Books of 2015

Well, I didn't do the Empty Shelf project this year, but I did read as much as school allowed. I read a total of 46 books, so that's something anyway!

Here's to more reading in 2016--especially after May 21!

January:
Heart Like Mine by Ann Hatvany (4/5 stars)
Every Secret Thing by Laura Lippman (3/5 stars)
Notes From the Blue Bike by Tsh Oxenreider (3.5/5 stars)
The Shade of the Moon by Susan Beth Pfeffer (2.5/5 stars)
Carry Yourself Back to Me by Deborah Reed (3.5/5 stars)

February:
The Vacationers by Emma Straub (3/5 stars)

March:
We Are Water by Wally Lamb (4/5 stars)

April:
Paper Towns by John Green (4/5 stars)
Miss Penegrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (3.5/5 stars)

May:
Looking For Alaska by John Green (3/5 stars)
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart (5/5 stars)*
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (4.5/5 stars)*
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty (4/5 stars)
Hollow City by Ransom Riggs (2.5/5 stars)
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion (4/5 stars)


June:
Love Anthony by Lisa Genova (5/5 stars)*
Still Alice by Lisa Genova (5/5 stars)*
A Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty (4/5 stars)
Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty (4/5 stars)
The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion (3.5/5 stars)
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (3.5/5 stars)

July:
Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares (4/5 stars)
Inside the O'Briens by Lisa Genova (5/5 stars)*
Left Neglected by Lisa Genova (4/5 stars)
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (2.5/5 stars)
You by Caroline Kepnes (3/5 stars)
We Are Called to Rise by Laura McBride (4/5 stars)
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven (5/5 stars)*
The List by Siobhan Vivian (4/5 stars)

August:
Heart and Soul by Maeve Binchy (3.5/5 stars)
If I Stay by Gayle Forman (5/5 stars)*
Where She Went by Gayle Forman (4.5/5 stars)
The DUFF by Kody Keplinger (3/5 stars)
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman (4/5 stars)

September:
Summer People by Elin Hilderbrand (3.5/5 stars)
Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll (4/5 stars)

October:
The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell (4/5 stars)
The Hypnotist's Love Story by Liane Moriarty (4/5 stars)

November:
The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty (3/5 stars)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon (3/5 stars)
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (5/5 stars)*

December:
A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams (5/5 stars)*
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (4.5/5 stars)
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (5/5 stars)*
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell (3/5 stars)
For the Love by Jen Hatmaker (4/5 stars)

The stand out writer this year (to last year's Rainbow Rowell) was Lisa Genova. I read her entire catalogue and was never disappointed. I am looking forward to reading more from Jennifer Niven, as her book knocked me off my feet (it only slipped to number 2 this week, after reading All the Light We Cannot See). Overall, it was a great year for reading. Looking forward to digging in to the titles on my to-read list for 2016! (And, having MUCH more time to read after May 20th!)