The Perpetual Reader's 8th Annual End Of Year Survey





Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!

  I was on BookTube this morning and I saw Bookables had posted a very fun survey that she found on the Perpetual Page Turner's blog. Since I love surveys I wanted to get in on the fun.


Reading Stats

Number Of Books You Read: 36
Number of Re-Reads: 1
Genre You Read The Most From: Crime fiction


Best in Books

1. Best Book You Read In 2017? The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher

2. Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going To Love More But Didn’t? Spider-Man: Torment by Todd McFarlane

 3. Most surprising (in a good way or bad way) book you read?  Final Girls by Riley Sager

4. Book You “Pushed” The Most People To Read (And They Did)? Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson

5. Best series you started in 2017? Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson/ Best Sequel of 2017? X-Files: Stolen Lives by Joe Harris and Chris Carter/  Best Series Ender of 2017? I did not read a series ender

  
6. Favorite new author you discovered in 2017? Riley Sager
  
7. Best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone? Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Williams

  
8. Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year? Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker


9. Book You Read In 2017 That You Are Most Likely To Re-Read Next Year? Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson

10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2017? Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker

11. Most memorable character of 2017? Dana Nolan from 9th Girl and Cold Cold Heart by Tami Hoag

 12. Most beautifully written book read in 2017? Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson
  
13. Most Thought-Provoking/ Life-Changing Book of 2017? The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
  
 14. Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2017 to finally read? Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson
  15. Favorite Passage/Quote From A Book You Read In 2017? "So as long as there is life there is hope" - Dana Nolan Cold Cold Heart

16. Shortest & Longest Book You Read In 2017? Shortest: Batman/ Flash: The Button by Tom King And Joshua Williamson & Longest: 9th Girl by Tami Hoag


How I did this: I used by Reading Challenge on my blog to assess this.
  
17. Book That Shocked You The Most: Final Girls by Riley Sager

18. One True Pairing of the year? Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska (9th Girl)

19. Favorite Non-Romantic Relationship Of The Year: Sam Kovas and Nikki Liska

20. Favorite Book You Read in 2017 From An Author You’ve Read Previously: The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher

21. Best Book You Read In 2017 That You Read Based SOLELY On A Recommendation From Somebody Else/Peer Pressure: Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evonovich
  
22. Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2017? Fox Mulder

23. Best 2017 debut you read? Final Girls by Riley Sager

24. Best Worldbuilding/Most Vivid Setting You Read This Year? Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson

25. Book That Put A Smile On Your Face/Was The Most FUN To Read? The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
  
26. Book That Made You Cry Or Nearly Cry in 2017? 9th Girl by Tami Hoag

27. Hidden Gem Of The Year? Final Girls by Riley Sager
  
28. Book That Crushed Your Soul? Walk o Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson

29. Most Unique Book You Read In 2017? Alien: River of Pain by Christopher Golden (Audible Full Cast Presentation)
  
30. Book That Made You The Most Mad (doesn’t necessarily mean you didn’t like it)? 9th Girl by Tami Hoag


Your Bloggish/ Bookish Life

1. New favorite book blog you discovered in 2017? The Perpetual Reader

 2. Favorite review that you wrote in 2017? Final Girls by Riley Sager

3. Best discussion/non-review post you had on your blog? My Star Wars character analysis series

 4. Best event that you participated in (author signings, festivals, virtual events, memes, etc.)? BookCon and New York Comic Con

5. Best moment of bookish/blogging life in 2017? Meeting the authors behind Disney-Lucasfilm

6. Most challenging thing about blogging or your reading life this year? Time was not on my side due to my medical career.

7. Most Popular Post This Year On Your Blog (whether it be by comments or views)? Star Wars Character Analysis: Princess Leia Organa

 8. Post You Wished Got A Little More Love? Tagging Authors on Social Media

9. Best bookish discover (book related sites, book stores, etc.)? Hoopla Digital Library

10.  Did you complete any reading challenges or goals that you had set for yourself at the beginning of this year? The Xepherus Reads 2017 Challenge and my Goodreads Challenge



Looking Ahead

1. One Book You Didn’t Get To In 2017 But Will Be Your Number 1 Priority in 2018? Like a River Glorious by Rae Carson

2. Book You Are Most Anticipating For 2018 (non-debut)? The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager

 3. 2018 Debut You Are Most Anticipating? Star Wars: The Last Jedi Adaptation by Jason Fry
  
 4. Series Ending/A Sequel You Are Most Anticipating in 2018? Legendary (Caraval #2) by Stephanie Garber
  
5. One Thing You Hope To Accomplish Or Do In Your Reading/Blogging Life In 2018? Keep a more consistent blogging schedule

 6. A 2018 Release You’ve Already Read & Recommend To Everyone (if applicable): I have not read any of my arcs yet

  There you have it, Perpetual Reader's Annual Year-End Survey. I hope that many of you take teh time to delve into this survey and have fun answering her questions.

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  Because there is always time to read,
   Xepherus3 








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