Hey there internet!
I think i'm probably the last person ever to do this, but hey better late then never right...?
Anyway here are the top ten books i read in 2015!!
10: The Maze Runner by James Dashner
I feel like i was insanely late to the Maze Runner hype, but i watched the film, left the cinema, walked to the book shop and bought the entire series. Then they sat on my shelf until March 2015 when i went on holiday and wanted something exciting to read. And oh man i am glad i took this with me. I think it is a really strong start to the series, and hey maybe this year i'll actually get round to reading the other books?!
9: Know Not Why by Hannah Johnson
This is possibly the best impulse kindle book buy i have ever made. I knew literally nothing about this book but i quite liked the name so i downloaded it and started reading...then i didn't stop until i had finished the book and it was somehow 4am. I loved this story so much. The characters were real people and i could imagine just hanging out with them, and i just loved all the friendships and romantic relationships happening. I want to read books about these characters forever.
8: George by Alex Gino
This was hands down the cutest and most heart warming book i read in 2015. It's a story about a trans girl named George who wants to play Charlotte in her class' performance of Charlotte's Web, but her teacher won't let her because she believes George is a boy. This book made me cry, laugh, and want to hug George so hard. I think it's a book everyone should read, no matter your age.
7: Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
The cutest contemporary i read in 2015? Without a doubt! I loved Maddy. I loved Olly. I loved their love. While i did guess the ending of this book and the ~big twist~ wasn't all that much of a surprise to me, i was so happy with what was happening i didn't care. I just wanted everything to work out. I loved the way emails, texts, diagrams, and worksheets were incorporated into the story, it was just this little extra thing that made me fall in love with the book even more.
6: A Midsummer's Nightmare by Kody Keplinger
Girl sleeps with boy. Girl doesn't want anything to do with boy. Girl finds out boy is about to become her step brother. Meghan falls in love with another Kody Keplinger book. There's something about her books that i just adore and i can never get enough of them! I'll admit i was putting this one off because i couldn't see myself getting that into a story that involved step brother/sister getting it on - but apparently i don't care and i will fall in love with them insanely fast. Whitley was ace, Nathan was a babe, and all the interactions with her family/soon to be family/friends she's refusing to admit are her friends were all incredibly well written. Kody Keplinger can do no wrong basically.
5: A Work in Progress by Connor Franta
I've already written about how much i love this book and how much i got out of it on this blog, so i won't ramble on here. Just know that i still very much love it and i am still incredibly sorry for judging it as "another youtube book" before i read it because oh my gosh is it so much more than that.
4: Hey! Let's Make a Band! by 5 Seconds of Summer
Listen i just love 5SOS okay. I love them and this book was funny, cute, interesting, and just wonderful. I loved it. I love reading about bands. How they got together, issues they've had, things they don't talk about anywhere else - i'm a total sucker for it. And this was one of those books where i just wanted to keep reading forever because it was like having a front row seat to your favourite band talking about how they got together.
3: Something Like Thunder by Jay Bell
I mean...would it even be a list on this blog if it didn't include at least one Jay Bell book?? I love this series. I love Nathaniel. I love Jay. I love it all. This was probably my second favourite book in the series so far, just coming in slightly under Winter - but no one will beat my Tim, let's be real. But Nathaniel comes pretty damn close. I loved how twisty turny (real words) this book was! I loved finding out about his relationships with Ceaser, Kelly, Marcello. Finding out how he fits into the world started by Ben and Tim was a moment when i had to put my kindle down and just freak out for a minute because only Jay could throw in curve balls like that. Anyway, much like the other five books before this, i love it and i can't wait to read more.
2: The Girl on The Train by Paula Hawkins
I had zero interest in reading this book. Then i was wondering round an airport bookstore waiting to go on holiday and suddenly decided that hey why not read a murder mystery while lying on a beach. And OH MAN AM I GLAD I DID. I was hooked from the beginning and i just had to keep reading until i knew what had happened, who had done it, and why they had done it. And i wasn't disappointed. After years of almost exclusively reading murder mysteries it's rare that i'm surprised by the ending, but i was with this one! I'm sure i was the most interesting person to be around for the first two days of our holiday because all i wanted to do was read this book - i just loved it!
1: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
My whole heart. I adore this book so much. It's been over a year since i read it now, and i still think about it all the time. It's one of those books that i will re-read for my whole life and that will just always be around me - much like Catcher in the Rye. There's something about the way this book is written that made me just fall instantly in love with it. I loved Guy. I loved the world. I loved everything. I just can't get over how long i waited to read something that instantly became one of my all time favourite books.
Meghan xxx
