*obligatory 2008 book list*
2007 |
2006 |
2008 reading challenges |
movie list As always, favourites are in bold, rereads underlined and books read for school are asterisked.
- January
- The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman | 522 pages
- Eclipse - Stephanie Meyer | 628 pages
- The Meaning of Tingo - Adam Jacot de Boinod | 209 pages
- Atonement - Ian McEwan | 372 pages
- King Dork - Frank Portman | 344 pages
- Reading Magic - Mem Fox | 144 pages
- Incurable - John Marsden | 246 pages
- Circle of Flight - John Marsden | 303 pages
- Geisha of Gion - Mineko Iwasaki | 334 pages
- A Game of Thrones - George R. R. Martin | 835 pages
- The Permaculture Home Garden - Linda Woodrow | 180 pages
- The Jane Austen Book Club - Karen Joy Fowler | 286 pages
- Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine Paterson | 142 pages
- JPod - Douglas Coupland | 555 pages
- Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman - Haruki Murakami | 436 pages
- February
- * The Prophet - Khalil Gibran | 124 pages
- All Together Dead - Charlaine Harris | 323 pages
- March
- Raising Vegetarian Children - Joanne Stepaniak and Vesanto Melina | 370 pages
- Model Student - Robin Hazelwood | 390 pages
- * Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov | 315 pages
- * Under Milk Wood - Dylan Thomas | 89 pages
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J. K. Rowling | 607 pages
- Special Topics in Calamity Physics - Marisha Pessl | 514 pages
- April
- The Willow Tree's Daughter - Pamela Freeman | 112 pages
- Windrider - Pamela Freeman | 125 pages
- The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde | 374 pages
- Lost in a Good Book - Jasper Fforde | 374 pages
- The Centre of Magic - Pamela Freeman | 164 pages
- Hazel Green - Odo Hirsch | 192 pages
- The Camel Bookmobile - Masha Hamilton | 308 pages
- The Well of Lost Plots - Jasper Fforde | 365 pages
- Twilight - Stephenie Meyer | 434 pages
- Breakfast At Tiffany's - Truman Capote | 100 pages
- Something Rotten - Jasper Fforde | 393 pages
- Feeling Sorry for Celia - Jaclyn Moriarty | 262 pages
- New Moon - Stephenie Meyer | 563 pages
- Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer | 628 pages
- Charmed Life - Diana Wynne Jones | 252 pages
- Sunshine - Robin McKinley | 389 pages
- May
- * Under Milk Wood - Dylan Thomas | 89 pages
- * Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka | 36 pages
- The Magicians of Caprona - 255 pages
- The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkein | 272 pages
- June
- Lottery - Patricia Wood | 305 pages
- A Clash of Kings - George R. R. Martin | 708 pages
- Baa Baa, Black Sheep - Rudyard Kipling | 54 pages
- July
- Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding | 310 pages
- Twilight - Stephenie Meyer | 434 pages
- The Self-Preservation Society - Kate Harrison | 376 pages
- New Moon - Stephenie Meyer | 563 pages
- Sabriel - Garth Nix | 409 pages
- Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver | 352 pages
- The Moon's A Balloon - David Niven | 309 pages
- The Raw Shark Texts - Steven Hall | 428 pages
- August
- Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer | 628 pages
- Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer | 754 pages
- I Don't Know How She Does It - Allison Pearson | 354 pages
- Guns, Germs and Steel - Jared Diamond | 425 pages
- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason - Helen Fielding | 422 pages
- Dawn - Octavia Butler | 264 pages
- September
- Uglies - Scott Westerfeld | 425 pages
- He Died With A Felafel In His Hand - John Birmingham | 214 pages
- Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist - Rachel Cohn and David Levithan | 183 pages
- Peeps - Scott Westerfeld | 310 pages
- I Have A Bed Made of Buttermilk Pancakes - Jaclyn Moriarty | 420 pages
- The Last Days - Scott Westerfield | 286 pages
- The Great Good Thing - Roderick Townley | 210 pages
- Pretties - Scott Westerfeld | 370 pages
- Stiff - Mary Roach | 303 pages
- Airhead - Meg Cabot | 308 pages
- October
- The Fellowship of the Ring - J. R. R. Tolkein | 385 pages
- Specials - Scott Westerfeld | 372 pages
- The Blue Girl - Charles De Lint | 368 pages
- First Among Sequels - Jasper Fforde | 398 pages
- Extras - Scott Westerfeld | 417 pages
- November
- Magic or Madness - Justine Larbalestier | 278 pages
- Gossip Girl - Cecily von Ziegesar | 199 pages
- Dangerous Angels - Francesca Lia Block | 478 pages
- Spook - Mary Roach | 277 pages
- Frindle - Andrew Clements | 105 pages
- The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde | 213 pages
- Hamlet - John Marsden | 228 pages
- Notes On A Scandal - Zoe Heller | 243 pages
- There and Back Again: A Behind the Scenes Look at Lord of the Rings - Sean Astin | 326 pages
- December
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard - J. K. Rowling | 105 pages
- Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony - Eoin Colfer | 376 pages
- Magic Lessons - Justine Larbalestier | 275 pages
- The Bean Trees - Barbara Kingsolver | 232 pages
- 101 Experiments in the Philosophy of Everyday Life - Roger Pol-Droit | 204 pages
- Invisible Cities - Italo Calvino | 165 pages
Total: 89 books, 29723 pages.