Showing posts with label 2014. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2014. Show all posts

Thursday, January 8, 2015

2014 Statistics Survey

Statistics Survey 2014

This Survey was created by The Book Addict's Guide. I'm just doing this for fun and might not have all the answers.

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  1. Number of books under 250 pages (not including novellas): 12
  2. Number of books read between 400-449 pages: 6
  3. Number of books read between 450-499 pages: 0
  4. Number of books read over 500 pages: 0
  5. Number of books read over 1000 pages:
  6. Number of novellas read: 2
  7. Number of books that made you cry: 0
  8. Number of books from a female POV: 18
  9. Number of books from a male POV: 15
  10. Number of alternating or multiple POVs: 8
  11. Number of DNFs (did not finish): 0
  12. Number of five star reads: 12
  13. Number of one/two star reads: 1 one star/4 two stars
  14. Number of authors met in 2014: 0
  15. Number of book events attended in 2014: 0
  16. Number of books you read in one day: does 24hours count because it was 1
  17. Number of audiobooks: 0 
  18. Number of 2015 books you have on pre-order: 0
  19. Number of re-reads: 0
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  1. Book with the highest rating on Goodreads: Naruto: The Official Character Data Book by Kishimoto Masashi 
  2. Book with the lowest rating on Goodreads: Save the Enemy by Arin Greenwood
  3. Book read furthest away from home (vacation reads?): Haven't went that far from home this year.
  4. Book that took you the longest to read: Hero by Perry Moore (took me 4 months)
  5. Book that you personally connected with the most: Isla and the happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins. I can connect with Isla because she was shy and didn't know what do in life.
  6. Book that made you love the villain: I haven't read a book with a loveable villain.
  7. Book you said you’d come back to but still haven’t picked up again: Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson (I read the frist chapter and never picked it up again. I'm not even counting it as a read)
  8. Book you read waaaay before it’s publication date: Summer on the Short Bus by Bethany Crandell
  9. Book you read on your birthday: None, I actually bought books.
  10. Book with a character who shares your name: None
  11. Book you weren’t entirely truthful about when rating (Fluff up any ratings? Rated even though you didn’t finish?): None
  12. Book you read in 2014 but already want to re-read: To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
  13. Book you borrowed from a friend a long time ago and still have: None
  14. Book by a foreign author/originally published in another country: IDK
  15. Book you which you could go back and read for the first time again: To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han (yes, I love this book)
  16. Most books read by one author this year: Stephanie Perkins (read all her books)
Stat Survey This and That
  1. Happiest & saddest: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins & A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
  2. Longest & shortest: The Julian Chapter: A Wonder Story by R.J. Palacio & 365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's Book of Precepts by R.J. Palacio
  3. Best & worst: One of my best reads of 2014 was Angellfall by Susan Ee. The Worst was Save the Enemy by Arin Greenwood.
  4. First & last reads of 2014: Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & Kin by Holly Black
  5. First & last books on your bookcase (1st book on the top left and last book on the bottom right): Angelfall by Susan Ee & The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson.
  6. The most disappointing & the biggest pleasant surprise: Save the Enemy by Arin Greenwood & Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
  7. Bandwagon/fandom you joined & one you abandoned: I'm not in any fandoms
  8. Most lenient & harshest ratings: Eternal: Zachary's Story by Cynthia Leitich Smith & Save the Enemy by Arin Greenwood (yes, this book again)
  9. Most hyped & furthest under the radar that you read: Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira & OCD, The DUDE & ME by Laruen Roedy Vaughn
Stat Survey Grab Bag
  1. Book you read that is red: The Shadow Throne by Jennifer. A. Neilsen
  2. Book you read that starts with M: My True Love Gave to Me by Stephanie Perkins
  3. Book you read that you may have hugged when you finished it: The Shadow Throne by Jennifer A. Neilsen. It was the last book of the trilogy and I was so happy with the ending. *hugs*
  4. Book you read that you may have wanted to throw across a room: Save the Enemy by Arin Greenwood (If you can't tell I really hate this book)
  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!): Eternal: Zachary's Story by Cynthia Leitich Smith
  6. Book that suffered some damage this year (food? water? ripped pages/cover? Ouch!): Ink by Amanda Sun. My dog licked the cover and now it looks like dried paper.
  7. Food you craved while/after reading a certain book: None
  8. First book you read in 2015: It will be Kith by Holly Black. It's a Graphic Novel, I count those.
  9. Number of books read that end with a 6 in the page count: 5
Stat Survey Blogging Life
  1. Number of posts in 2014: 199
  2. Number of reviews posted this year: 13 (really 14 but I did 2 reviews in 1 post)
  3. First post of 2014: Happy New Years
  4. First review of 2014: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
  5. Last post of 2014: 2015 Reading Goals
  6. Last review of 2014: My True Love Gave to Me
  7. Least coherent review: N/A
  8. Review with the most views (regardless of post date): Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
  9. Post with the most comments: To hard to find
  10. Post you wish you could re-write: If I was a better writer, my reviews
  11. Most popular post this year (that was posted in 2014): N/A

