2015 End of Year Book Survey

Tag created by the Perpetual Page Turner

2015 is well and truly over and overall, I have had a great reading year. I have thought long and hard how to best capture my reading experiences in 2015 and then I discovered the End of Year Book Survey created by the Perpetual Page Turner. This idea is amazing as it not only captures your top books for the year but also all other aspects of your reading journey. So without further ado, let's begin!

2014 Wrap-Up: My Top Ten Picks for This Year

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2014 is over! And I've read a lot of books this year. In fact, I've read 105 novels so there are a lot of books to choose from for my top ten favourites of the year. I've been quite selective with tagging books as "2014 favourites" yet despite that, I have 24 books on that shelf (click here to see all the books that made that short-list). So without further ado, here are my top ten picks for 2014!!!

2014 Wrap-Up: My Bookish Accomplishments This Year

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At the end of every December, I look back and marvel at how quickly the year has come and gone. And it almost feels as if with every year, the speed of its passing seems to be that much quicker. I feel like I'm getting old.

2014 has been quite an up and down year. Career-wise, I've finally graduated and started working. It's been quite an experience. So much to learn. So much to do. So much to overcome. With the final two weeks of my internship looming ahead of me, residency is starting to look mightily scary!

Book-wise, 2014 has been a big year. It's been the first year that I've really started to read novels in large volumes. And when I started this blog back in February, I had five bookish goals for the year. So let's have a look and see which ones I've accomplished.

Book Tag: Book Reading Habits

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The Book Reading Habits Tag

Last week, my good friend Vicki W nominated me for the Book Reading Habits Tag. For her answers to the following list of questions, click here. 

1. Do you have a certain place for reading at home?

I can read anywhere but I do find myself reading in bed a lot, right before bedtime. This is a dangerous habit since if I'm really enjoying what I am reading at the time, I might stay awake the whole night reading! 

2. Do you use a bookmark or a random piece of paper?

Before this year, I rarely needed bookmarks because when I read, I generally have a lot of time in my hands for reading and I can usually finish a book in one or two sittings. However, now that I am working this year and my reading time is a lot more sporadic, I have become very dependent on bookmarks. Generally, I use my Book Depository bookmarks but if I accidentally lose them, which I tend to do a lot, any receipt or piece of paper will do.

3. Can you just stop reading or does it need to be at the end of a chapter or a certain number of pages?

At the end of any action would probably be my answer. If that is in the middle of a chapter, than I'll stop there. If a chapter ends in a cliff-hanger, than I must continue reading!

4. Do you eat or drink while reading?

Very rarely, especially since the majority of my reading is either done in bed or on the train commuting to and from work.

5. Do you read one book at a time or several at once?

Again, before this year, I have almost always read just one book at a time. But now that my reading has become sporadic, I have found myself splitting my attention between multiple books. Big thick novel are usually left at home and ebooks are almost exclusive for reading whilst commuting. 

6. Do you read out loud or silently in your head?

I don't think I have ever read out loud a novel before! Maybe during English class back in high school but that is probably it.

7. Do you ever read ahead or skip pages?

I try to avoid doing that but in particularly bad books that I just want to finish and get it over with, I have been known to skim read. 

8. Breaking the spine or keeping it new?

My books, I will always try to keep it new. But I enjoy reading well-loved books because I can actually break the spine and not be too careful with them. Is that weird of me? :)

9. Do you write in your books?

Only during high school English classes. Otherwise, no. If I really want to note something down, I will use sticky notes instead. 

10. What are you currently reading?

I just finished the Night Circus and thoroughly loved it. My next read... still debating at this point in time.

My nominations for this tag are:
1. Missie @ A Flurry of Ponderings
2. Jessica @ A Great Read
3. Jackie @ Bibliobrat
4. Sashwilson @ Disappear Into Reading

Over to you guys! :D