Thought I forgot about this blog, did ya? Hasn’t been my best year of blogging, but better late than never, right? I know 2015 was, like, soooo last year, but here’s the year of books in review!
In 2015, I read exactly 50 books. Didn’t quite beat last year (57), but still quite the accomplishment of booking it!
Non-Fiction: 20
Fiction: 30
Audio: 7
I LOVED so many of the books I read this year, and it’s hard to narrow down my favorites, but here are my top 10 in no particular order:
- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doer
- Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed
- The Girl on the Train by Paula Harkins
- Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
- Still Alice by Lisa Genova
- Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
- Columbine by Dave Cullen
- The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
- Ghettoside by Jill Leovy
- We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Definitely read a lot more fiction than I have in the past- it was fun this year to rediscover compelling, well-written fiction not targeted specifically for the young adult crowd.
And just for the heck of it, let’s all admit that we’ve read books we really didn’t enjoy so much. Here are five books I read that I wasn’t too fond of:
- Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham
- The List by Siobhan Vivian
- Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
- Reality Boy by A.S. King
- 10% Happier by Dan Harris
If you have read any of these and liked them, let me know- I’d love to chat with you about why you have terrible taste in books (har har har).
What’s up for 2016? I have already started a list on my Goodreads account of books I’ve been meaning to read for ages and ages, but have never gotten to. Most of these are a) bestsellers from years past that I’d like to read before I'm the last person on the planet who hasn't (And the Mountains Echoed, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn) or b) classics that I embarrassingly have never read (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Joy Luck Club).
Here’s to a new year of reading and loving life! Happy 2016!
