My 2015 Reading List

Let's be honest - I failed a little bit in 2014.  I'm a wee embarassed at the lack of reading I have done in the last year... I'm not going to call it a new year's resolution (because those hardly ever work), but I will call it "making sure that I'm taking enough time to relax in 2015." 

A friend of mine posted the PopSugar reading challenge recently, which prompted me to choose some of my favourites from their list and create my own 2015 Reading List.  I'm obviously hoping to read more than 12 books this year (I mean, I did receive some books for Christmas that I definitely want to read but that wouldn't fit into these categories!), however I think this list will give me a good reason to diversify my reading in the new year! 

I've chosen 12 prompts for 2015... And will hopefully complete at least one per month throughout the year!  I haven't yet chosen which books I want to read for each prompt - we could call it procrastinating, but I think it gives me some time to really think about what my options are for these categories.

• A popular author's first book
• A book that was originally written in a different language
• A book written by an author with your same initials
• A memoir
• A funny book
• A book with a colour in the title
• A book you own but have never read
• A book with a one-word title
• A book written by someone under 30
• A book you can finish in a day
• A book with non-human characters
• A book set during Christmas

Feel free to leave a comment with any suggestions for my 12 categories!  

Insurgent and Allegiant (Veronica Roth)

This post is way overdue! I finished the third "Divergent" series book in November and have been slacking on getting something posted about the series.  Possibly my lack of motivation to write about these books is because I'm still digesting the ending and that I don't want to spoil anything for those who are reading the series (or watching the movies) - since I know I've already revealed the biggest spoiler alert to two friends while discussing my surprise at the ending to these books. 

Personally, I enjoyed "Divergent" more than I enjoyed "Insurgent" or "Allegiant," but all followed the same theme and used the same characters, so it was still an enjoyable series! 

The last two books in the series were just as jam-packed with adventure as the first one and still included all of the drama between characters. 

I honestly just don't want to ruin these ones for you!  (I even have a friend who has read 80% of the third book and refuses to read the ending because she just doesn't want to live with the ending.)

If you enjoyed the first book, you will enjoy these two as well!