2011 End Of Year Book Survey

Hello, everyone! Happy New Year to all of my readers :) I hope you guys had fun on your holiday vacation!

Anyway, I was browsing on my reading list the other night and I spotted this really cool survey by Jamie from The Perpetual Page-Turner called End Of The Year Book Survey.

There are several and different questions about the books you've read through out 2011. And since I've read quite a lot last year, I thought why not reflect and reminisce on the books I've read and share everyone my favorite (and not-so favorite) reads last 2011.

1. Best Book You Read In 2011?
Whoa. I've read quite a lot of awesome books this year so it's really difficult to pick just one. Here are the books that blew my mind and are definitely on my all-time favorites list:

• Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder
• Blood Red Road by Moira Young
• Delirium by Lauren Oliver
• Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
• Stay by Deb Caletti
• Divergent by Veronica Roth
• Burn Bright by Marianne de Pierres
• Kat, Incorrigible by Stephanie Burgis
• I'm Not Her by Janet Gurtler
• Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton
• Darkness Becomes Her by Kelly Keaton
• Virtuosity by Jessica Martinez

and sooo much more...!!

2. Most Disappointing Book/Book You Wish You Loved More Than You Did?
Hmmm, Forgotten by Cat Patrick. I just find some lacking on the credibility of the character's condition that wholly affected my total entertainment of the book. I thought maybe if it was more in-depth I could've liked it more than I did.

3. Most surprising (in a good way!) book of 2011?
I'm gonna have to pick Burn Bright by Marianne de Pierres. Everything was so fresh for me and the creativity of this book is just AMAZING and the plot is full of surprises and it's just utterly unpredictable. Awesome, awesome book!

4. Book you recommended to people most in 2011?
I'd pick Harry Potter books in a heart beat but we're talking about books I've read during 2011 so it's definitely Blood Red Road. It's a whole new read and utterly awesome read. One of my all-time favorites.

5. Best series you discovered in 2011?
Fantasy/Paranormal genre is my first love so it's definitely The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare. It's fast paced, engrossing and has a lot of hot and swoon-worthy characters *ahemJaceahem*

6. Favorite new authors you discovered in 2011?
Lauren Oliver, Moira Young, Veronica Roth, Tahereh Mafi, Marianne de Pierres, Cassandra Clare, Janet Gurtler, Deb Caletti, Stephanie Burgis... there are just soo many of them! :)

7. Best book that was out of your comfort zone or was a new genre for you? When I first started out my blog, I haven't read any dystopia books. I was all fantasy and mystery stories. It was Delirium by Lauren Oliver that introduced me into dystopia and I love it. After that, I got addicted and went hunting on dystopia books. Huntress by Malinda Lo is also the first LGBT book I've read and I developed an infatuation over it. It's a beautiful story.

8. Most thrilling, unputdownable book in 2011?
Ooohh! This is difficult! Aside from the all-time favorites TMI series and THG trilogy, I would like to spotlight here the first book from Moira Young's Dustlands trilogy, Blood Red Road. I know I keep saying it but what can I say? I'm obsessed with this book.

9. Book you most anticipated in 2011?
I was really excited for Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton and Darkness Becomes Her by Kelly Keaton which are really great and recommendable reads.

10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2011?
Burn Bright by Marianne de Pierres

11. Most memorable character in 2011?
I've met a lot of interesting and unique characters last year like Katniss from The Hunger Games, Juliette from Shatter Me, Lena from Delirium, Kat Stephenson from Kat Incorrigible and Saba from Blood Red Road.


12. Most beautifully written book read in 2011?
These are the books I find beautifully and uniquely written:

• The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
• Stay by Deb Caletti
• Delirium by Lauren Oliver
• Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
• Blood Red Road by Moira Young
• Burn Bright by Marianne de Pierres

13. Book that had the greatest impact on you in 2011?
Delirium by Lauren Oliver

14. Book you can't believe you waited UNTIL 2011 to finally read?
The Mortal Instruments, The Hunger Games and Percy Jackson series!

15. Favorite Passage/Quote From A Book You Read In 2011?

"It's so strange how life works: You want something and you wait and wait and feel like it's taking forever to come. Then it happens and it's over and all you want to do is curl back up in that moment before things changed." - Lauren Oliver from Delirium

16. Book That You Read In 2011 That Would Be Most Likely To Reread In 2012?
I will most likely reread The Hunger Games before I watch the movie on March 2012 :)

17. Book That Had A Scene In It That Had You Reeling And Dying To Talk To Somebody About It? (a WTF moment, an epic revelation, a steamy kiss, etc. etc.) Be careful of spoilers!
The ending scene in Delirium. I want to hysterically sob with someone because of that scene! SERIOUSLY!

Book Blogging/Reading Life in 2011

1. New favorite book blog you discovered in 2011? I really enjoyed reading these following book blogs: I Swim For Oceans, Hobbitsies, The Reading Fever, Mimosa Stimulus and my new favorite What's Your Story.

2. Favorite review that you wrote in 2011? Blood Red Road and City of Bones

4. Most thought-provoking review or discussion you read on somebody else's blog? I really enjoyed reading the blog discussions at Reading Teen and The Story Siren.

5. Best event that you participated in (author signings, festivals, virtual events, memes, etc.)? I wish there is an author signing here in Philippines but so far, I guess the bookish event I only participated in is meeting my fellow Filipino bloggers Precious from Fragments of Life and Kai from Amaterasu Reads in person. (Does that count?)

6. Best moment of book blogging in 2011?
Again, meeting my fellow Filipino bloggers Precious from Fragments of Life and Kai from Amaterasu Reads in person and exchanged books with them :)

7. Most Popular Post This Year On Your Blog (whether it be by comments or views)? My giveaway post of Born At Midnight got most comments and my Inkheart review got the most pageviews (but zero comments lol)

8. Best bookish discover (book related sites, book stores, etc.)?
Goodreads - I don't think I can live normally without this anymore.

9.  Did you complete any reading challenges or goals that you had set for yourself at the beginning of this year? Surprisingly, I did. I managed to complete a Mini Challenge, 2011 DAC and YA Series Challenge.

2012 Here I Come!!

1. One Book You Didn't Get To In 2011 But Will Be Your Number 1 Priority in 2012? Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare just because I looove her TMI series. I also got a copy of Clockwork Prince. Yay for me!


2. Book You Are Most Anticipating For 2012?
I'm torn between Pandemonium (Delirium #2) by Lauren Oliver and Rebel Heart (Dustlands #2) by Moira Young.

3. One Thing You Hope To Accomplish Or Do In Your Reading/Blogging In 2012? I want to read more books this year, I wasn't able to complete my goal of reading 100 books last year (I only managed to read like 82 or 83 books) so I really, really hope I could read a lot more this year.