2015 Reading Challenge

This year’s reading list includes fairy tales, mythic fiction, research (insanity and patient narratives), and the inevitable on-the-fly selections, usually new releases. My challenge for 2015 is 100 books. Review policy.

Fiction: 114 | Non-Fiction: 12 | Total: 126

January 2015

  1. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote [About | My Review] 4 stars
  2. The Dark by James Herbert [About | My Review] 3 stars
  3. The Land of Laughs by Jonathan Carroll [About | My Review] 4 stars
  4. Zel by Donna Jo Napoli [About | My Review] 4 stars
  5. The Snake Pit by Mary Jane Ward [About | My Review] 4 stars
  6. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch [About | My Review] 4 stars
  7. Snow White Red-Handed by Maia Chance [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
  8. Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor [About | My Review] 3 stars
  9. I Could Pee on This, and Other Poems by Cats by Francesco Marciuliano [About | My Review] 3 stars
  10. The Deep by Nick Cutter [About | My Review] 3 stars
  11. Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
  12. The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz [About | My Review] 4 stars
  13. The Pearl that Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi [About | My Review] 4 stars
  14. The Green Man by Michael Bedard [About | My Review] 4 stars
  15. Wolves and Witches by Amanda C. Davis and Megan Engelhardt [About | My Review] 4 stars
  16. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine [About | My Review] 4 stars
  17. In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  18. The Cats of Tanglewood Forest by Charles De Lint [About | My Review] 4 stars
  19. Cinderella Skeleton by Robert D. San Souci [About | My Review] 4 stars

February 2015

  1. The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan [About | My Review] 4 stars
  2. The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us by Diane Ackerman [About | My Review] 4 stars
  3. Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen [About | My Review] 4 stars
  4. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin [About | My Review] 4 stars
  5. Seven Wild Sisters by Charles de Lint [About | My Review] 5 stars
  6. Brother Odd by Dean Koontz [About | My Review] 3 stars
  7. A Fine and Private Place by Peter S. Beagle [About | My Review] 3 stars
  8. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  9. Mira, Mirror by Mette Ivie Harrison [About | My Review] 3 stars
  10. Enchanted by Alethea Kontis [About | My Review] 4 stars
  11. Big Fish by Daniel Wallace [About | My Review] 5 stars
  12. But I Could Never Go Vegan! by Kristy Turner [About | My Review] 4 stars
  13. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka [About | My Review] 5 stars

March 2015

  1. The Coachman Rat by David Henry Wilson [About | My Review] 4 stars
  2. Honestly, Red Riding Hood Was Rotten! by Trisha Speed Shaskan [About | My Review] 4 stars
  3. Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman [About | My Review] 4 stars
  4. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith [About | My Review] 3 stars
  5. The Wolf’s Story: What Really Happened to Little Red Riding Hood by Toby Forward [About | My Review] 4 stars
  6. Little Red Riding Hood by Jerry Pinkney [About | My Review] 3 stars
  7. Pretty Salma by Niki Daly [About | My Review] 4 stars
  8. The Tragic Age by Stephen Metcalfe [About | My Review] 3 stars
  9. Little Red Riding Hood by Andrea Wisnewski [About | My Review] 4 stars
  10. Little Red Riding Hood by Josephine Evetts-Secker [About | My Review] 3 stars
  11. Little Red Riding Hood by Lari Don [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  12. Little Red Riding Hood by Trina Schart Hyman [About | My Review] 5 stars
  13. Life’s Operating Manual by Tom Shadyac [About | My Review] 4 stars
  14. A Wicked Thing by Rhiannon Thomas [About | My Review] 4 stars
  15. Moody Bitches by Julie Holland [About | My Review] DNF
  16. Little Red Riding Hood by Cooper Edens [About | My Review] 4 stars
  17. Little Red Riding Hood by Gennady Spirin [About | My Review] 3 stars
  18. Little Red Riding Hood by Susan Middleton Elya [About | My Review] 5 stars
  19. The Bearskinner by Laura Amy Schlitz [About | My Review] 4 stars
  20. The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro [About | My Review] 4 stars

April 2015

  1. All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  2. The Girl Who Married the Moon by Joseph Bruchac and Gayle Ross [About | My Review] 5 stars
  3. Lady in the Water: A Bedtime Story by M. Night Shyamalan [About | My Review] 2.5 stars
  4. Less Medicine, More Health by Dr. H. Gilbert Welch [About | My Review] 4 stars
  5. The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher Healy [About | My Review] 4 stars
  6. UnEnchanted by Chanda Hahn [About | My Review] 4 stars
  7. We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach [About | My Review] 3 stars
  8. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins [About | My Review] 3 stars
  9. Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon Hale [About | My Review] 3 stars
  10. Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky [About | My Review] 3 stars
  11. Sugar Cane by Patricia Storace [About | My Review] 5 stars
  12. Rapunzel by Sarah Gibb [About | My Review] 4 stars
  13. A Castle Full of Cats by Ruth Sanderson [About | My Review] 5 stars
  14. My Name Is Rapunzel by K.C. Hilton [About | My Review] 2.5 stars

