This is a list of all of the books that I've read in 2008, broken up into Picture Books, Middle Grade Books, Young Adult Books, Adult Fiction, and Adult Nonfiction.
Picture Books
- Alice B. McGinty (ill. Nancy Speir): Eliza's Kindergarten Surprise. Marshall Cavendish. Completed January 12, 2008. My review.
- Charles Santore: The Silk Princess. Random House. Completed January 20, 2008. My review.
- Karen Katz: Princess Baby. Schwartz & Wade. Completed January 20, 2008. My review.
- Timothy Knapman (ill. Gwen Millward): Guess What I Found in Dragon Wood?. Bloomsbury. Completed January 23, 2008. My review.
- Kate Bernheimer (ill. Nicoletta Ceccoli): The Girl in the Castle Inside the Museum. Schwartz & Wade. Completed January 24, 2008. My review.
- Michael Sandler: Manny Ramirez and the Boston Red Sox. Bearport Publishing. Completed January 24, 2008. My review.
- Michael Sandler: Pararescuemen. Bearport Publishing. Completed January 24, 2008. (A picture book, but more suitable for older kids). My review.
- Meish Goldish: Smelly Stink Bugs. Bearport Publishing. Completed January 24, 2008.
- Jon Scieszka (ill. David Shannon, Loren Long, and David Gordon): Smash! Crash! (Trucktown): Simon & Schuster. Completed January 25, 2008. My review.
- Barbara Park (ill Viviana Garofoli): Ma! There's Nothing to Do Here! A Word from Your Baby-in-Waiting. Random House. Completed January 26, 2008.
- Andrea Beaty (ill. Pascal Lemaitre): Doctor Ted. Margaret K. McElderry. Completed January 30, 2008. My review.
- Jack Lechner (ill. Bob Staake): Mary Had a Little Lamp. Bloomsbury. Completed January 30, 2008. My review.
- Sallie Wolf (ill. Andy Robert Davies): Truck Stuck. Charlesbridge. Completed January 30, 2008. My review.
- Dianna Hutts Aston (ill. Frank W. Dormer): Not So Tall for Six. Charlesbridge. Completed January 30, 2008. My review.
- Jay Lynch and Frank Cammuso: Otto's Orange Day. Toon Books. Completed January 31, 2008. This is a graphic novel for younger kids, not technically a picture book, but aimed at the same audience.
- Felice Arena: Sally and Dave, a Slug Story. Kane/Miller. Completed February 1, 2008. My review.
- Melanie Watt: Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach. Kids Can Press. Completed February 23, 2008.
- Chris Monroe: Monkey with a Tool Belt. Carolrhoda Books. Completed March 1, 2008. My review.
- Tomie dePaola: Strega Nona. Editorial Everest. Completed March 7, 2008.
- Arlene Mosel: Tikki Tikki Tembo. Square Fish. Completed March 7, 2008.
- Heather Amery: The Naughty Sheep. Usborne. Completed March 7, 2008.
- Bonny Becker (ill. Kady Macdonald Denton): A Visitor for Bear. Candlewick. Completed April 16, 2008.
- Barbara Lehman: Trainstop. Houghton Mifflin. Completed May 10, 2008. My review.
- Tim Myers (ill. Ariel Ya-Wen Pang): The Outfoxed Fox. Marshall Cavendish. Completed May 10, 2008.
- Daniel Pinkwater (ill. Jill Pinkwater): Sleepeover Larry. Marshall Cavendish. Completed May 10, 2008.
- Eugene W. Field (ill. Giselle Potter): Wynken, Blynken, and Nod. Schwartz & Wade. Completed May 10, 2008. My review.
- Caroline Lazo (ill. Krysten Brooker): Someday When My Cat Can Talk. Schwartz & Wade. Completed May 10, 2008.
- Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery (ill. Jean Cassels): Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricann Katrina, Friendship, and Survival. Walker. Completed August 23, 2008. My review.
- Jon Ritchie (ill. Alex Ritchie): Babies are Boring. Purple Possum Publishing. Completed August 23, 2008.
