BOOK LIST 2015

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Last year's list here

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Newbery Medal and Honor Books

Well, last year was one in which I read scantily but listened widely. I finished with 81 books - 21 to you audiobook snobs.

So, over the last 11 years (!) that I've done this challenge, I average 24.5 books (if you don't count audio) and 58 books if you do.

I still have an obscene number of books that I started and haven't finished yet, and I have an even more obscene purchased-to-read ratio. I buy WAY more books than I read, and I read WAY more borrowed books than ones I actually spend money for. I need to find a way to fix that.

While it lasts, I shall enjoy this ability to complete books I have to put eye to word to read (currently reading The Hobbit for the first time in like 7 attempts, but was unable to follow along in audio and MUST put eye to type to complete - I'm more than halfway finished, so *fingers crossed*).

I started a series (accidentally) that I didn't get to complete and then wandered away from, so I will try to wrap that up. I have one series that I am waiting for the final book to be written so I can finish it, and I have four more series that I have started, own the books for, and haven't yet gotten my skates on to complete. I always say "no more series!" but I keep getting entangled in them.

And then there are those two books that a friend lent me thinking I would enjoy them that I have to read and return. UGH.

I'd like to do the Broward Library "BIG READ" monthly thingy, where they encourage the county to read and discuss and collectively enjoy one book a month - mostly because this month it's To Kill A Mockingbird - and possibly do the Bloomsday reading of Ulysses. Yeah, right.

Mostly, I just want to ENJOY reading!

Like always, I am going to post my book list here, keep it in Memories, and update as necessary. I'd like to finish these half-completed challenges, perhaps?
"What's in a Name" Challenge 2008
"What's in a Name 2" Challenge 2010
"At least 5 more of these books" Challenge 2008 (I actually completed the "5 more" but now I want to read them all.)

Without further ado, I give to you, my:

Books I've Read in 2015
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1. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien, 305 completed 1/11/15
2. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Novel by A.J. Hartley and David Hewson, audiobook (read by Richard Armitage) completed 1/15/15
3. A Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer, audiobook (abridged) (read by Richard Armitage) completed 1/22/15
4. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, 204 completed 1/24/15
5. Firefly Summer by Maeve Binchy, audiobook completed 1/31/15
6. Sylvester by Georgette Heyer, audiobook (abridged) (read by Richard Armitage) completed 2/1/15
7. Venetia by Georgette Heyer, audiobook (abridged) (read by Richard Armitage) completed 2/2/15
Guns by Stephen King, 25 completed 2/17/15 (re-read)


8. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, audiobook completed 2/27/15 (re-read) (The Big Read)
9. Chose the Wrong Guy, Gave Him the Wrong Finger by Beth Harbison, audiobook completed 2/27/15
10. Once Upon a Marigold by Jeanne Ferris, 271 completed 3/27/15
11. The D.U.F.F. by Kody Keplinger, 281 completed 4/1/15
12. After Birth by Elisa Albert, audiobook completed 4/3/15
13. Shakespeare Saved My Life: Ten Years in Solitary with the Bard by Laura Bates, 304 completed 4/5/15 (The Big Read)
14. The World According to Bertie: 44 Scotland Street #4 by Alexander McCall Smith, audiobook completed 4/13/15
15. The Dream of the Celt by Mario Vargas Lloso, 368 completed 4/19/15
16. Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh by Joel Gross, 68 completed 4/28/15
17. The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel by Diana Gabaldon and Hoang Nguyen, 224 completed 5/2/15
18. The Unbearable Lightness of Scones: 44 Scotland Street #5 by Alexander McCall Smith, audiobook / 344 completed 5/4/15
19. The Giver by Lois Lowry, audiobook completed 5/6/15 Newbery Medal Winner 1994 (re-read)
20. Zach's Lie by Roland Smith, 224 completed 5/12/15
21. Jack's Run by Roland Smith, 256 completed 5/20/15
22. Twice Upon a Marigold by Jeanne Ferris, 297 completed 5/23/15
23. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Novel by A.J. Hartley and David Hewson, audiobook (read by Richard Armitage) completed 5/26/15 (re-read)
24. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, audiobook completed 5/28/15 Newbery Honor Book 1953 (re-read)
25. Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry, audiobook completed 5/31/15 (re-read)
26. Thrice Upon a Marigold by Jeanne Ferris, 256 completed 5/31/15
27. The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens, audiobook completed 6/7/15
28. The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson, audiobook completed 6/11/15 Newbery Honor Book 1979
29. Station Eleven: A Novel by Emily St. John Mandel, audiobook completed 6/11/15
30. Messenger by Lois Lowry, audiobook completed 6/16/15
31. Ulysses by James Joyce, audiobook / 783 completed 6/16/15
    
