Books I read in 2008

100. Club Dead - (12/30) - Charlaine Harris 292p
99. The Sugar Queen - (12/28) - Sarah Addison Allen 288p
98. Living Dead in Dallas - (12/27) - Charlaine Harris 291p
97. Dead Until Dark - (12/26) - Charlaine Harris 304p
96. The Magus - (12/25) - John Fowles 672p
95. The Blind Assassin: A Novel - (12/20) - Margaret Atwood 544p
94. Immoveable Feast: A Paris Christmas (P.S.) - (12/20) - John Baxter 288p
93. The Forgotten Man (Elvis Cole Novels) - (12/13) - Robert Crais 368p
92. Cellophane - (12/12) - Marie Arana 384p
91. Lover of Unreason: Assia Wevill, Sylvia Plath's Rival and Ted Hughes' Doomed Love - (12/8) - Yehuda Koren, Eliat Negev 250p
90. The Bell Jar - (12/4) - Sylvia Plath 288p (yes, again)
89. Letters Home - (12/1) - Sylvia Plath 512p
88. The Book of Lost Things: A Novel - (11/28) - John Connolly 348p
87. When Will There Be Good News?: A Novel - (11/22) - Kate Atkinson 400p
86. The Paris Enigma: A Novel - (11/18) - Pablo De Santis 244p
85. Garden Spells (Bantam Discovery) - (11/15) - Sarah Addison Allen 320p
84. Cosmicomics - (11/11) - Italo Calvino 153p
83. Out: A Novel - (11/2) - Natsuo Karino 400p
82. The Modern Neurosis Handbook: A Guide to Coping - (10/26) - Andrea Sarvady 144p
81. The Catcher in the Rye - (10/24) - JD Salinger 224p
80. The Bell Jar - (10/19) - Sylvia Plath 288p
79. When the Sacred Ginmill Closes (Matthew Scudder Mysteries) - (10/18) - Lawrence Block 354p
78. Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas - (10/15) - Tom Robbins 386p
77. Curse of the Spellmans: A Novel - (10/11) - Lisa Lutz 416p
76. Coyote Blue - (9/30) - Christopher Moore 320p
75. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - (9/22) - Steig Larsson 480p
74. Amazonia - (9/18) - James Rollins 544p
73. Breaking Dawn - (9/6) - Stepehenie Meyer 768p
72. The Soloist - (9/5) - Mark Saltzman 304p
71. Eclipse - (8/31) - Stephenie Meyer 672p
70. The Last Detective - (8/30) - Robert Crais 352p
69. The Glass Castle - (8/28) - Jeannette Walls 288p
68. My Life As A Fake - (8/23) - Peter Carey 288p
67. Galilee - (8/20) - Clive Barker 656p
66. Confessions of a Recovering Slut - (8/9) - Hollis Gillespie 272p
65. Picasso at the Lapin Agile - (8/8) - Steve Martin 78p
64. Golden Bones - (8/3) - Sichun Siv 336p
63. Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany - (7/25) - Bill Buford 336p
62. The Dracula Dossier - (7/19) - James Reese 343p
61. Key Witch - (7/12) - Robert Tacoma 217p
60. New Moon - (7/9) - Stephenie Meyer 565p
59. I Love You, Beth Cooper - (7/6) - Larry Doyle 255p
58. A Girl Named Zippy (7/5) - Haven Kimmel 282p
57. The Virgin Suicides - (6/28) - Jeffrey Eugenides 256p
56. Black Cocktail - (6/25) - Jonathan Carroll 76p
55. House of Leaves - (6/23) - Mark Danielewski 709p
