Books I have finished in 2008:
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richlayersI finished 159 books in 2007.
January
Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne
The Knight at Dawn by Mary Pope Osborne
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
To the Nines by Janet Evanovich
Princess Furball by Charlotte Huck and Anita Lobel
Leaf Magic and Five More Stories by Margaret Mahy
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold
East by Edith Pattou
Thumbelina by Hans Christian Anderson, adapted by Amy Erlich
The Wizard, the Fairy, and the Magic Chicken* by Helen Lester, ill. by Lynn Munsinger
How Spider Saved Thanksgiving by Robert Kraus
Outside Over There* by Maurice Sendak
Zeki and the Talking Cat Shukru by Laszlo Kubinyi
Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut* by Margaret Atwood, ill. by Maryann Kovalski
Midnight Magic by Amy Gordon
Kissing the Witch by Emma Donoghue
Toads and Diamonds retold by Charlotte Huck, ill. by Anita Lobel
Maiden Crown by Meghan Collins
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
February
The Phoenix Unchained by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory
What I Was by Meg Rosoff
Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream by Barbara Ehrenreich
Fancy Nancy: Bonjour, Butterfly by Jane O'Connor & Robin Preiss Glasser
Stories for Children* by Oscar Wilde
Mary Jane by Judith O'Brien
Don't Make Me Laugh by James Stephenson
C. S. Lewis: Images of His World by Douglas Gilbert and Clyde S. Kilby
Harold and the Purple Crayon* by Crockett Johnson
How to Paint the Portrait of a Bird by Jacques Prévert and Mordecai Gerstein
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Long Way Home by Joss Whedon
March
Bound by Donna Jo Napoli
A Charmed Life* by Diana Wynne Jones
Amphigorey Also by Edward Gorey
Boots and His Brothers retold by Eric A. Kimmel, ill. by Kimberly Bulcken Root
The Stepsister retold by Naomi Lewis, ill. by Allison Reed
The Princess and the Pumpkin by Maggie Duff, ill. by Catherine Stock
The Enchanted Tapestry by Robert D. San Souci, ill. by Laszlo Gal
George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl, ill. by Quentin Blake
Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl, ill. by Quentin Blake
Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich
Fairy Tales for Computers
The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman
Pirates! by Celia Rees
I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go To Bed by Lauren Child
April
Batman: Hush, volume 1 by Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee, Scott Williams
The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman
Batman: Hush, volume 2 by Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee, Scott Williams
The Railway Children by E. Nesbit
May
à la Carte: The Secret Lives of Grocery Shoppers by Hillary Carlip
The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl by Barry Lyga
Marly's Ghost by David Levithan
Hood by Stephen R. Lawhead
Blow Fly by Patricia Cornwell
June
The Snow Queen by Mercedes Lackey
Big Red Tequila by Rick Riordan
Ever by Gail Carson Levine
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall
Scarlet by Stephen R. Lawhead
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer
Wickett's Remedy by Myla Goldberg
Too Many Time Machines: or, The Incredible Story of How I Went Back in Time, Met Babe Ruth, and Discovered the Secret of Home Run Hitting by Mark Alan Stamaty
Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
The Wise Woman and Other Fantasy Stories by George MacDonald
An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England by Brock Clark
The Brothers Grimm: Two Lives, One Legacy by Donald R. Hettinga
Maelstrom by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
July
M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
The Charles Addams Mother Goose
Leonardo's Shadow: Or, My Astonishing Live as Leonardo da Vinci's servant by Christopher Grey
T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton
Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood by Jane Yolen
Dexter in the Dark by Jeff Lindsay
Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution by Michael J. Behe
Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn
The Great Good Thing by Roderick Townley
Crazy Jack by Donna Jo Napoli
Territory by Emma Bull
August
Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy by L. A. Meyer
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
A Summery Saturday Morning by Margaret Mahy and Selina Young
Flash Forward Robert J. Sawyer
Hush by Donna Jo Napoli
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party by M.T. Anderson
It Zwibble, the Star Touched Dinosaur by Tom Ross, Clifford Ross, and Lisa V. Werenko
Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady by L. A. Meyer
Eye of the Crow by Shane Peacock
What Now? by Ann Patchett
September
A Never Ending Story* by Michael Ende
Tingleberries, Tuckertubs, and Telephones by Margaret Mahy
Ophelia by Lisa Klein
The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp by Rick Yancey
Self-Made Man by Norah Vincent
I Was a Rat! by Philip Pullman
Blankets by Craig Thompson
October
In the Belly of the Bloodhound by L. A. Meyer
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer
The Riddle of the Gnome by P. W. Catanese
The Elephant Prince by Flavia Weedn and Lisa Weedn Gilbert
The Magicians and Mrs. Quent by Galen Beckett
The Rumpelstiltskin Problem by Vivian Vande Velde
A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce
Mindscan by Robert J. Sawyer
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone* by J. K. Rowling
Mississippi Jack by L. A. Meyer
November
Bats in the Library by Brian Lies
Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* by J. K. Rowling
