Can you believe 2015 is almost over? I can't believe it. Where did it go? All this writing and reading and BAM! another year gone. Curiously, since I started writing full-time, I also started reading full-time. Goodreads gave me this curious statistic. The number of books I read per year.

2012: 16 books
2013: 33 books
2014: 58 books
2015: 102 books

Staggering, eh? As you can see, it escalated quickly. I don't know if I'll be able to top 100+ books per year in 2016 and read, say, 120 or something, but it's a worthy goal for the New Year's resolution. More than ever books help me write better, and I wish I could read even faster. I wish I could eat books, drink books, swallow books, as they give me everything I need to know about writing and more.

Happy New Year and Merry Christmas and С наступающими праздниками and FUCK I HATE HOLIDAYS BECAUSE I WANT TO GET BACK TO WRITING AND READING, DAMMIT.

Anyway.

I had this idea. Actually, it was not my idea, you can blame Amanda Palmer. She started it. She wrote a blog post on books she read in 2014 and will read in 2015, and I was like, dude, I was thinking about posting something like that too! So here I go. After having thoroughly titivated myself, and, peeking in the mirror to make sure I look fucking pretty, I will drop this load of books on your head with obscure rapacious fervor―I'm just throwing random words here to sound fancy, you know, like a real writer―so you will squeal and cry and beg me for mercy. No mercy will be given, however. You bloody must read them all too. Well, no, don't. But at least check them out. You can get them all at the library or, if you want to buy them, consider doing it through your local bookstore or via IndieBound. They're all great folks trying to stay afloat in this turbulent sea of publishing wars, and your dollars will help them.