Since everyone else seems to use this feature to outline his/her reading year 2015 on Goodreads, I thought, why not do it myself? This has been my first year on Goodreads, and I would never have thought it would be such a wonderful experience. 
 2015 has been a fantastic reading year for me. One year ago, I didn't know Goodreads exists. I never wrote a review on a book. I never considered reading as many books as I did this year. I never even thought about how great classics can be if you don't have to analyze every punctuation mark out of them. And now? Now I'm trying to read at least one, if not more than two or three hours each day, I'm spending way too much time with reading other reviews and finding new books ... and I don't want to miss it anymore. 
 As of today, I have read 99 books this last year, 63 of which can be considered 'books' and 36 of which would be more appropriate to be called short stories or novellas. 26 of those books/short stories/novellas have been read during the first half of the year, and 73 during the second half, when I truly started to spend more time with reading. I discovered some of my favorite authors during these last months; 8 out of 13 books which I consider to be my all-time-favorites have been read this year; and, even more importantly, I made contacts with several great fellow readers. So, yes, it was a great reading year for me. 
 I have read ~23,000 pages with an average rating per book of 3,3. There were huge disappointments (I'm looking at you, you and you), but also positive surprises and stunners. 
 Stories which turned out to become my favorites: 
 (Links lead to my reviews or, if review not existing, to the book page itself) 
 * Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane 
 * Animal Farm by George Orwell 
 * The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson 
 * 1984 by George Orwell 
 * The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 
 * Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King 
 * Stoner by John Williams 
 * The Body by Stephen King 
 So, what will 2016 bring for me and my reading experiences? I intend to read 120 books, but there will also be exams to learn for, bringing limited time with them. I hope to read more of my favorite authors, specifically George Orwell, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Edgar Allan Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle. I want to finish and review Charles Dickens' Great Expectations during the next week, and I intend to read not only the other five books out of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, but also finally reach out to Tolkien's Lord of the Rings - and, of course, to many other well-known books I haven't read yet. I want to read some of the books which have been recommended to me by GR friends, since I always have a bad conscience if I don't get around to reading these books. 
 But, and that is the most important thing about it: I want to continue to enjoy reading, and I can only hope everyone else does as well. 
 Merry Christmas to all my GR friends, their families and everyone else who reads this review, and happy reading for the next year!