**Reading Experience 2017**

In 2017, I embarked on a journey to read numerous books that would shape my reading experience. The world itself was a significant aspect of many of these books, with authors like Stephenie Garber crafting immersive worlds that captivated me. However, there were instances where the world-building didn't quite resonate with me.

**Favorite Books**

On the other hand, some books managed to put a smile on my face and transport me to different realms. One such book was "Love & Lies" by Casey Wes, which I found to be an absolute delight. The author's writing style made it impossible for me not to laugh out loud, and the story was engaging and well-paced. Another favorite of mine was "The Names You Give Us" by Emory Lord, which touched my heart in ways I never expected.

**Books that Made Me Cry**

Unfortunately, there were several books that made me cry, often unexpectedly. Authors like Patrick Ness, Robin Ben, and Maggie Stiefvater had a profound impact on me, their stories evoking strong emotions within me. "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness was one of those books that truly crushed my soul. The writing was poignant, the characters relatable, and the story hauntingly beautiful.

**Most Unique Book**

When it comes to uniqueness, I'd like to highlight "Illuminate" by Emery Lord. This mixed-media book features a unique format with no actual dialogue in between, relying instead on texts and other formats to tell its story. The result is an engaging and thought-provoking read that's unlike anything else out there.

**Books that Made Me Angry**

While not all books evoke strong emotions, some do leave me feeling angry or disappointed. "The Crooked Saints" by Maggie Stiefvater was one such book that made me feel quite mad. I was expecting a different story from the author and didn't love the ending as much as I had hoped for.

**Reading Challenges**

As for reading challenges, I set a goal of reading between 35 to 40 books in 2017. However, I ended up reading an impressive 103 books instead! While this was certainly a challenging feat, it also allowed me to discover new authors and read more than I ever thought possible.

**Most Anticipated Releases**

When it comes to 2018 releases, there are several titles that have piqued my interest. One of the most anticipated is "Vengeful" by V.E. Schwab, which promises to be a thrilling addition to her Shades of Magic series. Another highly anticipated release is the final book in the Throne of Glass series, as well as the sequel to "Warcross".

**Post-Release Reviewing**

One area I'd like to improve on in 2018 is posting more reviews. While I've been fairly consistent with my blog posts, I feel that I can do better. My goal for 2018 is to ensure that I read at least eight books per month and post thorough, detailed reviews of those titles.

