Happy New Year!!!!

Happy New Year!

As we slide from 2015 into 2016, I would like to participate in the tradition of reflection, and it comes to you like Aristotle's soul: in three parts.

First, I would like to apologize for only four posts in the month of December. Throughout the winter I work two jobs: one as a bookseller at a small, independent bookstore and the other as a rental tech at our local ski area. December is super busy at both, so I have mostly been working and sleeping. I promise over the coming months to read more and do better.

I would also like to look back at the books I have read in the past year, talk about my favorites and the ones I think are the most important. In the past year I have read 104 books, 80 of which are included in this project (twenty left, and four months to read them in). A mixture of fiction, and non-fiction (I've failed in the reading of a romance), I would like to give you two different lists: the 7 most important books I've read, and my 7 favorites.

The most important books I've read this year are:

1. Black Earth by Timothy Snyder
2. The World and Me by Ta-Nahesi Coates
3. 6th Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
4. All the Wild that Remains by David Gessner
5. Missoula by Jon Krakauer
6. On Immunity by Eula Biss
7. End of Night by Paul Bogard

My favorite books that I've read this year are:

7. War of the Encyclopaedists by Christopher Robinson and Gavin Kovite
6. Water Knife by Paulo Bacigualupi
5. Martian by Andy Weir
4.All the Wild that Remains by David Gessner
3.Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
2. Fates and Furies by Lauren Geoff
1. Black Sun by Edward Abbey

These are all fantastic and I highly recommend them.

Lastly, I would like to talk about what I am hoping to achieve in 2016. I'm planning on completing the Year in 100 books project. There are four months and 20 books left, and I am greatly looking forward to reading these books. I've really enjoyed this project and hope that I will be able to work on more projects like this in the future.

This year I will also be working on my first joint project. Andi (writer of the Survival of the Twenties), Arielle, and myself will be reading all of the books, and drinking all of the drinks in Tim Federle's book Tequila Mockingbird and writing about them. Check it out at We Read Drinks. Were hoping to have our first post out in the next couple of weeks.

I hope that everyone has had a wonderful New Years, and I hope that everyone will have a great year filled with wonderful books!