Saving Juliet by Suzanne Selfors
Zeralda's Ogre* by Tomi Ungerer
Interworld by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves
Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
A Lovely Love Story by Edward Monkton
Rumpelstiltskin retold by Edith Tarcov, illustrated by Edward Gorey
Nation by Terry Pratchett
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
My Bonny Light Horseman by L. A. Meyer
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban* by J. K. Rowling
Thumbelina, Tiny Runaway Bride by Barbara Ensor
Animorphs #35: The Proposal by K. A. Applegate
Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon and Dean Hale, illustrated by Nathan Hale
Animorphs #36: The Mutation by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #37: The Weakness by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #38: The Arrival by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #39: The Hidden by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #40: The Other by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #41: The Familiar by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #42: The Journey by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #43: The Test by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #44: The Unexpected by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #45: The Revelation by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #46: The Deception by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #47: The Resistance by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs Megamorphs #4: Back to Before by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #48: The Return by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #49: The Diversion by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #50: The Ultimate by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #51: The Absolute by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #52: The Sacrifice by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #53: The Answer by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #54: The Beginning by K. A. Applegate
Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
December
Foundation by Mercedes Lackey
When Santa Fell to Earth by Cornelia Funke
Humans by Robert J. Sawyer
The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch by Neil Gaiman, Michael Zulli, and Todd Klein
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire* by J. K. Rowling
The Iron Dragon's Daughter by Michael Swanwick
Rumpelstiltskin retold and illustrated by Paul Galdone
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J. K. Rowling
Amulet Book One: The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi
The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
The Crimson Thread by Cameron Dokey
The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes* by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones III
162
*I've read this before.
2009
January
Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne
The Knight at Dawn by Mary Pope Osborne
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
To the Nines by Janet Evanovich
Princess Furball by Charlotte Huck and Anita Lobel
Leaf Magic and Five More Stories by Margaret Mahy
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold
East by Edith Pattou
Thumbelina by Hans Christian Anderson, adapted by Amy Erlich
The Wizard, the Fairy, and the Magic Chicken* by Helen Lester, ill. by Lynn Munsinger
How Spider Saved Thanksgiving by Robert Kraus
Outside Over There* by Maurice Sendak
Zeki and the Talking Cat Shukru by Laszlo Kubinyi
Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut* by Margaret Atwood, ill. by Maryann Kovalski
Midnight Magic by Amy Gordon
Kissing the Witch by Emma Donoghue
Toads and Diamonds retold by Charlotte Huck, ill. by Anita Lobel
Maiden Crown by Meghan Collins
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
February
The Phoenix Unchained by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory
What I Was by Meg Rosoff
Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream by Barbara Ehrenreich
Fancy Nancy: Bonjour, Butterfly by Jane O'Connor & Robin Preiss Glasser
Stories for Children* by Oscar Wilde
Mary Jane by Judith O'Brien
Don't Make Me Laugh by James Stephenson
C. S. Lewis: Images of His World by Douglas Gilbert and Clyde S. Kilby
Harold and the Purple Crayon* by Crockett Johnson
How to Paint the Portrait of a Bird by Jacques Prévert and Mordecai Gerstein
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Long Way Home by Joss Whedon
March
Bound by Donna Jo Napoli
A Charmed Life* by Diana Wynne Jones
Amphigorey Also by Edward Gorey
Boots and His Brothers retold by Eric A. Kimmel, ill. by Kimberly Bulcken Root
The Stepsister retold by Naomi Lewis, ill. by Allison Reed
The Princess and the Pumpkin by Maggie Duff, ill. by Catherine Stock
The Enchanted Tapestry by Robert D. San Souci, ill. by Laszlo Gal
George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl, ill. by Quentin Blake
Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl, ill. by Quentin Blake
Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich
Fairy Tales for Computers
The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman
Pirates! by Celia Rees
I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go To Bed by Lauren Child
April
Batman: Hush, volume 1 by Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee, Scott Williams
The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman
Batman: Hush, volume 2 by Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee, Scott Williams
The Railway Children by E. Nesbit
May
à la Carte: The Secret Lives of Grocery Shoppers by Hillary Carlip
The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl by Barry Lyga