**Reading Schedule**

In terms of reading schedule, I have a few books on my shelf waiting to be devoured. Unfortunately, these books are from the upcoming year, which means they won't get the attention they deserve until 2018.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello everyone today I'm here to do my 2017 reading survey so what this is is every year Jamie over at the Metro page-turner which is a blog which I'll link down below she comes up with the yearly survey of your reading year as a whole she has a myriad of questions and I did this last year I'll link my video down below and right here and there's a lot of questions like four pages worth and link her original blog post down below if you're interested in doing this survey every gonna check her out I love her she's a great person so let's get into the survey because there's a lot of questions also my books are literally scattered off to the place so this is gonna be fun too so the first one is just stats and this is the number of books you read I read a hundred and three books and dozens Oh Dean don't ask me how number of rereads I think I read reread - I want to say I reread a couple of the Harry Potter books I listened to them and the last stat is genre read the most from this year it was definitely contemporary coming in with fantasy at second so the first question is the hardest one on the bunch honestly and then is the best book you read in 2017 and looking back on 2017 I don't know how I'm gonna like but there is this is really hard to comprise because there's a lot of books I love but I don't know if there's one in particular that is my sole favorite so I'm gonna show you three of them because we don't know where they're at the range of my favorites you don't know first one is the darker shade of magic trilogy by the Schwab obsessed with this series another favorite I had this year was renegades by Marissa Meyer and another favorite as well is tower of John by Sarah J Maas so those are just three of my favorites because a lot more question number two sorry I'm gonna have to hold my sheet because I have books literally everywhere book you were excited about and thought you were gonna love more but didn't I have two picks for this well because I clearly can't make up my mind the first one being stalking Jack the Ripper by Carrie Maniscalco I thought I was gonna fall in love with this book and I sadly did not enjoy it at all I'm definitely the unpopular opinion here a lot of people love this book another one I thought I was really gonna love is girls made of snow and glass by Melissa bar shadows this is kind of a dark retelling us know why did not like that as well I don't know if I'm gonna unpopular opinion that one no time what's up the next question is most surprising in a good or bad way books that you read and for that definitely is illuminated by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman I had heard about this book for a couple of years and put off reading it and I was like I'm not gonna enjoy it I finally just bit the bullet bought it and I ended up loving it so it definitely surprised me I was not expecting to love it as much as I did that is for sure question before is book you pushed most people to read and they did and for that one I feel like I push a lot of books but in particularly I've been pushing a lot lately because I don't feel like it's gotten enough recognition as it deserves and me and Oliver by Robin Ben way I love that book and it's very very highly underrated and after saying I've loved it so much at least five or six people have commented and said they read it and loved it as well so I think people have read it I hope so I've not read it so question number five is a myriad of them so Beth's serious you started in 2013 best sequel 2013 and best series Endor 2017 so for Siri starters oh crap so so many I'd have to go with renegade by Marissa Meyer I just love this book is a great series starter starter or cross by Marie Lu I'm really excited to see where that's gonna go on sequels there were a lot of really good sequels this year one was one dark throne by kadar Blake Lucifer what was our dark duet by Victoria Schwab this I think this is gonna be my favorite sequel of the year that's one they'll call it as and um series Enders created a series Enders I guess technically I could say crooked Kingdom by Leigh bardugo that was a great series ender I wouldn't say wings are ruined but technically it's not the end so I'm gonna say coffee Kingdom question number six is favorite new author you discovered in 2017 which there's a lot I'm gonna go and I'm trying to like broaden my horizons I'm gonna say Eliza our monsters were more specifically I should say French Francesca's Apia I really enjoyed her reading so definitely a new to me offer question number seven is best book from Amazon or you don't typically read or was out of your comfort zone for this one I'm gonna choose further because it's still a genre I'm very much new to and I'm still not a hundred second comforter with it because there's no throwers I'm like no but the one that I really enjoyed that was from that genre would be final girls by Riley say first number eight is most action-packed thrilling on potable down book of the year war cross by Marie Lu definitely was action-packed from start to finish honestly question number nine is bookie right in 2017 and her most likely to reread in 2018 I don't reread a lot but the one book that came to mind that I want to reread and that's honestly the truth is the hating game buy sell a thorn such a fun cute steamy chiclet that I really would re-read which number 10 is favorite cover of a book you read in 2017 that one without a doubt a strengths the dreamer by Laini Taylor look at the gorgeousness of this question number eleven is most memorable character 2017 and I don't know homage there's so many characters or remember all but I have a horrible memory so I'm just gonna leave the Sun blade we have most beautifully written book up 2017 and for me personally that could be strain so dreamer by Laini Taylor and far from the tree by Robin Ben way I love love love the way Robin bed might writes my number 13 is most thought-provoking slash and life-changing book up 2017 for that I paid sighs by neo Schusterman that's a book kind of about the size that control life population and it really searched you'd get to thinking between life and death it was very very thought-provoking or fourteen is a book that you cannot believe you waited until 2017 to be