- Anji Yamamura: Hannah Duck. Kane/Miller. Completed August 23, 2008.
- Jennifer Fosberry (ill. Mike Litwin): My Name Is Not Isabella. Monkey Barrel Press. Completed August 23, 2008. My review.
- Gene Barretta: Jack the Tripper. Harcourt. Completed August 23, 2008. My review.
- Lane Smith: Madam President. Hyperion. Completed August 23, 2008. My review.
- Melanie Watt: Chester's Back. Kids Can Press. Completed August 23, 2008. My review.
- Kyle Mewburn (ill. Ali Teo & John O'Reilly): Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck! Peachtree Publishers. Completed August 23, 2008. My review.
- Judy Sierra (ill. Marc Brown): Born to Read. Knopf. Completed August 23, 2008. My review.
- Tim Egan: Dodsworth in Paris. Houghton Mifflin. Completed September 27, 2008. My review.
- Amy Hest (ill. Amy Bates): The Dog Who Belonged to No One. Abrams Books for Young Readers. Completed November 2, 2008.
- Kashmira Sheth (ill. Yoshiko Jaeggi): Monsoon Afternoon. Peachtree Publishers. Completed November 2, 2008.
- Tera Johnson (ill. Tania Howells): Berkeley's Barn Owl Dance. Kids Can Press. Completed November 2, 2008.
- Brian Lies: Bats at the Library. Houghton Mifflin. Completed November 2, 2008. My review.
- Vincent X. Kirsch: Natalie & Naughtily. Bloomsbury USA Children's Books. Completed November 2, 2008. My review.
- Deb Lund (ill. Robert Neubecker): Monsters on Machines. Harcourt Children's Books. Completed November 2, 2008.
- Marjorie Priceman: How to Make a Cherry Pie and See the U.S.A. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Completed November 2, 2008. My review.
- Bob Staake: The Donut Chef. Golden Books (Random House). Completed November 2, 2008. My review.
- Alison Randall (ill. Bill Farnsworth): The Wheat Doll. Peachtree Publishers. Completed November 2, 2008. My review.
- Elizabeth Van Steenwyk (ill. Michael Montgomery): First Dog Fala. Peachtree Publishers. Completed November 2, 2008. My review.
- Ferida Wolff and Harriet May Savitz (ill. Elena Odriozola): The Story Blanket. Peachtree Publishers. Completed November 2, 2008.
- Vivian French (ill. Jackie Morris): Singing to the Sun: A Fairy Tale. Kane/Miller Book Publishers. Completed November 2, 2008.
- Helen Lester (ill. Lynn M. Munsinger): Tacky the Penguin. Houghton Mifflin. Completed November 2, 2008. My review.
Middle Grade Books
- P.J. Haarsma: The Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1. Candlewick. Completed January 10, 2008.
- John Christopher: The Prince in Waiting. Macmillan. Completed January 10, 2008. My review.
- Michelle Edwards: Pa Lia's First Day: A Jackson Friends Book. Harcourt. Completed January 12, 2008. My review.
- Alexander McCall Smith (ill. Laura Rankin): The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean. Bloomsbury USA. Completed January 13, 2008. My review.
- Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm: Babymouse: Puppy Love. Random House. Completed January 20, 2008. My review.
- John Christopher: Beyond the Burning Lands. Simon Pulse. Completed January 25, 2008. My review.
- John Christopher: Sword of the Spirits. Simon Pulse. Completed January 25, 2008. My review.
- P. G. Kain: The Social Experiments of Dorie Dilts: The School for Cool. Aladdin. Completed January 28, 2008. My review.
- N. D. Wilson: Leepike Ridge. Random House. Completed January 30, 2008. My review.
- Linda Buckley Archer: The Time Thief (Book 2 in the Gideon Trilogy). Completed February 3, 2008. My review.
- Emma Young: STORM: The Infinity Code. Dial. Completed February 8, 2008. My review.
- Kerry Madden: Gentle's Holler. Viking Juvenile. Completed February 24, 2008.
