Reading List - 2008
2008 Reads
My ongoing list of what I've been reading this year.
To see previous years' lists, go here: 2007, 2006
* - books I enjoyed a lot and highly recommend (9 or 10 out of 10)
NF - non-fiction, I don't read many of these
January
*Desolation Island - Patrick O'Brian
The Sunday Philosophy Club - Alexander McCall Smith
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister - Gregory Maguire
Serenity: Those left behind - Joss Whedon (graphic novel)
*The Snow Spider - Jenny Nimmo (reread)
The Complete Peanuts: 1950-1952 - Charles M. Schulz
Asterix and the Mansions of the Gods (reread)
February
*Emlyn's Moon - Jenny Nimmo (reread)
The Chestnut Soldier - Jenny Nimmo (reread)
True Confessions of Adrian Mole - Sue Townsend
The School Inspector Calls - Gervase Phinn (Penguin pocket book)
Knots and Crosses - Ian Rankin
March
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate - Alexander McCall Smith
Pay Dirt - Rita Mae Brown
Canto for a Gypsy - Martin Cruz Smith
The Da Vince Code: a response - Nicky Gumbel
Hide and Seek - Ian Rankin
April
Innocent House - PD James (Penguin pocket book)
*Ottoline Goes to School - Chris Riddell
*At Home in Mitford - Jan Karon
*Murder on the Leviathan - Boris Akunin
The Blue Castle - LM Montgomery
May
Mort - Terry Pratchett (reread)
Varjak Paw - SF Said
Outaw Varjak Paw - SF Said
*Restoration - Rose Tremain
June
Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine Paterson
Last Bus to Woodstock - Colin Dexter
*Ballet Shoes - Noel Streatfeild
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
*Blue Like Jazz - Donald Miller
July
*How to Get a Date Worth Keeping - Dr Henry Cloud
*The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness
Closely Observed Trains - Bohumil Hrabal
*Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi
Short Short Stories - Dave Eggers (Penguin pocket book)
August
Twilight - Stephanie Meyer
Hellsing 1 - Kouta Hirano
Tintin and the Castafiore Emerald - Hergé
Whisker of Evil - Rita Mae Brown
*A Guide to the Birds of East Africa - Nicholas Drayson
*Flipped - Wendelin van Draanen
September
*The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - Sherman Alexie
*Bone - Jeff Smith (graphic novel)
Cranford - Elizabeth Gaskell (didn't finish)
October
Brilliance of the Moon - Lian Hearn
X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong - Greg Pak & Greg Land (graphic novel)
*Daddy-Long-Legs - Jean Webster (reread)
Theodora's Diary - Penny Culliford
Batman: Year One - Frank Miller & David Mazzucchelli (graphic novel)
X-23: Innocence Lost (graphic novel)
X-23: Target X (graphic novel)
November
*Out Stealing Horses - Per Petterson
Sin City: That Yellow Bastard - Frank Miller (graphic novel)
9th and 13th - Jonathan Coe (Penguin pocket book)
December
*The Tales of Beadle the Bard - JK Rowling
Currently Reading: Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand; Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper; Classic Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories
My ongoing list of what I've been reading this year.
To see previous years' lists, go here: 2007, 2006
* - books I enjoyed a lot and highly recommend (9 or 10 out of 10)
NF - non-fiction, I don't read many of these
January
*Desolation Island - Patrick O'Brian
The Sunday Philosophy Club - Alexander McCall Smith
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister - Gregory Maguire
Serenity: Those left behind - Joss Whedon (graphic novel)
*The Snow Spider - Jenny Nimmo (reread)
The Complete Peanuts: 1950-1952 - Charles M. Schulz
Asterix and the Mansions of the Gods (reread)
February
*Emlyn's Moon - Jenny Nimmo (reread)
The Chestnut Soldier - Jenny Nimmo (reread)
True Confessions of Adrian Mole - Sue Townsend
The School Inspector Calls - Gervase Phinn (Penguin pocket book)
Knots and Crosses - Ian Rankin
March
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate - Alexander McCall Smith
Pay Dirt - Rita Mae Brown
Canto for a Gypsy - Martin Cruz Smith
The Da Vince Code: a response - Nicky Gumbel
Hide and Seek - Ian Rankin
April
Innocent House - PD James (Penguin pocket book)
*Ottoline Goes to School - Chris Riddell
*At Home in Mitford - Jan Karon
*Murder on the Leviathan - Boris Akunin
The Blue Castle - LM Montgomery
May
Mort - Terry Pratchett (reread)
Varjak Paw - SF Said
Outaw Varjak Paw - SF Said
*Restoration - Rose Tremain
June
Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine Paterson
Last Bus to Woodstock - Colin Dexter
*Ballet Shoes - Noel Streatfeild
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
*Blue Like Jazz - Donald Miller
July
*How to Get a Date Worth Keeping - Dr Henry Cloud
*The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness
Closely Observed Trains - Bohumil Hrabal
*Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi
Short Short Stories - Dave Eggers (Penguin pocket book)
August
Twilight - Stephanie Meyer
Hellsing 1 - Kouta Hirano
Tintin and the Castafiore Emerald - Hergé
Whisker of Evil - Rita Mae Brown
*A Guide to the Birds of East Africa - Nicholas Drayson
*Flipped - Wendelin van Draanen
September
*The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - Sherman Alexie
*Bone - Jeff Smith (graphic novel)
Cranford - Elizabeth Gaskell (didn't finish)
October
Brilliance of the Moon - Lian Hearn
X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong - Greg Pak & Greg Land (graphic novel)
*Daddy-Long-Legs - Jean Webster (reread)
Theodora's Diary - Penny Culliford
Batman: Year One - Frank Miller & David Mazzucchelli (graphic novel)
X-23: Innocence Lost (graphic novel)
X-23: Target X (graphic novel)
November
*Out Stealing Horses - Per Petterson
Sin City: That Yellow Bastard - Frank Miller (graphic novel)
9th and 13th - Jonathan Coe (Penguin pocket book)
December
*The Tales of Beadle the Bard - JK Rowling
Currently Reading: Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand; Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper; Classic Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories