Where does the time go?
To say I’ve neglected this site over the year would be an understatement. I had every intention of keeping up with my reviews, but it just didn’t happen. Work, life, everything seemed to have gotten in the way. I did manage to read quite a few books for 2015, completing my goal of 50, but I want to make a resolution to post more often in 2016. I know I can do it if I just set aside some time each week. I love books in all of their forms and it was important to me to be able to share that love in my little corner of the internet. I suppose on some levels I have been discouraged, I see so many larger sites receiving books to review and I know I can’t compete. I don’t like to spoil books for others so my reviews are lacking a lot of details. Perhaps I should focus more on those details and not so much on keeping things spoiler free.
I’m not sure what my goal will be yet when it comes to writing here, but I’m hoping that at least bi-weekly will be something I can manage. Even if it’s not a book I have finished reading, but rather a generic article about the subject. Most of the writing here isn’t for anyone in particular but is for my own pleasure, but I do want to have at least something to show for it.
Here’s to a new year. What did I read in 2015? You can find the list below, in the order that I’ve read them (newest read books are at the top of the list)
- Mark of the Mage, by R.K. Ryals
- The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde
- The Tenth Insight: Holding the Vision, by James Redfield
- The Way of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson
- Bear, by Marian Engel
- The Ghost Bride, by Yangsze Choo
- Inkspell, by Cornelia Funke
- Moth and Spark, by Anne Leonard
- Richard Hittleman’s Yoga: 28 Day Exercise Plan, by Richard Hittleman
- The Martian, by Andy Weir
- Gone With the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell
- Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte
- The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson
- Three Souls, by Janie Chang
- Loving, by Henry Green
- Uprooted, by Naomi Novik
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer
- Chestnut Street, by Maeve Binchy
- Fool’s Quest, by Robin Hobb
- The Shock of the Fall, by Nathan Filer
- Code Name Verity, by Elizabeth Wein
- The Man in the Iron Mask, by Alexandre Dumas
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
- Knight’s Shadow, by Sebastien de Castell
- Taking Charge of your Fertility, by Toni Weschler
- Ru, by Kim Thuy
- Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen
- The Summoner, by Gail Z. Martin
- The Black Prism, by Brent Weeks
- Beau Geste, by P.C. Wren
- Prince of Fools, by Mark Lawrence
- The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle
- Killashandra, by Anne McCaffrey
- When I found You, by Catherine Ryan Hyde
- The Celestine Prophecy, by James Redfield
- At the Water’s Edge, by Sara Gruen
- Throne of Darkness, by Douglas Nicholas
- Longbourn, by Jo Baker
- The Pirate’s Bed, by Nicola Winstanley
- A Blight of Mages, by Karen Miller
- The Highest Number in the World, by Roy MacGregor
- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, by Rachel Joyce
- The Scandal of Father Brown, by G.K. Chesterton
- The Harem Midwife, by Roberta Rich
- Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
- Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel
- The Giver, by Lois Lowry
- A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin
- Fool’s Assassin, by Robin Hobb
- Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery
- Dreamer’s Pool, by Juliet Marillier
What is next on my to-read list? I haven’t quite decided. I think I’d like to write a few reviews of some of my 2015 choices that I’ve neglected to write about and then we’ll just have to see where I end up. Some books surprised me a great deal, and were nothing like what I expected. I want to be able to share those thoughts with everyone. Happy reading – here’s to 2016!
The Nomadic Reader 