2017 Year-End Statistics Survey

A random fact you may not know about me is that I love making lists, filling out questionnaires, and taking surveys. When I was a kid, I used to get all those "about me" journals that had you answer questions like "What's your favorite color?" "What are your favorite movies?" and on and on, and I'd have a field day filling them out with my array of glittery gel pens. I actually still do pick up books like this from time to time (the Listography journals, anyone?), whenever I find one that looks fun to fill out. So, naturally, I had to do the Year-End Statistics Survey hosted by Brittany of The Book Addict's Guide and Andi of Andi's ABCs. I also plan on doing Jamie's (The Perpetual Page Turner) End of the Year survey too, so watch out for that later this week!

Without further ado, here are my 2017 reading stats. If you want to fill out the survey yourself, just click on the above links to Brittany's or Andi's blogs for a blank version with all the questions.

Number of books read…

• Under 250 pages (not including novellas): 10
• Between 400-449 pages: 5
• Between 450-499 pages: 1
• Over 500 pages: 4
• Over 1000 pages: 0

Number of…

• Audiobooks: 4
• Rereads: 5
• DNFs (did not finish): I didn't keep track of my DNFs this year, but I'm sure the total number's probably more than I would've liked. 

Number of books rated…

• Five Stars: 7
• One/Two Stars: 1
• Number of authors met in 2017: 0
• Number of book events attended in 2017: 1 
• Number of books you read in one day: It just occurred to me I could answer this question in two ways: the number of books I read in a single day, or the number of books I completed in one day, but on separate days. If it's the first, there were about nine books I read throughout the year that I completed in one day. Not entirely positive that's accurate, but it's my best guess. As for the total number of books I ever read in one single day, I think the most would've been two.
• Number of books that made you cry: Only 4, surprisingly!
• Number of 2017 books you have on preorder: 1. I only preordered A Court of Wings and Ruin. 

• Book read furthest away from home (vacation reads?): I didn't go on vacation this year, and since I moved, I guess the books I read in my new home state don't exactly count as being read far away from home (even though it sort of feels that way).
• Book that took you the longest to read: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova took me a couple of months. 
• Book that you personally connected with the most: Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia. 
• Book that made you love the villain: I guess Rhys in ACOTAR? Lol! That's sort of a cheat answer though because it was a reread, so I already knew he wasn't really a villain. 
• Book you said you’d come back to but still haven’t picked up again: Caraval. The beginning was a bit slow, and I went into a reading slump and set it aside. I definitely do want to come back to it though!
• Book you read on your birthday: I can't believe it, but I don't think I read anything on or around my birthday!
• Book you weren’t entirely truthful about when rating (Fluff up any ratings? Rated even though you didn’t finish?): I totally rated The Unthinkable without finishing it. It was nonfiction, and I ended up skimming it through to the end because I got bored. 
• Book you read in 2017 but already want to reread: A Court of Wings and Ruin, for sure!
• Book you wish you could go back and read for the first time again: Also A Court of Wings and Ruin. It was my most anticipated book, and I love this series so much that I wish I could experience it all over again!
• Most books read by one author this year: Three by Sarah J. Maas: Empire of Storms, A Court of Wings and Ruin, and A Court of Thorns and Roses. 

Happiest & saddest

• Happiest: Night of Cake and Puppets by Laini Taylor
• Saddest: Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas

Longest & shortest…

• By page number: 
• Longest: A Court of Wings and Ruin (704 pages)
• Shortest: To Kiss in the Shadows by Lynn Kurland (86 pages)
• By title:
• Longest: The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why
• Shortest: Wintersong and Hunted
• From buying to reading:
• Longest: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. I originally bought it/started reading it nine years ago in high school, but I didn't finish it until this December.
• Shortest: To Kiss in the Shadows and Snowed Over by Angie Stanton. Finished both of these within a couple hours of downloading the e-books.

