50 Books Challenge in 2015

I'm continuing to challenge myself to read 50 books a year. Since I started working, it gets harder and harder to find time to read, so I didn't quite make it to 50 this year (only 46). Still, I keep trying!

Usually as part of my challenge, I pick an author to read in-depth, but this year, my reading habits were more sporadic and very YA focused.

I read three Brandon Sanderson books, and finally found one that I really liked:

• The Rithmatist *****
• Firefight ****
• Steelheart ***

Caught up on a ton of mediocre YA supernatural romance trilogies:

• Shiver ***
• Linger ***
• Forever ***

• The Gathering ***
• The Calling ***
• The Rising ** (wish I had not read the whole trilogy)

• Hush, Hush *** (learned my lesson from the last trilogy and didn't continue with the rest)

A couple of re-reads:

• The Westing Game *****
• Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes ****

Books I read for school:

• Of Mice and Men ****
• Out of the Dust ***
• Thirteen Reasons Why ***

Some non-fiction, particularly focused on professional development:

• Teach Like a Champion *****
• Hey Natalie Jean ****
• Grammar Keepers ****
• Women at Church: Magnifying LDS Women's Local Impact ***
• Total Participation Techniques ***
• Reading Reasons ***
• Unbroken ** (hated this book!)

And the rest:

• The Golem and the Jinni *****
• The Wednesday Wars *****
• Tiny Sunbirds Far Away *****
• Stargirl ****
• The Story of Beautiful Girl ****
• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian ****
• These Is My Words ****
• Code Name Verity ****
• The Language of Flowers ****
• The Shadow of the Wind ****
• The Thief Lord ****
• Big Little Lies ****
• Orphan Train ****
• Me Before You ****
• Ready Player One ***
• The Peach Keeper ***
• Poison ***
• The Boston Girl ***
• Little Mercies ***
• How to Build a Girl ***
• Virals ***
• Gilded ***
• The Search for WondLa ***
• Go Ask Alice **

Overall, it was a pretty good year for reading. Look at all those four or five star books! Here's hoping 2016 is as good!