May 2015

  1. Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente [About | My Review] 4 stars
  2. The Enchanted Wood by Ruth Sanderson [About | My Review] 5 stars
  3. Nerd Do Well by Simon Pegg [About | My Review] 4 stars
  4. Unwind by Neal Shusterman [About | My Review] 3 stars
  5. Memory of Water by Emmi Itäranta [About | My Review] 4 stars
  6. The Amazing Mr. Howard by Kenneth W. Harmon [About | My Review] 1.5 stars
  7. On the Soul of a Vampire by Krisi Keley [About | My Review]
  8. Princess of Thorns by Stacey Jay [About | My Review] 4 stars
  9. The Cost of All Things by Maggie Lehrman [About | My Review] 3 stars

June 2015

All business. No free time to read for pleasure.

July 2015

  1. Bound by Donna Jo Napoli [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  2. Backup by Jim Butcher [About | My Review] 3 stars

August 2015

  1. The Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy by Sam Maggs [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  2. In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware [About | My Review] 4 stars
  3. Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica [About | My Review] 4 stars
  4. The Night Sister by Jennifer McMahon [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
  5. Second Life by S.J. Watson [About | My Review] 2 stars
  6. Black Pearls: A Faerie Strand by Louise Hawes [About | My Review] 5 stars
  7. The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie Oakes [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  8. Pretty Is by Maggie Mitchell [About | My Review] 2 stars
  9. Snow White and the 77 Dwarfs by Davide Cali [About | My Review] 4 stars
  10. The Memory Garden by Mary Rickert [About | My Review] 4 stars
  11. The Acolyte by Nick Cutter [About | My Review] 3 stars
  12. Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce [About | My Review] 3 stars
  13. Soul Mates by John R. Little [About | My Review] 2 stars

September 2015

  1. Hero by Alethea Kontis [About | My Review] 3 stars
  2. The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld [About | My Review] 4 stars
  3. Rotters by Daniel Kraus [About | My Review] 2.5 stars
  4. Harrison Squared by Daryl Gregory [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
  5. Fairest by Chanda Hahn [About | My Review] 3 stars

October 2015

  1. The Killing Lessons by Saul Black [About | My Review] 3 stars
  2. Seed by Ania Ahlborn [About | My Review] 4 stars
  3. Promise Not to Tell by Jennifer McMahon [About | My Review] 4 stars
  4. Took: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn [About | My Review] 3 stars
  5. A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay [About | My Review] 3 stars
  6. The Princess Bride by William Goldman [About | My Review] 4 stars

November 2015

  1. The New Hunger by Isaac Marion [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  2. Slade House by David Mitchell [About | My Review] 4 stars
  3. Alice by Christina Henry [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  4. From the Beast to the Blonde by Marina Warner [About | My Review] 4 stars
  5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling [About | My Review] re-read 5 stars
  6. The Gospel of Loki by Joanne M. Harris [About | My Review] 3 stars
  7. Dragon’s Blood by Jane Yolen [About | My Review] 4 stars
  8. Don’t Bet on the Prince by Jack Zipes [About | My Review] 4 stars
  9. The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco [About | My Review] 2 stars
  10. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling [About | My Review] re-read 5 stars
  11. A Wild Swan: And Other Tales by Michael Cunningham [About | My Review] 4 stars
  12. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr [About | My Review] 4 stars
  13. One Thousand Paper Cranes by Takayuki Ishii [About | My Review] 4 stars
  14. Holiday by Mary Rickert [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
  15. The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-mi Hwang [About | My Review] 5 stars

December 2015

  1. Of Sorrow and Such by Angela Slatter [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
  2. Fell of Dark by Patrick Downes [About | My Review] 3 stars
  3. Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  4. The Rabbit Back Literature Society by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
  5. Not on Fire, but Burning by Greg Hrbek [About | My Review] 2 stars
  6. American Gods by Neil Gaiman [About | My Review] 5 stars
  7. The Water and the Wild by K.E. Ormsbee [About | My Review] 4 stars
  8. Briar Rose by Jane Yolen [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
  9. The Golem by Gustav Meyrink [About | My Review] 4 stars
  10. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende [About | My Review] 4 stars

Last Updated: 1/4/2016