- Kerry Madden: Louisiana's Song. Viking Juvenile. Completed February 29, 2008.
- Nancy Springer: The Case of the Left-Handed Lady (Enola Holmes). Philomel. Completed March 19, 2008.
- Kerry Madden: Jessie's Mountain. Viking Juvenile. Completed April 4, 2008. See my review of all three Maggie Valley books.
- Jeanne Birdsall: The Penderwicks on Gardam Street. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Completed April 29, 2008. My review.
- Trenton Lee Stewart (ill. Diana Sudyka): The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey. Little, Brown Young Readers. Completed May 15, 2008. My review.
- Rick Riordan: The Battle of the Labyrinth (Book 4, Percy Jackson and the Olympians). Hyperion. Completed May 25, 2008. My review.
- Sara Pennypacker (ill. Marla Frazee): Clementine's Letter. Hyperion. Completed May 28, 2008. My review.
- John Hulme and Michael Wexler: The Seems: The Glitch in Sleep. Bloomsbury USA Children's Books. Completed June 2, 2008 (audio edition).
- Margaret Peterson Haddix: Running Out of Time. Aladdin. Completed June 6, 2008. My review.
- Elizabeth Cody Kimmel: Suddenly Supernatural: School Spirit. Little, Brown. Completed June 6, 2008. My review.
- Hilary McKay: Saffy's Angel. Aladdin. Completed June 6, 2008. My review.
- Bonnie Dobkin: Neptune's Children. Walker Books for Young Readers. Completed June 6, 2008. My review.
- Andrea Beaty: Cicada Summer. Amulet. Completed June 7, 2008. My review.
- Lois Lowry: The Willoughbys. Houghton Mifflin. Completed June 7, 2008. My review.
- N. D. Wilson: 100 Cupboards. Random House. Completed June 7, 2008. My review.
- Patricia Martin: Lulu Atlantis and the Quest for True Blue Love. Schwartz & Wade. Completed June 7, 2008. My review.
- Patricia Reilly Giff: Eleven. Wendy Lamb Books. Completed June 8, 2008. My review.
- Mary Downing Hahn: All the Lovely Bad Ones. Clarion Books. Completed June 8, 2008. My review.
- Debbie Levy: Underwater. Darby Creek Publishing. Completed June 8, 2008. My review.
- Gail Gauthier: A Girl, A Boy, and Three Robbers. Putnam. Completed June 13, 2008. My review.
- Charise Mericle Harper: Just Grace. Hougton Mifflin. Completed June 15, 2008. My review.
- Ruth McNally Barshaw: Ellie McDoodle: New Kid in School. Bloomsbury. Completed June 15, 2008. My review.
- Margaret Peterson Haddix: Found (the Missing). Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing. Completed June 16, 2008. My review.
- MAC: Anna Smudge: Professional Shrink. Toasted Coconut Media. Completed July 2, 2008. My review.
- Jill Santopolo: The Nina, the Pinta, and the Vanishing Treasure (Alec Flint, Super Sleuth). Orchard Books. Completed July 3, 2008. My review.
- Cornelia Funke: Inkdeath. Chicken House (Scholastic). Completed July 13, 2008. My review.
- Kathi Appelt: The Underneath. Atheneum. Completed July 14, 2008. My review.
- Karen Day: No Cream Puffs. Wendy Lamb Books. Completed July 16, 2008. My review.
- Jeanne DuPrau: The Diamond of Darkhold (The Fourth Book of Ember). Random House. Completed July 20, 2008. My review.
- P. J. Hoover: The Emerald Tablet. Blooming Tree Press. Completed July 31, 2008. My review.
- Judy Blume: Soupy Saturday with the Pain and the Great One. Completed August 4, 2008.
- Judy Blume: Cool Zone with the Pain and the Great One. Delacorte Books for Young Readers. Completed August 4, 2008.
- Scott Mebus: Gods of Manhattan. Dutton. Completed August 8, 2008. My review.
- Terence Blacker: The Angel Factory. Aladdin. Completed August 18, 2008 (on MP3).
- Ellen Klages. White Sands, Red Menace. Viking Juvenile. Completed August 19, 2008. My review.
- Karen Hesse: Brooklyn Bridge. Feiwel & Friends. Completed August 31, 2008. My review.
- Chris Grabenstein: The Crossroads. Random House. Completed September 5, 2008. My review.
- Michael Scott: The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. Delacorte Books for Young Readers. Completed September 11, 2008. My review.
- Terry Trueman: Hurricane. HarperCollins. Completed September 11, 2008. My review.
- Roald Dahl: Matilda. Viking. Completed September 13, 2008.
- Alexander Key: The Forgotten Door. Scholastic. Completed September 17, 2008. My review.
- Michael Scott: The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. Delacorte. Completed September 19, 2008. My review.
- Jordan Sonnenblick: Dodger and Me. Feiwel & Friends. Completed September 20, 2008. My review.
- Danette Haworth: Violet Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning. Walker. Completed September 20, 2008. My review.
- Neal Layton: The Mammoth Academy. Henry Holt. Completed September 20, 2008. My review.
- Peggy Gifford (ill. Valorie Fisher). Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Writing Thank-You Notes. Schwartz & Wade. Completed September 20, 2008. My review.
- Kimberly Willis Holt (ill. Christine Davenier): Piper Reed: The Great Gypsy. Henry Holt. Completed September 20, 2008. My review.
- Rick Riordan: The 39 Clues (The Maze of Bones, Book 1). Scholastic Press. Completed September 25, 2008.
- Alexander Key: Escape to Witch Mountain. Pocket Books. Completed October 11, 2008.
- R. L. LaFevers: Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris. Houghton Mifflin. Completed October 15, 2008. My review.
- Neil Gaiman: The Graveyard Book. HarperCollins. Completed October 23, 2008.
- Laurie Halse Anderson: Chains. Simon & Schuster. Completed October 31, 2008. My review.
- Lesley M. M. Blume: Tennyson. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Completed November 5, 2008. My review.
- Ingrid Law: Savvy. Dial. Completed November 7, 2008. My review.
- Ann Clare LeZotte: T4: A Novel. Houghton Mifflin. Completed November 9, 2008. My review.
- Elizabeth Enright: Then There Were Five. Henry Holt. Completed November 15, 2008.
- Penny Colman: Thanksgiving: The True Story. Henry Holt. Completed November 23, 2008. My review.
- Brian Anderson (ill. Doug Holgate): The Adventures of Commander Zack Proton and the Red Giant. Aladdin. Completed November 24, 2008. Reviewed here (all three books together)
- Brian Anderson (ill. Doug Holgate): The Adventures of Commander Zack Proton and the Warlords of Nibblecheese. Aladdin. Completed November 25, 2008.
- Brian Anderson (ill. Doug Holgate): The Adventures of Commander Zack Proton and the Wrong Planet. Aladdin. Completed November 25, 2008.
- Eva Ibbotson: The Dragonfly Pool. Dutton Juvenile. Completed December 16, 2008.
- David Ward: Escape the Mask. Amulet. Completed December 30, 2008. My review.
Young Adult Books
- Ellen Emerson White: Long May She Reign. Feiwel & Friends. Completed January 1, 2008. My review.
- Julie Bertagna: Exodus. Walker Books for Young Readers. Completed January 4, 2008. My review.
- Carrie Jones: Tips on Having a Gay (ex) Boyfriend. Flux. Completed January 13, 2008.
- Nancy Crocker: Billie Standish Was Here. Simon & Schuster. Completed January 14, 2008.
- Sherman Alexie: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Little, Brown Young Readers. Completed January 15, 2008.
- Laura Resau: Red Glass. Delacorte Books for Young Readers. Completed January 19, 2008.
- Charlie Higson: Blood Fever (The Young James Bond, Book 2). Miramax. Completed February 6, 2008.
- Malcolm Rose: Blood Brother (Traces). Kingfisher. Completed February 9, 2008. My review.
- Gary Schmidt: The Wednesday Wars. Clarion. Completed February 12, 2008.
- Carrie Jones: Love and Other Uses for Duct Tape. Flux. Completed February 20, 2008.
- Susan Vaught: Big Fat Manifesto. Bloomsbury. Completed March 19, 2008.
- Libba Bray: A Great and Terrible Beauty. Completed April 9, 2008. (On MP3)
- S. A. Bodeen: The Compound. Feiwel & Friends. Completed April 21, 2008. My review.
- Robin Benway: Audrey, Wait! Razorbill. Completed April 28, 2008. My review.
- Jennifer Ziegler: How Not To Be Popular. Delacorte Books for Young Readers. Completed June 1, 2008. My review.
- Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch: Daughter of War. Fitzhenry and Whiteside. Completed June 5, 2008. My review.
- Ridley Pearson: Steel Trapp: The Challenge. Disney. Completed June 11, 2008. My review.
- Mary E. Pearson: The Adoration of Jenna Fox. Henry Holt. Completed June 12, 2008. My review.
- Tanita S. Davis. A La Carte. Knopf. Completed June 16, 2008.
- Cory Doctorow: Little Brother. Tor Teen. Completed June 22, 2008. My review.
- Allegra Goodman: The Other Side of the Island. Razorbill. Completed June 23, 2008. My review.
- Cylin Busby and John Busby: The Year We Disappeared. Bloomsbury USA. Completed June 23, 2008. My review.
- F. Paul Wilson: Jack: Secret Histories. Tor Teen. Completed July 12, 2008. My review.
- Suzanne Collins: The Hunger Games. Scholastic. Completely July 25, 2008. My review.
- E. L. Young: STORM: The Ghost Machine. Completed July 28, 2008. (not on Amazon yet)
- Gemma Malley: The Resistance. Bloomsbury. Completed July 31, 2008. My review.
- Catherine Banner: The Eyes of a King. Random House. Completed August 11, 2008. My review.
- Stephenie Meyer: Breaking Dawn. Little Brown. Completed August 14, 2008. My review.
- Robin Wasserman: Skinned. Simon Pulse. Completed August 24, 2008. My review.
- John Green: Paper Towns. Dutton Juvenile. Completed August 27, 2008. My review.
- Linda Singleton: Dead Girl Walking. Flux. Completed September 1, 2008. My review.
- Brian James: Zombie Blondes. Feiwel & Friends. Completed September 2, 2008. My review.
- Michael Grant: Gone. HarperTeen. Completed September 7, 2008. My review.
- Cecilia Galante: The Patron Saint of Butterflies. Bloomsbury USA. Completed September 14, 2008. My review.
- Linda Gerber: Death by Bikini. Sleuth. Completed September 28, 2008.
- Clare B. Dunkle: The Sky Inside. Ginee Seo Books. Completed September 28, 2008.
- Neal Shusterman: The Dark Side of Nowhere. Starscape. Completed October 4, 2008.
- Barbara Shoup: Everything You Want. Flux. Completed October 5, 2008. My review.
- Lynn Weingarten: Wherever Nina Lies. Point. Completed October 7, 2008.
- A. S. King: The Dust of 100 Dogs. Flux. Completed October 12, 2008. My review.
- Jennifer Lynn Barnes: The Squad: Perfect Cover. Laurel Leaf. Completed October 24, 2008. My review.
- Jennifer Lynn Barnes: The Squad: Killer Spirit. Laurel Leaf. Completed October 25, 2008. My review
- Janette Rallison: Just One Wish. Putnam Juvenile. Completed October 27, 2008. My review.
- Lisa McMann: Wake. Simon Pulse. Completed October 28, 2008. My review.
- Lisa McMann: Fade. Simon Pulse. Completed October 28, 2008. My review.
- Maggie Stiefvater: Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception. Flux. Completed October 30, 2008. My review.
- April Lurie: The Latent Powers of Dylan Fontaine. Delacorte Books for Young Readers. Completed November 6, 2008.
