2008: A Year in Books

My goal in 2008 was to read fifty books; I've read 57 so far. You can also see my entire list here: http://tinyurl.com/books2008

1. The Darkest Road (Guy Gavriel Kay)
2. Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
3. On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
4. Hood (Stephen R. Lawhead)
5. The Year of Living Biblically (A.J. Jacobs)
6. The Eyre Affair (Jasper Fforde)
7. Remember Me? (Sophie Kinsella)
8. Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
9. New Moon (Stephenie Meyer)
10. A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
11. Eclipse (Stephenie Meyer)
12. Dingo (Charles de Lint)
13. Looking for Alaska (John Green)
14. The Post-Birthday World (Lionel Shriver)
15. War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (Chris Hedges)
16. A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
17. The Outlaws of Sherwood (Robin McKinley)
18. The Chrysalids (John Wyndham)
19. An Abundance of Katherines (John Green)
20. The Host (Stephenie Meyer)
21. The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (Michael Chabon)
22. Wicked Lovely (Melissa Marr)
23. Scarlet (Stephen R. Lawhead)
24. Gods Behaving Badly (Marie Phillips)
25. The Fox (Sherwood Smith)
26. The Last Summer of You and Me (Ann Brashares)
27. The Diary of Anais Nin, Volume One
28. Persuasion (Jane Austen)
29. Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
30. Alanna: The First Adventure (Tamora Pierce)
31. In the Hand of the Goddess (Tamora Pierce)
32. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (JK Rowling)
33. The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Tamora Pierce)
34. Spirits That Walk in Shadow (Nina Kiriki Hoffman)
35. Yellow Dog (Charles de Lint)
36. Sundays at Tiffany's (James Patterson)
37. An Earthly Knight (Janet McNaughton)
38. Breaking Dawn (Stephenie Meyer)
39. The Catcher in the Rye (JD Salinger)
40. The 100-Mile Diet (Alisa Smith & JB MacKinnon)
41. A Fistful of Sky (Nina Kiriki Hoffman)
42. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (JK Rowling)
43. Téte-a-Téte (Hazel Rowley)
44. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (David Levithan & Rachel Cohn)
45. A Red Heart of Memories (Nina Kiriki Hoffman)
46. Queen of Babble Gets Hitched (Meg Cabot)
47. City of Bones (Cassandra Clare)
48. City of Ashes (Cassandra Clare)
49. Native Son (Richard Wright)
50. The Street (Ann Petry)
51. Paper Towns (John Green)
52. Let it Snow (John Green, Maureen Johnson, Lauren Myracle)
53. Dead Until Dark (Charlaine Harris)
54. Living Dead in Dallas (Charlaine Harris)
55. The Tales of Beedle the Bard (JK Rowling)
56. Wondrous Strange (Lesley Livingston)
57. The Flying Troutmans (Miriam Toews)

What have you read this year? Do you have any recommendations in 2009?

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[mucookre]

hey u seem to be reading too much of fantacy.take adifferent road for a change.by the way its not how much you have read that matters in the end its what you read.try 'white moguls'.still you insist on your own style,do try diana gabldon "outlander '.

[JessiEvaS]

@mucookre I think you mean "White Mughals."

[JustAPrayer]

You read a fistful of sky! What'd you think? Personally I thought the ending didn't wrap everything up, not to say the book itself was bad.

[JessiEvaS]

@JustAPrayer Hmm. I read it a long time ago, so I don't remember all the details. But I liked it, it was a quick read. There's something really fascinating about the LaZelle family.

[usernameT916]

Wow, you read so many books...

I feel so useless I only "On The Road", "Never Let Me Go" and "Brave New World".

btw great video

[JessiEvaS]

@usernameT916 haha I wouldn't feel useless - those are great books!

[emann43]

you have read SO many books! holy shit. I looked up "The Host" and the plot sounds really interesting. Gonna check it out.

[HeidelsCorner]

Great list :) I wanted to read a tonne of books this year however I've fallen off the reading bandwagon the last couple of months due to work and other commitments. What did you think of The Host?

[metalheadache]

a fine balance!! geez i wish i had all the time in the world for 50+ too

[tempss]

You had me at books. 

[mucookre]

okay,i meant white mughals,spelling mistake.anyway ,how u finish reading that no of books,while being active in youtube and so?after reading ,what you do with those books.

[24601Robert]

I read a book once! "War and Peace" - I only read the war side, the peace side was too slow!

[booksandquills]

The Host is so so so good. I think I've read it twice each year so far.

[cefanine]

Don't you read one of the books of J.R.R Tolkien??