32. Son by Lois Lowry, audiobook completed 6/18/15
The Oscar Wilde Collection by Oscar Wilde, audiobook completed 6/21/15 *performances of plays: A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Windemere's Fan, The Picture of Dorian Gray


33. Eyes on You by Kate White, audiobook completed 6/24/15 (The Big Read)
34. Up A Road Slowly by Irene Hunt, audiobook completed 6/25/15
35. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler, audiobook completed 7/1/15
36. The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde, audiobook completed 7/2/15
37. The Importance of Being Seven: 44 Scotland Street #6 by Alexander McCall Smith, 279 completed 7/3/15
38. Starring Sally J. Freedman As Herself by Judy Blume, audiobook completed 7/4/15
39. Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson, audiobook completed 7/8/15
40. The Crossover by Alexander Kwame, 240 completed 7/13/15
41. Paper Towns by John Green, audiobook completed 7/24/15
42. A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore, audiobook completed 8/3/15 (re-read)
43. Bertie Plays the Blues: 44 Scotland Street #7 by Alexander McCall Smith, 336 completed 8/9/15
44. Armada by Ernest Cline, audiobook completed 8/12/15 (read by Wil Wheaton)
45. Sunshine on Scotland Street: 44 Scotland Street #8 by Alexander McCall Smith, 297 completed 8/15/15
46. Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers: 44 Scotland Street #9 by Alexander McCall Smith, 368 completed 8/17/15
Confess Your Bubble by Matthew Freeman, 25 completed 8/20/15


47. The Borrowers by Mary Norton, 192 completed 8/27/15
48. Doctor Who: The Deviant Strain (Doctor Who: New Series Adventures #4) by Justin Richards, audiobook completed 8/27/15
49. Doctor Who: The Stealers of Dreams (Doctor Who: New Series Adventures #6) by Steve Lyons, audiobook completed 8/28/15
50. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, audiobook/224 completed 9/2/15 (re-read)
51. 'night, Nother, by Martha Norman, audiobook completed 9/6/15
52. Doctor Who: Borrowed Time (Doctor Who: New Series Adventures #48) by Naomi Alderman, audiobook completed 9/7/15
53. The Witches of Worm by Zilpha Keatley Snyder, 183 completed 9/10/15 Newbery Honor Book 1973
54. Orangutan by Colin Broderick, audiobook completed 9/11/15
55. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, audiobook completed 9/15/15
56. When My Love Returns from the Ladies Room, Will I Be Too Old To Care? by Lewis Grizzard, 219 completed 9/20/15
57. Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson, audiobook completed 9/27/15
58. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris, audiobook completed 9/27/15
59. Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt, audiobook completed 9/28/15
60. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, audiobook completed 9/29/15 (re-read)
61. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, audiobook completed 10/7/15
62. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, audiobook completed 10/10/15
63. The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan, audiobook completed 10/17/15
64. One Summer, 1927 by Bill Bryson, audiobook completed 10/19/15
65. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel, 232 completed 10/22/15
66. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 348 completed 10/28/15
67. The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of The Origins of the Ebola Virus by Richard Preston, audiobook completed 10/30/15
68. The New Avengers, Volume 1 by Brian Michael Bendis, 160 completed 11/6/15
69. The New Avengers, Volume 2 by Brian Michael Bendis, 168 completed 11/8/15
70. A Midsummer Night's Scream by R.L. Stine, 250 completed 11/9/15
71. The New Avengers, Volume 3 by Brian Michael Bendis, 184 completed 11/14/15
72. The New Avengers, Volume 4 by Brian Michael Bendis, 160 completed 11/15/15
73. Autumn Falls by Bella Thorne, audiobook completed 11/16/15
74. The New Avengers, Volume 5 by Brian Michael Bendis, 112 completed 12/4/15
75. Civil War: New Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis, 120 completed 12/8/15
76. The Borrowers Afield by Mary Norton, 228 completed 12/9/15
77. The New Avengers, Volume 12: Powerloss by Brian Michael Bendis, 144 completed 12/12/15
78. Bomb: The Race to Build-and Steal-the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin, audiobook completed 12/14/15
79. The New Avengers, Vol. 7: The Trust by Brian Michael Bendis, 184 completed 12/15/15
80. Avengers: Fear Itself by Brian Michael Bendis, 184 completed 12/20/15
81. King Dork by Frank Portman, audiobook completed 12/21/15 (re-read)
82. The Avengers: Volume 1 by Brian Michael Bendis, 160 completed 12/30/15
83. King Dork Approximately by Frank Portman, audiobook completed 12/31/15
84. The Tempest by William Shakespeare, audiobook completed 12/31/15