Sandrine’s 2011 Year End Book Wrap Up
I know it’s almost the end of January, but it is still January and so I wanted to take some time to recap last year in reading for me.
Back in January 2011, I wrote about my reading goals for 2011, which was to read 48 books and 70 comic books. Thanks to Goodreads’ 2011 Reading Challenge I was able to keep track of things and here are the results.
The good news is that I not only reached but exceeded my comic book goal by reading 73 comic books. The bad news is that I didn’t quite reach my book goal and only read 43 books.
The other bad news is that I had signed up for the 2011 Young Adult Reading Challenge… yeah that didn’t totally work out. While I did reach my quota of reading 12 YA novels (yay me!), I unfortunately didn’t keep track of them on the host blog (boo me!).
Finally, like last year I am going to answer a few questions to recap and wrap up my 2011 reading. Once again I will separate books and comic books.
1. Best book of 2011?
Book: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Comic: Locke & Key by Joe Hill
2. Worst book of 2011?
Book: Lost Voices (Lost Voices #1) by Sarah Porter
Comic: Didn’t read anything bad
3. Most Disappointing Book of 2011?
Book: Crossed by Ally Condie
Comic: No comic book disappointed me
4. Most surprising (in a good way!) book of 2011?
Book: The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
Comic: Sweet Tooth by Jeff Lemire
5. Book you recommended to people most in 2011?
Book: Divergent (Divergent #1) by Veronica Roth, although the only reason I haven’t recommended The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern more is because I read it towards the end of the year.
Comic: The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman
6. Best series you discovered in 2011?
Book: Divergent (Divergent #1) by Veronica Roth
Comic: Locke & Key by Joe Hill
7. Favorite new authors you discovered in 2011?
Book: Sarah Addison Allen
Comic: Joe Hill
8. Most hilarious read of 2011?
Book: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker’s Guide #1) by Douglas Adams
Comic: Didn’t read any funny comic books
9. Most thrilling, unputdownable book in 2011?
Book: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Comic: Crossed by Garth Ennis (in a messed up kind of way)
10. Book you most anticipated in 2011?
Book: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
Comic: FreakAngels Vol. 5 by Warren Ellis
11. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2011?
Book: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
Comic: Chimichanga by Eric Powell (isn’t it adorable?!)
12. Most memorable character in 2011?
Book: Ellie from Angelfire (Angelfire #1) by Courtney Allison Moulton and Tris from Divergent (Divergent #1) by Veronica Roth
Comic: Madame Xanadu from Madame Xanadu by Matt Wagner
13. Most beautifully written book in 2011?
Book: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Comic: I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly
14. Book that had the greatest impact on you in 2011?
Book: Rereading Harry Potter probably is what impacted me the most in 2011.
Comic: Sweet Tooth by Jeff Lemire
15. Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2011 to finally read?
Book: I mostly read new releases so this would have to be The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
Comic: Locke & Key by Joe Hill
