Being Tori

December 31 and I’m finally finished my 2015 reading challenge. I feel like I’ve accomplished so much. And because I feel like this accomplishment should be acknowledged by everyone commemorated, I thought I’d do a little review before jumping into 2016. So, without further ado:

Total books read: 49

Total authors read: 38

Total books reviewed: 38

Total books required for challenge: 26

Total books read for challenge: 32

Favourite book read in 2015: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S Lewis (I nearly forgot how much I loved this series when I was younger.)

Genres most read: literary fiction (10), memoir (8), fantasy (8)

Favourite literary fiction: Still Alice by Lisa Genova

Favourite memoir: A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout and The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

Favourite fantasy: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

Favourite book cover: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling and Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson

Most surprising read: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (because I was not expecting to love it so much) and Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (because I was not expecting Tralfamadorians).

Most disappointing read: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (I was so ready to love it)

Book I was most excited for: Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson

Book I recommended to the most people: A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout

Favourite debut: The End of the Alphabet by CS Richardson

Favourite book from a genre I don’t typically read: Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris (satirical essays)

Fastest read: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (six hundred pages in two days)

Book I can’t believe I didn’t read until this year: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

Favourite new-to-me author: Lisa Genova

Favourite book by an author I’ve read before: The Tiny Wife by Andrew Kaufman (author of All My Friends are Superheroes)

Book that made my eyes leak: Still Alice by Lisa Genova

Book that angered me the most: The House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout

Book that made me laugh the most: Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson

Favourite character: Ron Weasley

Least favourite character: Jonathan Randall

Shortest book: The Tiny Wife by Andrew Kaufman (88 pages)

Longest book: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (896 pages)

Series that I will keep reading: Ransom Riggs’ Peculiar Children series

Author I will read more of: Patrick deWitt (I already have Undermajordomo Minor on my TBR pillar)

Book I’ll likely re-read: the entire Harry Potter series (it’d be cool to read them on my trip to Europe in the summer)

Book I definitely will not re-read: Longitude by Dava Sobel

And there you have it, folks, my 2015 in a nut shell. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. And don’t forget to read every single review in 2016—it’s gonna be a blast. Scout’s honour.