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
- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote [About | My Review] 4 stars
- The Dark by James Herbert [About | My Review] 3 stars
- The Land of Laughs by Jonathan Carroll [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Zel by Donna Jo Napoli [About | My Review] 4 stars
- The Snake Pit by Mary Jane Ward [About | My Review] 4 stars
- The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Snow White Red-Handed by Maia Chance [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
- Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor [About | My Review] 3 stars
- I Could Pee on This, and Other Poems by Cats by Francesco Marciuliano [About | My Review] 3 stars
- The Deep by Nick Cutter [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
- The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz [About | My Review] 4 stars
- The Pearl that Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi [About | My Review] 4 stars
- The Green Man by Michael Bedard [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Wolves and Witches by Amanda C. Davis and Megan Engelhardt [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine [About | My Review] 4 stars
- In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- The Cats of Tanglewood Forest by Charles De Lint [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Cinderella Skeleton by Robert D. San Souci [About | My Review] 4 stars
February 2015
- The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan [About | My Review] 4 stars
- The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us by Diane Ackerman [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen [About | My Review] 4 stars
- The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Seven Wild Sisters by Charles de Lint [About | My Review] 5 stars
- Brother Odd by Dean Koontz [About | My Review] 3 stars
- A Fine and Private Place by Peter S. Beagle [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- Mira, Mirror by Mette Ivie Harrison [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Enchanted by Alethea Kontis [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Big Fish by Daniel Wallace [About | My Review] 5 stars
- But I Could Never Go Vegan! by Kristy Turner [About | My Review] 4 stars
- The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka [About | My Review] 5 stars
March 2015
- The Coachman Rat by David Henry Wilson [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Honestly, Red Riding Hood Was Rotten! by Trisha Speed Shaskan [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith [About | My Review] 3 stars
- The Wolf’s Story: What Really Happened to Little Red Riding Hood by Toby Forward [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Little Red Riding Hood by Jerry Pinkney [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Pretty Salma by Niki Daly [About | My Review] 4 stars
- The Tragic Age by Stephen Metcalfe [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Little Red Riding Hood by Andrea Wisnewski [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Little Red Riding Hood by Josephine Evetts-Secker [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Little Red Riding Hood by Lari Don [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- Little Red Riding Hood by Trina Schart Hyman [About | My Review] 5 stars
- Life’s Operating Manual by Tom Shadyac [About | My Review] 4 stars
- A Wicked Thing by Rhiannon Thomas [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Moody Bitches by Julie Holland [About | My Review] DNF
- Little Red Riding Hood by Cooper Edens [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Little Red Riding Hood by Gennady Spirin [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Little Red Riding Hood by Susan Middleton Elya [About | My Review] 5 stars
- The Bearskinner by Laura Amy Schlitz [About | My Review] 4 stars
- The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro [About | My Review] 4 stars
April 2015
- All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- The Girl Who Married the Moon by Joseph Bruchac and Gayle Ross [About | My Review] 5 stars
- Lady in the Water: A Bedtime Story by M. Night Shyamalan [About | My Review] 2.5 stars
- Less Medicine, More Health by Dr. H. Gilbert Welch [About | My Review] 4 stars
- The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher Healy [About | My Review] 4 stars
- UnEnchanted by Chanda Hahn [About | My Review] 4 stars
- We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach [About | My Review] 3 stars
- The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon Hale [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Sugar Cane by Patricia Storace [About | My Review] 5 stars
- Rapunzel by Sarah Gibb [About | My Review] 4 stars
- A Castle Full of Cats by Ruth Sanderson [About | My Review] 5 stars
- My Name Is Rapunzel by K.C. Hilton [About | My Review] 2.5 stars
May 2015
- Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente [About | My Review] 4 stars
- The Enchanted Wood by Ruth Sanderson [About | My Review] 5 stars
- Nerd Do Well by Simon Pegg [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Unwind by Neal Shusterman [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Memory of Water by Emmi Itäranta [About | My Review] 4 stars
- The Amazing Mr. Howard by Kenneth W. Harmon [About | My Review] 1.5 stars
- On the Soul of a Vampire by Krisi Keley [About | My Review]
- Princess of Thorns by Stacey Jay [About | My Review] 4 stars
- 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
- Bound by Donna Jo Napoli [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- Backup by Jim Butcher [About | My Review] 3 stars
August 2015
- The Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy by Sam Maggs [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica [About | My Review] 4 stars
- The Night Sister by Jennifer McMahon [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
- Second Life by S.J. Watson [About | My Review] 2 stars
- Black Pearls: A Faerie Strand by Louise Hawes [About | My Review] 5 stars
- The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie Oakes [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- Pretty Is by Maggie Mitchell [About | My Review] 2 stars
- Snow White and the 77 Dwarfs by Davide Cali [About | My Review] 4 stars
- The Memory Garden by Mary Rickert [About | My Review] 4 stars
- The Acolyte by Nick Cutter [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Soul Mates by John R. Little [About | My Review] 2 stars
September 2015
- Hero by Alethea Kontis [About | My Review] 3 stars
- The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Rotters by Daniel Kraus [About | My Review] 2.5 stars
- Harrison Squared by Daryl Gregory [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
- Fairest by Chanda Hahn [About | My Review] 3 stars
October 2015
- The Killing Lessons by Saul Black [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Seed by Ania Ahlborn [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Promise Not to Tell by Jennifer McMahon [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Took: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn [About | My Review] 3 stars
- A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay [About | My Review] 3 stars
- The Princess Bride by William Goldman [About | My Review] 4 stars
November 2015
- The New Hunger by Isaac Marion [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- Slade House by David Mitchell [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Alice by Christina Henry [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- From the Beast to the Blonde by Marina Warner [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling [About | My Review] re-read 5 stars
- The Gospel of Loki by Joanne M. Harris [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Dragon’s Blood by Jane Yolen [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Don’t Bet on the Prince by Jack Zipes [About | My Review] 4 stars
- The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco [About | My Review] 2 stars
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling [About | My Review] re-read 5 stars
- A Wild Swan: And Other Tales by Michael Cunningham [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr [About | My Review] 4 stars
- One Thousand Paper Cranes by Takayuki Ishii [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Holiday by Mary Rickert [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
- The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-mi Hwang [About | My Review] 5 stars
December 2015
- Of Sorrow and Such by Angela Slatter [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
- Fell of Dark by Patrick Downes [About | My Review] 3 stars
- Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
- The Rabbit Back Literature Society by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
- Not on Fire, but Burning by Greg Hrbek [About | My Review] 2 stars
- American Gods by Neil Gaiman [About | My Review] 5 stars
- The Water and the Wild by K.E. Ormsbee [About | My Review] 4 stars
- Briar Rose by Jane Yolen [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
- The Golem by Gustav Meyrink [About | My Review] 4 stars
- The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende [About | My Review] 4 stars
Last Updated: 1/4/2016