<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Meghan Griffin]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://megggriffin.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Megg Griffin]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://megggriffin.com/author/lafoiaveugle/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[2016: A Book&nbsp;Review]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>One of my resolutions is to remember to post more (I got overwhelmed between trying to write more and adjusting to my new city!) But I did still read a ton, and I was organizing my books into categories when I saw Mari at <a href="https://storyandsomnomancy.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Story and Somnomancy</a> post this breakdown that I liked, that it looks like Jamie at <a href="http://www.perpetualpageturner.com/2016/12/7th-annual-end-of-year-survey-2016-edition.html">Perpetual Page Turner</a> posted. So here&#8217;s my reading habits broken down from 2016 &#8211; enjoy!</p>
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<h1 style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><span style="color:#008000;text-decoration:underline;">2016 Reading Stats</span></strong></span></h1>
<p><span style="color:#339966;"><strong>Number of books read:</strong> </span><span><span style="color:#ff00ff;">80</span></span><br />
<strong><span style="color:#339966;">Genre You Read the Most From: </span></strong><span><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Young Adult (too </span></span><span style="color:#ff00ff;">vague?) </span></p>
<p><em><strong>*added in*</strong></em><br />
<span style="color:#339966;"><strong>Under 250 pages (not including novellas):</strong> <span style="color:#ff00ff;">26</span></span><br />
<span style="color:#339966;"><strong>Between 400-449 pages:</strong> <span style="color:#ff00ff;">6</span></span><br />
<span style="color:#339966;"><strong>Between 450-499 pages:</strong> <span style="color:#ff00ff;">1</span></span><br />
<span style="color:#339966;"><strong>Over 500 pages: </strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;">2</span></span><br />
<span style="color:#339966;"><strong>Over 1000 pages:</strong>  <span style="color:#ff00ff;">0</span></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><span style="color:#339966;text-decoration:underline;">Number of…</span></strong></span><br />
<span style="color:#339966;"><strong>Audiobooks:</strong> </span><span><span style="color:#ff00ff;">10</span></span><br />
<span style="color:#339966;"><strong>Re-reads:</strong> <span style="color:#ff00ff;">11</span></span><br />
<span style="color:#339966;"><strong>DNFs (did not finish):</strong> <span style="color:#ff00ff;">2 (About 5-7 that I plan on finishing, but shelved for now.)</span></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><span style="color:#339966;text-decoration:underline;">Number of books rated…</span></strong></span><br />
<span style="color:#339966;"><strong>Five Stars:</strong> <span style="color:#ff00ff;">21 (9 of which were comic volumes) </span></span><br />
<strong><span style="color:#339966;">One/Two Stars: </span></strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;">7 2 stars, 0 1 stars</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#339966;">Number of authors met in 2016:  </span></strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;">11</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Victoria Aveyard (Signed)</span></li>
<li><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Sophie Jordan</span></li>
<li><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Rouhani Chokshi (Signed)</span></li>
<li><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Sarah McCarry</span></li>
<li><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Marie Rutkoski</span></li>
<li><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Renee Ahdieh</span></li>
<li><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Victoria Schwab (x2&#8230;.and already planning to see her in 2017 T__T) (Signed) </span></li>
<li><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Sarah Porter</span></li>
<li><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Fran Wilde </span></li>
<li><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Kim Liggett (Signed) </span></li>
<li><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Erika Lewis</span></li>
</ul>
<p><strong><span style="color:#339966;">Number of book events attended in 2016: </span></strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;">5</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#339966;">Number of books you read in one day: </span></strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;">2 at the most</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#339966;">Number of books that made you cry: </span></strong><span><span style="color:#ff00ff;">At least 12. I am a crier. </span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#339966;">Number of 2017 books you have on pre-order: </span></strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;">0 (I don&#8217;t pre-order, I just wander into BoW eventually.) </span></p>
<h1 style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#008000;"><strong>Best in Books</strong></span></h1>
