Book List: 2008
So this has been a rather impressive year for reading. I read A LOT. I even started taking a more active interest in whether or not I kept reading a novel that didn't interest me. I read no short stories outside those in an anthology, and I started reading more individual issues of comics. So, without further adieu, here's the stats for 2008.
Total novels read: 123 (This includes a handful of graphic novels and a couple of short story anthologies. Quite an impressive total.)
Total novels started but not finished: 7 (Most of them, I won't go back to, but others I'd like to try because when I tried reading them I just wasn't in the right mood to keep going.)
Total comic books read: 103 (these are individual issues, not issues collected into a graphic novel. I plan on doing something special with my comic reading from last year, so stay tuned for that.)
Not bad, eh? I'd kind of planned on going into a reading frenzy after I graduated, but I guess I didn't realize how serious I was about doing so! Stay tuned for the annual top ten list and a mini review of all the comics I read this year.
Finished Books: December
Grace
Writer: Richard Paul Evans
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 307
My Review: Worth the Cash
The Gift
Writer: Richard Paul Evans
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 332
My Review: Wish I'd Borrowed It
Blindness
Writer: José Saramago
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 293
My Review: Worth the Cash
Wolfsbane and Mistletoe
Edited by: Charlaine Harris & Toni L.P. Kelner
Genre: Short Stories/Urban Fantasy
Pages: 340
My Review: Wish I'd Borrowed It
Slow River
Writer: Nicola Griffith
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 343
My Review: Worth the Cash
Idlewild
Writer: Nick Sagan
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 275
My Review: Worth the Cash
The Brief History of the Dead
Writer: Kevin Brockmeier
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 252
My Review: Wish I'd Borrowed It
Finished Books: November
Sharp Teeth
Writer: Toby Barlow
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 308
My Review: Must Have
The Scent of Shadows
Writer: Vicki Pettersson
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 455
My Review: Give It Away
Heart-Shaped Box
Writer: Joe Hill
Genre: Horror
Pages: 374
My Review: Worth the Cash
The Engines of God
Writer: Jack McDevitt
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 419
My Review: Wish I'd Borrowed It
Red
Writer: Jordan Summers
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Pages: 356
My Review: Worth the Cash
Impossible
Writer: Nancy Werlin
Genre: YA/Modern Fantasy
Pages: 364
My Review: Give It Away
Territory
Writer: Emma Bull
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 318
My Review: Worth the Cash
Interview with the Vampire
Writer: Anne Rice
Genre: Horror
Pages: 310
My Review: Worth the Cash
The Veil of Gold
Writer: Kim Wilkins
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 495
My Review: Must Have
Spindrift
Writer: Allen Steele
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 347
My Review: Give It Away
Ink Exchange
Writer: Melissa Marr
Genre: YA/Urban Fantasy
Pages: 325
My Review: Must Have
The Summer Tree (The Fionavar Tapestry: Book One)
Writer: Guy Gavriel Kay
Genre: Epic Fantasy
Pages: 383
My Review: Wish I'd Borrowed It
All Together Dead
Writer: Charlaine Harris
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 323
My Review: Worth the Cash
Definitely Dead
Writer: Charlaine Harris
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 324
My Review: Worth the Cash
Dead as a Doornail
Writer: Charlaine Harris
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 295
My Review: Worth the Cash
Finished Books: October
Dead to the World
Writer: Charlaine Harris
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 291
My Review: Worth the Cash
Club Dead
Writer: Charlaine Harris
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 292
My Review: Worth the Cash
Living Dead in Dallas
Writer: Charlaine Harris
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 291
My Review: Worth the Cash
Graceling
Writer: Kristin Cashore
Genre: YA/Fantasy
Pages: 471
