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2015 Favorites

MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS (reviews here and here)
FICTION
72 Hour Hold by Bebe Moore Campbell
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
Night Film by Marisha Pessl
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed #1) by Octavia Butler
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The Cold Song by Linn Ullman
The Likeness by Tana French
The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson
The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud

NONFICTION
Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog from Iraq by Riverbend
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park
Rising Strong by Brené Brown
Sky Burial by Xinran

HONORABLE MENTIONS
A Book of Common Prayer by Joan Didion
A Wall of Light by Edeet Ravel
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self by Danielle Evans
Coming Apart: The State of White America 1960-2000 by Charles Murray
Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum
The Roundhouse by Louise Eldrich
The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma

FAVORITE AUTHORS
Sonali Dev
Tana French
Diana Gabaldon
Robert Galbraith
Barbara Kingsolver
Anna Quindlen
Edeet Ravel
Riverbend
Joe Sacco

NEW (TO ME) FILMS
Paper Towns (2015)
Random Acts of Romance (2012)
The House (2011)

FAVORITE TV SHOWS
Criminal Minds
Happy Valley
Motive
The Bletchly Circle
The Newsroom

PODCASTS
Dear Hank and John
Hardcore History
Serial

LIVE SHOWS
Betroffenheit
Possible Worlds (Stratford)
The Way We Get By
Joy Williams at the Gramercy

MUSIC
Joy Williams - Venus
Adele - 25
Daniela Andrade (covers)

YOUTUBE CHANNELS
AnimalWonders Montana
Bree Farmer vlogs
Daniela Andrade
Dictionopolis
Firewordsparkler
Fran Meneses
How to Make Everything
Indie Alaska
ItsRadishTime
Izumislife / Lavidadeizumi
Linda Barsi
My Green Closet
Peaceful Cuisine / Emojoie Cuisine
RincyReads
SCSreads
Sexplinations
The Frey Life
Vlogbrothers
ZainabLaLaLa
Zebra Chronicles

HONORABLE MENTIONS
ASL Stew
Booksandquills
Caroland
Climbthestacks
Danika Leigh Ellis
Emily Diana Ruth
Jean Bookishthoughts
Jen Campbell
Miranda Ibañez
Rachel & Jun / Junskitchen
Sharla in Japan
Steph Choi
Texan in Tokyo

PLACES
The Hermitage (TN)
Victoria, BC
Vancouver, BC
Toronto, AB
Boston, MA (May; October!)

HONORABLE MENTIONS
Nashville, TN
Lake Louise, AB
Edmonton, AB

FOODS
Apple chips
Avocado Eggs
Carrot cake
Cranberry Muffins
Roast chicken (in the crockpot)
Strawberries
Watermelon

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