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An Ember in the Ashes, what an awesome debut! I got an ARC of this from the bookstore where I work, and was blown away as soon as I picked it up. It's a great world that is built, and the characters are also so well developed and you really grow to like them.
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Forbidden was one I lucked out to get an e-galley of during a blog tour that I signed up for. And man was I glad that I did! I really loved the history brought out in this novel. The characters were so great, and all that they would deal with in that time period just really fascinated me. I cannot wait for the sequel!
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Now, I actually listed to the audio book of Between the Lines on my drive to Branson last Memorial Day weekend. That was my first foray into listening to audio books as I drove, and it came about from all the issues I'd had with my car's stereo system. But let me tell you, I LOVED this story! It made me laugh, it made me cry, and I couldn't wait to get ahold of the sequel. Not only that, but it kind of cemented my new habit of listening to audio books in the car.
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The egalley of A Court of Thorns and Roses was my first book I'd read by Sarah J. Maas. And it has really made me eager to go back and read her Throne of Glass series. I loved how it pulled in some fairy tale aspects with the faerie themselves. You know the crazy thing that I think about now? I got an ARC of Throne of Glass the first time I went to BEA, but it didn't look like my kind of read, so I either gave it away or traded it away. If only I'd read it.
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Ready Player One was another audio book that I loved. It also showed me how important the person doing the narrating is on an audio-book. And this was read by Wil Wheaton, which was perfect. I loved all the 80s shout-outs, movies, music, video games, etc. The world was a neat one to think about. I've never really been a big video game player, but Ernest Cline writes in such a way that you don't have to be in order to understand and enjoy, but I think there is enough of it in there to interest those who are big gamers.
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Legacy of Kings was another book that really just wowed me. It has made me see that maybe I am going to be more of a fantasy reader than I thought I was. Although really a lot of what I really liked about this was the historical aspect, even with all of what I'm sure were major embellishments. This was another one that I lucked out with an ARC showing up at the bookstore where I worked.
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Reawakened isn't historical fiction, but it has so much about ancient Egypt and the mythology that I loved that about it. As many people are, I've always been very interested in Egyptian mythology. This is another author that I'd heard great things about, but have yet to read her other series. I can tell you that it is now high on my list to start. Probably with my It's New to Me Challenge I'm hosting in 2016.
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Walk on Earth a Stranger is historical fiction title. But with a bit of fantasy in it. I loved once again all the history in it, and the characters again, so well written and I loved all that they went through. I've read the first book in Rae Carson's other series, and enjoyed it, but this one I definitely loved more!
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Nexis is a book I just read, by an author that I'd been following for quite a while, but hadn't read anything by yet. I have to tell you how much I loved this dystopian story, and I kind of want to be in a video game like this, it kind of reminded me of The Sims, and how I could make them do what I wanted.
So those are my top 10 favorite books I've read in 2015. Some have been official staff recommendations at the bookstore where I work, others are just ones that I pass on to the customers, or have purchased for the high school library where I work, so that I can share them with my students.
Have you read any of these? Do you agree with my choices? If not, what would be your top books of 2015?
