Books of 2019

Time for my yearly post!! :)

How many books read in 2019: 

105, the first time I've read over 100 since high school :O 

How many fiction and non fiction?: 

Most were fiction. I think I read 3 non fiction books? (a book about the history of King Arthur, a biography on Chaucer, and a self-help book for autistic adults).

Male/Female author ratio?: 

I think it was roughly equal?

Favorite book of 2019?: 

Skyward by Brandon Sanderson
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik 
Kenobi by John Jackson Miller

Defy the Fates by Claudia Gray

The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord

Knights of the Old republic comics (read the last chunk) by John Jackson Miller

Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey

Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

Tales of the Jedi (the second half)

Star Wars Clone Wars: Endgame

Galaxy of Fear series by John Whitman

Honor Among Thieves by James S.A. Corey

Razor's Edge by Martha Wells

The Winner's Kiss by Marie Rutkoski

Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina by various

The Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet by Backy Chambers

Attack on Titan mangas by Hajime Isayaa

Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin

The Vulcan Academy Murders by Jean Lorrah

Spock's World by Diane Duane

Least favorite?:

The Kiss Quotient 
Dear Martin 
Shadows in Flight 
Old Man's War

Newest?: 

Defy the Fates, I would think (it recently came out in 2019).

Longest and shortest book titles?:

Longest - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
Shortest - Emma

Longest and shortest books?: 

Longest book was Warbreaker at 688 pages
Shorest book was Legend of Korra Turf Wars 1 which was 76 pages


How many books from the library?: 

The majority were, BUT I have been working on reading books I own as well.

Any translated books?:

Attack on Titan from Japanese
Fullmetal Alchemist from Japanese
The Three Body Problem from Chinese


Most read author?: 

Probably John Whitman (since I read the entire Galaxy of Fear series this year).

Any re-reads?: 

I re-read some Attack on Titan mangas in order to catch up
Favorite character of the year?

Obi-Wan Kenobi
Spensa Nightshade
Noemi Vidal
Abel
Miryem
Alex
Grace Delarua
Zayne Carrik
Nomi Sunrider
Vima Sunrider
Joe Miller
Kestrel
Arin
Dllenahkh
Amanda Grayson
Sarek
Spock
Nemesis
Jarael
Vivenna
Siri
Vasher
Kelsier
Vin
Tash Arranda
Emma
Nya
Samantha
Mokoya
Akeha
Julie Mao
Harper



Which countries did you go to through the page in your year of reading?:

England, France, Lithuania, Russia, China, Ireland, etc

Which book wouldn't you have read without someone’s specific recommendation? 

I probably wouldn't have gotten to The Diabolic/The Empress, Etiquette and Espionage, The Black Tides of Heaven, The Three-Body Problem, The Eyre Affair, Redshirts, and All Systems Red this year without them being recommended to me.

Which author was new to you in 2019 that you now want to read the entire works of?

Karen Lord, Naomi Novik, James S.A. Corey, etc.

Which books are you annoyed you didn't read?:

several 
Daughter of Smoke and Bone (nearly done with the audiobook)
Jurassic Park (currently reading though!)
Trials of Apollo: The Tyrant's Tomb (also reading currently) 
The Collapsing Empire (Still reading)
Morning is a Long Time Coming (I DID interlibrary a loan it)


Did you read any books you have always been meaning to read?

YES! :)
Twelfth Night
Tales of the Jedi (read the second half)
Knights of the Old Republic comics (finished it!)
Clone Wars: Endgame (finished the last comic for this series)
Galaxy of Fear series
Honor Among Thieves
Razor's Edge
Sister's Grimm: Council of Mirrors
Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian
Old Man's War
Skyward
Mistborn: The Final Empire
Warbreaker
more Attack on Titan mangas (almost caught up now)
Before I Fall
Emma
The Winner's Kiss
Chemistry
Tales from the Mos Eisely Cantina
The Shifter
Scoundrels
Uprooted
Made of Stars
Living Independently on the Autism Spectrum
Star Wars A New Hope Journals for Leia, Han, and Luke
Legend of Korra: Turf Wars
The Diabolic and The Empress
The Unhoneymooners
Redshirts
Between Shades of Gray
Shadow on the Crown
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Medusa Uploaded

What books are you planning to read in 2020?

Daughter of Smoke and Bone (finish)
The Collapsing Empire (finish) 
Jurassic Park (finish)
The Tyrant's Tomb (finish)
Radiance (finish)
The Tower of Nero
Acting in A---- (finish)
The Hive (finish)
Morning is a Long Time Coming
Star Wars books (Tales from the Empire, Tales from the New Republic, Splinter of the Mind's Eye, The Empire Strikes Back novelizations, Tales of the Bounty Hunters, Shadows of the Empire, Return of the Jedi novelizations, The Bounty Hunter Wars, The Truce at Bakura, Jedi Prince series, Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor, X-Wing series, The Courtship of Princess Leia, Corphelion Interlude, A Forest Apart, Tatooine Ghost, Thrawn Trilogy, Dawn of the Jedi comics)
The Way of Kings (and maybe more in the Stormlight Archives)
Starsight 
The Broken Earth trilogy
Earth Unaware
Stranger in a Strange Land
Call Down the Hawk
Oliver Twist (finish)
Persuasion 
Wayward Son
Saga comics
Serpent and Dove
I Hope You Get This Message
Crier's War
Caliban's War
Don Juan
The Odyssey 
The Naked Sun
The Collapsing Universe
Sten
Angelmass
Nemesis 
Mistborn: The Well of Ascension and The Hero of Ages
The Nightingale
A Court of Mist and Fury
Battlecry
Dracula
The IDIC Epidemic
More Than This
Maurice
Freedom 
The Summer I Wasn't Me
The Torchkeeper: The Raising 
Beren and Luthien
Sense and Sensibility 
David Copperfield
Breadcrumbs 
Angelfall
The Farm
Gone Gone Gone
Dark Space
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Alcestis 
The Oresteia 
The Kiss of Deception
The Demon King
The Warrior's Heir
Luna
The Guinevere Deception
The Goldfinch 
Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda
If I Stay 
After (no, not the crappy one)
The Girl of Fire and Thorns
The Great Santa Search (finish)
Planet Fall
Record of a Spaceborn Few
Gods of Jade and Shadow
The Loneliest Girl in the Universe
My Dark Vanessa 
The Glittering Hour
Radio Silence
The Flat Share
Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating
The Hate U Give
There There
The Break
Like a Love Story
Unpregnant 
House of Dragons
A Sorcery of Thorns
The Wind from Hastings
The Sound of Stars
The Sky is Everywhere
Lovely War
The Dark Forest 
The Red Strings of Fate