This Year-End Survey was originally created and hosted by Jamie over at The Perpetual Page Turner. However, I see no recent iterations of this post. Feel free to linkup at the bottom of this post and visit others' posts, if you wish.
Jamie offers this opportunity to look back over the year of reading, recalling new favorites and listing some of the (many) books we didn’t manage to read.
Here’s my 2023 Year-End Survey.
2023 READING STATS
Number of books you read: 250
Re-Reads: 26 (I can't remember when I've had so many re-reads.)
Most Popular Genre: Picture Books. I read more fiction titles (29) than I have read in many years. I also read sixteen books about writing.
BEST IN BOOKS
Best Book You Read In 2023? Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard.
Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going To Love More But Didn’t? Find Your Unicorn Space had a great title, and I thought it was going to tell me a lot about creativity, but instead, it ended up being more of a memoir.
Most surprising (in a good way or bad way) book you read? The Bee Sting by Paul Murray. I don't want to say any more about it. Otherwise, it won't be surprising.
Favorite new author you discovered in 2023? Claire Keegan.
Best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone? Huda F Cares. It's a graphic novel, and it's excellent.
Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year? The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler.
Most memorable character of 2023 Winn-Dixie. What a great dog.
Most beautifully written book read in 2023? The Bee Sting. But know going in that it is bleak, bleak, bleak.
Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2023 to finally read? The Count of Monte Cristo.
Shortest & Longest Book You Read In 2023? Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh has 36 pages. The Count of Monte Cristo has 1,276 pages.
Favorite Book You Read in 2023 From An Author You’ve Read Previously? Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver and Tom Lake by Ann Patchett.
Best Book You Read In 2023 That You Read Based SOLELY On A Recommendation From Somebody Else/Peer Pressure? Most of the contemporary fiction books were based on other bloggers' recommendations: Hello Beautiful; We All Want Impossible Things: The Bee Sting.
Book That Put A Smile On Your Face/Was The Most FUN To Read? Stickler Loves the World by Lane Smith (picture book).
Hidden Gem Of The Year? We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman.
Most Unique Book You Read In 2023? Wed Wabbit by Lissa Evans.
YOUR BLOGGING/BOOKISH LIFE
Best event that you participated in (author signings, festivals, virtual events, memes, etc.)? Paris in July.
Best moment of bookish/blogging life in 2023? Celebrating fifteen years of blogging.
Best bookish discovery (book-related sites, bookstores, etc.)? I enjoyed meeting lots of new book bloggers this year. I hope I'll meet more next year.
Did you complete any reading challenges or goals that you had set for yourself at the beginning of this year? Yes, all nine of them.
LOOKING AHEAD
One Book You Didn’t Get To In 2023 But Will Be Your Number 1 Priority in 2024? The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride.
Book You Are Most Anticipating For 2024 (non-debut)? Somehow: Thoughts on Love by Anne Lamott
Series Ending/A Sequel You Are Most Anticipating in 2024? The Oz books.
One Thing You Hope To Accomplish Or Do In Your Reading/Blogging Life In 2024? Read slower and savor in 2024.
So concludes this year-end survey. Congratulations if you made it all the way through to the end! What have you been reading this year? And what are you looking forward to reading next?
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