Wow, who can believe that 2019 is coming to an end and we are about to emerge into the 20’s!? I can’t.

2019 was the year of new beginnings for me:

• I graduated college that winter and was now free from school
• I got my first full time job!
• I bought my 3rd car, because my 2nd car died 😦
• I started blogging regularly
• I went to a lot of amazing conventions and met so many authors
• And I read a lot of books!

This year was awesome and new, yet very hard. There were 3 unfortunate deaths in my family, people I loved were going through some rough transitions, but in the end, we have all ended the year on a strong foot and I’m excited for 2020 – if not also terrified.

To wrap up this year, let’s look back at all the amazing books I read and are set to finish by the end of the year:

1. The Wicked Deep
2. The Similars
3. Grim Lovelies
4. Queen of Air and Darkness
5. The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue
6. Truthwitch
7. Spectacle
8. A Reaper at the Gates
9. Windwitch
10. This Book is Not Yet Rated
11. Courting Darkness
12. The Waking Forest
13. The Cerulean
14. Furyborn
15. The Dark Descent of Emily Frankenstein
16. The Devouring Gray
17. The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe
18. The Everlasting Rose
19. Killing November
20. Smoke and Key
21. The Things She’s Seen
22. Kingsbane
23. We Hunt the Flame
24. Wilder Girls
25. Treason of Thorns
26. Spin the Dawn
27. House of Salt and Sorrows
28. A Curse so Dark and Lonely
29. Diamond City
30. A Heart so Fierce and Broken
31. A Crown of Coral and Pearl
32. The Bone Houses
33. Tiger Queen
34. There Will Come a Darkness
35. The Gilded Wolves
36. The Grace Year
37. Serpent and Dove
38. Kingdom of Souls
39. Gideon the Ninth
40. Wicked Saints
41. Queen of Nothing
42. Ruthless Gods (in progress)
43. Sensational (in progress)

My goal for 2019 was 100 books, but with working two jobs and other things getting in the way, that did not happen. I’ll be lucky to get to 50 at this point, but that’s okay, because most of these reads have been well worth it!

Here is my year in review:

Favorite Book:

This was one of my favorite reads of this year. There seems to be a dichotomy over this book, with some people not liking it, but I loved it. The story was new and interesting, the characters had a wonderful relationship, and the world sucked me right in. I could not put this story down!

Least Favorite Book:

This was unfortunate, but this was my least favorite read of the year. While I liked the plot of the story it was the main character that I couldn’t connect with. I had some issues with pacing as well, but overall I couldn’t connect with her story or her personality and that made it almost impossible to get through. This story is amazing and unique, and you should definitely give it a try, but just wasn’t for me.

Most Surprising Read:

I was so excited for this trilogy to end – until I actually read the ending. I was not impressed with the ending and felt like it could have been much better. My biggest thing was the personality change in Jude and the big dynamic change between two characters. Overall, I still enjoyed the ending but I didn’t love it.

Most Anticipated Read of 2020:

There are so many amazing books coming out in 2020 and I’ve had the pleasure to have already read some of them. One of the early 2020 books I’m super excited about is called Diamond City and it is AMAZING! It’s like Throne of Glass met Six of Crows and it is so good. If this book isn’t on your radar, it needs to be!

Overall, this year has been filled with amazing books, events, and people – not a bad year to end the decade with!

If you’re interested in ending the year off right, check out my end of the year giveaway! This is as a thank you for reading 100 blog followers and it includes a 2019 ARC, 2020 ARC, a finished copy, and a bunch of swag! You can click here to enter!

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