54. The Raw Shark Texts - (6/20) - Steven Hall 448p
53. Such a Pretty Fat - (6/15) - Jen Lancaster 400p
52. The Ice Queen - (6/10) - Alice Hoffman 224p
51. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World - (6/8) - Haruki Murakami 416p
50. Twilight - (6/6) - Stephenie Meyer 498p
49. The Stranger - (6/1) - Albert Camus 144p
48. Dead Silver - (6/1) - Neil McMahon 288p
47. Generation X - (5/31) - Douglas Coupland 192p
46. Julian - (5/31) - Gore Vidal 528p
45. Windfalls - (5/25) - Jean Hegland 368p
44. The Art of Racing in the Rain - (5/18) - Garth Stein 336p
43. High Fidelity - (5/18) - Nick Hornby 336p
42. The Ruins - (5/11) - Scott Smith 528p
41. The Girl Who Stopped Swimming - (5/4) - Joshilyn Jackson 320p
40. Voice of Our Shadow - (5/3) - Jonathan Carroll 189p
39. L.A. Requiem - (4/30) - Robert Crais 416p
38. The Thirteenth Tale - (4/28) - Diane Setterfield 432p
37. The Lilac Bus - (4/26) - Maeve Binchy 196p
36. Indigo Slam - (4/20) - Robert Crais 320p
35. The Plague - (4/19) - Albert Camus 320p
34. Oranges are Not the Only Fruit - (4/19) - Jeanette Winterson 176p
33. Sexing the Cherry - (4/15) - Jeanette Winterson 167p
32. Sunset Express - (4/13) - Robert Crais 338p
31. Haunted - (4/12) - Chuck Palahniuk 432p
30. Antony and Cleopatra - (4/9) - Colleen McCullough 551p
29. Filth - (4/5) - Irvine Welsh 392p
28. The Diving Pool - (4/1) - Yoko Ogawa 164p
27. On, Off - (3/31) - Colleen McCullough 432p
26. Ice Hunt - (3/24) - James Rollins 544p
25. Dexter in the Dark - (3/22) - Jeff Lindsay 320p
24. Queenmaker - (3/16) - India Edghill 384p
23. Nefertiti - (3/15) - Michelle Moran 480p
22. Monster, 1959 - (3/9) - David Maine 256p
21. Middlesex - (3/8) - Jeffrey Eugenides 544p
20. No Country for Old Men - (3/2) - Cormac McCarthy 309p
19. Breakfast at Tiffany's - (3/2) - Truman Capote 178p
18. My Life So Far - (2/27) - Jane Fonda 624p
17. I Am Not Myself These Days - (2/20) - Josh Kilmer-Purcell 336p
16. Runemarks - (2/19) - Joanne Harris 544p
15. The Boleyn Inheritance - (2/16) - Philippa Gregory 528p
14. Water for Elephants - (2/9) - Sara Gruen 350p
13. Bright Lights, Big Ass - (2/8) Jen Lancaster 385p
12. Carry Me Down - (2/8) - M.J. Hyland 326p
11. Brown Girl in the Ring - (2/5) - Nalo Hopkinson 256p
10. Sputnik Sweetheart - (2/3) - Haruki Murakami 224p
9. Carter Beats the Devil - (2/2) - Glen David Gold 496p
8. Dearly Devoted Dexter - (1/25) - Jeff Lindsay 304p
7. The Penelopiad - (1/24) - Margaret Atwood 224p
6. The Origin - (1/22) - Irving Stone 774p
5. Thursday Next: First Among Sequels - (1/12) - Jasper Fforde 384p
4. The Amber Spyglass - (1/11) - Philip Pullman 480p
3. Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey - (1/7) - Chuck Palahniuk 336p
2. The Glass Harp - (1/5) - Truman Capote 97p
1. The Stolen Child - (1/4) - Kevin Donohue 336p