My Review: Worth the Cash
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
Writer: Vicki Myron with Bret Witter
Genre: Non-Fiction
Pages: 277
My Review: Worth the Cash
Dead Until Dark
Writer: Charlaine Harris
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 292
My Review: Worth the Cash
The Company
Writer: K.J. Parker
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 440 (ARC)
My Review: Buy the Paperback
The Secret History of Moscow
Writer: Ekaterina Sedia
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 303
My Review: Give It Away
The Summoning
Writer: Kelley Armstrong
Genre: YA/Urban Fantasy
Pages: 390
My Review: Buy the Paperback
One for Sorrow
Writer: Christopher Barzak
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 306
My Review: Must Have
Clockwork Phoenix: Tales of Beauty and Strangeness
Edited by: Mike Allen
Genre: Short Stories/Fantasy
Pages: 285 (ARC)
My Review: Worth the Cash
Dreadful Skin
Writer: Cherie Priest
Genre: Horror
Pages: 234
My Review: Worth the Cash
The Risen Empire: Book One of Succession
Writer: Scott Westerfeld
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 349
My Review: Wish I'd Borrowed It
Horizons
Writer: Mary Rosenblum
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 324
My Review: Worth the Cash
The Night Watch
Writer: Sergei Lukyanenko
Genre: Urban/Dark Fantasy
Pages: 455
My Review: Worth the Cash
Finished Books: September
Moonshine
Writer: Rob Thurman
Genre: Urban/Dark Fantasy
Pages: 338
My Review: Worth the Cash
Dark Space: Book 1 of The Sentients of Orion
Writer: Marianne de Pierres
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 416
My Review: Wish I'd Borrowed It
Sun of Suns: Book One of the Virga
Writer: Karl Schroeder
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 318
My Review: Give it Away
The Queen of Attolia
Writer: Megan Whalen Turner
Genre: YA/Fantasy
Pages: 360
My Review: Worth the Cash
Zoe's Tale
Writer: John Scalzi
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 330 (ARC)
My Review: Must Have
Uglies
Writer: Scott Westerfeld
Genre: YA/Science Fiction
Pages: 425
My Review: Must Have
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Writer: Sean Williams
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 319
My Review: Buy the Paperback
The Host
Writer: Stephenie Meyer
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 619
My Review: Buy the Paperback
The Android's Dream
Writer: John Scalzi
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 396
My Review: Must Have
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Writer: Philip K. Dick
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 244
My Review: Give It Away
Passage
Writer: Connie Willis
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 780
My Review: Must Have
Cry Wolf
Writer: Patricia Briggs
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 294
My Review: Worth the Cash
On the Prowl
Writer: Patricia Briggs, Eileen Wilks, Karen Chance, Sunny
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Pages: 341
My Review: Give It Away
Wanderlust
Writer: Ann Aguirre
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 312
My Review: Must Have
Gifts
Writer: Ursula K. Le Guin
Genre: YA/Fantasy
Pages: 274
My Review: Worth the Cash
Finished Books: August
Life As We Knew It
Writer: Susan Beth Pfeffer
Genre: YA/Science Fiction
Pages: 337
My Review: Must Have
Dragonforge
Writer: James Maxey
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 541
My Review: Worth the Cash
The Yiddish Policeman's Union
Writer: Michael Chabon
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 411
My Review: Buy the Paperback
Mr. Punch : The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy
Writer: Neal Gaiman
Illustrator: Dave McKean
Genre: Comics/Graphic Novel
Publisher: Vertigo
My Review: Worth the Cash
Iron Kissed
Writer: Patricia Briggs
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 287
My Review: Worth the Cash
Blood Bound
Writer: Patricia Briggs
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 292
My Review: Worth the Cash
Bitterwood
Writer: James Maxey
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 482
My Review: Worth the Cash
Warrior and Witch
Writer: Marie Brennan