hit and that is definitely a darker shade of magic the first book by ve Schwab I am so mad I waited so long to read that book I'm sitting on my TBR for like two years what is wrong with me super 15 his favorite passage / quote from a book you read seventeen let this one blank because I just didn't do the research horrible next question is staffed again so the shortest and longest book you read the shortest one for me was relished by Lucy Kinsley which was one hundred and seventy three pages and the longest book I read this year was Lord Of Shadows by Cassandra Clare which was seven hundred and one pages I mean this is a weapon question number 17 is book shocked you the most final girls I really say her again the ending shocked me didn't see it coming what the heck also within that is Mary Topeka's don't you cry this was the kind of I thought I guess the ending of this book like five times what's wrong off time question number 18 is OTP of the year your favorite ship baron rice and I well I didn't love this book as much as I wanted to I will forever love fair on rice and together question is favorite non-romantic relationships beer I'm gonna go with the crew from a victus and Ryan Grandin now within this crew there are romantic relationships in it but I'm just talking about the crew as a whole I really found them it's a great group of friends and they were just awesome so I picked that one siblings and far from the tree loved loved loved them number twenty s favorite book you read dozen eighteen from author you've read previously for that one I'm gonna go with might not say perfect life by Sophie Kinsella I love this book number 21 is best book you read in 2017 that you read based solely on a recommendation from somebody else slash peer pressure which could be a lot of my shop before Manas with you so I don't know what to pick I feel like dark matter by Blake crouches one because a lot of people were recommending it to me and I wasn't necessarily like 100% sold on it but I kept hearing good things about it and I'm liking it so I guess I can watch number 22 is newest fictional crush deaflink L from a darker shade of magic trilogy love him question were 23 is best 2017 debut oh prep Oh sword I'm gonna go with - when diplomat Rishi by Sonam Menon and giggorilla by Ashley Poston that's world-building most vivid setting you've read this year it's never gonna go with Caravelle by Stephenie Garber well I didn't love this book the world voting and the world setting I loved number 25 is book that put a smile on your face a slash was the most fun to read love life and list by Casey Wes was amazing book that made you cry or nearly cry in 2017 oh crap a lot of books actually made me cry more than I was expecting to the names you gave us by Emory Lord make me cry the afterlife of hauling chase by sending a ham which I was not expecting made me cry and far from the tree but Robin Ben made me cry like I don't usually cry a lot of books these wouldn't say soft but I definitely shed a few tears hidden gem of the year I said it again and I'll say it again and that is a me and Oliver but Rob anyway this was not released in 2017 so it's all good out there but no book to talks about it it was amazing question 428 is books that crushed your soul I guess technically all those books I talked about that made me cry crushed my soul but in particular I I don't know where it's at so I'm sort of picture a monster calls by Patrick Ness destroyed me he 429 is most unique book you read it's a 17 and for that I'm definitely gonna have to go with illuminate because it's a mixed-media book full of just there's no like actual dialogue in between it's like texts and stuff like that definitely and very unique where 30 is book that made you the most mad and doesn't necessarily mean that you didn't like it I'm gonna take that literally because why not all the crooked Saints by Maggie Steve otter me mad because I just was very disappointed with this book I just didn't love it um then there is a whole slew of questions from the blog section and I was gonna do them and I was like this videos gonna be far too long so if you guys want a video of like it asks questions about kind of your blogging or gets video like YouTube in year as a whole let me know I'd be more than happy to do so I'll leave the questions down below for you to see if you want a video on that but for times sake I'm just kidding and the last questions just kind of looking to next year and the first one of that being is that you complete any reading challenges or goals that you had set for yourself for this year and yes I set for myself to read like 35 to 40 books and I read 103 so tip that one out for one book that you didn't get to this year but it's making your number one priority for next year The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 2018 it's gonna happen it's gonna have to happen otherwise I'm just I don't know what do myself book your most anticipating for 2018 this is gonna be a non debut um so so many I have a whole video of my most anticipated reads but one in particular is vengeful by ve Schwab I Stoke doesn't even begin to cover it gives us an 18 releases the 2018 debut year of us anticipating else but Daniel very very much looking forward to that one um series ending slash a sequel your most anticipating a lot thrown a glass number seven is probably up there because it's gonna be the last book in that series so I'm very interested to see how that's gonna plant pan out the seek would have renegades a sequel to one dark throne and like war cross so many sequels one thing you're hoping to accomplish more do more and you're reading slash blogging in 2018 um post more reviews I feel like I'm pretty good at that but I would really like to get to the point where if I read ten books you're gonna get at least eight reviews Oh a month of those eight books hopefully this is my right I'm the last question is the 2018 release you've already read and recommend to everyone if applicable um I haven't read a 2018 releases and I do have quite a few sitting on my shelf I want to read those the year they come out I feel like it's I don't know it's just me I feel like I want to read those in 2018 was the 2017 reading survey son with quite jumbled because books are just everywhere so I was like gotta get through this gotta find the book so I'm sorry if it seemed very chaotic because it was well either way I hope you guys enjoyed it and let me know if you want that video of just me answering the questions about my youtubing