My top 10 reads of 2007

In no particular order

Black Swan Green, by David Mitchell

The Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (Likely my most favorite of the year)

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

The Passion by Jeanette Winterson

Abundance by Sena Jeter Naslund

Between, Georgia by Joshilyn Jackson

Books I Read in 2007

1. Bloodsucking Fiends (1/1) - Christopher Moore
2. Exile in Guyville - (1/5)- Dave White (hilarious, reviewed on Amazon)
3. You Suck - (1/20)- Christopher Moore (reviewed on Amazon)
4. Twelve Sharp - (1/21) - Janet Evanovich
5. The Zahir - (1/28)- Paulo Coelho (have no idea how I slogged through it)
6. The Passion - (1/28) - Jeanette Winterson (EXCELLENT book!)
7. The Big Over Easy - (2/4) Jasper Fforde
8. Dream Angus - (2/10) Alexander McCall Smith
9. Abundance - (2/17) - Sena Jeter Naslund
10. Kafka on the Shore - (3/3) Haruki Murakami
11. All Encompassing Trip - (3/7) Nicole Del Sesto
12. Heart-Shaped Box - (3/10) Joe Hill
13. Kissing the Beehive - (3/15) Jonathan Carroll
14. Between, Georgia - (3/24) - Joshilyn Jackson
15. Not Quite One of the Boys - (3/25) Vincent Sakowski
16. Black Swan Green - (4/15) David Mitchell
17. The Dogs of Babel - (4/23) - Carolyn Parkhurst
18. Cat's Cradle - (4/25) - Kurt Vonnegut
19. The Road - (4/27) - Cormac McCarthy
20. The Historian - (4/29) - Elizabeth Kostova
21. Norwegian Wood - (5/8) - Haruki Murakami
22. Number9Dream - (5/24) - David Mitchell
23. We Are All Fine Here - (5/25) - Mary Guterson
24. Year of Wonders - (5/26)- Geraldine Brooks
25. The Fourth Bear - (5/28) - Jasper Fforde
26. The Wild Sheep Chase - (5/30) - Haruki Murakami
27. Oryx and Crake - (6/6) - Margaret Atwood
28. Case Histories
- (6/9) - Kate Atkinson
29. Gentlemen and Players - (6/13) - Joanne Harris
30. A Disorder Peculiar to the Country - (6/16) - Ken Kalfus
31. The Spellman Files
- (6/17) - Lisa Lutz
32. The Tenth Circle - (6/19) - Jodi Picoult
33. Post Office - (6/23) - Charles Bukowski
34. Company - (7/1) - Max Barry
35. Dark Cities Underground - (7/4) - Lisa Goldstein
36. The Wrestler's Cruel Study - (7/10) - Stephen Dobyns
37. Behind the Scenes at the Museum - (7/13) - Kate Atkinson
38. Cloud Atlas - (8/11) - David Mitchell
39. To Kill a Mockingbird - (8/12) - Harper Lee
40. In Cold Blood - (8/18) - Truman Capote
41. The Ghost Orchid - (8/21) - Carol Goodman
42. Wild Ducks Flying Backward - (8/25) - Tom Robbins
43. Kitchen Confidential - (8/30) - Anthony Bourdain
44. Dance Dance Dance - (9/3) - Haruki Murakami
45. Lean Mean Thirteen - (9/11) - Janet Evanovich
46. Ginger Man - (9/24) - J.P. Donleavy
47. Hotel Pastis - (9/30) - Peter Mayle
48. Chocolat - (10/1) - Joanne Harris
49. Eleanor Rigby - (10/3) - Douglas Coupland
50. The Kite Runner - (10/5) - Khaled Hosseini
51. This Book Will Save Your Life - (10/6) - A.M. Homes
52. Emotionally Weird - (10/12) - Kate Atkinson
53. Run - (10/13) - Ann Patchet
54. The Handmaid's Tale - (10/14) - Margaret Atwood
55. One Good Turn - (10/23) - Kate Atkinson
56. Slam - (10/28) - Nick Hornby
57. From the Teeth of Angels - (11/4) - Jonathan Carroll
58. Helen of Troy - (12/2 ... finally!) - Margaret George
59. The Song of Troy - (12/8) - Colleen McCullough
60. Other Voices, Other Rooms - (12/9) - Truman Capote
61. The Firebrand - (12/20) - Marion Zimmer Bradley
62. After Dark - (12/23) - Haruki Murakami
63. The Golden Compass - (12/24) - Philip Pullman
64. The Subtle Knife - (12/25) - Philip Pullman
65. Darkly Dreaming Dexter - (12/27) - Jeff Lindsay
66. World Without End - (1/1) - Ken Follett

