Love, Lydia - Notes from a geeky, plus sized artist.: 2015 - My Year in Books

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

2015 - My Year in Books

Hi friends,



Today I was thinking I'd write a couple book reviews for you all, but I realized it's been a while since I looked at my reading challenge for 2015.  Last January I challenged myself to read a book every week, 52 in all.  Along the way I also started working on an overlapping list of 52 specific kinds of books as shown further down in this post.  And the results are in:



2015 Reading Challenge!

Books Read:

(Click any link in the list to see my review!)
  1. Fables Volume 19 Snow White
  2. Fables Volume 20 Camelot
  3. Fables Volume 21 Happily Ever After
  4. Fables Volume 22 Farewell
  5. The Ancient Magus Bride Volume 3
  6. Wren's War
  7. Wren's Quest
  8. Ms Marvel Volume 3
  9. Hexomancy
  10. Wayward Volume 1
  11. Ghosted Volume 1
  12. Figment Volume 1
  13. A Brides Story Volume 6
  14. Dead New World
  15. The Torment of Rachel Ames
  16. Alice in No-Man's-Land
  17. Top 12 Places to Visit in Texas
  18. Battling Boy: The Rise of Aurora West
  19. The Master of Formalities
  20. The Death and Life of Mal Evans
  21. Spell or High Water
  22. Off to Be The Wizard
  23. Princess Ugg Volume 1
  24. A Walk in The Woods
  25. Velvet Volume 1
  26. The Ancient Magus Bride Volume 2
  27. Lumberjanes Volume 1
  28. Bride of the Water God Volume 2
  29. Bride of the Water God Volume 1
  30. The Ancient Magus Bride Volume 1
  31. Avengers & X-Men - Axis
  32. Secret Wars
  33. The Two Princesses of Bamarre
  34. Wild Magic
  35. Wolf Speaker
  36. Emperor Mage
  37. Wren to the Rescue
  38. Captain Marvel Volume 3
  39. Captain Marvel Volume 2
  40. Captain Marvel Volume 1
  41. Ms Marvel Volume 2
  42. Batgirl Volume 1
  43. Fuse
  44. Burn
  45. Gifts of the Blood
  46. The Swap
  47. Cipher
  48. Waistcoats and Weaponry
  49. Manifest Destiny Volume 1
  50. Amulet Volume 2
  51. Amulet Volume 1
  52. Thor Goddess of Thunder Volume 1
  53. The Sculptor
  54. Rat Queens Volume 2
  55. Rat Queens Volume 1
  56. Celebromancy
  57. Geekomancy
  58. The Long Mars
  59. The Long War
  60. The Reluctant Midwife
  61. Pride and Prejudice
  62. Price and Prejudice and Zombies
  63. The Weekend Homesteader
  64. Call the Nurse
  65. Paradise Lot
  66. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
  67. Injustice Gods Among Us Volume 2
  68. Injustice Gods Among Us Volume 1
  69. Wildflowers and Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachians Mountains and Piedmont
  70. Midnight in Austenland
  71. The Permaculture Handbook
  72. Unlocked
  73. Lock In
  74. Ms Marvel Volume 1
  75. Landscaping with Fruit
  76. The Johnstown Flood
I think this is the full list, I may be a missing a couple more recent books, but this accounts for everything I can remember from a good go of looking at my records.  76 is better than I thought I'd do, so I'm quite happy with how my challenge went.  And I'm only a tiny bit surprised that 35 of the titles are comics, manga, or graphic novels!  Thanks to Fight or Flight Comics for that.  They opened almost a year ago and Bryan and I have found our perfect local comic book store in them!

As for the more complex challenge here's the worksheet all filled out:



I didn't want to double count anything, though I did read some books that would count under more than one of the headings in the checklist.  And I may have even missed something that might count, but I spent a good half hour trying to figure out what I read that could be added, and that's plenty!  I feel pretty good about all I ended up reading and can't wait to see what I read this year.  I'm not following any particular challenge, but I'm excited to read things I've been meaning to for a long time or have been recommended multiple times.  So I've started off the year with Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell and have many more to come.  I'll try to get in a good book post at least once a month too keep you all posted about it too!

Favorite Reads

I kind of hate picking favorites, but I have to say that some of the books I enjoyed most from this past year would be Lock In by John Scalzi, a sci fi novel, The Ancient Magus Bride fantasy manga series by Kore Yamazaki, The Ms Marvel series featuring Kamala Khan by Willow G Wilson and a team of very talented artists, and Call the Nurse a memoir of a nurse working on a remote Scottish island in the 1970's by Mary J. MacLeod.  (Links above are affiliate links.)  I recommend all of them very strongly and I'm looking forward to all the great new picks this year will bring as well.

That's all for today.  Sorry I didn't get this post out sooner, but sometimes stomach viruses happen.  Yep....

But I'm ready to tackle a video unboxing for a great new subscription box, so be on the lookout for my review of the new Enchanted Beauty Box, the beauty box for Disney fans!  Have a great week!



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