Books The Universe Gave Me In 2015

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Books The Universe Gave Me In 2015

I don’t know what the standard method is for finding new books. Everyone has their own, I’m sure, and some people actually read all those paperbacks one finds waiting in line at the pharmacy. I assume some get their recommendations from bestseller lists. Me, I just sit back and let the universe throw books at me.

If I find one left behind at a bus station, I adopt it. Sometimes I sign into Twitter and snag the first book I see there. I get emails from BookBub, but my selection process from the offerings is a mystery even to me. Friends appear and put books in my hands. I read them.

Through this osmosis, I have found some wonderful and terrible books, and sometimes, books that are both.

Honestly, I don’t like to talk about the ones I didn’t like: A writer out there somewhere put their whole heart into that messy thing, and some not-me reader is probably going to love it. So I leave those alone.

On the other hand, I love pointing out the good discoveries. Here are a few of my favorites from this year. Please don’t ask me how I found any particular one of them, because I won’t have the faintest idea.