<p><strong><span style="color:#339966;">1. Best Book You Read in 2016:</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Stand-Alone: <span style="color:#ff00ff;"><em>Station Eleven</em> by Emily St. John Mandel</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Series: <span style="color:#ff00ff;"><em>Firebird</em> (<em>A Thousand Pieces of You,</em> etc) by Claudia Gray</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Mid-Series: <span style="color:#ff00ff;"><em>A Gathering of Shadows</em> by V.E. Schwab</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Graphic Novel: <span style="color:#ff00ff;"><em>Paper Girls</em> by Brian K. Vaughan</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong><span style="color:#339966;">2. Book You Were Excited About and Thought You Were Going To Love More But Didn&#8217;t? </span></strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;"><em>Remembrance</em> by Meg Cabot, <em>The Last Star</em> by Rick Yancey</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#339966;"><strong>3. Most Surprising (in a good or bad way) Book You Read?</strong> </span><span style="color:#ff00ff;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><em>Horrorstör</em></span> by Grady Hendrix</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong><span style="color:#339966;">4. Book You &#8220;Pushed&#8221; The Most People to Read (And They Did)? </span></strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;"><em>A Darker Shade of Magic</em> by V.E. Schwab</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong><span style="color:#339966;">5. Best Series You Started in 2016?  Best Sequel of 2016? Best Series Ender of 2016?</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Best Series You Started in 2016? <span style="color:#ff00ff;"><em>Asylum</em> by Madeleine Roux </span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Best Sequel of 2016? <span style="color:#ff00ff;"><em>A Gathering of Shadows</em> by V.E. Schwab</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Best Series Ender of 2016? <span style="color:#ff00ff;"><em>Firebird</em> series by  Claudia Gray</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong><span style="color:#339966;">6. Favorite New Author You Discovered in 2016? </span></strong><span style="color:#339966;"><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Ernest Cline and Rouhani Chokshi</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong><span style="color:#339966;">7. Best Book From a Genre You Didn&#8217;t Typically Read/Was Out of Your Comfort Zone? </span></strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;"><em>The Color of Water: A Black Man&#8217;s Tribute to His White Mother</em> by James McBride</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#339966;"><strong>8. Most Action-Packed/Thrilling/Unputdownable Book of the Year?</strong> <em><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Ready Player One</span></em><span style="color:#ff00ff;"> by Ernest Cline</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong><span style="color:#339966;">9. Book You Read in 2016 That You Are Most Likely To Re-Read Next Year? </span></strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;">I mean obviously <em>A Gathering of Shadows</em>, prior to the final book&#8217;s release.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong><span style="color:#339966;">10. Favorite Cover of a Book You Read In 2016? </span></strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;">The Wicked + Divine 1831 (both), A Gathering of Shadows, This Savage Song</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong><span style="color:#339966;">11. Most Memorable Character of 2016? </span></strong><span style="color:#339966;"><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Lila Bard. Still to this day. </span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong><span style="color:#339966;">12. Most Beautifully Written Book Read in 2016? </span></strong><span style="color:#339966;"><span style="color:#ff00ff;"><em>Station Eleven</em> by Emily St. John Madel and <em>The Star-Touched Queen</em> by Rouhani Chokshi</span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#339966;">13. Most Thought-Provoking/ Life-Changing Book of 2016? </span></strong><span><span><span style="color:#ff00ff;">?</span><em><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Laughable Love</span></em><span style="color:#ff00ff;"> by Milan Kundera</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#339966;"><strong>14. Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2016 to finally read?</strong> </span><span style="color:#ff00ff;">World War Z by Max Brooks</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#339966;">15. Favorite Passage/Quote From A Book You Read In 2016? </span></strong><span style="color:#339966;"><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Taken from <em>After the Witch Hunt</em> by Megan Falley </span></span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="color:#ff00ff;">“The first time we made love I realized why</span><br />
<span style="color:#ff00ff;">I never prayed. One human can only say</span><br />
<span style="color:#ff00ff;"><i>Oh God</i> so many times.”</span></p></blockquote>