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 420
My Review: Worth the Cash
Hellboy Library Edition Volume 1: Seed of Destruction and Wake the Devil
Writer: Mike Mignola, Script by John Byrne
Illustrator: Mike Mignola
Genre: Comics/Graphic Novel
Issues: 9
Publisher: Dark Horse
My Review: Worth the Cash
The Last Colony
Writer: John Scalzi
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 320
My Review: Must Have
Halting State
Writer: Charles Stross
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 324
My Review: Worth the Cash
Lord Tophet
Writer: Gregory Frost
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 222
My Review: Must Have
Shadowbridge
Writer: Gregory Frost
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 255
My Review: Must Have
Welcome Back, Frank
Writer: Garth Ennis
Illustrator: Steve Dillon and Jimmy Palmiotti
Genre: Comics/Graphic Novel
Issues: 12
Publisher: Marvel Knights
My Review: Worth the Cash
The Thief
Writer: Megan Whalen Turner
Genre: YA/Fantasy
Pages: 280
My Review: Worth the Cash
The Underneath
Writer: Kathi Appelt
Drawings By: David Small
Genre: Children's Lit (Ages 9-12)
Pages: 311
My Review: Must Have
The Watchmen (Absolute Edition)
Writer: Alan Moore
Illustrator: Dave Gibbons
Genre: Comics/Graphic Novel
Issues: 12
Publisher: DC Comics
My Review: Must Have
Lavinia
Writer: Ursula K. Le Guin
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 280
My Review: Buy the Paperback
Finished Books: July
The Man on the Ceiling
Writer: Steve Rasnic Tem & Melanie Tem
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 337
My Review: Must Have
Ill Wind
Writer: Rachel Caine
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 337
My Review: Must Have
The Becoming
Writer: Jeanne C. Stein
Genre: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance
Pages: 293
My Review: Worth the Cash
Tithe
Writer: Holly Black
Genre: YA/Urban Fantasy
Pages: 331
My Review: Worth the Cash
Storm Front
Writer: Jim Butcher
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 322
My Review: Worth the Cash
Chasing Silver
Writer: Jamie Craig
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Pages: 282
My Review: Worth the Cash
Dog Days
Writer: John Levitt
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 297
My Review: Worth the Cash
Superpowers
Writer: David J. Schwartz
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 376
My Review: Wish I'd Borrowed It
Nightlife
Writer: Rob Thurman
Genre: Urban/Dark Fantasy
Pages: 339
My Review: Must Have
The Terror
Writer: Dan Simmons
Genre: Horror
Pages: 766
My Review: Must Have
KOP
Writer: Warren Hammond
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 331
My Review: Worth the Cash
Blameless in Abaddon
Writer: James Morrow
Genre: Contemporary Fantasy/Satire
Pages: 404
My Review: Must Have
The Stone Gods
Writer: Jeanette Winterson
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 207
My Review: Buy The Paperback
Finished Books: June
The Martian General's Daughter
Writer: Theodore Judson
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 234 (ARC)
My Review: Waste of Time
The Lies of Locke Lamora
Writer: Scott Lynch
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 719
My Rating: Worth the Cash
A Shadow in Summer
Writer: Daniel Abraham
Genre: Fantasy/Epic
Pages: 356
My Rating: Worth the Cash
On Writer's Block: A New Approach to Creativity
Writer: Victoria Nelson
Genre: Writing
Pages: 191
My Rating: Must Have
Acacia: Book One: The War with the Mein
Writer: David Anthony Durham
Genre: Fantasy/Epic
Pages: 576
My Rating: Buy the Paperback
The Midnight Disease: The Drive to Write, Writer's Block, and the Creative Brain
Writer: Alice W. Flaherty
Genre: Writing/Psychology/Science
Pages: 307
My Rating: Wish I'd Borrowed It
Finished Books: May
Ysabel
Writer: Guy Gavriel Kay
Genre: Fantasy/Modern
Pages: 416
Write is a Verb: Sit Down. Start Writing. No Excuses.
Writer: Bill O'Hanlon
Genre: Writing Reference
Pages: 200
The Privilege of the Sword
Writer: Ellen Kushner
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 459
The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play
Writer: Neil Fiore
Genre: Self-Help
Pages: 202
Write. 10 Days to Overcome Writer's Block. Period.
