It’s BACK! My little survey I created for myself to recap what I read in 2010 suddenly grew when a bunch of others jumped in and has turned into such a fun end of year event that I have LOVED hosting and has made my TBR list grow immensely! So without further ado: the 11th annual End of Year Book Survey!
So feel to fill this out whenever you feel like it (please link back to this post/credit me)…whether that’s today or in January — I know everybody will want to reflect at different points! Feel free to link up and share your End of Year Book Survey and visit others on the list!
I will be filling mine out closer to January!
Note: The survey is for books you read throughout the year, no matter when they were published, and is not limited to just books that came out in 2020!
**2020 READING STATS**
Number Of Books You Read:
Number of Re-Reads:
Genre You Read The Most From:
1. Best Book You Read In 2020?
(If you have to cheat — you can break it down by genre if you want or 2020 release vs. backlist)
2. Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going To Love More But Didn’t?
3. Most surprising (in a good way or bad way) book you read?
4. Book You “Pushed” The Most People To Read (And They Did)?
5. Best series you started in 2020? Best Sequel? Best Series Ender of 2020?
6. Favorite new author you discovered in 2020?
7. Best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone?
8. Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year?
9. Book You Read In 2020 That You Would Be MOST Likely To Re-Read Next Year?
10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2020?
11. Most memorable character of 2020?
12. Most beautifully written book read in 2020?
13. Most Thought-Provoking/ Life-Changing Book of 2020?
14. Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2020 to finally read?
15. Favorite Passage/Quote From A Book You Read In 2020?
16.Shortest & Longest Book You Read In 2020?
How I did this: Went to my read books on Goodreads and sorted by page number and just looked for what I knew I read this year that was the shortest and longest.
17. Book That Shocked You The Most
(Because of a plot twist, character death, left you hanging with your mouth wide open, etc.)
18. OTP OF THE YEAR (you will go down with this ship!)
(OTP = one true pairing if you aren’t familiar)
19. Favorite Non-Romantic Relationship Of The Year
20. Favorite Book You Read in 2020 From An Author You’ve Read Previously
21. Best Book You Read In 2020 That You Read Based SOLELY On A Recommendation From Somebody Else/Peer Pressure/Bookstagram, Etc.:
22. Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2020?
23. Best 2020 debut you read?
24. Best Worldbuilding/Most Vivid Setting You Read This Year?
25. Book That Put A Smile On Your Face/Was The Most FUN To Read?
26. Book That Made You Cry Or Nearly Cry in 2020?
27. Hidden Gem Of The Year?
28. Book That Crushed Your Soul?
29. Most Unique Book You Read In 2020?
30. Book That Made You The Most Mad (doesn’t necessarily mean you didn’t like it)?
1. New favorite book blog/Bookstagram/Youtube channel you discovered in 2020?
2. Favorite post you wrote in 2020?
3. Favorite bookish related photo you took in 2020?
4. Best bookish event that you participated in (author signings, festivals, virtual events, etc.)?
5. Best moment of bookish/blogging life in 2020?
6. Most challenging thing about blogging or your reading life this year?
7. Most Popular Post This Year On Your Blog (whether it be by comments or views)?
8. Post You Wished Got A Little More Love?
9. Best bookish discover (book related sites, book stores, etc.)?
10. Did you complete any reading challenges or goals that you had set for yourself at the beginning of this year?
1. One Book You Didn’t Get To In 2020 But Will Be Your Number 1 Priority in 2021?
2. Book You Are Most Anticipating For 2021 (non-debut)?
3. 2021 Debut You Are Most Anticipating?
4. Series Ending/A Sequel You Are Most Anticipating in 2021?
5. One Thing You Hope To Accomplish Or Do In Your Reading/Blogging Life In 2021?
6. A 2021 Release You’ve Already Read & Recommend To Everyone (if applicable):
If you could, I’d love you to leave some feedback for any questions you’d LIKE to see on this survey in the future that perhaps I don’t have on here!
Wendle @ Marvel at Words says
Yay! And phew–I was worried this wasn’t coming; I’ve been keeping my eyes peeled for it for days now 🙂 Can’t wait to get cracking on my answers!
McKenzie Allyshia says
I love that you do this! I am working on my list for 2019 right now but it can be so hard to choose which books to put where and why sometimes.
Rachel @ Never Enough Novels says
I’m so excited to see you’re doing the book survey again this year! I already filled out my survey based on last years questions, but I’m planning to go back and add a few of the new questions you added. I can’t wait to see what other bloggers share!
Erin says
As always, thank you! One of my favorite things to do to wrap up the end of the year. Will start working on mine, it takes me awhile.
Jas @ XIV blog says
Ooh, these question are perfect! I’ll definitely be using this 🙂
Thank you so much!
megan says
This is my favorite thing to do at the end of the year and I love that you continue to share this! Thank you!
Raya @ Rayasreads says
Hello! I just discovered this today. And my hands are itching to fill this up asap now! 😀
Kimmy says
I love filling this out every year! Here’s mine for 2019: https://pingwings.ca/2019-end-of-year-survey/
Lillian @ Mom with a Reading Problem says
Thank you for hosting this again this year! I look forward to filling it out every year ☺️
Jessi @ Novel Heartbeat says
I can’t believe it’s been 11 years!! I’ve been blogging since 2011 and I’ve done the survey every single year (this is my 10th year!) so I’ve been with you almost since the beginning! Hard to believe it’s been that long!
Confuzzled Bev says
I’ve used slightly different/fewer questions but I’ve added my link anyway 🙂
Jen at Introverted Reader says
I found your survey after I wrote my “Year in Review” post but I stumbled on enough of the same topics that I feel comfortable linking up. Thanks for creating a space for us to share our wrap-ups!
Happy New Year!
Andrea says
Here’s mine for 2020: https://carolinabooknook.wordpress.com/2021/01/01/2020-end-of-year-survey/
Christie says
Thanks for this yearly survey, which I love doing. Here’s mine: https://theludicreader.com/2021/01/01/my-reading-year-in-review-2020/
Jorie says
Hallo, Hallo,…
I originally started participating in this survey five years ago but I never had the chance to release the posts between then and now! I finally have the chance to share my post around the time it was meant to go live! I was so happy to particpate as its my 7th Year as a book blogger. I expanded on the survey a bit but generally speaking I answered most of the questions but this year, some of the questions didn’t seem to fit me so I took them off and left the ones that did. Hope everyone is enjoying recapping their bookish lives!
Read Jorie’s End of the Year Survey