<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[A Life in Libraries]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[cbecker53]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/author/cbecker53/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[It Was a Very Good&nbsp;Year]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Inspired by <a href="http://bluchickenninja.com/2015/12/20/my-reading-year-in-review-2015/" target="_blank">Bluechickenninja</a>, who was inspired by <a href="http://www.perpetualpageturner.com/?s=reading+survey" target="_blank">Perpetual Page-Turner</a>, here&#8217;s my list of books read in 2015.<a href="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/books-1082949_1920.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-6776"><img data-attachment-id="6776" data-permalink="https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/2015/12/29/it-was-a-very-good-year/books-1082949_1920/" data-orig-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/books-1082949_1920.jpg" data-orig-size="1920,1271" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="books-1082949_1920" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/books-1082949_1920.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/books-1082949_1920.jpg?w=1024" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-6776" src="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/books-1082949_1920.jpg?w=1024&#038;h=678" alt="books-1082949_1920" srcset="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/books-1082949_1920.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=678 1024w, https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/books-1082949_1920.jpg?w=150&amp;h=99 150w, https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/books-1082949_1920.jpg?w=300&amp;h=199 300w, https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/books-1082949_1920.jpg?w=768&amp;h=508 768w, https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/books-1082949_1920.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"   /></a> I couldn&#8217;t begin to take Page-Turner&#8217;s survey: it is way too hard, and would take me way too long! But I will say I read 16 books (a little more than one per month. I&#8217;m slow), and the genre I read the most is chick lit.<!--more--></p>
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<li><span style="color:#ff0000;"><a style="color:#ff0000;" href="http://www.amazon.com/The-House-Girl-Novel-P-S/dp/0062207512" target="_blank"><em>The House Girl</em> by Tara Conklin</a></span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Public-Library-Photographic-Essay/dp/161689217X" target="_blank">The Public Library: a Photographic Essay by Robert Dawson</a></li>
<li><a href="http://All%20the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr" target="_blank"><em>All the Light we Cannot See</em> by Anthony Doerr</a></li>
<li><span style="color:#008000;"><a style="color:#008000;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Still-Alice-Lisa-Genova/dp/1501107739" target="_blank"><em>Still Alice</em> by Lisa Genova</a></span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Havana-Requiem-A-Legal-Thriller/dp/B00BJY0BQY" target="_blank"><em>Havana Requiem</em> by Paul Goldstein</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Will-Out-Mystery-Masquerade/dp/0871404516" target="_blank"><em>Blood Will Out</em> by Walter Kirn</a></li>
<li><span style="color:#008000;"><a style="color:#008000;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Should-Have-Known-Hanff-Korelitz/dp/1455599492" target="_blank"><em>You Should Have Known</em> by Jean Hanff Korelitz</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color:#ff0000;"><a style="color:#ff0000;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Footsteps-Snow-Charles-Lachman/dp/0425272885" target="_blank"><em>Footsteps in the Snow</em> by Charles Lachman</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color:#ff0000;"><a style="color:#ff0000;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Best-Laugh-Novel-Lorna-Landvik/dp/0816694532" target="_blank"><em>Best to Laugh</em> by Lorna Landvik</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color:#008000;"><a style="color:#008000;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Big-Little-Lies-Liane-Moriarty/dp/0425274861" target="_blank"><em>Big Little Lies</em> by Liane Moriarty</a></span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Leaving-Time-bonus-novella-Larger/dp/0345544943" target="_blank"><em>Leaving Time</em> by Jodi Picoult</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Driftless-David-Rhodes/dp/1571310681" target="_blank"><em>Driftless</em> by David Rhodes</a></li>
<li><span style="color:#008000;"><a style="color:#008000;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Found-Pacific-Crest-Trail/dp/0307476073/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1451179645&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=wild+from+lost+to+found" target="_blank"><em>Wild</em> by Cheryl Strayed</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color:#ff0000;"><a style="color:#ff0000;" href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Shoemakers-Wife-A-Novel/dp/0061257109" target="_blank"><em>The Shoemaker&#8217;s Wife</em> by Adriana Trigiani</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color:#ff0000;"><a style="color:#ff0000;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Let-Him-Go-A-Novel/dp/1571311025" target="_blank"><em>Let Him Go</em> by Larry Watson</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color:#ff0000;"><a style="color:#ff0000;" href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Storied-Life-A-Fikry/dp/1616203218" target="_blank"><em>The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry</em> by Gabrielle Zevin</a></span></li>
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<p>Books in green (before clicked on) are my favorites (5 stars in LibraryThing). Books in red are 4 stars.</p>
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