Writer: Karen E. Peterson
Genre: Writing Literature/Self-Help
Pages: 272
One Foot in the Grave
Writer: Jeaniene Frost
Genre: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance
Pages: 357
Halfway to the Grave
Writer: Jeaniene Frost
Genre: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance
Pages: 358
Urban Shaman
Writer: C.E. Murphy
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 344
Moon Called
Writer: Patricia Briggs
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 288
The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
Writer: Steven Pressfield
Genre: Self-Help
Pages: 165
Time to Write: Professional Writers Reveal How to Fit Writing into Your Busy Life
Writer: Kelly L. Stone
Genre: Writing Literature
Pages: 245
Finished Books: April
Personal Demons
Writer: Stacia Kane
Genre: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance
Pages: 303
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew
Writer: Ursula K. Le Guin
Genre: Creative Writing
Pages: 172
Lilith's Brood
Writer: Octavia E. Butler
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 746
A World Too Near: Book Two of the Entire and the Rose
Writer: Kay Kenyon
Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy
Pages: 421 (ARC)
Magic's Child
Writer: Justine Larbalestier
Genre: Young Adult/Urban Fantasy
Pages: 291
Finished Books: March
Carnival
Writer: Elizabeth Bear
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 393
Spin State
Writer: Chris Moriarty
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 597
Unwelcome Bodies
Writer: Jennifer Pelland
Genre: Short Stories/Science Fiction/Horror
Pages: 247
Fire Study
Writer: Maria V. Snyder
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 441
Finished Books: February
Unveiling the Sorceress
Writer: Saskia Walker
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 219
Apricot Brandy
Writer: Lynn Cesar
Genre: Fantasy/Contemporary
Pages: 300
Interfictions: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing
Edited by: Delia Sherman and Theodora Goss
Genre: Short Stories/Fiction
Pages: 291
Grimspace
Writer: Ann Aguirre
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 312
Neuromancer
Writer: William Gibson
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 276
The Alchemist
Writer: Paulo Coelho
Genre: Fiction/Inspirational
Pages: 167
The Outback Stars
Writer: Sandra McDonald
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 416
Blood and Iron: A Novel of the Promethean Age
Writer: Elizabeth Bear
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 432
Blood Magic
Writer: Matthew Cook
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 264
Amberlight
Writer: Sylvia Kelso
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 260
Cyteen
Writer: C.J. Cherryh
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 680
Finished Books: January
Trading in Danger
Writer: Elizabeth Moon
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 357
Witchling
Writer: Yasmine Galenorn
Genre: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance
Pages: 293
Kitty and the Silver Bullet
Writer: Carrie Vaughn
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 326
Monthly challenges & dares with emerald_ibis sadly took a hiatus this year, so nothing to report there. However, reading challenges with digitalclone went along just fine, and I'd say my favorite from that batch was Connie Willis's Passage.
Happy New Year, everyone!!! :)
Total novels read: 123 (This includes a handful of graphic novels and a couple of short story anthologies. Quite an impressive total.)
Total novels started but not finished: 7 (Most of them, I won't go back to, but others I'd like to try because when I tried reading them I just wasn't in the right mood to keep going.)
Total comic books read: 103 (these are individual issues, not issues collected into a graphic novel. I plan on doing something special with my comic reading from last year, so stay tuned for that.)
Not bad, eh? I'd kind of planned on going into a reading frenzy after I graduated, but I guess I didn't realize how serious I was about doing so! Stay tuned for the annual top ten list and a mini review of all the comics I read this year.
Finished Books: December
Grace
Writer: Richard Paul Evans
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 307
My Review: Worth the Cash
The Gift
Writer: Richard Paul Evans
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 332
My Review: Wish I'd Borrowed It
Blindness
Writer: José Saramago
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 293
My Review: Worth the Cash
Wolfsbane and Mistletoe
Edited by: Charlaine Harris & Toni L.P. Kelner
Genre: Short Stories/Urban Fantasy
Pages: 340
My Review: Wish I'd Borrowed It
Slow River
Writer: Nicola Griffith
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 343
My Review: Worth the Cash
Idlewild
Writer: Nick Sagan
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 275
My Review: Worth the Cash
The Brief History of the Dead
Writer: Kevin Brockmeier
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 252
My Review: Wish I'd Borrowed It
Finished Books: November
Sharp Teeth