life as a whole for 2017 if you enjoyed this video be sure to give it a thumbs up hit subscribe and I will see you guys in my next one Ohhello everyone today I'm here to do my 2017 reading survey so what this is is every year Jamie over at the Metro page-turner which is a blog which I'll link down below she comes up with the yearly survey of your reading year as a whole she has a myriad of questions and I did this last year I'll link my video down below and right here and there's a lot of questions like four pages worth and link her original blog post down below if you're interested in doing this survey every gonna check her out I love her she's a great person so let's get into the survey because there's a lot of questions also my books are literally scattered off to the place so this is gonna be fun too so the first one is just stats and this is the number of books you read I read a hundred and three books and dozens Oh Dean don't ask me how number of rereads I think I read reread - I want to say I reread a couple of the Harry Potter books I listened to them and the last stat is genre read the most from this year it was definitely contemporary coming in with fantasy at second so the first question is the hardest one on the bunch honestly and then is the best book you read in 2017 and looking back on 2017 I don't know how I'm gonna like but there is this is really hard to comprise because there's a lot of books I love but I don't know if there's one in particular that is my sole favorite so I'm gonna show you three of them because we don't know where they're at the range of my favorites you don't know first one is the darker shade of magic trilogy by the Schwab obsessed with this series another favorite I had this year was renegades by Marissa Meyer and another favorite as well is tower of John by Sarah J Maas so those are just three of my favorites because a lot more question number two sorry I'm gonna have to hold my sheet because I have books literally everywhere book you were excited about and thought you were gonna love more but didn't I have two picks for this well because I clearly can't make up my mind the first one being stalking Jack the Ripper by Carrie Maniscalco I thought I was gonna fall in love with this book and I sadly did not enjoy it at all I'm definitely the unpopular opinion here a lot of people love this book another one I thought I was really gonna love is girls made of snow and glass by Melissa bar shadows this is kind of a dark retelling us know why did not like that as well I don't know if I'm gonna unpopular opinion that one no time what's up the next question is most surprising in a good or bad way books that you read and for that definitely is illuminated by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman I had heard about this book for a couple of years and put off reading it and I was like I'm not gonna enjoy it I finally just bit the bullet bought it and I ended up loving it so it definitely surprised me I was not expecting to love it as much as I did that is for sure question before is book you pushed most people to read and they did and for that one I feel like I push a lot of books but in particularly I've been pushing a lot lately because I don't feel like it's gotten enough recognition as it deserves and me and Oliver by Robin Ben way I love that book and it's very very highly underrated and after saying I've loved it so much at least five or six people have commented and said they read it and loved it as well so I think people have read it I hope so I've not read it so question number five is a myriad of them so Beth's serious you started in 2013 best sequel 2013 and best series Endor 2017 so for Siri starters oh crap so so many I'd have to go with renegade by Marissa Meyer I just love this book is a great series starter starter or cross by Marie Lu I'm really excited to see where that's gonna go on sequels there were a lot of really good sequels this year one was one dark throne by kadar Blake Lucifer what was our dark duet by Victoria Schwab this I think this is gonna be my favorite sequel of the year that's one they'll call it as and um series Enders created a series Enders I guess technically I could say crooked Kingdom by Leigh bardugo that was a great series ender I wouldn't say wings are ruined but technically it's not the end so I'm gonna say coffee Kingdom question number six is favorite new author you discovered in 2017 which there's a lot I'm gonna go and I'm trying to like broaden my horizons I'm gonna say Eliza our monsters were more specifically I should say French Francesca's Apia I really enjoyed her reading so definitely a new to me offer question number seven is best book from Amazon or you don't typically read or was out of your comfort zone for this one I'm gonna choose further because it's still a genre I'm very much new to and I'm still not a hundred second comforter with it because there's no throwers I'm like no but the one that I really enjoyed that was from that genre would be final girls by Riley say first number eight is most action-packed thrilling on potable down book of the year war cross by Marie Lu definitely was action-packed from start to finish honestly question number nine is bookie right in 2017 and her most likely to reread in 2018 I don't reread a lot but the one book that came to mind that I want to reread and that's honestly the truth is the hating game buy sell a thorn such a fun cute steamy chiclet that I really would re-read which number 10 is favorite cover of a book you read in 2017 that one without a doubt a strengths the dreamer by Laini Taylor look at the gorgeousness of this question number eleven is most memorable character 2017 and I don't know homage there's so many characters or remember all but I have a horrible memory so I'm just gonna leave the Sun blade we have most beautifully written book up 2017 and for me personally that could be strain so dreamer by Laini Taylor and far from the tree by Robin Ben way I love love love the way Robin bed might writes my number 13 is most thought-provoking slash and life-changing book up 2017 for that I paid sighs by neo Schusterman that's a book kind of about the size that control life population and it really searched you'd get to thinking between life and death it was very very thought-provoking or fourteen is a book that you cannot believe you waited until 2017 to be hit and that is definitely a darker shade of magic the first book by ve Schwab I am so mad I waited so long to read that book I'm sitting on