Welcome back for November’s edition of the Merry Go Round Blog Tour. This month, we’re talking about our across the spectrum favorites from 2015.

I believe I’ve fallen behind in documenting my reading both on the page here and on Goodreads.

For nonfiction books, my top two were:

Total Knee Replacement and Rehabilitation, Daniel J. Brugioni and Jeff Falkel

Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, John Taylor Gatto

For fiction, I’m going with these two:

Ursa Major, Tamara Narayan

Crow Hollow, Michael Wallace

I have listened to no new music this year. I’ll stick with classic rock and modern country as my personal favorites.

I don’t think I have seen any new movies either. Monuments Men was good. Other than that, I’ll stick with Cary Grant and World War II movies. You can’t go wrong with Down Periscope, Dave, or The American President.

In a tip to modernity, I should pick a podcast, but I don’t have a favorite there either.

I will pick a favorite YouTube video, though. My father’s faith message is heart-warming. I did not know these things about my father, and I was stunned at the very different impact the loss of two children had on him at different times in his life, and I was heart-broken that he believed as he did for so long.

What were your favorites of 2015?