Thursday, January 1, 2015

2014 End of Year Book Survey

This Survey was created by The Perpetual Page-Turner

Number Of Books You Read: 46
Number of Re-Reads: 0
Genre You Read The Most From: YA Contemporary

1. Best Book You Read In 2014?

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Top Ten Books I Read In 2014 (Overall, By A Particular Genre, 2014 Releases)




It was hard to choose just 10. I'm only count 5 Stars and 4 Stars. This might change because I'm still reading and you never know I could love this next book before the year is over.

  1. To All The Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
  2. The Shadow Throne by Jennifer A. Neilsen
  3. Angelfall by Susan Ee
  4. Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
  5. Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky
  6. Wonder by R.J. Palacio
  7. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
  8. Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
  9. Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
  10. Ink by Amanda Sun

I also did it by genre, because some books needed to be mentioned.

Contemporary
  1. To All The Boys I've Loved Before - 5 Stars
  2. Wonder by R.J. Palacio - 5 Stars
  3. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins - 5 Stars
  4. Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins - 5 Stars
  5. 365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's Book of Precepts by R.J. Palacio - 5 stars
  6. The Julian Chapter: A Wonder Story by R.J. Palacio - 4.5 Stars
  7. The Promise of Amazing by Robin Constatine - 4.5 Stars
  8. Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins - 4.5 Stars
  9. Dash and Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan - 4 Stars
  10. OCD the Dude and Me by Lauren Roedy Vaughn - 4 Stars
  11. My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories Edited by Stephanie Perkins - 4 Stars
Fantasy
  1. Angelfall by Susan Ee - 5 Stars
  2. Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor - 5 Stars
  3. The Shadow Throne by Jennifer A. Neilsen - 5 Stars
  4. Ink by Amanda Sun - 4.5 Stars
  5. Jackaby by William Ritter - 4.5 Stars
  6. Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen - 4.5 Stars
  7. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness - 4 Stars
  8. Eigth Grade Bites by Heather Brewer - 4 Stars
GLBT
  1. Gracefully Grayson by Ami Plonsky - 5 Stars
  2. Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan - 5 Stars
  3. Aristole and Danter Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz - 4 Stars
  4. Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg - 4 Stars
  5. Trevor: A Novella by James Lecesne - 4 Stars
Graphic Novels
  1. Naruto: The Official Character Data Book by Masashi Kishimoto - 5 stars
  2. Seconds: A Graphic Novel by Bryan Lee O'Malley - 4.5 Stars
  3. Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol - 4 Stars
  4. I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly - 4 Stars
Dystopian
  1. A Crack in the Sky by Mark Peter Hughes - 4 Stars
Non Fiction


Saturday, December 6, 2014

Friday Finds (Dec 6)

FRIDAY FINDS showcases the books you ‘found’ and added to your To Be Read (TBR) list… whether you found them online, or in a bookstore, or in the library — wherever! (they aren’t necessarily books you purchased).
Hosted by Should Be Reading

More debut authors I would like to read next year. I talked about debut authors on last weeks friday finds