my TBR for like two years what is wrong with me super 15 his favorite passage / quote from a book you read seventeen let this one blank because I just didn't do the research horrible next question is staffed again so the shortest and longest book you read the shortest one for me was relished by Lucy Kinsley which was one hundred and seventy three pages and the longest book I read this year was Lord Of Shadows by Cassandra Clare which was seven hundred and one pages I mean this is a weapon question number 17 is book shocked you the most final girls I really say her again the ending shocked me didn't see it coming what the heck also within that is Mary Topeka's don't you cry this was the kind of I thought I guess the ending of this book like five times what's wrong off time question number 18 is OTP of the year your favorite ship baron rice and I well I didn't love this book as much as I wanted to I will forever love fair on rice and together question is favorite non-romantic relationships beer I'm gonna go with the crew from a victus and Ryan Grandin now within this crew there are romantic relationships in it but I'm just talking about the crew as a whole I really found them it's a great group of friends and they were just awesome so I picked that one siblings and far from the tree loved loved loved them number twenty s favorite book you read dozen eighteen from author you've read previously for that one I'm gonna go with might not say perfect life by Sophie Kinsella I love this book number 21 is best book you read in 2017 that you read based solely on a recommendation from somebody else slash peer pressure which could be a lot of my shop before Manas with you so I don't know what to pick I feel like dark matter by Blake crouches one because a lot of people were recommending it to me and I wasn't necessarily like 100% sold on it but I kept hearing good things about it and I'm liking it so I guess I can watch number 22 is newest fictional crush deaflink L from a darker shade of magic trilogy love him question were 23 is best 2017 debut oh prep Oh sword I'm gonna go with - when diplomat Rishi by Sonam Menon and giggorilla by Ashley Poston that's world-building most vivid setting you've read this year it's never gonna go with Caravelle by Stephenie Garber well I didn't love this book the world voting and the world setting I loved number 25 is book that put a smile on your face a slash was the most fun to read love life and list by Casey Wes was amazing book that made you cry or nearly cry in 2017 oh crap a lot of books actually made me cry more than I was expecting to the names you gave us by Emory Lord make me cry the afterlife of hauling chase by sending a ham which I was not expecting made me cry and far from the tree but Robin Ben made me cry like I don't usually cry a lot of books these wouldn't say soft but I definitely shed a few tears hidden gem of the year I said it again and I'll say it again and that is a me and Oliver but Rob anyway this was not released in 2017 so it's all good out there but no book to talks about it it was amazing question 428 is books that crushed your soul I guess technically all those books I talked about that made me cry crushed my soul but in particular I I don't know where it's at so I'm sort of picture a monster calls by Patrick Ness destroyed me he 429 is most unique book you read it's a 17 and for that I'm definitely gonna have to go with illuminate because it's a mixed-media book full of just there's no like actual dialogue in between it's like texts and stuff like that definitely and very unique where 30 is book that made you the most mad and doesn't necessarily mean that you didn't like it I'm gonna take that literally because why not all the crooked Saints by Maggie Steve otter me mad because I just was very disappointed with this book I just didn't love it um then there is a whole slew of questions from the blog section and I was gonna do them and I was like this videos gonna be far too long so if you guys want a video of like it asks questions about kind of your blogging or gets video like YouTube in year as a whole let me know I'd be more than happy to do so I'll leave the questions down below for you to see if you want a video on that but for times sake I'm just kidding and the last questions just kind of looking to next year and the first one of that being is that you complete any reading challenges or goals that you had set for yourself for this year and yes I set for myself to read like 35 to 40 books and I read 103 so tip that one out for one book that you didn't get to this year but it's making your number one priority for next year The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 2018 it's gonna happen it's gonna have to happen otherwise I'm just I don't know what do myself book your most anticipating for 2018 this is gonna be a non debut um so so many I have a whole video of my most anticipated reads but one in particular is vengeful by ve Schwab I Stoke doesn't even begin to cover it gives us an 18 releases the 2018 debut year of us anticipating else but Daniel very very much looking forward to that one um series ending slash a sequel your most anticipating a lot thrown a glass number seven is probably up there because it's gonna be the last book in that series so I'm very interested to see how that's gonna plant pan out the seek would have renegades a sequel to one dark throne and like war cross so many sequels one thing you're hoping to accomplish more do more and you're reading slash blogging in 2018 um post more reviews I feel like I'm pretty good at that but I would really like to get to the point where if I read ten books you're gonna get at least eight reviews Oh a month of those eight books hopefully this is my right I'm the last question is the 2018 release you've already read and recommend to everyone if applicable um I haven't read a 2018 releases and I do have quite a few sitting on my shelf I want to read those the year they come out I feel like it's I don't know it's just me I feel like I want to read those in 2018 was the 2017 reading survey son with quite jumbled because books are just everywhere so I was like gotta get through this gotta find the book so I'm sorry if it seemed very chaotic because it was well either way I hope you guys enjoyed it and let me know if you want that video of just me answering the questions about my youtubing life as a whole for 2017 if you enjoyed this video be sure to give it a thumbs up hit subscribe and I will see you guys in my next one Oh\n"