If I had to pick, the three that pop to mind immediately are Blue from The Raven Cycle, Karou from Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy, and Georgia from The Newsflesh Trilogy. Oh, and I totally forgot Delilah Bard from the Shades of Magic trilogy! 

Well, Deadpool is probably my favourite Marvel character in all of my Marvel reading this year... Charley from Flowers for Algernon has long been a favourite character. And, I really like Atticus so far from The Iron Druid series. And, Kell from the Shades of Magic trilogy.

Not counting comics.

This surprised me and was a tad bit inaccurate because I listened to this, not read it.

I wish it wasn't a ridiculously overpriced novella right now, or I would own it in a physical copy just because such a great cover!

Fantasy. Who is surprised?

Oberon from The Iron Druid Chronicles. Zuzana from Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy. 

Maybe not as much this time, but in the past definitely. Now I expect things, but that is not to say they are any less depressing...

Laini Taylor. Mira Grant. V.E. Schwab. Maggie Stiefvater. Sylvain Neuvel. Kevin Hearne. Laura Ruby.

I thought I would love this, but so boring...

The best sequels I have read from series that I started prior to 2016, are Volume 3 in Wayward and Sex Criminals.

My favourite books:

I loved this book! And the sequel, which is also a favourite for the year! I all ready have book 3 pre-ordered...

This book was an excellent way to learn even more about fantasy... It is my favourite genre after all, so found it really great!

Love Terry Pratchett. I thought his collected essays were a wonderful way to spend my mornings! I wish there were more!

I love The Princess Bride and Cary Elwes. This was written in such a readable manner. I enjoyed my time with it!

I can't believe it took me so long to read this series! I love Karou and the world that Laini Taylor has created in this trilogy! (I include volume 2 in this list of favourites, too. I haven't read volume 3 yet.)

Feed and the sequel are so good. The audios are awesome. The books themselves are page turners. I am sure book 3 will join their ranks for the second half of the year!

Love this series! Atticus and Oberon and all the characters they come across are wonderful. I will hopefully read more of this series for the second half of the year!

I decided to try this series and now I am caught up and cannot wait for the next one. Lazarus really should have been on my list of favourite female characters!

I will be the first to admit that short story collections are not my normal thing, but I loved Amber Sparks. I will hopefully read her other collection in the second half of the year!

One of my anticipated reads of 2016 that definitely lived up to it!

I can't believe it took me so long to get this book. What a wonderful book!

I have been meaning to read this series forever and I finally read all 4 books this year! I loved them all and am so happy I finally read this.

I enjoyed Scott McCloud's non-fiction, but this fiction offering from him was excellent. I can't wait to see what he does next!

 I have been meaning to read this forever! When I grabbed the audio out of my TBR, I didn't even know what the book was about. It was a great reentry into audio listening and a great book overall. I am hoping to read Carey's new book the second half of the year!

Anyway that knows me, knows that I love fairy tale retellings. So, no one should be surprised this is on my list. I have been meaning to try the author forever and cannot wait to read more by her!

This was a page turner. I cannot wait for the sequel!!

I honestly don't want to start any. lol I have so many on the go that July is standalone-reads month!

um, many? But, the ones I actually own are:

6. New To You Author You Want to Read

Nothing out the rest of the year finishes a series, so I will go with this: 

Um, see above! lol All of these apply.