<p><strong><span style="color:#339966;">16. Shortest &amp; Longest Book You Read In 2016? </span></strong><em><span style="color:#339966;"><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Carry On</span></span></em><span style="color:#339966;"><span style="color:#ff00ff;"> by Rainbow Rowell (longest) and Belinda Blinked.</span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#339966;">17. Book That Shocked You The Most </span></strong><span style="color:#339966;">(Because of a plot twist, character death, left you hanging with your mouth wide open, etc.) <em><span style="color:#ff00ff;">A Gathering of Shadows </span></em><span style="color:#ff00ff;">(I KNOW I KNOW)</span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#339966;">18. OTP OF THE YEAR (you will go down with this ship!)<br />
</span><span style="color:#339966;">(OTP = one true pairing if you aren’t familiar) </span></strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Rhy and Alucard FOR SURE</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#339966;">19. Favorite Non-Romantic Relationship Of The Year </span></strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Harlan Coben brought back Myron Bolitar and Win Lockwood and my heart was full again. </span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#339966;">20. Favorite Book You Read in 2016 From An Author You’ve Read Previously: </span></strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;"><em>Home</em> by Harlan Coben</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#339966;">21. Best Book You Read In 2016 That You Read Based SOLELY On A Recommendation From Somebody Else/Peer Pressure: </span></strong><em><span style="color:#339966;"><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Station Eleven </span></span></em><span style="color:#ff00ff;">by Emily St. John Mandel</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#339966;">22. Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2016? </span></strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Alucard Emery </span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#339966;">23. Best 2016 debut you read? </span></strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;">The Star-Touched Queen by Rouhani Chokshi</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#339966;">24. Best Worldbuilding/Most Vivid Setting You Read This Year? </span></strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;">?</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#339966;">25. Book That Put A Smile On Your Face/Was The Most FUN To Read? </span></strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;">?</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#339966;">26. Book That Made You Cry Or Nearly Cry in 2016? </span></strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;">12 books. I am a crier. I don&#8217;t think I can list them all.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#339966;">27. Hidden Gem Of The Year? </span></strong><span style="color:#339966;"><span style="color:#ff00ff;"><em>What&#8217;s a Soulmate</em> by Lindsey Ouimet</span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#339966;">28. Book That Crushed Your Soul? </span></strong><span><span style="color:#ff00ff;">I honestly cannot think of one. </span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#339966;">29. Most Unique Book You Read In 2016? </span></strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;">I have no idea — I guess <em>Harry Potter and the Cursed Child</em>, as it was the only drama I read. </span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#339966;">30. Book That Made You The Most Mad (doesn’t necessarily mean you didn’t like it)? </span></strong><span style="color:#ff00ff;"><em>A Gathering of Shadows</em>, because of the bloody cliffhanger. </span></p>
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<h1 style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ff6600;"><strong>LOOKING AHEAD</strong></span></h1>
<p><strong><span style="color:#ff9900;">1. One Book You Didn’t Get To In 2016 But Will Be Your Number 1 Priority in 2017? </span></strong><em><span style="color:#ff9900;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Heartless </span></span></em><span style="color:#ff9900;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">by Marissa Meyer</span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#ff9900;">2. Book You Are Most Anticipating For 2017 (non-debut)? </span></strong><span style="color:#ff9900;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><em>The Bone Witch </em>by Rin Chupeco or<em> Carve the Mark</em> by Veronica Roth</span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#ff9900;">3. 2017 Debut You Are Most Anticipating? </span></strong><span style="color:#ff9900;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><em>Caraval</em> by Stephanie Garber</span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#ff9900;">4. Series Ending/A Sequel You Are Most Anticipating in 2017? </span></strong><span style="color:#ff9900;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><em>A Conjuring of Light</em> by V.E. Schwab</span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#ff9900;">5. One Thing You Hope To Accomplish Or Do In Your Reading/Blogging Life In 2017? </span></strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">Finally finish a book! </span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#ff9900;">6. A 2017 Release You’ve Already Read &amp; Recommend To Everyone:</span></strong><span style="color:#ff9900;"> <span style="color:#0000ff;">None yet</span></span></p>
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