*Debut Authors

Montpelier by Marylee MacDonald
The Eternals by Clover Donovan
Ignite by Lily Paradis


Swimming to Tokyo by Brenda St. John Brown (It's says Tokyo)
More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera* (June 16 2015)
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli* (April 7 2015)

All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven (January 6, 2015)
I'll Meet You There by Heather Demetrios (Feburary 3, 2015)
The Start of Me and You by Emery Lord (March 31, 2015)

Things We Know By Heart by Jessi Kirby (April 25, 2015)
Even When You Lie to Me by Jessica Alcott* (June 9, 2015)
You and Me and Him by Kris Dinnison* (July 7, 2015)

Crimson Son by Russ Linton
The Rise and Fall of a Theater Geek by Seth Rudetsky (June 23, 2015)
Playlist for the Dead by Michelle Falkoff* (January 27, 2015)


Finding Mr. Brightside by Jay Clark (March 25, 2015)
Alex as Well by Alyssa Brugman (January 20, 2015)
Because You'll Never Meet Me by Leah Thomas* (2015)

Mobile Library by David Whitehouse (January 20, 2015)




Wednesday, November 26, 2014

A Review but not really: My True Love Gave To Me

Author: Edited by Stephanie Perkins
Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Short Stories, Holiday
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: October 14, 2014
Source: Library

Description: If you love holiday stories, holiday movies, made-for-TV-holiday specials, holiday episodes of your favorite sitcoms and, especially, if you love holiday anthologies, you’re going to fall in love with MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME: TWELVE HOLIDAY STORIES by twelve bestselling young adult writers, edited by international bestselling author Stephanie Perkins.

Review: I haven't read any books from many of the authors in this book and reading a book with so many authors felt weird. Before I got into the stories they was already ove. I really enjoyed the stories and I wanted more. I only wish some of them was longer. There was only two I didn't like.

Midnight by Rainbow Rowell - 3 stars

The Lady and the Fox by Kelly Link - 1 stars (I didn't understand this story, I was confused)

Angels in the Snow by Matt de la pena - 4 stars

Polaris is where you'll find me by Jenny Han* - 4 stars (OMG THAT ENDING!!, THIS NEEDS TO BE LONGER and I loved it was a human asian girl living in the noth pole, like the movie Elf where Santa raises a human boy.)

It's A Yuletide Miracle, Charlie Brown by Stephanie Perkins* - 5 stars (I love Stephanie Perkins. She really knows how to write lovable characters.)

Your Temporary Santa by David Levithan* - 2 stars (I love David Levithan but this was disappointing)

Krampuslauf by Holly Black - 3 stars

What the hell have you done, Sophie Roth by Gayle Forman - 3 stars

Beer Buckets and Baby Jesus by Myra McEntire - 4 stars

Welcome to Chirstmas, CA by Kristen White - 3.5 stars

Stars of Bethlehem by Ally Carter - 4.5

The Girl Who Woke The Dreamer by Laini Taylor* - 4 stars

* = authors I read before

Monday, November 24, 2014

Anti Bullying Readathon 2014

Booktuber Sarah Churchill is hosting the Anti Bullying Readathon on November 17th-23rd. Please watch the video if you want to know more information.


TBR
I will be reading Wonder which is perfect because I was already going to read it. If I finish that and have time I will start Gracefully Grayson.

Wednesday Update (11/19/14)
On page 155 and I'm loving it.

It's 11:40ish and I just finished Wonder. I loved it, it was sweet and heartwarming. It made me smile instead of being sad. I thought that the bullying would be really bad but it wasn't and the bully wasn't really shown much. Besides the bullying It was more about friendship and acceptance. I also love that it was in different POV's of other characters who was going through things too. There was one POV that was weird. The author wrote it different and I know it was because of the character, all letters were in lowercase and I wonder why? I requested Julian Chapter from my library but its already out, I hope I can get it before the readathon is over. I really want to know his story. 

Saturday (11/22/14)
I started Gracefully Grayson on friday night and finished it on saturday. This bok was amazing. I love it more then wonder. I love the writing. What the character went through and how he over came it. He lost friends and gained new ones who accepted him. He was bullied and over came it.

