I reached my goal a couple of months back, and good thing too, since the last two months turned out to be slow reading months.
My goal was 60 books, and I completed 65. I also had a sub-goal of 5 non-fiction, and I read 8. Overall, I am happy with my reading year. I was on a break from work in January and read lots of easy reads and books I've read before, as my mind was not in the right space for long, complex books.
Two of my favourite fiction books in 2015 were
The Gate to Women’s Country by Sheri S. Tepper and
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman, and two of my favourite non-fiction reads where
Rape: A South African Nightmare by Pumla Gqola and
Maria Callas: The Woman Behind the Legend by Arianna Stassinopoulos. I started reading more paper books this year than last, partly because I started using the library again and partly because I moved back home and was reunited with hundreds of paper books I had not seen for years.
For short reviews on my five favourite fiction books,
go here, and for my five favourite non-fiction books,
go here.