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Because I was curious, I made a list of all the books I read in 2008. By my quick count, it's 143 books! I had almost forgotten a few from the beginning of the year, so this was a nice reminder. (There are some stinkers on there too.) All in all, it was a good reading year.


Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold
A Winter's Love by Madeleine L'Engle
Meet the Austins by Madeleine L'Engle
The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Charlotte Temple, by Susanna Rowson
Beowulf (Seamus Heaney translation)
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold
A Three Dog Life by Abigail Thomas
The Moon By Night, by Madeleine L'Engle
Maus: A Survivor's Tale, My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
Diplomatic Immunity, by Lois McMaster Bujold
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return, by Marjane Satrapi
Every Visible Thing, by Lisa Carey.
Maus: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began, by Art Spiegelman
Little Children, by Tom Perrotta
Jacob Have I Loved, by Katherine Paterson
This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor, by Susan Wicklund and Alan Kesselheim
Women's Indian Captivity Narratives
Arm of the Starfish, by Madeleine L'Engle.
Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro
Love Falls, by Esther Freud
Cranford, by Elizabeth Gaskell
Love Letters, by Madeleine L'Engle
The Young Unicorns, by Madeleine L'Engle
Local Custom, by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
The Curse of Chalion, by Lois McMaster Bujold
Every Eye, by Isobel English
Falling Free, by Lois McMaster Bujold
Year of the Griffin, by Diana Wynne Jones
Paladin of Souls, by Lois McMaster Bujold
Warrior's Apprentice, by Bujold
The Other Side of the Sun, by Madeleine L'Engle
Farthing, by Jo Walton
The Abstinence Teacher, by Tom Perrotta
Joy Comes in the Morning, by Jonathan Rosen
Black Ships, by Jo Graham
The Vor Game, by Lois McMaster Bujold
World Made By Hand, by James Howard Kunstler
Lucy Temple, by Susannah Rowson -
The Fall of Neskaya, Book One of the Clingfire Trilogy, by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Deborah J. Ross
Papa Married a Mormon, by John D. Fitzgerald
Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College, by Jessie Graham Flower
Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College, by Jessie Graham Flower
Don't Let's Go to The Dogs Tonight, by Alexandra Fuller
Ha'Penny, by Jo Walton
The Hallowed Hunt, by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Book of Lost Things, by John Connolly
One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding, by Rebecca Mead
What is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng, by Dave Eggers
The Mistress's Daughter, by A.M. Homes
Governess: The Lives and Times of the Real Jane Eyres, by Ruth Brandon
A Circle of Quiet, by Madeleine L'Engle
The Keeping Days, by Norma Johnston
The Ten-Year Nap, by Meg Wolitzer.
Moab is My Washpot, by Stephen Fry
Home: A Memoir of my Early Years, by Julie Andrews
The Red Leather Diary: Reclaiming a Life Through the Pages of a Lost Journal, by Lily Koppel
The Maytrees, by Annie Dillard
A Wind in the Door, by Madeleine L'Engle
Fitzpatrick's War, by Theodore Judson
Bone Volume 1: Out From Boneville, by Jeff Smith
The Well of Loneliness, by Radclyffe Hall
Bone Volume 2: The Great Cow Race, by Jeff Smith
Ombria in Shadow, by Patricia McKillip
The Summer of the Great-Grandmother, by Madeleine L'Engle
Bone #3: Eyes of the Storm, by Jeff Smith
Bone #4: The Dragonslayer, by Jeff Smith
Bone #5: Rock Jaw, Master of the Eastern Border, by Jeff Smith
Bone #6: Old Man's Cave, by Jeff Smith
River-Horse: Across America By Boat, by William Least Heat Moon
Crossing to Safety, by Wallace Stegner
hakespeare's Wife, by Germaine Greer
Bone #7: Ghost Circles, by Jeff Smith
Bone #8: Treasure Hunters, by Jeff Smith
Bone #9: Crown of Horns, by Jeff Smith
Atonement, by Ian McEwan
A Week in October, by Elzabeth Subercaseaux
Kindred, by Octavia Butler
Dragons in the Waters, by Madeleine L'Engle
Camille (a.k.a. La Dame aux Camelias), by Alexandre Dumas, fils
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food, by Jennifer 8. Lee
Wife in the North, by Judith O'Reilly
The Rich Are Different, by Susan Howatch
The Reluctant Fundamentalist, by Mohsin Hamid
People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks
Marrying Anita: A Quest for Love in the New India, by Anita Jain
Ballerina, by Edward Stewart
Spin Cycle, by Sue Margolis
The Dive from Clausen's Pier, by Ann Packer
Outlasting the Trail: A Story of a Woman's Journey West, by Mary Barmeyer O'Brien
Midwives, by Chris Bohjalian
Catwings, Ursula LeGuin
Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade, by Barthe DeClemente
A Swiftly Tilting Planet, by Madeleine L'Engle
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 1), by Lemony Snicket
A Ring of Endless Light, by Madeleine L'Engle
Big Fat Manifesto, by Susan Vaught
Skim, by Mariko Tamaki
Lies of Locke Lamora, by Scott Lynch
Cul de Sac, by Richard Thompson
The Anti-Muffins, by Madeleine L'Engle
The President's Daughter, by Ellen Emerson White
My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student, by Rebekah Nathan
The Peabody Sister: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism, by Megan Marshall
White House Autumn, by Ellen Emerson White
The Girls of St. Wode's, by L.T. Meade
Don't Throw it Out: Recycle, Renew and Reuse to Make Things Last, by Lori Baird
Long Live the Queen, by Ellen Emerson White
Long May She Reign, by Ellen Emerson White
The Birchbark House, by Louise Erdrich
Mars 1, by Soryo Fuyumi
Living Out Loud, by Anna Quindlen
A House Like a Lotus, by Madeleine L'Engle
Friends for Life, by Ellen Emerson White
The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 2), by Lemony Snicket
American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, by Ann Brashares
Hand of Isis, by Jo Graham
Embroideries, by Marjane Satrapi
Life Without Friends, by Ellen Emerson White
The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, by Ann Brashares
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, by Malcolm Gladwell
Many Waters, by Madeleine L'Engle
Does My Head Look Big In This?, by Randa Abdel-Fattah
Girls in Pants (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Book 3), by Ann Brashares
Jackaroo: A Novel of the Kingdom, by Cynthia Voigt
Basil Street Blues: A Memoir, by Michael Holroyd
Mrs. Mike, by Benedict Freedman
The City of Ember, by Jeanne Duprau
On Fortune's Wheel (Kingdom, Book 2), by Cynthia Voigt
Between Here and April, by Deborah Copaken Kogan
The Wings of a Falcon (Kingdom, Book 3), by Cynthia Voigt
The People of Sparks (Ember, Book 2), by Jeanne Duprau
Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself, by Judy Blume
Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage, by Madeleine L'Engle
The Prophet of Yonwood (3rd Book of Ember), by Jeanne Duprau
Elske: A Novel of the Kingdom (Kingdom, Book 4), by Cynthia Voigt
Daughter of the Saints: Growing Up in Polygamy, by Dorothy Allred Solomon
An Acceptable Time, by Madeleine L'Engle
Alma Mater, by P.F. Kluge
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz
A Heroine of the World, by Tanith Lee (still reading this one, but we'll count it)