Marly's Ghost by David Levithan
Hood by Stephen R. Lawhead
Blow Fly by Patricia Cornwell
June
The Snow Queen by Mercedes Lackey
Big Red Tequila by Rick Riordan
Ever by Gail Carson Levine
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall
Scarlet by Stephen R. Lawhead
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer
Wickett's Remedy by Myla Goldberg
Too Many Time Machines: or, The Incredible Story of How I Went Back in Time, Met Babe Ruth, and Discovered the Secret of Home Run Hitting by Mark Alan Stamaty
Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
The Wise Woman and Other Fantasy Stories by George MacDonald
An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England by Brock Clark
The Brothers Grimm: Two Lives, One Legacy by Donald R. Hettinga
Maelstrom by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
July
M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
The Charles Addams Mother Goose
Leonardo's Shadow: Or, My Astonishing Live as Leonardo da Vinci's servant by Christopher Grey
T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton
Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood by Jane Yolen
Dexter in the Dark by Jeff Lindsay
Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution by Michael J. Behe
Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn
The Great Good Thing by Roderick Townley
Crazy Jack by Donna Jo Napoli
Territory by Emma Bull
August
Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy by L. A. Meyer
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
A Summery Saturday Morning by Margaret Mahy and Selina Young
Flash Forward Robert J. Sawyer
Hush by Donna Jo Napoli
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party by M.T. Anderson
It Zwibble, the Star Touched Dinosaur by Tom Ross, Clifford Ross, and Lisa V. Werenko
Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady by L. A. Meyer
Eye of the Crow by Shane Peacock
What Now? by Ann Patchett
September
A Never Ending Story* by Michael Ende
Tingleberries, Tuckertubs, and Telephones by Margaret Mahy
Ophelia by Lisa Klein
The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp by Rick Yancey
Self-Made Man by Norah Vincent
I Was a Rat! by Philip Pullman
Blankets by Craig Thompson
October
In the Belly of the Bloodhound by L. A. Meyer
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer
The Riddle of the Gnome by P. W. Catanese
The Elephant Prince by Flavia Weedn and Lisa Weedn Gilbert
The Magicians and Mrs. Quent by Galen Beckett
The Rumpelstiltskin Problem by Vivian Vande Velde
A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce
Mindscan by Robert J. Sawyer
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone* by J. K. Rowling
Mississippi Jack by L. A. Meyer
November
Bats in the Library by Brian Lies
Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* by J. K. Rowling
Saving Juliet by Suzanne Selfors
Zeralda's Ogre* by Tomi Ungerer
Interworld by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves
Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
A Lovely Love Story by Edward Monkton
Rumpelstiltskin retold by Edith Tarcov, illustrated by Edward Gorey
Nation by Terry Pratchett
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
My Bonny Light Horseman by L. A. Meyer
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban* by J. K. Rowling
Thumbelina, Tiny Runaway Bride by Barbara Ensor
Animorphs #35: The Proposal by K. A. Applegate
Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon and Dean Hale, illustrated by Nathan Hale
Animorphs #36: The Mutation by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #37: The Weakness by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #38: The Arrival by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #39: The Hidden by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #40: The Other by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #41: The Familiar by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #42: The Journey by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #43: The Test by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #44: The Unexpected by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #45: The Revelation by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #46: The Deception by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #47: The Resistance by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs Megamorphs #4: Back to Before by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #48: The Return by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #49: The Diversion by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #50: The Ultimate by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #51: The Absolute by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #52: The Sacrifice by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #53: The Answer by K. A. Applegate
Animorphs #54: The Beginning by K. A. Applegate
Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
December
Foundation by Mercedes Lackey
When Santa Fell to Earth by Cornelia Funke
Humans by Robert J. Sawyer
The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch by Neil Gaiman, Michael Zulli, and Todd Klein
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire* by J. K. Rowling
The Iron Dragon's Daughter by Michael Swanwick
Rumpelstiltskin retold and illustrated by Paul Galdone
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J. K. Rowling
Amulet Book One: The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi
The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
The Crimson Thread by Cameron Dokey
The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes* by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones III
162
*I've read this before.
2009
