Books 2008

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Books Read in 2008
01. The Phantom Lover by Elizabeth Mansfield (04.01) *****
02. My Lord Murderer by Elizabeth Mansfield (05.01) ***
03. A Christmas Treasure by Elizabeth Mansfield, Holly Newman, et al. (06.01) **
04. The Girl with the Persian Shawl by Elizabeth Mansfield (07.01) **
05. Winter Wonderland by Elizabeth Mansfield (08.01) ****
06. The Accidental Romance by Elizabeth Mansfield (08.01) ***
07. A Very Dutiful Daughter by Elizabeth Mansfield (09.01) **
08. The Reluctant Flirt by Elizabeth Mansfield (11.01) **
09. Duel of Hearts by Elizabeth Mansfield (12.01) *
10. A Regency Charade by Elizabeth Mansfield (13.01) ****
11. Her Heart's Captain by Elizabeth Mansfield (14.01) ****
12. Love Lessons by Elizabeth Mansfield (17.01) *
13. The Bartered Bride by Elizabeth Mansfield (19.01) **
14. Her Man of Affairs by Elizabeth Mansfield (20.01) ***
15. A Regency Match by Elizabeth Mansfield (21.01) ***
16. The Magnificent Masquerade by Elizabeth Mansfield (22.01) ****
17. A Marriage of Inconvenience by Elizabeth Mansfield (23.01) **
18. A Grand Deception by Elizabeth Mansfield (24.01) ****
19. The Lady Disguised by Elizabeth Mansfield (25.01) *****

20. Mr.Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. Forester (06.02) ****
21. Surfeit of Lampreys by Ngaio Marsh (08.02) *****
22. Talk of the Town by Joan Smith [e-book] (12.02) **
23. Death and the Dancing Footman by Ngaio Marsh (16.02) ***
24. Goodnight Sweet Prince by David Dickinson (28.02) **1/2

25. Hamlet, Revenge! by Michael Innes (09.03) ***
26. The Layton Court Mystery by Anthony Berkeley (14.03) ***
27. Grey Mask by Patricia Wentworth (17.03) *****
28. An English Murder by Cyril Hare (19.03) ***1/2
29. Dover One by Joyce Porter (23.03) *
30. A Song for Summer by Eva Ibbotson (28.03) ******

31. The Morning Gift by Eva Ibbotson (01.04) *******
32. Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman (03.04) **
33. A Grand Design by Emma Jensen [e-book] (06.04) **1/2
34. An Encounter with Venus by Elizabeth Mansfield (08.04) *
35. Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett (10.04) ***3/4
36. A Regency Holiday by Elizabeth Mansfield, Judith Nelson, et al. (17.04) **3/4
37. The Pirates! In an Adventure with Whaling by Gideon Defoe (22.04) **
38. Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett (25.04) ****
39. The Curse of the Gloamglozer by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (28.04) ****1/2
40. A Prior Engagement by Elizabeth Mansfield (29.04) ***

41. Queste by Angie Sage (03.05) *****
42. The Winter Knights by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (09.05) ****1/2
43. Police at the Funeral by Margery Allingham (14.05) ****
44. Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett (17.05) ****
45. Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett (21.05) ****1/2
46. Maskerade by Terry Pratchett (25.05) *****
47. Soul Music by Terry Pratchett (30.05) ****

48. Hogfather by Terry Pratchett (05.06) *****
49. Foundling by D.M. Cornish (11.06) **1/2
50. Pyramids by Terry Pratchett (15.06) ****
51. Small Gods by Terry Pratchett (30.06) *

52. The Case is Closed by Patricia Wentworth (05.07) ****
53. Mother's Choice by Elizabeth Mansfield (07.07) ***
54. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (10.07) ****1/2
55. Superior Saturday by Garth Nix (12.07) ***
56. Lonesome Road by Patricia Wentworth (15.07) ****
57. Gideon the Cutpurse by Linda Buckley-Archer (20.07) ****1/2
58. Larklight by Philip Reeve (23.07) ****1/2
59. Starcross by Philip Reeve (26.07) ****1/2
60. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (30.07) *****

61. The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan (03.08) ***1/2
62. The Chinese Shawl by Patricia Wentworth (06.08) ***

63. The Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones (06.09) *****
64. The Tar Man by Linda Buckrcher (10.09) *****
65. Nation by Terry Pratchett (15.09) ****
66. 44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith (19.09) ***
67. Secret of the Sirens by Julia Golding (24.09) **
68. A Certain Want of Reason by Kate Dolan (26.09) **
69. The Golden Swan by Phylis Warady (27.09) **1/2
70. A Limited Engagement by Saralee Etter (30.09) **

71. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner (07.10) *
72. A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson (09.10) *****
73. Friends Like These by Danny Wallace (15.10) ****
74. Lady Megan's Masquerade by Cindy Holbrook (16.10) ****
75. Mothstorm by Philip Reeve (20.10) ****
76. Carnival of Love by Helen Dickson (23.10) *
77. The Missing Brides by Cindy Holbrook (26.10) ***
78. The Viscount's Bride by Ann Elizabeth Cree (27.10) *
79. A Christmas Kiss by Elizabeth Mansfield (31.10) ***

80. The Counterfeit Husband by Elizabeth Mansfield (02.11) **
81. Passing Fancies by Elizabeth Mansfield (03.11) ***
82. Kidnap Confusion by Judith Nelson (09.11) *1/2
83. Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett (15.11) ****1/2
84. Piratica by Tanith Lee (18.11) *1/2
85. Faire Game by Jo Ann Ferguson (20.11) *
86. My Dashing Groom by Shannon Donnelly, Donna Simpson & Hayley Ann Solomon (22.11) ***
87. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (26.11) ****
88. One for the Money by Janet Evanovich (28.11) **
89. A Family Affair by Cathleen Clare (30.11) **

90. Lord Stanhope's Proposal by Jessica Benson (02.12) **
91. The Irish Earl by Patricia Bray (04.12) **
92. A London Flirtation by Valerie King (15.12) *
93. Catch of the Season by Regina Scott (22.12) **
94. The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud (27.12) ***

→ Title by author (finished date) rating (out of 5)
→ Jan: 19. Feb: 05. Mar: 06. Apr: 10. May: 07. Jun: 04.
→ Jul: 09. Aug: 02. Sept: 08. Oct: 09. Nov: 10. Dec: 05.