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Books Read in '08

January (11 books, 3034 pages)

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1. Dreamers of the Day stars3h.gif by Mary Doria Russell (2008, 251 pp.)
2. The House at Riverton stars4.gif by Kate Morton (2008 in the U.S., 468 pp.)
3. The Cloud of Unknowing stars3h.gif by Thomas H. Cook (2006, 311 pp.)
4. The Bell Jar stars4.gif by Sylvia Plath (1963, 244 pp)
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone stars4.gif by J. K. Rowling (1997, 320 pp)
6. Strangers stars4h.gif by Taichi Yamada (1987 [2003 in U.S.], 203 pp.)
7. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time stars4h.gif by Mark Haddon (2003, 226 pp.)
8. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets stars4h.gif by J.K. Rowling (1998, 341 pp.)
9. After Dark stars3h.gif by Haruki Murakami (2004 [2007 in U.S.], 191 pp.)
10. Silence stars4h.gif by Shusaku Endo (1966, 201 pages)
11. Independent People stars4.gif by Halldor Laxness (1934-35, 482 pp.)

February (7 books, 1319 pages)

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12. The Bluest Eye stars4.gif by Toni Morrison (1970, 206 pp.)
13. Life & Times of Michael K stars4.gif by J. M. Coetzee (1983, 184 pp.)
14. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! stars4.gif by Laura Amy Schlitz (2007, 81 pp.)
15. 2001: A Space Odyssey stars4h.gif by Arthur C. Clarke (1968, 236 pp.)
16. Sitting Practice stars3h.gif by Caroline Adderson (2003, 329 pp.)
17. Anthem stars4.gif by Ayn Rand (1938, 105 pp)
18. The Translator stars4.gif by Daoud Hari (2008, 178 pp.)

March (6 books, 1803 pages)

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19. Cat's Eye stars4h.gif by Margaret Atwood (1988, 462 pp.)
20. Anne of Green Gables stars4h.gif by L.M. Montgomery (1908, 369 pp.)
21. Embers stars3h.gif by Sandor Marai (1942, 224 pp.)
22. Transformations stars3h.gif by Anne Sexton (1971, 112 pp.)
23. The Only Road North stars4h.gif by Erik Mirandette (2007, 300 pp.)
24. Winter Haven stars4.gif by Athol Dickson (2008, 336 pp.)

April (12 books, 2718 pages)

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25. Belong to Me stars4.gif by Marisa de los Santos (2008, 388 pp.)
26. The Sister stars4h.gif by Poppy Adams (2008, 275 pp.)
27. Kanada stars3h.gif by Eva Wiseman (2006, 241 pp.)
28. Kaddish for a Child not Born stars4h.gif by Imre Kertesz (1990, 95 pp.)
29. Detective Story stars3.gif by Imre Kertesz (2008, 112 pp.)
30. The Mayor's Tongue stars3h.gif by Nathaniel Rich (2008, 310 pp.)
31. The Cellist of Sarajevo stars4.gif by Steven Galloway (2008, 231 pp.)
32. Beloved stars4.gif by Toni Morrison (1987, 275 pp.)
33. Maus I stars5.gif by Art Spiegelman (1986, 161 pp.)
34. Maus II stars5.gif by Art Spiegelman (1991, 127 pp.)
35. Keeper and Kid stars3h.gif by Edward Hardy (2008, 294 pp.)
36. Things Fall Apart stars4.gif by Chinua Achebe (1958, 209 pp.)

May (13 books, 4457 pages)

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37. The Forgery of Venus stars3h.gif by Michael Gruber (2008, 318 pp.)
38. Silk stars3h.gif by Alessandro Baricco (1996, 91 pp.)
39. On Chesil Beach stars3h.gif by Ian McEwan (2007, 203 pp.)
40. Snow stars3h.gif by Maxence Fermine (1999, 100 pp)
41. The Castle by Franz Kafka (1926, 316 pp.)
42. The Gathering stars4.gif by Anne Enright (2007, 261 pp.)
43. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban stars4.gif by J.K. Rowling (1999, 435 pp.)
44. Blessings stars4.gif by Anna Quindlen (202, 226 pp.)
45. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire stars4h.gif by J.K. Rowling (2000, 734 pp.)
46. American Born Chinese stars4.gif by Gene Luen Yang (2006, 240 pp.)
47. The Arrival stars3h.gif by Shaun Tan (2006, 128 pp.)
48. The Invention of Hugo Cabret stars5.gif by Brian Selznick (2007, 533 pp.)
49. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix stars4.gif by J.K. Rowling (2003, 896 pp.)

June (12 books, 3839 pages)

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50. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince stars3h.gif by J.K. Rowling (2005, 652 pp.)
51. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows stars3h.gif by J.K. Rowling (2007, 759 pp.)
52. Daughters of the North stars3h.gif by Sarah Hall (2008, 207 pp.)
53. The Road Past Altamont stars4h.gif by Gabrielle Roy (1966, 146 pp.)
54. Life of Pi stars4.gif by Yann Martel (2001, 319 pp.)
55. Water for Elephants stars4.gif by Sara Gruen (2006, 350 pp.)
56. Jacob Two-Two's First Spy Case stars4h.gif by Mordecai Richler (1995, 144 pp.)
57. Unaccustomed Earth stars4h.gif by Jhumpa Lahiri (2008, 333 pp.)
58. Bear starsh.gif by Marian Engel (1976, 141 pp.)
59. The Penelopiad stars4h.gif by Margaret Atwood (2005, 198 pp.)
60. The Chocolate War stars4.gif by Robert Cormier (1974, 263 pp.)
61. Lolita stars3h.gif by Vladimir Nabokov (1955, 327 pp.)

