Books read in 2008. Sort of.: seanan

Books read in 2008. Sort of.

Because I was curious -- and because I compulsively write everything down, including what I happen to be reading on any given day -- I went through my planner and pulled the data on every book I read during 2008.

Here is the result.

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Seanan's 2008 Reading List.

001. The Ruins, Scott Smith.
002. Flu, Gina Kolata.
003. Rabid Growth, James Moore.
004. Death's Dominion, Simon Clark.
005. Slither, Edward Lee.
006. Mirabile, Janet Kagen.
007. The Beloved, J.F. Gonzalez.
008. The Deadliest Strain, Jan Coffey.
009. Mr. Monk and the Two Assistants, Lee Goldberg.
010. Hellspark, Janet Kagen.
011. The Unforgiving Minutes, Mary Monica Pulver.
012. Knightfall, Mary Monica Pulver.
013. Ashes to Ashes, Mary Monica Pulver.
014. Nightmare House, Douglas Clegg.
015. To Wake the Dead, Richard Laymon.
016. The Child Garden, Geoff Ryman.
017. Original Sin, Mary Monica Pulver.
018. One Rainy Night, Richard Laymon.
019. In This Skin, Simon Clark.
020. Duma Key, Stephen King.
021. On Stranger Tides, Tim Powers.
022. Darkness Walks, Tim Waggoner.
023. Watersong, Mary Caraker.
024. Virus Clans, Michael Kanaly.
025. Little Fuzzy, H. Beam Piper.
026. Fuzzy Sapiens, H. Beam Piper.
027. The Boy Next Door, Meg Cabot.
028. Every Boy's Got One, Meg Cabot.
029. Gone to the Dogs, Susan Conant.
030. Jumper, Stephen Gould.
031. A New Leash On Life, Susan Conant.
032. Bloodlines, Susan Conant.
033. Reflex, Stephen Gould.
034. Ruffly Speaking, Susan Conant.
035. Big Boned, Meg Cabot.
036. The Farm, author not recorded, but the book was awful.
037. Making Money, Terry Pratchett.
038. Xombie, Walter Greatshell.
039. The Liadin Companion, volume one, Steve Lee and Sharon Miller.
040. In the Night Garden, Catherynne Valente.
041. Dangerous Red, Mehitobel Wilson.
042. In the Cities of Coin and Spice, Catherynne Valente.
043. Horror Films of the 1980s, Kenneth Muir.
044. Darkfall, Stephen Laws.
045. Missing Monday, author not recorded.
046. Heart-Shaped Box, Joe Hill.
047. City Infernal, Edward Lee.
048. The Restless Dead, Hugh Cave.
049. Moon on Water, author not recorded.
050. The Stinky Princess, Bruce Coville.

...upon realizing I'd reached fifty books and the end of February, I lost interest in this game. End determination: I read too much.

Read anything good last year?

The best 10 books I read in 2008

amberley

January 10 2009, 08:39:08 UTC 8 years ago Edited: January 10 2009, 08:41:58 UTC

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Mmmm, Steven Gould. But what, no rereading of It in those two months? You read a lot more books than I do; where do you find the TIME?! I only managed twice that many for the whole year, but my favorite ten (in chronological order of reading) were:

Little Brother, Cory Doctorow, YA novel about teen hackers vs. the Department of Homeland Security.
The Sharing Knife: Beguilement, Lois McMaster Bujold. (and the two sequels; book 4 is out January 27!)
Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations, Clay Shirky. Incredibly interesting.
Rain Fall, Barry Eisler, the first John Rain novel (of six) about a Japanese/American assassin in Tokyo. Good tradecraft.
The Last Hot Time, John M. Ford.
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History, Erik Larson, about the 1900 Galveston Hurricane.
The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman.
Thirteen, Richard Morgan.
Juniper, Gentian and Rosemary, Pamela Dean. The Giant Ants are very cool.
Learning To Eat Soup With A Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam, John Nagl. Paperback edition preface describes his experience in Iraq 2003-4.

Do you know about Good Reads where you can rate and review and track your books read, and get updates on what friends are reading and rating if they're part of it?

ETA: And I should mention the delightful graphic novel Bookhunter, by Jason Shiga, who did the excellent webcomic Fleep about a man trapped in a phone booth.