final thoughts on and favorite books of 2015

"A Court of Thorns and Roses" by Sarah J Maas, also known as the book whose Goodreads rating is most likely to send me into a cardiac arrest;

"A Darker Shade of Magic" by V.E. Schwab; All of the books that I rated one or two stars in 2015 were young adult books except for "A Darker Shade of Magic," which is a young adult book parading as an adult book.

The second book I read this year was "A Visit From the Goon Squad" by Jennifer Egan and I absolutely loved. I actually read through half of this book and I went back to the beginning and started reading it again because it's a series of connecting short stories and I just wanted to make sure that I was really seeing how they all connected and picking up on all of the detail.

"Everything I Never Told You" by Celeste Ng. I feel like this book has haunted me in a way because whenever I think about it I can still feel the feelings that it gave me while I was reading.

One of my favorite graphic novels of the year was "Fables" and I read the deluxe edition book one and two.

and "I Was Here" by Gayle Forman.

In that collab that I mentioned, I named "In Perfect Light" by Benjamin Alire-Saenz as my favorite read of 2015.

Some honorable mentions for me this year were "Seconds" and "Jane, the Fox & Me."

My two-star reads were "Red Queen" by Victoria Aveyard;

Some honorable mentions for me this year were "Seconds" and "Jane, the Fox & Me."

My one-star reviews were "Shatter Me" by Tahereh Mafi, which was also my least favorite read of the year;

"Slammed" by Colleen Hoover, which reads like a middle schooler trying to write about a mature adult relationship;

"Station Eleven" by Emily St. John Mandel and I owe you a full gushing review of this story which was absolutely beautiful but it is another one that caught me by surprise.

And also I read The Lord of the Rings trilogy in full in 2015 and I just absolutely fell in love. I get Middle Earth love now.

"The Ocean at the End of the Lane" by Neil Gaiman. This book is just so creepy and full of meaning and very in-your-face in matter of fact in Gaiman style, where he just tells you that these weird things are without a lot of context to them and you just have to go and accept them and appreciate the story for what it is.

"Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas;

"Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer which is "Twilight"... by Stephenie Meyer.

Another favorite, which is a little bit surprising to me was "Vicious" by the V.E. Schwab and I didn't expect to like this as much as I did. I love the characters in this story.