July (8 books, 2122 pages)

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62. The Undiscovered Country stars4.gif by Lin Enger (2008, 320 pp.)
63. The Bible Salesman stars3h.gif by Clyde Edgerton (2008, 256 pp.)
64. The God of Animals stars4.gif by Aryn Kyle (2007, 336 pp.)
65. The Photograph stars4.gif by Penelope Lively (2003, 231 pp.)
66. What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn (2008 in the U.S., 256 pp.)
67. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi (2003, 153 pp.)
68. Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi (2005, 192 pp.)
69. Oryx and Crake stars2.gif by Margaret Atwood (2003, 378 pp.)

August (5 books, 1380 pages)

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70. Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner (1985, 184 pp.)
71. Quite a Year for Plums by Bailey White (1998, 220 pp.)
72. Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen by Susan Gregg Gilmore (2008, 304 pp.)
73. Blankets stars4.gif by Craig Thompson (2003, 592 pp)
74. The Borden Tragedy stars4.gif by Rick Geary (1997, 80 pp.)

September (7 books, 1817 pages)

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75. Children of Men stars4h.gif by P.D. James (1992, 241 pp.)
76. Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) stars4h.gif by Anne-Marie MacDonald (1990, 89 pp.)
77. Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories stars4.gif edited by Roald Dahl (1983, 235 pp.)
78. The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson (2008, 480 pp.)
79. Dracula stars5.gif by Bram Stoker (1897, 400 pp.)
80. Olive Kitteridge stars4h.gif by Elizabeth Strout (2008, 288 pp.)
81. Darkness Visible stars4.gif by William Styron (1990, 84 pp.)

October (18 books, 4182 pages)

82. The Secret Scripture stars4h.gif by Sebastian Barry (2008, 300 pp.)
83. The Pigman stars4.gif by Paul Zindel (1968, 182 pp.)
84. The Story of a Marriage stars1.gif by Andrew Sean Greer (2008, 195 pp.)
85. The Twits stars4.gif by Roald Dahl (1980, 96 pp.)
86. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo stars3h.gif by Stieg Larsson (2008, 465 pp.)
87. Breath stars2.gif by Tim Winton (2008, 218 pp.)
88. Atmospheric Disturbances stars4h.gif by Rivka Galchen (2008, 240 pp.)
89. The White Tiger stars4h.gif by Aravind Adiga (2008, 276 pp.)
90. The Graveyard Book stars4h.gif by Neil Gaiman (2008, 320 pp.)
91. Anne of Avonlea stars5.gif by L.M. Montgomery (1909, 276 pp.)
92. Anne of the Island by stars4h.gif L.M. Montgomery (1915, 239 pp.)
93. A Year Down Yonder stars3h.gif by Richard Peck (2000, 144 pp.)
94. The Pets by Bragi Olafsson (2008, 157 pp.)
95. Out Stealing Horses stars4h.gif by Per Petterson (2007, 250 pp.)
96. Mudbound stars4.gif by Hillary Jordan (2008, 324 pp.)
97. Goldengrove stars4.gif by Francine Prose (2008, 288 pp.)
98. X-Kai stars3h.gif by Asami Tohjoh (2006, 200 pp.)
99. Vampire Hunter D by Hideyuki Kikuchi (1983, 2005 for English translation, 268 pp.)

November (11 books, 2822 pages)

100. Artemis Fowl stars4.gif by Eoin Colfer (2001, 280 pp.)
101. The Outsiders stars4h.gif by S.E. Hinton (a re-read) (1967, 156 pp.)
102. Sky Burial stars4.gif by Xinran (2005, 224 pp.)
103. Einstein's Dreams stars4h.gif by Alan Lightman (1993, 140 pp.)
104. Purple HIbiscus stars4h.gif by Adichie (2003, 307 pp.)
105. Ender's Game stars4.gif by Orson Scott Card (1985, 357 pp.)
106. Downtown Owl stars4.gif by Chuck Klosterman (2008, 288 pp.)
107. Somebody Else's Daughter stars1.gif by Elizabeth Brundage (2008, 352 pp.)
108. The Tomato Girl stars3h.gif by Jayne Pupek (2008, 298 pp.)
109. Esther's Inheritance stars3h.gif by Sandor Marai (2008 for the English translation, 148 pp.)
110. Netherland stars3h.gif by Joseph O'Neill (2008, 272 pp.)

December (10 books, 2284 pages)

111. The Book of Murder stars4.gif by Guillermo Martinez (2008, 224 pp.)
112. Broccoli and Other Tales of Food and Love stars4.gif by Lara Vapnyar (2008, 148 pp.)
113. A Mercy stars4h.gif by Toni Morrison (2008, 167 pp.)
114. Ender in Exile stars4.gif by Orson Scott Card (2008, 384 pp.)
115. A Country Called Home stars4.gif by Kim Barnes (2008, 288 pp.)
116. Kristin Lavransdatter 2: The Wife stars4h.gif by Sigrid Undset (1921, 401 pp.)
117. Sofia Petrovna stars5.gif by Lydia Chukovskaya (1967, 120 pp.)
118. A Certain Mr. Takahashi stars3h.gif by Ann Ireland (1985, 206 pp.)
119. Zenzele by J. Nozipo Maraire (1996, 194 pp.)
120. Taras Bulba by Nikolai Gogol (1835, 152 pp.)

Year: 120 books, 31777 pages

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