- Christine Fletcher: Tallulah Falls. Bloomsbury USA Children's Books. Completed November 12, 2008. My review.
- Terry Pratchett: Nation. HarperCollins. Completed November 15, 2008.
- Anna Godbersen: The Luxe. HarperCollins. Completed November 20, 2008. My review.
- E. Lockhart: The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks. Hyperion. Completed November 20, 2008.
- Dana Reinhardt: How to Build a House. Wendy Lamb Books. Completed November 21, 2008. My review.
- Cecil Castellucci: Beige. Candlewick. Completed November 22, 2008. My review.
- Kristin Cashore: Graceling. Harcourt. Completed December 8, 2008. My review.
Adult Fiction
- Laura Lippman: What the Dead Know. William Morrow. Completed January 23, 2008.
- Mameve Medwed: How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life. Avon. Completed February 6, 2008.
- Georgette Heyer: Cotillion. Casablanca Press. Completed February 10, 2008.
- Georgette Heyer: Venetia. HQN Books. Completed February 11, 2008.
- Deborah Crombie: Water Like A Stone. William Morrow. Completed March 8, 2008.
- Louise Penny. A Fatal Grace. St. Martins Minotaur. Completed March 9, 2008.
- Shirley Tallman: The Cliff House Strangler. St. Martin's Minotaur. Completed March 11, 2008.
- Max Brooks: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. Three Rivers Press. Completed April 21, 2008.
- Nelson DeMille: Wild Fire. Vision. Completed May 3, 2008.
- Julia Spencer-Fleming: I Shall Not Want. St. Martins Minotaur. Completed May 20, 2008. My review.
- Tana French: In the Woods. Penguin. Completed July 1, 2008. (Listened on MP3)
- James Rollins: The Judas Strain. Harper Collins. Completed July 1, 2008.
- Victoria Thompson: Murder in Chinatown. Berkley. Completed July 17, 2008, on MP3. I really like this series (historical mystery set in New York City in the early 1900s). However, I had a bit of trouble with this one because I figured out the solution by half-way through the book, and then was frustrated while the characters struggled to find the solution.
- Janet Evanovich: Fearless Fourteen. St. Martin's Press. Completed July 25, 2008 (on MP3).
- Harlan Coben: The Woods. Signet. Completed July 27, 2008.
- Lisa Lutz: The Spellman Files. Completed August 1, 2008.
- Jo Dereske: Index to Murder. Avon. Completed August 4, 2008.
- Cornelia Read: A Field of Darkness. Grand Central Publishing. Completed August 6, 2008.
- Andrea Camilleri. The Paper Moon (Inspector Montalbano). Penguin. Completed August 7, 2008.
- Georgette Heyer: The Black Sheep. Sourcebook. Completed August 8, 2008.
- Jane Austen: Persuasion. Penguin Classics. Completed August 15, 2008.
- Deborah Crombie: Where Memories Lie. William Morrow. Completed August 17, 2008.
- Lee Child: Nothing to Lose. Delacorte Press. Completed August 19, 2008.
- D. E. Stevenson. Listening Valley. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Completed August 21, 2008. My review.
- Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity: Vampire Hunter. Viking Adult. Completed August 26, 2008.
- Linwood Barclay: No Time for Goodbye. Bantam. Completed August 27, 2008
- Rick Riordan: Rebel Island. Bantam. Completed September 7, 2008 (on MP3).
- Katherine Neville: The Eight. Ballantine Books. Completed October 18, 2008. This is one of my favorite books - I just re-read it for the third time, prior to reading the long-awaited sequel, The Fire.
- Katherine Neville: The Fire. Ballantine Books. Completed October 22, 2008.
- Mary Doria Russell: The Sparrow. Ballantine. Completed October 22, 2008.
- Orson Scott Card: Ender in Exile. Tor. Completed December 15, 2008, on MP3.
- Barry Maitland: Spider Trap. St. Martin's Minotaur. Completed December 28, 2008.
Adult Nonfiction
- Laurie Helgoe: Introvert Power. Sourcebooks, Inc. Completed September 8, 2008. My review.
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