Hi There friends! Thank you to The Perpetual Page-Turner for creating this awesome end of year list! You know, I love lists! 😉
If you decide to answer this list, let me know! I’d love to see your answers!
Looking back on 2013, it was a very good reading year!
1. Best Book You Read in 2013? (If you have to cheat, you can break it down by genre or 2013 vs. backlist)
Contemporary YA – Sea of Tranquility, Hopeless by Colleen Hoover, Eleanor & Park, FanGirl,
New Adult – Losing It by Cora Carmack
Sci-Fi- These Broken Stars by Aime Kaufman, Meagan Spooner
Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic– The Poison Princess and Endless Knight by Kresley Cole
Paranormal – Lover At Last by J.R. Ward
Fantasy – The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater
Adult Fiction – Me Before You by JoJo Moyes
Romance – Blackmoore by Julianne Donaldson
2. Books You Were Excited About & Thought You Would Love More, But Then Didn’t.
Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight
3. Most Surprising (in a good way!) Book of 2013
The Assassin’s Curse and The Pirate’s Wish by Cassandra Rose Clark- I wasn’t expecting such an amazingly creative tale of adventure. It made me laugh out loud.
Or The Poison Princess or Endless Knight by Kresley Cole- I mean, I should have read these a lot sooner!
4. Book You Read in 2013 That You Recommend Most in 2013
Me Before You by Jo Jo Moyes– I made my book club read it when it was my turn. Tissues for everyone!
5. Best Series You Discovered in 2013
The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater – can’t get enough of these books
6. Favorite New Author You Discovered in 2013
Rainbow Rowell- I am so glad I read her two YA books. I can’t wait for her next one out in 2014, and I just bought Attachments so I’m looking forward to reading that too!
7. Best Book That Was Out Of Your Comfort Zone or Was A New Genre For You?
Ender’s Game– I usually don’t read Science Fiction. Sadly, it wasn’t for me.
8. Most Thrilling, unputdownable Book in 2013?
Lover At Last by J.R. Ward – people, some of us have been waiting YEARS for Blay and Quinn to get together. Finally!
9. Book You Read in 2013 That You Are Most Likely To RE-Read Next Year
The Heiress Effect by Courtney Milan- I fell in love with this book and will probably re-read soon. Can’t say enough good things. Or Blackmoore by Julianne Donaldson. Girl can’t go wrong with some historical romance!
10. Favorite Cover Of A Book You Read in 2013
11. Most Memorable Character in 2013
Hard to say! Vlad from the Night Prince series by Jeanine Frost. Or Sturmhond from Siege & Storm by Leigh Bardugo. No, wait. It must be my favorite villian, Adair from The Taker series by Alma Katsu…
12. Most Beautifully Written Book Read in 2013
This is really hard for me because I found so many of them to be amazingly written.
Charm & Strange by Stephanie Kuehn or Where The Stars Shine by Trish Doller or The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater or The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Milay… so many to choose from
13. Book That Had The Greatest Impact On You in 2013
There were so many, but probably Me Before You because it was so emotional. And books like Assassin’s Curse and These Broken Stars and Th Sea of Tranquility, books I could not put down!
14. Book You Can’t Believe You Waited UNTIL 2013 to Finally Read!
Watership Down by Richard Adams
15. Favorite Passage/Quote From A Book You Read in 2013
“If you’d asked me an hour before, I would have said no, I did not remember the way…But standing in that hallway, it was all coming back to me. Memories were waiting at the edges of things, beckoning to me. Had you told me that I was seven again, I might have half0believed you, for a moment.” – The Ocean At The End Of The Lane (Gaiman)
16. Shortest & Longest Book You Read in 2013
I don’t know. I’ll probably read The Passage soon so that will probably take the cake, but that’s next year!
17. Book That Had A Scene In It That Had You Reeling and Dying To Talk To Somebody About It?
Me Before You by Jo Jo Moyes
18. Favorite Relationship From A Book You Read in 2013
Natsya and Josh from The Sea of Tranquility– I cannot wait to re-read this book. I was in a bet with some friends and I broke my book diet for this book. I went out the next day and bought a physical copy of it so I could easily flip to my favorite scenes. Yes, I am that sucker.
Or Traver and Lilac from These Broken Stars. I loved how their relationship evolved organically, slowly. Their characters went through such a beautiful transformation
19. Favorite Book You Read in 2013 From An Author You’ve Read Previously
Entwined by Kristen Callihan (novella) I loved Winterblaze as well. These are part of her Darkest London series and if you haven’t read these paranormal historical romances yet, then you are seriously missing out. (Yes, they are paranormal, historical romances.)
20. Best Book You Read in 2013 That You Read Based Solely On A Recommendation From Somebody Else
The Raven Boys. My friend Laura told me it was awesome, and I moved it up on my TBR pile because of it!
21. Genre You Read Most in 2013
YA, without a doubt! This was a great YA year!
22. Newest Fictional Crush
Jackson or Death from The Poison Princess series by Kresley Cole – SWOON!
23. Best 2013 Debut You Read
Charm & Strange by Stephanie Kuehn or Another Little Piece by Kate Karyus Quinn or Where The Stars Shine by Trish Doller or Not A Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis
24. Most Vivid/World/Imagery in A Book You Read in 2013
These Broken Stars – a spaceship and a strange planet. Amazing.
The Assassin’s Curse and The Pirate’s Wish by Cassandra Rose Clare- I love a world with assassins, pirates, magic and monsters. 🙂
25. Book That Was The Most Fun To Read in 2013
Losing It by Cora Carmack- I mean, Bliss is hilarious. And this was such a great New Adult. All steamy and fun without all the angst and heaviness.
26. Book That Made You Cry in 2013
Me Before You by Jo Jo Moyes
27. Book You Read that You Think Got Overlooked This Year or When It Came Out
I think everyone who likes paranormal romance would love Kresley Cole’s Poison Princess and Endless Knight. I am seriously dying for the third book to come out. I can’t wait. I didn’t hear a lot of about it when it was released, and I think it’s just because there are so many releases some of them get lost. But it’s one of my new favorite series this year.
That’s my list! Where is yours? 🙂
Kimberly majored in Songwriting and currently works full time in the music industry. When she's not listening to music, knitting or writing, you can find her outside reading her favorite genres: Young Adult, Adult Fiction, Mystery, and Romance.
I loved Eleanor & Park and Fangirl too!
You’ve mentioned so many great books! I also really loved These Broken Stars and it was definitely my favourite cover of the year – that cover is gorgeous! I adored Colleen Hoover’s Slammed series and I can’t wait to get to her Hopeless series. I am really shocked that I still haven’t read any Rainbow Rowell, that’s definitely something that I need to do soon.
Great answers. My End of Year Survey.