Well, I totally slacked on this year's challenge. But in my defense, I had a lot of textbook reading to do. On the plus side though, I reviewed a lot of the books I read this year. Then, I kind of slacked on that too. So anyway, here all the wonderful (and not so wonderful) books I read this year. You can click on the links to be taken to their reviews.
- Saint Anything - Sarah Dessen
- What She Left Behind - Ellen Marie Wiseman
- 10 Days in a Madhouse - Nelly Bly
- Thorn - Intisar Khanani
- Edgewater - Courtney Sheinmel
- Everything, Everything - Nicola Yoon
- Keeping the Moon - Sarah Dessen
- That Summer - Sarah Dessen
- The Truth About Forever - Sarah Dessen
- The Wrath & The Dawn - Renee Ahdieh
- Ruby - Cynthia Bond
- Every Day - David Levithan
- Burned - Ellen Hopkins
- Shatter - Michael Robotham
- Black Moon - Kenneth Calhoun
- The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
- Sloppy Firsts - Megan McCafferty
- Lucas - Kevin Brooks
- The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
- The Vanishing Season - Jodi Lynn Anderson
- Isla and the Happily Ever After - Stephanie Perkins
- Tiger Lily - Jodi Lynn Anderson
Favorite: The Wrath & The Dawn
Least Favorite: The Vanishing Season, Black Moon, Ruby
Surprising Like: The Handmaid's Tale
Surprising Hate: The Vanishing Season (I liked Tiger Lily so much!)
Beloved Re-Read: Sloppy Firsts (always!)
Would Re-Read: The Wrath & The Dawn
Wondered Why You Bothered Finishing It: Black Moon
Made You Cry: Lucas
Made You Laugh: Isla and the Happily Ever After
Want to See it Turned into a Movie: The Wrath & The Dawn
Overrated: Ruby
Underrated: Thorn
Best/Most Promising Series: The Wrath & The Dawn
Started Good But Petered Out: Black Moon
Started Slow but Stuck the Landing: The Handmaid's Tale
Author to Watch Out For: Renee Ahdieh
Best Book Cover: The Wrath & The Dawn
Bad Cover, Good Book: Lucas
Made You Think: The Handmaid's Tale & Lucas
Guilty Pleasure: Isla and the Happily Ever After & Shatter
Best YA: The Wrath & the Dawn
Best Adult: The Night Circus
Favorite Character: Shazi & Khalid
Least Favorite Character: Susannah from Edgewater
Most Hated Antagonist: Old-school psychologists from 10 Days in a Madhouse
Most Hated Protagonist: Maggie from The Vanishing Season
Fictional Crush: Josh from Isla and the Happily Ever After
What were some of the books you read this year? Which should be on my first-to-read for 2016? Leave them in the comments!
