2015 Reading Recap

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Total number of books read: 85 (last year was 139)

Format:
Paper: 59
Audio (earread): 22
Ebook: 4

Types/Genres:
Picture Book: 21
Graphic Novel: 20
Young Adult: 11
LGBT: 7
Memoir: 6
Short Story: 6
Fiction: 5
Horror: 5
Erotica: 3
Nonfiction: 3
Urban Fantasy: 2
Art: 1
Juvie Fiction: 1
Juvie Nonfiction: 1
Mystery: 1
Play: 1
Poetry: 1
Romance: 1
Satire: 1

Acquired from:
Library: 69
BookCrossing: 6
New purchase: 4
Used book purchase: 4
The Book Thing: 2

I'm a little disappointed that I didn't even break 100 this year. But I'm still happy because I read a ton of wonderful books this year. My favorites? Hard to choose, but probably Doctor Sleep, As You Wish,The Bane Chronicles, and The Monogram Murders. It was a big year for comics/graphic novels. I downloaded a TON of ebooks and didn't read very many of them, I'm afraid. I'd love to fix that in 2016. I also started a dozen books on audio but didn't get more than a few minutes into them because I couldn't concentrate on them. Some are ones I'd like to try again. Others I may never get back to. Most of my books came from the library, which is not surprising, given that I'm there 2-3 times every week. However, my giant mountain of 1,800-ish TBR books is still huge. I really must fix that, but there are just so many new and interesting books at the library I want to read! If I end up having to commute to another state for work, I suspect I'll get a lot more reading time.

List of all books read/reviewed in 2015:

As You Wish by Cary Elwes, Joe Layden
Beyond Magenta by Susan Kuklin
Blockade Billy and Morality by Stephen King
Blueberry Girl by Neil Gaiman
Borrow-a-Bridesmaid by Anne Wagener
Brave Enough by Cheryl Strayed
Chu's Day by Neil Gaiman
City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
Cloaked by Alex Finn
Daredevil: the man without fear Vol 1 by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
Double the Heat by Lori Foster, Dierdre Martin, and others
Downton Tabby by Chris Kelly
Fanart by Sarah Tregay
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Greece by Virginia Haviland
Fighting Ruben Wolfe by Markus Zusak
Fine as We Are by Algy Craig Hall
Four: A Divergent Collection by Veronica Roth
Fred by Kaila Eunhye Seo
Gaston by Kelly DiPucchio
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon by Jules Bass
Hiding in Plain Sight by Cassandra Carr
Hulk: Misunderstood Monster by Paul Benjamin & others
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Impact by Cassandra Carr
J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Novels by Philip Nel
Joyland by Stephen King
Landline by Rainbow Rowell
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland
M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang
Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man: Revival by Bendis & Marquez
Miss Moore Thought Otherwise by Jan Pinborough
Mr.Wolf's Pancakes by Jam Fearnley
My True Love Gave to Me edited by Stephanie Perkins
Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Plants Vs. Zombies: Timepocalypse by Paul Tobin & Ron Chan
Quest by Aaron Becker
Redeployment by Phil Klay
Rescue Me Saga #1 by Kallypso Masters
Revival by Stephen King
Robin: To Kill a Bird by Bill Willingham and Damion Scott
Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems by Billy Collins
The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat
The Art of Marvel edited by Joe Quesada
The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare & others
The Bear Ate Your Sandwich by Julia Sarcone-Roach
The Cat with Seven Names by Tony Johnston and Christine Davenier
The Cats of Tanglewood Forest by Charles de Lint & Charles Vess
The Dangerous Alphabet by Neil Gaiman
The Day the Crayons Came Back by Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers
The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers
The Drag Queen of Elfland by Lawrence Schimel
The Everafter by Amy Huntley
The Glass Castle by Jeannete Walls
The House that Drac Built by Judy Sierra
The Lost Boy by Greg Ruth
The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah, Agatha Christie
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma by Trenton Lee Stewart
The Order of the Poison Oak by Brent Hartinger
The Princess and the Packet of Frozen Peas by Tony Wilson
The Running Man by Stephen King
The Three Questions by Jon J. Muth
The Trouble with Dragons by Debi Gliori
This Day in June by Gayle E. Pitman
Thunderstruck by Erik Larson
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man Volume 3 by Bendis, Marquez, Larraz
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man Volume 4 by Bendis, Marquez, Pichelli
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man Volume 5 by Bendis & others
Ultimate Spider-Man #1: Power and Responsibility by Bill Jemas and Brian Michael Bendis
Ultimate Spider-Man #2: Learning Curve by Brian Michael Bendis & others
Ultimate Spider-Man #3: Double Trouble by Brian Michael Bendis & others
Ultimate Spider-Man #4: Legacy by Brian Michael Bendis & others
Ultimate Spider-Man #5: Public Scrutiny by Brian Michael Bendis & others
Ultimate Spider-Man #6: Venom by Brian Michael Bendis & others
Ultimate Spider-Man #7: Irresponsible by Brian Michael Bendis & others
Ultimate Spider-Man #8: Cats & Kings by Brian Michael Bendis & others
You Have to F*****g Eat by Adam Mansbach
Your Baby's First Word Will Be DADA by Jimmy Fallon