Books I Read in 2008

[lilyofshalott]

Exactly what it says on the tin:

* The Looking Glass Wars ~ Frank Beddor **
* Weetzie Bat ~ Francesca Lia Block **
* Forever ~Judy Blume **
* A Great and Terrible Beauty ~ Libba Bray **
* Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass ~ Lewis Carroll ** (technically)
* The Perks of Being a Wallflower ~ Stephen Chbosky **
* Seventeenth Summer ~ Maureen Daly **
* The Tale of Despereaux ~ Kate DiCamillo
* Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination ~ Helen Fielding
* Dr. Franklin’s Island ~ Ann Halam **
* The Secret Life of Bees ~ Sue Monk Kidd *
* The Beekeeper’s Apprentice ~ Laurie R. King
* Ophelia ~ Lisa Klein **
* Timothy; or, Notes of an Abject Reptile ~ Verlyn Klinkenborg
* Knitting Under the Influence ~ Claire LaZebnik
* The Joys of Love ~ Madeleine L’Engle **
* Boy Meets Boy ~ David Levithan **
* Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister ~ Gregory Macguire *
* Twilight ~ Stephanie Meyer
* Eclipse ~ Stephanie Meyer
* New Moon ~ Stephanie Meyer
* Fluke ~ Christopher Moore
* The Island of the Sequined Love Nun ~ Christopher Moore *
* Master and Commander ~ Patrick O’Brien, read by Patrick Tull
* Death at Gallows Green (Victorian Mysteries #2) ~ Robin Paige
* Death at Daisy’s Folly (Victorian Mysteries #3) ~ Robin Paige
* Death at Devil’s Bridge (Victorian Mysteries #4) ~ Robin Paige
* The White Darkness ~ Geraldine McCaughrean **
* Knitting Rules! ~ Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
* The Adoration of Jenna Fox ~ Mary E. Pearson **
* The Ruby in the Smoke ~ Phillip Pullman
* The Shadow in the North ~Phillip Pullman **
* Larklight ~ Philip Reeve **
* Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging ~ Louise Rennison
* Song of the Sparrow ~ Lisa Ann Sandell
* The Thirteenth Tale ~ Diane Setterfield *
* I Capture the Castle ~ Dodie Smith *
* Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman? ~ Eleanor Updale **
* Gossip Girl ~ Cecily von Ziegesar **
* Girl in Hyacinth Blue ~ Susan Vreeland *
* The Killer’s Cousin ~ Nancy Werlin **
* Peeps ~ Scott Westerfield **
* Uglies ~ Scott Westerfield *
* Serenity: Those Left Behind, Vol. 1 ~ Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews, Will Conrad
* Fast Talk on a Slow Track ~ Rita Williams-Garcia (mostly) **
* Sorcery and Cecilia ~ Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
* Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast ~ Jane Yolen **

If a book has one asterisk following it, this was a book I read for my bookclub; two asterisks denote a book I read for my YA Lit course.

2008's grand total: 47! I very nearly met my goal of 52 books. Next year, I shall read more. ^_^