This annual survey is hosted by the incredibly talented Jamie @ The Perpetual Page Turner.

I’ve been meaning to post this for days now but haven’t really have the time. I didn’t answer all the question but here’s a little summary of the year.

Number Of Books You Read: 56
Number of Re-Reads: 0
Genre You Read The Most From: Historical

Best Book You Read In 2017?
I can’t say only one so here’s top 4 in no particular order:

Lionheart by Sharon Kay Penman
Under the Approaching Dark by Anna Belfrage
Magic Binds by Ilona Andrews
A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab

Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going To Love More But Didn’t?
The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck. I was really looking forward reading this, and while I didn’t hate it, I was waiting for more.

Most surprising (in a good way or bad way) book you read?
Talking As Fast As I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between by Lauren Graham. It was better than I thought it would be.

Best series you started in 2017? Best Sequel of 2017? Best Series Ender of 2017?
Best series you started: Mistress of the Art of Death (Mistress of the Art of Death #1) by Ariana Franklin
Best Sequel: Magic Binds (Kate Daniels #9) by Ilona Andrews
Best Series Ender: A Conjuring of Light (Shades of Magic #3) by V.E. Schwab

Favorite new author you discovered in 2017?
Ariana Franklin

Best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone?
Didn’t read anything out of my comfort zone

Favorite cover of a book you read in 2017?
The Library of Light and Shadow by M.J. Rose

Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2017 to finally read?
Lionheart by Sharon Kay Penman

Shortest & Longest Book You Read In 2017?
Shortest: The Gingerbread Princess by Stephanie Dray
Longest: Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII by David Starkey

Best 2017 debut you read?
God’s Hammer by Eric Schumacher