Best & worst…

• Average rating on Goodreads: 3
• Books you read/your rating: 
• Best (5 stars): The Historian, Night of Cake and Puppets, Strange the Dreamer, Empire of Storms, The Bird and the Sword, Big Mushy Happy Lump, and Hunted.
• Worst (2 stars): The Edge of Everything

First & last…

• Reads of 2017:
• First: I Work at a Public Library by Gina Sheridan
• Last: Snowed Over by Angie Stanton
• Books on your bookcase (1st book on the top left and last book on the bottom right):
• First: Dreamology by Lucy Keating
• Last: The Black Jewels trilogy anthology by Anne Bishop
• Most disappointing & biggest pleasant surprise:
• Most disappointing: An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson
• Biggest Pleasant Surprise: The Bird and the Sword by Amy Harmon
• Fandom you joined & one you abandoned:
• Joined: Strange the Dreamer
• Abandoned: None. I stuck to all my fandoms this year.
• Series you picked up & series you quit:
• Picked up: The de Piaget series by Lynn Kurland
• Quit: I didn't quit any series this year.
• Most lenient & harshest ratings:
• Most lenient: An Enchantment of Ravens. I gave it a 3 on Goodreads, but it's really more of a 2.5 to me.
• Harshest: The Edge of Everything. This was my lowest rating of the year (2).
• Most hyped & furthest under the radar that you read:
• Most hyped: Definitely A Court of Wings and Ruin
• Furthest under the radar: Probably Snowed Over.

• Book you read that is red: A Court of Thorns and Roses (reread)
• Starts with X, Y, or Z: None, but I did have two that started with W: Wintersong and The Wood.
• Book you hugged when you finished it: Probably A Court of Wings and Ruin, haha!
• Book you wanted to throw across a room: Empire of Storms. But not in a "I hate this book" way. More like a "I hate this book, but I also love it so much and I need the next one right now because I can't believe SJM made my poor fictional children suffer so much" kind of way.
• Food you craved while/after reading a certain book: I definitely wanted cake while reading A Night of Cake and Puppets!
• Book that became an instant go-to recommendation: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor (seriously, if you haven't read this yet, RETHINK YOUR LIFE CHOICES). :P
• Furthest out of your comfort zone: Mm...maybe Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel? It's science fiction, which I don't normally read, but the premise was so interesting, and the audiobook was phenomenal!
• Read on a recommendation (that you may not have picked up yourself): The Bird and the Sword by Amy Harmon, though it wasn't exactly a recommendation that made me pick it up. I saw some fan art for it that was absolutely gorgeous, and that made me want to read it.
• Forced yourself to finish: The Edge of Everything, Wintersong, and The Wood.
• Series or author’s works you binged (whether all at once or throughout the year): Sarah J. Maas throughout the year, and then Naoko Takeuchi in December.

First…

• Post of 2017: My entry for the Flights of Fantasy reading challenge hosted by Alexa Loves Books and Hello, Chelly.
• Review of 2017: The Wood

Last…

• Post of 2017: Day 2 of my Countdown to Christmas series, which I unfortunately didn't get to finish because I got super sick that week. :(
• Review of 2017: An Enchantment of Ravens

• Number of posts in 2017: Ha! 17 posts in 2017!
• Number of reviews posted this year: This is super embarrassing ... I only posted 2 reviews this year! Yikes! Must do better in 2018!
• Post with the most views (posted in 2017): The House Cup Reading Challenge sign-up information post
• Post you wish you could rewrite: Either of my reviews. I am so terrible at writing reviews, which is probably why I only posted two this year, haha! No matter how I feel about the book, I always find it incredibly hard to sum up and put those feelings into words.

Well, there you have it! It's really cool to look back on the year and see what I accomplished in my reading life and what I want to improve on this year. I definitely want to up my reviewing game, which was seriously lacking in 2017, and I want to hit my Goodreads reading challenge goal, which I'm being even more ambitious about this year (100 books!). 2018 is going to be a year of finally getting around to the books that have been gathering dust of my shelves; it's time I made reading a priority again! In fact, I think I'll go start right now ... or as soon as I can decide on which one I really want to read. Haha!

What about you all? Did you meet, exceed, or fall short of your reading goals for 2017? What are your new goals for 2018? Let me know in the comments! And if you filled out this survey, gimme your links so I can check them out! :)