Writer: Toby Barlow
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 308
My Review: Must Have
The Scent of Shadows
Writer: Vicki Pettersson
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 455
My Review: Give It Away
Heart-Shaped Box
Writer: Joe Hill
Genre: Horror
Pages: 374
My Review: Worth the Cash
The Engines of God
Writer: Jack McDevitt
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 419
My Review: Wish I'd Borrowed It
Red
Writer: Jordan Summers
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Pages: 356
My Review: Worth the Cash
Impossible
Writer: Nancy Werlin
Genre: YA/Modern Fantasy
Pages: 364
My Review: Give It Away
Territory
Writer: Emma Bull
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 318
My Review: Worth the Cash
Interview with the Vampire
Writer: Anne Rice
Genre: Horror
Pages: 310
My Review: Worth the Cash
The Veil of Gold
Writer: Kim Wilkins
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 495
My Review: Must Have
Spindrift
Writer: Allen Steele
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 347
My Review: Give It Away
Ink Exchange
Writer: Melissa Marr
Genre: YA/Urban Fantasy
Pages: 325
My Review: Must Have
The Summer Tree (The Fionavar Tapestry: Book One)
Writer: Guy Gavriel Kay
Genre: Epic Fantasy
Pages: 383
My Review: Wish I'd Borrowed It
All Together Dead
Writer: Charlaine Harris
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 323
My Review: Worth the Cash
Definitely Dead
Writer: Charlaine Harris
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 324
My Review: Worth the Cash
Dead as a Doornail
Writer: Charlaine Harris
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 295
My Review: Worth the Cash
Finished Books: October
Dead to the World
Writer: Charlaine Harris
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 291
My Review: Worth the Cash
Club Dead
Writer: Charlaine Harris
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 292
My Review: Worth the Cash
Living Dead in Dallas
Writer: Charlaine Harris
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 291
My Review: Worth the Cash
Graceling
Writer: Kristin Cashore
Genre: YA/Fantasy
Pages: 471
My Review: Worth the Cash
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
Writer: Vicki Myron with Bret Witter
Genre: Non-Fiction
Pages: 277
My Review: Worth the Cash
Dead Until Dark
Writer: Charlaine Harris
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 292
My Review: Worth the Cash
The Company
Writer: K.J. Parker
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 440 (ARC)
My Review: Buy the Paperback
The Secret History of Moscow
Writer: Ekaterina Sedia
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 303
My Review: Give It Away
The Summoning
Writer: Kelley Armstrong
Genre: YA/Urban Fantasy
Pages: 390
My Review: Buy the Paperback
One for Sorrow
Writer: Christopher Barzak
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 306
My Review: Must Have
Clockwork Phoenix: Tales of Beauty and Strangeness
Edited by: Mike Allen
Genre: Short Stories/Fantasy
Pages: 285 (ARC)
My Review: Worth the Cash
Dreadful Skin
Writer: Cherie Priest
Genre: Horror
Pages: 234
My Review: Worth the Cash
The Risen Empire: Book One of Succession
Writer: Scott Westerfeld
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 349
My Review: Wish I'd Borrowed It
Horizons
Writer: Mary Rosenblum
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 324
My Review: Worth the Cash
The Night Watch
Writer: Sergei Lukyanenko
Genre: Urban/Dark Fantasy
Pages: 455
My Review: Worth the Cash
Finished Books: September
Moonshine
Writer: Rob Thurman
Genre: Urban/Dark Fantasy
Pages: 338
My Review: Worth the Cash
Dark Space: Book 1 of The Sentients of Orion
Writer: Marianne de Pierres
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 416
My Review: Wish I'd Borrowed It
Sun of Suns: Book One of the Virga
Writer: Karl Schroeder
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 318
My Review: Give it Away
The Queen of Attolia
Writer: Megan Whalen Turner
Genre: YA/Fantasy
Pages: 360
My Review: Worth the Cash
Zoe's Tale
Writer: John Scalzi
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 330 (ARC)
My Review: Must Have
Uglies
Writer: Scott Westerfeld
Genre: YA/Science Fiction
Pages: 425
My Review: Must Have
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Writer: Sean Williams
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 319
My Review: Buy the Paperback
The Host
Writer: Stephenie Meyer
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 619
My Review: Buy the Paperback
The Android's Dream
Writer: John Scalzi
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 396
My Review: Must Have
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Writer: Philip K. Dick
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 244
My Review: Give It Away
Passage
Writer: Connie Willis
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 780
My Review: Must Have
Cry Wolf
Writer: Patricia Briggs
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 294
My Review: Worth the Cash
On the Prowl
Writer: Patricia Briggs, Eileen Wilks, Karen Chance, Sunny
