Shortest & Longest Book You Read In 2016?


How I did this: Went to my read books on Goodreads and sorted by page number and just looked for what I knew I read this year that was the shortest and longest.


17. Book That Shocked You The Most

(Because of a plot twist, character death, left you hanging with your mouth wide open, etc.)


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

(OTP = one true pairing if you aren’t familiar)


19. Favorite Non-Romantic Relationship Of The Year


20. Favorite Book You Read in 2016 From An Author You’ve Read Previously


21. Best Book You Read In 2016 That You Read Based SOLELY On A Recommendation From Somebody Else/Peer Pressure:


22. Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2016?


23. Best 2016 debut you read?


24. Best Worldbuilding/Most Vivid Setting You Read This Year?


25. Book That Put A Smile On Your Face/Was The Most FUN To Read?


26. Book That Made You Cry Or Nearly Cry in 2016?


27. Hidden Gem Of The Year?


28. Book That Crushed Your Soul?


29. Most Unique Book You Read In 2016?


30. Book That Made You The Most Mad (doesn't necessarily mean you didn't like it)?

[Chris]

1. Best Book You Read In 2016?

I'm putting two down:
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(If you have to cheat — you can break it down by genre if you want)


2. Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going To Love More But Didn’t?
I didn't not like this book it was good, but it's my favorite M/M author and a YA which is my favorite Genre and I expected it to be 5* but it was 3*

3. Most surprising (in a good way or bad way) book you read in 2016?

Fantastic!

4. Book You “Pushed” The Most People To Read (And They Did) In 2016?
besides my Goodreads friends I bought the book for both my daughters!

5. Best series you started in 2016? Best Sequel of 2016? Best Series Ender of 2016?
Series Starter
Best Sequel
Best Series Ender But these books were short quick reads

Also:
Series Starter
Best Sequel

6. Favorite new author you discovered in 2016?

Sally Thorne & Meghan Quinn


7. Best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone?

It was a historical fiction I don't usually read and about war, but the book was fantastic.

8. Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year?

I don't really have a thriller book for 2016, but I couldn't put down:


9. Book You Read In 2016 That You Are Most Likely To Re-Read Next Year?

I rarely re-read books. Only if it's to buddy read and I want to join in. But for fun I would read

10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2016?



11. Most memorable character of 2016?

Gemma I loved her!

12. Most beautifully written book read in 2016?
This one is hard, because a few all different come to mind:




13. Most Thought-Provoking/ Life-Changing Book of 2016?


14. Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2016 to finally read?


15. Favorite Passage/Quote From A Book You Read In 2016?
I'll have to come back and add this one.

16.Shortest & Longest Book You Read In 2016?

Longest 580 Shortest 20

How I did this: Went to my read books on Goodreads and sorted by page number and just looked for what I knew I read this year that was the shortest and longest.

17. Book That Shocked You The Most

in a bad way.

(Because of a plot twist, character death, left you hanging with your mouth wide open, etc.)

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

(OTP = one true pairing if you aren’t familiar)

Trent and Drew
19. Favorite Non-Romantic Relationship Of The Year

Since I just read it
Gus & Franco

20. Favorite Book You Read in 2016 From An Author You’ve Read Previously

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21. Best Book You Read In 2016 That You Read Based SOLELY On A Recommendation From Somebody Else/Peer Pressure:


22. Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2016?

Tucker from

23. Best 2016 debut you read?



24. Best Worldbuilding/Most Vivid Setting You Read This Year?



25. Book That Put A Smile On Your Face/Was The Most FUN To Read?
I read a bunch of these! I love books that just make you smile. I'll go with:
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26. Book That Made You Cry Or Nearly Cry in 2016?


27. Hidden Gem Of The Year?


28. Book That Crushed Your Soul?
seriously hated every minute of reading it and it crushed me.

29. Most Unique Book You Read In 2016?



30. Book That Made You The Most Mad (doesn't necessarily mean you didn't like it)?

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[Karen]

I did mine before looking at Chris's. (I didn't want to unintentionally copy)

1. Best Book You Read In 2016?

and


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




3. Most surprising (in a good way or bad way) book you read in 2016?



4. Book You “Pushed” The Most People To Read (And They Did) In 2016?

maybe

5. Best series you started in 2016? Best Sequel of 2016? Best Series Ender of 2016?
Started -
Sequel -
Ender -

6. Favorite new author you discovered in 2016?

Nicole Jacquelyn - She wrote and

7. Best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone?



8. Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year?



9. Book You Read In 2016 That You Are Most Likely To Re-Read Next Year?

- before I read the sequel

10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2016?



11. Most memorable character of 2016?

- JOE

12. Most beautifully written book read in 2016?



13. Most Thought-Provoking/ Life-Changing Book of 2016?



14. Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2016 to finally read?

- this series!

15. Favorite Passage/Quote From A Book You Read In 2016?

“All humans make mistakes. What determines a person's character aren't the mistakes we make. It's how we take those mistakes and turn them into lessons rather than excuses.”
-Colleen Hoover from It Ends With US

16.Shortest & Longest Book You Read In 2016?

Shortest - - 2 pages (extra scene on wattpad from the covenant series)

Longest - - 848 pages

17. Book That Shocked You The Most


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

Hardin and Tessa of the series

19. Favorite Non-Romantic Relationship Of The Year

- Elsie and Ben's mom

20. Favorite Book You Read in 2016 From An Author You’ve Read Previously



21. Best Book You Read In 2016 That You Read Based SOLELY On A Recommendation From Somebody Else/Peer Pressure:

either or because we buddy read/weekly read those

22. Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2016?

