2012 Year End Survey

1. Ten favorite books read in 2012?

• The Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield
• The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
• Gone by Mo Hayder
• Little Princes by Conor Grennan
• Paris in Love by Eloisa James
• The Hunchback of Neiman Marcus by Sonya Sones
• Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
• Emily, Alone by Stewart O'Nan
• The Passage by Justin Cronin
• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

2. Most disappointing book?

• Calling Invisible Women by Jeanne Ray

3. Most surprising books of 2012?

• The Hunchback of Neiman Marcus by Sonya Sones
• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

4. Book(s) you recommended to people most in 2012?

•  The Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield
• and all the others listed in #1

5. Favorite authors you discovered in 2012? 

• Gillian Flynn
• Mo Hayder
• Justin Cronin
• Jenny Wingfield

6. Most thrilling book in 2012?

• Gone by Mo Hayder

7. Book you most anticipated in 2012?

• Love Anthony by Lisa Genova
• Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsovler

8. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2012?

• Emily, Alone by Stewart O'Nan
• Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs by Heather Lende

9. Most memorable characters in 2012?

• Swan Lake, of The Homecoming of Samuel Lake
• Dellarobia Turnbow, of Flight Behavior
• Emily Maxwell, of Emily, Alone

10. Most beautifully written books read in 2012?

• The Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield
• The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
• Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
• The Devoted by Jonathan Hull

11. Book that had the greatest impact on you in 2012?

• Little Princes by Conor Grennan

12. Book you can't believe you waited until 2012 to finally read?

• The Passage by Justin Cronin

13. Favorite passage/quote from a book you read in 2012?

A good marriage drags a long tail of memory behind it. A single word or gesture, a tone of voice can conjure up so many remembrances. Laurie and I had been flirting like this for thirty-odd years, since the day we met in college and we both went a little love-crazy. Things were different now, of course. At fifty-one, love was a quieter experience. We drifted through the days together. But we both remembered how it all started, and even now, in the middle of my middle age, when I think of that shining young girl, I still feel a little thrill of first love, still there, still burning like a pilot light. (Defending Jacob by William Landy)

14. Authors which you would like to read more of in 2013? 

• Gillian Flynn
• Mo Hayder
• Donna Leon
• Justin Cronin

15. Books that had a shocking ending?

• Defending Jacob by William Landy

16. Best children's book read in 2012?

• When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

17. Any challenges you completed in 2012?

• 2012 Audio Book Challenge
• Paris in July 2012
• R.I.P. VII

18. Any read-alongs you completed in 2012?

• The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough (with Bellezza)

19. Blogging plans for 2013?

• To be announced...