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Pages: 341
My Review: Give It Away
Wanderlust
Writer: Ann Aguirre
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 312
My Review: Must Have
Gifts
Writer: Ursula K. Le Guin
Genre: YA/Fantasy
Pages: 274
My Review: Worth the Cash
Finished Books: August
Life As We Knew It
Writer: Susan Beth Pfeffer
Genre: YA/Science Fiction
Pages: 337
My Review: Must Have
Dragonforge
Writer: James Maxey
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 541
My Review: Worth the Cash
The Yiddish Policeman's Union
Writer: Michael Chabon
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 411
My Review: Buy the Paperback
Mr. Punch : The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy
Writer: Neal Gaiman
Illustrator: Dave McKean
Genre: Comics/Graphic Novel
Publisher: Vertigo
My Review: Worth the Cash
Iron Kissed
Writer: Patricia Briggs
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 287
My Review: Worth the Cash
Blood Bound
Writer: Patricia Briggs
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 292
My Review: Worth the Cash
Bitterwood
Writer: James Maxey
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 482
My Review: Worth the Cash
Warrior and Witch
Writer: Marie Brennan
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 420
My Review: Worth the Cash
Hellboy Library Edition Volume 1: Seed of Destruction and Wake the Devil
Writer: Mike Mignola, Script by John Byrne
Illustrator: Mike Mignola
Genre: Comics/Graphic Novel
Issues: 9
Publisher: Dark Horse
My Review: Worth the Cash
The Last Colony
Writer: John Scalzi
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 320
My Review: Must Have
Halting State
Writer: Charles Stross
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 324
My Review: Worth the Cash
Lord Tophet
Writer: Gregory Frost
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 222
My Review: Must Have
Shadowbridge
Writer: Gregory Frost
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 255
My Review: Must Have
Welcome Back, Frank
Writer: Garth Ennis
Illustrator: Steve Dillon and Jimmy Palmiotti
Genre: Comics/Graphic Novel
Issues: 12
Publisher: Marvel Knights
My Review: Worth the Cash
The Thief
Writer: Megan Whalen Turner
Genre: YA/Fantasy
Pages: 280
My Review: Worth the Cash
The Underneath
Writer: Kathi Appelt
Drawings By: David Small
Genre: Children's Lit (Ages 9-12)
Pages: 311
My Review: Must Have
The Watchmen (Absolute Edition)
Writer: Alan Moore
Illustrator: Dave Gibbons
Genre: Comics/Graphic Novel
Issues: 12
Publisher: DC Comics
My Review: Must Have
Lavinia
Writer: Ursula K. Le Guin
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 280
My Review: Buy the Paperback
Finished Books: July
The Man on the Ceiling
Writer: Steve Rasnic Tem & Melanie Tem
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 337
My Review: Must Have
Ill Wind
Writer: Rachel Caine
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 337
My Review: Must Have
The Becoming
Writer: Jeanne C. Stein
Genre: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance
Pages: 293
My Review: Worth the Cash
Tithe
Writer: Holly Black
Genre: YA/Urban Fantasy
Pages: 331
My Review: Worth the Cash
Storm Front
Writer: Jim Butcher
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 322
My Review: Worth the Cash
Chasing Silver
Writer: Jamie Craig
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Pages: 282
My Review: Worth the Cash
Dog Days
Writer: John Levitt
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 297
My Review: Worth the Cash
Superpowers
Writer: David J. Schwartz
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 376
My Review: Wish I'd Borrowed It
Nightlife
Writer: Rob Thurman
Genre: Urban/Dark Fantasy
Pages: 339
My Review: Must Have
The Terror
Writer: Dan Simmons
Genre: Horror
Pages: 766
My Review: Must Have
KOP
Writer: Warren Hammond
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 331
My Review: Worth the Cash
Blameless in Abaddon
Writer: James Morrow
Genre: Contemporary Fantasy/Satire
Pages: 404
My Review: Must Have
The Stone Gods
Writer: Jeanette Winterson
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 207
My Review: Buy The Paperback
Finished Books: June
The Martian General's Daughter
Writer: Theodore Judson
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 234 (ARC)
My Review: Waste of Time
The Lies of Locke Lamora
Writer: Scott Lynch
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 719
My Rating: Worth the Cash
A Shadow in Summer
Writer: Daniel Abraham
Genre: Fantasy/Epic
Pages: 356
My Rating: Worth the Cash
On Writer's Block: A New Approach to Creativity
Writer: Victoria Nelson
Genre: Writing
Pages: 191
My Rating: Must Have
Acacia: Book One: The War with the Mein
Writer: David Anthony Durham
Genre: Fantasy/Epic
Pages: 576
My Rating: Buy the Paperback
The Midnight Disease: The Drive to Write, Writer's Block, and the Creative Brain
Writer: Alice W. Flaherty
Genre: Writing/Psychology/Science
Pages: 307
My Rating: Wish I'd Borrowed It
Finished Books: May
Ysabel
Writer: Guy Gavriel Kay
Genre: Fantasy/Modern
Pages: 416
Write is a Verb: Sit Down. Start Writing. No Excuses.