SO MANY, but a few are all the men from series, - Reed Royal, and Dragon from


23. Best 2016 debut you read?



24. Best Worldbuilding/Most Vivid Setting You Read This Year?



25. Book That Put A Smile On Your Face/Was The Most FUN To Read?



26. Book That Made You Cry Or Nearly Cry in 2016?



27. Hidden Gem Of The Year?



28. Book That Crushed Your Soul?



29. Most Unique Book You Read In 2016?



30. Book That Made You The Most Mad (doesn't necessarily mean you didn't like it)?

[Chris]

Karen wrote: "I did mine before looking at Chris's. (I didn't want to unintentionally copy)

1. Best Book You Read In 2016?

and

..."

Oh Karen, I agree with that was a great choice for all the places you answered it. And I forgot how shocking was. I love reading your answers and agreeing with so many!

[Vega_girl]

1. Best Book You Read In 2016?
&

(If you have to cheat — you can break it down by genre if you want)


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




3. Most surprising (in a good way or bad way) book you read in 2016?

Both good and bad....great because it is a great story, bad becauae I seriously thought it was the last book....

4. Book You “Pushed” The Most People To Read (And They Did) In 2016?



5. Best series you started in 2016? Best Sequel of 2016? Best Series Ender of 2016?



6. Favorite new author you discovered in 2016?

Rachel Higginson

7. Best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone?



8. Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year?



9. Book You Read In 2016 That You Are Most Likely To Re-Read Next Year?




10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2016?



11. Most memorable character of 2016?

Kricket

12. Most beautifully written book read in 2016?



13. Most Thought-Provoking/ Life-Changing Book of 2016?



14. Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2016 to finally read?



15. Favorite Passage/Quote From A Book You Read In 2016?

Bendy straws are the shit! - Franco Kim Holdeb

16.Shortest & Longest Book You Read In 2016?

66pgs.
1,177 pgs.


How I did this: Went to my read books on Goodreads and sorted by page number and just looked for what I knew I read this year that was the shortest and longest.

If you go to your 2016 GR Challenge ot acrually tells you your longest and shortest...

17. Book That Shocked You The Most


(Because of a plot twist, character death, left you hanging with your mouth wide open, etc.)


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

(OTP = one true pairing if you aren’t familiar)

my favorite OTP is from this book....I don't want to say their names because it's a surprise for those who have not read it...

19. Favorite Non-Romantic Relationship Of The Year

Mitchell Sisters

20. Favorite Book You Read in 2016 From An Author You’ve Read Previously



21. Best Book You Read In 2016 That You Read Based SOLELY On A Recommendation From Somebody Else/Peer Pressure:



22. Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2016?

Kyon

23. Best 2016 debut you read?


I dont think I read one (-_-)

24. Best Worldbuilding/Most Vivid Setting You Read This Year?



25. Book That Put A Smile On Your Face/Was The Most FUN To Read?



26. Book That Made You Cry Or Nearly Cry in 2016?




27. Hidden Gem Of The Year?



28. Book That Crushed Your Soul?



29. Most Unique Book You Read In 2016?



30. Book That Made You The Most Mad (doesn't necessarily mean you didn't like it)?

[Chris]

Wow Barb, I definitely need to read

[Vega_girl]

Chris wrote: "Wow Barb, I definitely need to read "

I think this Erika's find but it is definitely a must!!

[DJacelyn]

Joining in the fun. Last year I did not read a lot of books, manage to answer a few questions. :)

1. Best Book You Read In 2016?



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


3. Most surprising (in a good way or bad way) book you read in 2016?


4. Book You “Pushed” The Most People To Read (And They Did) In 2016?


5. Best series you started in 2016? Best Sequel of 2016? Best Series Ender of 2016?


6. Favorite new author you discovered in 2016?


7. Best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone?


8. Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year?


9. Book You Read In 2016 That You Are Most Likely To Re-Read Next Year?


10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2016?


11. Most memorable character of 2016?


12. Most beautifully written book read in 2016?


13. Most Thought-Provoking/ Life-Changing Book of 2016?



14. Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2016 to finally read?


15. Favorite Passage/Quote From A Book You Read In 2016?

16.Shortest & Longest Book You Read In 2016?


17. Book That Shocked You The Most

(Because of a plot twist, character death, left you hanging with your mouth wide open, etc.)


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

(OTP = one true pairing if you aren’t familiar)


19. Favorite Non-Romantic Relationship Of The Year


20. Favorite Book You Read in 2016 From An Author You’ve Read Previously


21. Best Book You Read In 2016 That You Read Based SOLELY On A Recommendation From Somebody Else/Peer Pressure:


22. Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2016?


23. Best 2016 debut you read?


24. Best Worldbuilding/Most Vivid Setting You Read This Year?


25. Book That Put A Smile On Your Face/Was The Most FUN To Read?


26. Book That Made You Cry Or Nearly Cry in 2016?


27. Hidden Gem Of The Year?


28. Book That Crushed Your Soul?


29. Most Unique Book You Read In 2016?


30. Book That Made You The Most Mad (doesn't necessarily mean you didn't like it)?

[Chris]

Glad you joined in Djacelyn. Great answers!