Books I Read in 2006

1. Fen - Freya North

2. The Menstruating Mall - Carlton Mellick III

3. The Portable Door - Tom Holt

4. Just A Couple of Days - Tony Vigorito

5. Hell House - Richard Matheson

6. Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman

7. Slapstick - Kurt Vonnegut

8. Key Weird - Robert Tacoma

9. Chemical Gardens - Gina Ranalli (available April 2006)

10. Sleeping in Flame - Jonathan Carroll

11. Whiskey Sour - J.A. Konrath

12. And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie

13. M is for Malice - Sue Grafton

14. Voodoo River - Robert Crais

15. State of Fear - Michael Crichton

16. In Your Dreams - Tom Holt

17. A Dirty Job - Christopher Moore (BRILLIANT - Read this book! reviewed on Amazon)

18. Pip - Freya North

19. Tangerinephant - Kevin Dole 2

20. Bitter is the New Black - Jen Lancaster (reviewed on Amazon)

21. Attention. Deficit. Disorder. - Brad Listi (reviewed on Amazon)

22. By the River Piedra I Sat Down & Wept - Paulo Coehlo

23. It Came From Below The Belt - Bradley Sands (reviewed on Amazon)

24. A Breath of Snow and Ashes - Diana Gabaldon (excruciating)

25. The Devil and Miss Prym - Paulo Coehlo (reviewed on Amazon)

26. Apathy and Other Small Victories - Paul Neilan (reviewed on Amazon)

27. What Dreams May Come - Richard Matheson

28. Between the Bridge and the River - Dreamy Craig Ferguson

29. Calling Out - Rae Meadows (available July 2006 - GREAT read!)

30. Bluebeard - Kurt Vonnegut

31. Deity - Vic Mudd

32. Key Weirder - Robert Tacoma

33. Stupid and Contagious - Caprice Crane

34. Fallen - David Maine (reviewed on Amazon)

35. Lord Vishnu's Love Handles - Will Clarke (reviewed on Amazon)

36. Something Rotten - Jasper Fforde

37. gods in Alabama - Joshilyn Jackson

38. Eleven on Top - Janet Evanovich

39. The Preservationist - David Maine

40. Running With Scissors - Augusten Burroughs

41. The Broker - John Grisham

42. Survivor - Chuck Palahniuk

43. Lost and Found - Carolyn Parkhurst (review on Amazon)

44. Perfume - Patrick Suskind

45. The Night Listener - Armistead Maupin

46. Winkie - Clifford Chase (reviewed on Amazon)

47. Echoes - Maeve Binchy

48. Nights of Rain and Stars - Maeve Binchy

49. Miss New York Has Everything - Lori Jakiela (reviewed on Amazon)

50. The Zero Game - Brad Meltzer

51. Suicide Girls in the Afterlife - Gina Ranalli

52. The Devil in the White City - Erik Larson (reviewed on Amazon)

53. Geek Love - Katherine Dunn

54. Bloody Mary - J.A. Konrath

55. Pilate's Wife - Antoinette May (reviewed on Amazon)

56. The Worthy - Will Clarke

57. Samson - David Maine (reviewed on Amazon)

58. Room for Improvement - Stacey Ballis (reviewed on Amazon)

59. Bleachy-Haired Honky Bitch - Hollis Gillespie

60. Invisible Monsters - Chuck Palahniuk

61. The Fortune Quilt - Lani Diane Rich

62. Next - Michael Crichton

My Favorite M's.

Love Nuns on Islands and Biblical Fiction.
Japanese Culture and Young Boys in England, 300 pages all wrapped up in trade ... These are a few of my favorite M's.

Maine exlores Noah's Familial Dysfunction, H. Murakami has a Beatle's Compunction, Christopher Moore has a Talking Fruit Bat. These are a few of my favorite M's.

Mitchell's inspired by H. Murakami, Christopher's Jesus has a best friend named Biff(y),
David Maine took on Monsters as well. These are a few of a favorite M's.

Murakami,

Christopher Moore,

David's Mitchell and Maine.

I buy them in hardback as soon as they're out ... And then I must WAIT a-gain!

House of Leaves

A review in 16 words

M odular
A nalytical
R adical
K inetic

Z. eitgeist

D etailed
A dventurous
N ever dull
I ntelligent
E ngrossing
L abyrinthine
E laborate
W orthy
S ophisticated
K ick-ass
I nventive