Must Read in 2015 Update

It turns out that when you set reading goals based on the fact that reading is pretty much your ONLY hobby.... and then start a new hobby (crochet).... not all the reading goals get met.

Overall, though, I am fairly pleased with the amount of reading I did this year. (My lack of blogging about said reading is an entirely different matter, of course).

"Must Read in 2015" List  (Pop Sugar Challenge will be a separate post)

I had 39 books on this list. I read 29 of them....

There are four I am still reading (one is a super long audio book, one is a read aloud with my son that I left at home and we are almost done, one is a super long book that I just started)

Six are getting added to the 2016 list. I think 2016 will be my year of mostly "catching up" with just a few new books added.

Title	Author	Category	Genre	Date Read	Notes, Awards, etc.
Feed	Anderson, MT	YA	Dystopian	Nov 2014 ... shhh	Not terribly excited by this one.
Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty	Heppermann, Christine	YA	Poetry	Nov 2014	Well done - intriguing commentary on modern life through fairy tale allusions
Handbook for Dragon Slayers	Haskell, Merrie	MG	Fantasy	January	Schneider  -- LOVED IT
Period.8	Crutcher, Chris	YA	Realistic Fiction	January	Sports book - but with lots of other great plot points.
Hansel and Gretel	Gaiman, Neil	MG	Fairy Tale	January	So creepy - especially with the illustrations
Cure for Dreaming, The	Winters, Cat	YA	Historical Fiction	January	I LOVED this one! Lots of great suffrage history.
Better Nate than Ever	Federle	MG	Realistic Fiction	January	audiobook version - so funny!
Jackaby	Ritter, William	YA	Historical Fiction/ Paranormal	January	Creepy and good. Okay for younger YA audiences
Witch's Boy, The	Barnhill	MG	Fantasy	January	audiobook - Excellent story and amazing narrator
Shadow Hero, The	Yang, Gene Luen	YA	Fantasy	January	Graphic Novel, Cybils short list
Blue Lily, Lily Blue	Stiefvater, Maggie	YA	Fantasy	February	I ADORE THIS SERIES. I can't wait for the next one.
Vicious	Schwab, Victoria	YA	Fantasy	February	audiobook - What if we could gain special powers? Creepy as heck.
Soulless	Carriger, Gail	YA	Fantasy	March	I REALLY like this series - Steampunk fantasy Rec by @kindleaholic
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe	Sáenz, Benjamin Alire	YA	Realistic Fiction	April	Stonewall, Prinze, Pure Belpre  -- excellent story.
Body Electric, The	Revis, Beth	YA	Science Fiction	April
Glory O'Brien's History of the Future	King, AS	YA	Science Fiction?	April	audiobook version -- AMAZING and hard to categorize.
Afterworlds	Westerfield, Scott	YA	Fantasy	May	audiobook version -- tale in two parts -- one of the young author as she moves through the publishing world and one of her story.
The Dungeoneers	Anderson, John David	MG	Fantasy	May	ARC from Walden Pond Press -- I LOVE this author and so do my students.
Adventures in Graphica	Thompson, Terry	Professional	Nonfiction	June	What an excellent resource for those who want to teach with graphic novels/ sequential art.
Ashfall	Mullin, Mike	YA	Post-Apoc	August	Excellent!! Will definitely continue this series.
A Woman in the House (and Senate): How Women Came to the United States Congress, Broke Down Barriers, and Changed the Country	Cooper, Ilene	MG	Nonfiction	August	Lots of great information.
Wishful Drinking	Fisher, Carrie	Adult	Memoir	August	audiobook version (narrated by Fisher)
Martian, The	Weir, Andy	Adult	Science Fiction	August	Read it before I saw it!
Phoenix Island	Dixon, John	YA	Science Fiction / Action Adventure	September	Local author group
Spider's Bite	Estep, Jennifer	YA	Fantasy	September	Audiobook Recommended by Rachel S
Attachments	Rowell, Rainbow	Adult	Realistic Fiction	October	audiobook version -- interesting story style.
Revolution	Wiles, Deborah	MG	Historical Fiction	October	Didn't finish - but called it done
I'll Give You the Sun	Nelson, Jandy	YA	Realistic Fiction	October	audiobook version -- amazing
Pope Joan	Cross, Donna Wollfolk	adult	Historical Fiction	November	recommended by Rachel and Andrea -- This was fascinating! I wanted to punch almost all the male characters in the face throughout, though.
Night Gardener	Auxier, Jonathan	MG	Fantasy	CURRENTLY READING	Reading aloud to my son - we are almost done.
Johnathan Strange & Mr. Norrell	Clarke, Susanna	Adult	Fantasy	CURRENTLY READING	Audiobook Recommended by Joyce -- quite good (need to see the series). Listening to it and it is LONG
Caged Graves, The	Salerni, Dianne K.	MG	Historical Fiction	CURRENTLY READING	Local Author group
Diverse Energies	Buckell, Tobias S	YA	Dystopian	DECEMBER	Short stories - diverse
Wynde	Barr, Tricia	YA	Science Fiction	CURRENTLY READING
September Girls	Madison, Bennett	YA	Fantasy	ADD TO 2016 LIST
Circa Now	Turner, Amber McRee	MG	Realistic Fiction	ADD TO 2016 LIST
Unbound, The	Schwab, Victoria	YA	Dystopian	ADD TO 2016 LIST
Dreams and Shadows	Cargill, Robert	Adult	Fantasy	ADD TO 2016 LIST
The Story of Owen	Johnston, EK	YA	Fantasy	ADD TO 2016 LIST	Recommended by Kathy
None of the Above	Gregorio, IW	YA	Realistic Fiction	ADD TO 2016 LIST	Local author group