Wrap-Up (11/23/14)

I read Wonder and Gracefully Grayson.

Saturday, November 1, 2014

October Wrap-Up



Books Read
Seconds: A Graphic Novel by Bryan Lee O'Malley (5 stars)
Dark Lord: The Early Years by Jamie Thomson (3.5 stars)
The End Games by T Michael Martin (2.5 stars)
Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen (4.5 stars) (Review)
Spirit Walk by Richie Tankersley Cusick (Still Reading)
Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk (Still Reading)

Stacking the Shelves
Library Book Sale Edition!
26

Its Monday! What are you reading?
October 6
October 13
October 20

Top Ten Tuesday
Top Ten Movies To Watch To Get In The Halloween Spirit
Top New Series I Want To Start (New..let's say within the last year or two)

Bookish News (2)

First Paragraph
Eighth Grade Bites
Dark Lord: The Early Years

I participated in the Wonderfully Wicked Read-a-Thon 2014 and did the Scavenger Hunt Challenge

Halloween 
Videos of ghost sightings and scary pranks
Music that will get you in the halloween spirit
Halloween Episodes/Tv Shows
Books I want to read: Ghosts, Vampires, Zombies
Horns the horror movie I wanted to watch 
Zombie Apocalypse Book Tag!
Disney Movies I watched as a kid (and still do)
Quiz: What kind of zombie are you?
My halloween bookish pictures
The Autumn Book Tag!

Movies I watched
Odd Thomas (2013)
Chucky 2
Chucky 3
Bride of Chucky
Hostel
Friday the 13th - A New Beginning (1985)
Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
Return to House on Haunted Hill (2002)
Misery (1990)
Mulberry Street (2006)
The Children (2008)
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Scream (1996)
Scream 2 (1997)
American Horror House (2012)
Haunted House
The Little Vampire
Halloweentown
Return to Halloweentown
Halloweentown High
Curse of Chucky (I love that they went back to serious chucky. I watched it twice, once with my mom)

Friday, October 31, 2014

Spooktacular: Halloween Pictures

Here are my Halloween pictures. I tryed different angles and combined them so it will be easy to post. I also put some on my Instagram and Tumblr account. Click pictures to enlarge.










Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Wonderfully Wicked Read-a-Thon 2014

This will be my first time participating in Wonderfully Wicked Read-A-Thon, hosted by April & Kat @ My Shelf Confessions. I'am looking forward to reading and having fun. I will be writing my updates on this post.

TBR
The End Games by T. Michael Martin (Currently Reading)
Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen (Currently Reading)
Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
Spirit Walk (#1-2) by Richie Tankersley Cusick

UPDATES

Friday, Oct 17
Books Read: Evil Librarian
Pages Read: 35
Books Completed: 0

Saturday, Oct 18
Books Read: Evil Librarian
Pages Read; 49
Books Completed: 0

Sunday, Oct 19
Books Read: Evil Librarian 
Pages Read; 115
Books Completed: 1

Monday, Oct 20
Books Read: The End Games
Pages Read; 91
Books Completed: 1

Note: I had 4 pages left but it was 12 already so I'm counting them for tuesday.

Tuesday, Oct 21
Books Read: The End Games (4pgs)
Pages Read: 4
Books Completed: 2

Wednesday, Oct 22
Books Read: 0
Pages Read: 0
Books Completed: 2

Thursday, Oct 23
Books Read: 0
Pages Read: 0
Books Completed: 2

Friday, Oct 24
Books Read: 0
Pages Read:
Books Completed: 2

Saturday, Oct 25
Books Read: 0
Pages Read: 0
Books Completed: 2

Sunday, Oct 26
Books Read: Spirit Walk - Walk of the Spirits (Book 1)
Pages Read: 52
Books Completed: 2

Monday, Oct 27
Books Read: Spirit Walk - Walk of the Spirits (Book 1)
Pages Read: 100
Books Completed: 2

Total Pages Read: 446

Books Read: Evil Librarian (Finished), The End Games (Finished), & Walk of the Spirits.

Challenge: Scavenger Hunt