This year in books

As a year in review, I'm posting a list of the books I've read this year. My goal was to complete the book challenge of reading 50 books in a year. In addition to that I was working on the 2015 book challenge, which was inteneded to encourage me to branch out a bit in my books. I don't think that I'll repeat the 50 book challenge next year because it simply added a level of stress to my pleasure-reading without any real substance. I've read well over 50 books if you count the constant reading I do for my students, but I didn't count that and fell short of my goal by 2 books. I won't let it get me down!

I noticed some trends in this year's books as opposed to past years. This is, I think, due to the fact that I've been able to access more books I wouldn't necessarily buy through the use of the public library's ebooks.

In 2015 I read 4 books of short stories. My books also tended heavily toward young adult. I also read all of my romance novels in January and December. Interesting...

2015 Books

1. King's curse by Philippa Gregory

2. Red Rising by Pierce Brown

3. Golden Son by Pierce Brown

4. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

5. Yes please by Amy Poehler

6. Thousand Dollar Tan Line

7. Stories compiled by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio

8. The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger

9. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

10. Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas

11. It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas

12. Suddenly You by Lisa Kleypas

13. Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas

14. Tempt Me at Twilight by Lisa Kleypas

15. Because You're Mine by Lisa Kleypas

16. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

17. Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

18. Discussing Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris

19. The Magicians by Lev Grossman

20. The Alchemyst by Michael Scott

21. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

22. The Magician by Michael Scott

23. Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab

24. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris

25. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

26. Who Could That Be at This Hour? By Lemony Snicket

27. When did you last see her? By Lemony Snicket

28. Washington, a life by Ron Chernow

29. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

30. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

31. You're Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia Day

32. The Martian by Andy Weir

33. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

34. Landline by Rainbow Rowell

35. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

36. The Sorceress by Michael Scott

37. The Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

38. The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

39. Stories edited by Neil Gaiman

40. Undermajordomo Minor by Patrick deWitt

41. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling

42. The Johnstown Flood by David McCollough

43. Why Not Me by Mindy Kaling

44. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

45. Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

46. Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kleypas

47. Cold Hearted Rake by Lisa Kleypas

48. Trigger Warnings and Short Disturbances by Neil Gaiman

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