Book List 2008
Brand new year, brand new reading log! I'm pleased I've remembered to start in January instead of June this time. Below the cut are books I've read in 2008, with favorites/recommendations starred. It's a short list right now:
New Reads:
*I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith
*American Born Chinese - Gene Luen Yang
Magic's Child - Justine Larbalestier
Japan Ai - Aimee Major Steinberger
Ever - Gail Carson Levine
*House of the Scorpion - Nancy Farmer
Dark Visions trilogy - L.J. Smith
Looking for Alaska - John Green
An Abundance of Katherines - John Green
The Adoration of Jenna Fox - Mary E. Pearson
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You - Peter Cameron
*General Winston's Daughter - Sharon Shinn
Genius Squad - Catherine Jinks
Daughter of the Forest - Juliet Marillier
*The President's Daughter - Ellen Emerson White
White House Autumn - Ellen Emerson White
Long Live the Queen - Ellen Emerson White
Long May She Reign - Ellen Emerson White
Sir Thursday - Garth Nix
Lady Friday - Garth Nix
Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson
*Life As We Knew It - Susan Beth Pfeffer
Child 44 - Tom Rob Smith
Making it on Broadway - David Wienir & Jodie Langel
*Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Cycler - Lauren McLaughlin
*Graceling - Kristin Cashore
Kushiel's Mercy - Jacqueline Carey
*Flora's Dare - Ysabeau Wilce
The Host - Stephenie Meyer
Wake - Lisa McMann
Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer
Little Brother - Cory Doctorow
Zoe's Tale - John Scalzi
*Old Man's War - John Scalzi
The Ghost Brigades - John Scalzi
The Last Colony - John Scalzi
(-)Jumper - Steven Gould (note: I am giving this my first-ever outright negative rating, due to detesting the narrator with a fiery, burning passion. What a condescending prick!)
The Green Glass Sea - Ellen Klages
The Explosionist - Jenny Davidson
When Good People Have Affairs - Mira Kirschenbaum
Blood Noir - Laurell K. Hamilton
Hero Type - Barry Lyga
*Elantris - Brandon Sanderson
*Mistborn - Brandon Sanderson
*The Well of Ascension - Brandon Sanderson
Living Dead Girl - Elizabeth Scott
Secrets of my Hollywood Life - Jen Calonita
*The Hero of Ages - Brandon Sanderson
Axis - Robert Charles Wilson
*The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
Mistral's Kiss - Laurell K. Hamilton
A Lick of Frost - Laurell K. Hamilton
A Curse Dark as Gold - Elizabeth C. Bunce
Swallowing Darkness - Laurell K. Hamilton
Unfinished:
The Abstinence Teacher - Tom Perrotta
Devil in the White City - Erik Larson
*Respect for Acting - Uta Hagen
Ink Exchange - Melissa Marr
Legacy - Lois McMaster Bujold
Fathom - Cherie Priest
Reread:
Wicked Lovely - Melissa Marr
*Watchmen - Alan Moore
Half Magic - Edward Eager
*Kushiel's Dart - Jacqueline Carey
*From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - E.L. Konigsburg
Kushiel's Chosen - Jacqueline Carey
Kushiel's Avatar - Jacqueline Carey
The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice
*The Hero and the Crown - Robin McKinley
*The Blue Sword - Robin McKinley
Twilight - Stephenie Meyer
*Graceling - Kristin Cashore
Plus about a bajillion books for work which I can't mention here. Edit: I forgot a bunch of June/July books this year, but that's okay because they were totally eclipsed in my memory by GRACELING and FLORA'S DARE, both of which I recommend super-extra-highly.
That LJ-cut text is a wicked lie. There are not 2008 books below the cut.
For my reference, 2007's list.
New Reads:
*I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith
*American Born Chinese - Gene Luen Yang
Magic's Child - Justine Larbalestier
Japan Ai - Aimee Major Steinberger
Ever - Gail Carson Levine
*House of the Scorpion - Nancy Farmer
Dark Visions trilogy - L.J. Smith
Looking for Alaska - John Green
An Abundance of Katherines - John Green
The Adoration of Jenna Fox - Mary E. Pearson
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You - Peter Cameron
*General Winston's Daughter - Sharon Shinn
Genius Squad - Catherine Jinks
Daughter of the Forest - Juliet Marillier
*The President's Daughter - Ellen Emerson White
White House Autumn - Ellen Emerson White
Long Live the Queen - Ellen Emerson White
Long May She Reign - Ellen Emerson White
Sir Thursday - Garth Nix
Lady Friday - Garth Nix
Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson
*Life As We Knew It - Susan Beth Pfeffer
Child 44 - Tom Rob Smith
Making it on Broadway - David Wienir & Jodie Langel
*Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Cycler - Lauren McLaughlin
*Graceling - Kristin Cashore
Kushiel's Mercy - Jacqueline Carey
*Flora's Dare - Ysabeau Wilce
The Host - Stephenie Meyer
Wake - Lisa McMann
Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer
Little Brother - Cory Doctorow
Zoe's Tale - John Scalzi
*Old Man's War - John Scalzi
The Ghost Brigades - John Scalzi
The Last Colony - John Scalzi
(-)Jumper - Steven Gould (note: I am giving this my first-ever outright negative rating, due to detesting the narrator with a fiery, burning passion. What a condescending prick!)
The Green Glass Sea - Ellen Klages
The Explosionist - Jenny Davidson
When Good People Have Affairs - Mira Kirschenbaum
Blood Noir - Laurell K. Hamilton
Hero Type - Barry Lyga
*Elantris - Brandon Sanderson
*Mistborn - Brandon Sanderson
*The Well of Ascension - Brandon Sanderson
Living Dead Girl - Elizabeth Scott
Secrets of my Hollywood Life - Jen Calonita
*The Hero of Ages - Brandon Sanderson
Axis - Robert Charles Wilson
*The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
Mistral's Kiss - Laurell K. Hamilton
A Lick of Frost - Laurell K. Hamilton
A Curse Dark as Gold - Elizabeth C. Bunce
Swallowing Darkness - Laurell K. Hamilton
Unfinished:
The Abstinence Teacher - Tom Perrotta
Devil in the White City - Erik Larson
*Respect for Acting - Uta Hagen
Ink Exchange - Melissa Marr
Legacy - Lois McMaster Bujold
Fathom - Cherie Priest
Reread:
Wicked Lovely - Melissa Marr
*Watchmen - Alan Moore
Half Magic - Edward Eager
*Kushiel's Dart - Jacqueline Carey
*From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - E.L. Konigsburg
Kushiel's Chosen - Jacqueline Carey
Kushiel's Avatar - Jacqueline Carey
The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice
*The Hero and the Crown - Robin McKinley
*The Blue Sword - Robin McKinley
Twilight - Stephenie Meyer
*Graceling - Kristin Cashore
Plus about a bajillion books for work which I can't mention here. Edit: I forgot a bunch of June/July books this year, but that's okay because they were totally eclipsed in my memory by GRACELING and FLORA'S DARE, both of which I recommend super-extra-highly.
That LJ-cut text is a wicked lie. There are not 2008 books below the cut.
For my reference, 2007's list.