{Burial Rites, A Study in Scarlet, Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion, Rebecca, Under the Egg, The Secret of Platform 13, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Notes From a Small Island, Since You've Been Gone, Of Mice and Men, Anne of Avonlea, How Green Was My Valley}
2015 was a pretty good bookish year. Of course, there were a few duds, but overall I read a lot of good books and found some new favorites. Pictured above are my favorite books that I read for the first time this year, in no particular order.
I read 75 books, which was my goal. Of those, twelve were rereads. (I reread some of my favorite books this year, like Persuasion and Emma.) I didn't really read a lot of series...I did read two trilogies (Wildwood and A Tale Dark & Grimm) and the majority of the Anne of Green Gables series. (I read the first six, and there seems to be some confusion as to exactly how many books are considered to be in the Anne series.)
Here's how I did with my book-related resolutions:
Read 75 books? Yes, I did this! I didn't manage to read any more than that, though. :)
Get my number of own-but-unread books down to 100? Ha. Even if I don't buy many books, shrinking this number somehow still proves impossible for me.
Read at least five new-to-me classics? As long as I include modern classics, I did this. I read Of Mice and Men, Anne of Avonlea, Rebecca, A Study in Scarlet, and How Green Was My Valley. (And interestingly, they all made my favorites list.)
Buy fewer books? Compared to the last couple of years, I definitely bought fewer books. Except for a brief relapse on Thriftbooks.com over the summer, I was remarkably restrained. :)
Keep a more detailed book journal? Yes. I made an effort to jot down more of my thoughts in my real book journal instead of just typing them up on Goodreads.
Reread the Lord of the Rings trilogy? Nope. I did reread The Hobbit, though.
Work on this book challenge? Surprisingly, I managed to complete this one! I wrote about it here.
What were the best books that you read in 2015?