The Answers – 2014 Statistics Survey: A Bunch of Randomness

Want to play along with some random facts about your reading year? Check out the original post from myself and Brittany of The Book Addict’s Guide and link-up.

1. Number of books under 250 pages (not including novellas): 6
2. Number of books read between 400-449 pages: 18
3. Number of books read between 450-499 pages: 6
4. Number of books read over 500 pages: 4
5. Number of books read over 1000 pages: 0
6. Number of novellas read: 7 (4 were in the book Four)
7. Number of books that made you cry: 12 (I was a weepy mess this year!)
8. Number of books from a female POV: 79
9. Number of books from a male POV: 9
10. Number of alternating or multiple POVs: 40 (The rest are all unknown or rereads)
11. Number of DNFs (did not finish): 2
12. Number of five star reads: 30
13. Number of one/two star reads: 13
14. Number of authors met in 2014: 10+
15. Number of book events attended in 2014: 6, I think.
16. Number of books you read in one day: This question could be taken a few ways now that I think about it. It could be how many I read on one actual day or how many books it took only a day for me to read. If it is the former than 2. If it is the latter than a much bigger number as I read a lot of books over a day period in a year.
17. Number of audiobooks: 11
18. Number of 2015 books you have on pre-order: 11
19. Number of re-reads: 17

1. Book with the highest rating on Goodreads: Heir of Fire (4.61)
2. Book with the lowest rating on Goodreads: In Deep (3.11)
3. Book read furthest away from home (vacation reads?): Catch a Falling Star and The Here and Now in Savannah, GA
4. Book that took you the longest to read: Froi of the Exiles. Took 9 days.
5. Book that you personally connected with the most: I don’t know if I personally connected with it most but I’ll Meet You There by Heather Demetrios really got to me and stayed there.
6. Book that made you love the villain: I’m not a villain person so I really can’t think of one off the top of my head.
7. Book you said you’d come back to but still haven’t picked up again: I’m usually one that doesn’t go back to a book I have given up on. If I couldn’t get into it the first time I call it done.
8. Book you read waaaay before its publication date: The Start of Me and You by Emery Lord. Read in August and it is out in March.
9. Book you read on your birthday: I was reading The Jewel by Amy Ewing. Finished it 2 days later.
10. Book with a character who shares your name: Honestly I’m not sure I read anything with an Andrea/Andi in it this year.
11. Book you weren’t entirely truthful about when rating (Fluff up any ratings? Rated even though you didn’t finish?): I try to stay honest. Sometimes I won’t rate a book if I’m unsure how I feel about it.
12. Book you read in 2014 but already want to re-read: Open Road Summer, I’ll Meet You There, A Court of Thorns and Roses. I’m a rereader.
13. Book you borrowed from a friend a long time ago and still have?: Black Heart by Holly Black. I borrowed it from Gail FOREVER ago. OOPS!
14. Book by a foreign author/originally published in another country: Finnikin of the Rock/Froi of the Exiles/Quintana of Charyn by Melina Marchetta, Australian author.
15. Book you which you could go back and read for the first time again: Right now it is A Court of Thorns and Roses.
16. Most books read by one author this year: Since I did rereads it is a time with Stephanie Perkins and Sarah J. Maas at 6.

1. Happiest & saddest: Happiest: Loop by Karen Akins; Saddest: Quintana of Charyn by Melina Marchetta
2. Longest & shortest: Longest: Froi of the Exiles (593 pages); Shortest: Mistletoe and Mr. Right (150 pages)
3. Best & worst: Best: A Court of Thorns and Roses; Worst: Some Boys
4. First & last reads of 2014: First: Vengeance by Megan Miranda; Last: Unleashed by Sophie Jordan
5. First & last books on your bookcase (1st book on the top left and last book on the bottom right): German Anna and the French Kiss, Signed Throne of Glass
6. The most disappointing & the biggest pleasant surprise: Disappointing: Winger by Andrew Smith; Surprise: Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas
7. Bandwagon/fandom you joined & one you abandoned: Joined: Maas 13 aka Celaena and Chaol for life!; Abandoned: None
8. Most lenient & harshest ratings: Lenient: The Things You Kiss Goodbye. The more I think about that book the less I like it; Harshest: Some Boys by Patty Blount
9. Most hyped & furthest under the radar that you read: Hyped: Winger. Everyone loved that book and talked about it non-stop. I was not one of those people.; Under the Radar: Reborn by Jennifer Rush. It comes out in early January 2015, but there was no buzz at all for it and there should be.

1. Book you read that is red: A Court of Thorns and Roses
2. Book you read that starts with M: Magnolia by Kristin Cook
3. Book you read that you may have hugged when you finished it: Open Road Summer by Emery Lord
4. Book you read that you may have wanted to throw across a room: My reread of The Elite by Kiera Cass. Even though I knew what would happen I still wanted to send it flying.
5. Book that has the letters Q, X, or Z in the title (bonus for one of the words in the title beginning with those!): The Orphan Queen, Lola and the Boy Next Door, Zac & Mia
6. Book that suffered some damage this year (food? water? ripped pages/cover? Ouch!): My original copy of The One came with the cover torn off and my mom dropped my ARC of Landline in the pool.
7. Food you craved while/after reading a certain book: This is just about every book. HA. I do know that I craved Nerds after reading one book. Just can’t remember the book now.
8. First book you read in 2015: Anna and the French Kiss. Starting the year off right.
9. Number of books read that end with a 6 in the page count: 26

 

1. Number of posts in 2014: 277
2. Number of reviews posted this year: 94
3. First post of 2014: 16 Blogging Days of Winter – Day 12
   
4. First review of 2014: Erased by Jennifer Rush
   
5. Last post of 2014: The ABCs with Trish Doller
6. Last review of 2014: Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
   
7. Least coherent review: Probably Isla and the Happily Ever After. I didn’t want to give anything away yet I wanted to say all the words and share all the feels. It was a mess.
   
8. Review with the most views (regardless of post date): Open Road Summer by Emery Lord at 93 views
9. Post with the most comments: Best of 2014 Book Giveaway at 58 comments.
   
10. Post you wish you could re-write: A lot of my reviews. Not one specifically, but a few of them.
11. Most popular post this year (that was posted in 2014): Tieks Review has had the most views of 2014 at 553

 

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