Writer: Bill O'Hanlon
Genre: Writing Reference
Pages: 200
The Privilege of the Sword
Writer: Ellen Kushner
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 459
The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play
Writer: Neil Fiore
Genre: Self-Help
Pages: 202
Write. 10 Days to Overcome Writer's Block. Period.
Writer: Karen E. Peterson
Genre: Writing Literature/Self-Help
Pages: 272
One Foot in the Grave
Writer: Jeaniene Frost
Genre: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance
Pages: 357
Halfway to the Grave
Writer: Jeaniene Frost
Genre: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance
Pages: 358
Urban Shaman
Writer: C.E. Murphy
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 344
Moon Called
Writer: Patricia Briggs
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 288
The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
Writer: Steven Pressfield
Genre: Self-Help
Pages: 165
Time to Write: Professional Writers Reveal How to Fit Writing into Your Busy Life
Writer: Kelly L. Stone
Genre: Writing Literature
Pages: 245
Finished Books: April
Personal Demons
Writer: Stacia Kane
Genre: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance
Pages: 303
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew
Writer: Ursula K. Le Guin
Genre: Creative Writing
Pages: 172
Lilith's Brood
Writer: Octavia E. Butler
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 746
A World Too Near: Book Two of the Entire and the Rose
Writer: Kay Kenyon
Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy
Pages: 421 (ARC)
Magic's Child
Writer: Justine Larbalestier
Genre: Young Adult/Urban Fantasy
Pages: 291
Finished Books: March
Carnival
Writer: Elizabeth Bear
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 393
Spin State
Writer: Chris Moriarty
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 597
Unwelcome Bodies
Writer: Jennifer Pelland
Genre: Short Stories/Science Fiction/Horror
Pages: 247
Fire Study
Writer: Maria V. Snyder
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 441
Finished Books: February
Unveiling the Sorceress
Writer: Saskia Walker
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 219
Apricot Brandy
Writer: Lynn Cesar
Genre: Fantasy/Contemporary
Pages: 300
Interfictions: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing
Edited by: Delia Sherman and Theodora Goss
Genre: Short Stories/Fiction
Pages: 291
Grimspace
Writer: Ann Aguirre
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 312
Neuromancer
Writer: William Gibson
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 276
The Alchemist
Writer: Paulo Coelho
Genre: Fiction/Inspirational
Pages: 167
The Outback Stars
Writer: Sandra McDonald
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 416
Blood and Iron: A Novel of the Promethean Age
Writer: Elizabeth Bear
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 432
Blood Magic
Writer: Matthew Cook
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 264
Amberlight
Writer: Sylvia Kelso
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 260
Cyteen
Writer: C.J. Cherryh
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 680
Finished Books: January
Trading in Danger
Writer: Elizabeth Moon
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 357
Witchling
Writer: Yasmine Galenorn
Genre: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance
Pages: 293
Kitty and the Silver Bullet
Writer: Carrie Vaughn
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Pages: 326
Monthly challenges & dares with emerald_ibis sadly took a hiatus this year, so nothing to report there. However, reading challenges with digitalclone went along just fine, and I'd say my favorite from that batch was Connie Willis's Passage.
Happy New Year, everyone!!! :)