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Books Read in 2008

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

  1. Alice B. McGinty (ill. Nancy Speir): Eliza's Kindergarten Surprise. Marshall Cavendish. Completed January 12, 2008. My review.
  2. Charles Santore: The Silk Princess. Random House. Completed January 20, 2008. My review.
  3. Karen Katz: Princess Baby. Schwartz & Wade. Completed January 20, 2008. My review.
  4. Timothy Knapman (ill. Gwen Millward): Guess What I Found in Dragon Wood?. Bloomsbury. Completed January 23, 2008. My review.
  5. Kate Bernheimer (ill. Nicoletta Ceccoli): The Girl in the Castle Inside the Museum. Schwartz & Wade. Completed January 24, 2008. My review.
  6. Michael Sandler: Manny Ramirez and the Boston Red Sox. Bearport Publishing. Completed January 24, 2008. My review.
  7. Michael Sandler: Pararescuemen. Bearport Publishing. Completed January 24, 2008. (A picture book, but more suitable for older kids). My review.
  8. Meish Goldish: Smelly Stink Bugs. Bearport Publishing. Completed January 24, 2008.
  9. Jon Scieszka (ill. David Shannon, Loren Long, and David Gordon): Smash! Crash! (Trucktown): Simon & Schuster. Completed January 25, 2008. My review.
  10. 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.
  11. Andrea Beaty (ill. Pascal Lemaitre): Doctor Ted. Margaret K. McElderry. Completed January 30, 2008. My review.
  12. Jack Lechner (ill. Bob Staake): Mary Had a Little Lamp. Bloomsbury. Completed January 30, 2008. My review.
  13. Sallie Wolf (ill. Andy Robert Davies): Truck Stuck. Charlesbridge. Completed January 30, 2008. My review.
  14. Dianna Hutts Aston (ill. Frank W. Dormer): Not So Tall for Six. Charlesbridge. Completed January 30, 2008. My review.
  15. 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.
  16. Felice Arena: Sally and Dave, a Slug Story. Kane/Miller. Completed February 1, 2008. My review.
  17. Melanie Watt: Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach. Kids Can Press. Completed February 23, 2008.
  18. Chris Monroe: Monkey with a Tool Belt. Carolrhoda Books. Completed March 1, 2008. My review.
  19. Tomie dePaola: Strega Nona. Editorial Everest. Completed March 7, 2008.
  20. Arlene Mosel: Tikki Tikki Tembo. Square Fish. Completed March 7, 2008.
  21. Heather Amery: The Naughty Sheep. Usborne. Completed March 7, 2008.
  22. Bonny Becker (ill. Kady Macdonald Denton): A Visitor for Bear. Candlewick. Completed April 16, 2008.
  23. Barbara Lehman: Trainstop. Houghton Mifflin. Completed May 10, 2008. My review.
  24. Tim Myers (ill. Ariel Ya-Wen Pang): The Outfoxed Fox. Marshall Cavendish. Completed May 10, 2008.
  25. Daniel Pinkwater (ill. Jill Pinkwater): Sleepeover Larry. Marshall Cavendish. Completed May 10, 2008.
  26. Eugene W. Field (ill. Giselle Potter): Wynken, Blynken, and Nod. Schwartz & Wade. Completed May 10, 2008. My review.
  27. Caroline Lazo (ill. Krysten Brooker): Someday When My Cat Can Talk. Schwartz & Wade. Completed May 10, 2008.
  28. 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.
  29. Jon Ritchie (ill. Alex Ritchie): Babies are Boring. Purple Possum Publishing. Completed August 23, 2008.
  30. Anji Yamamura: Hannah Duck. Kane/Miller. Completed August 23, 2008.
  31. Jennifer Fosberry (ill. Mike Litwin): My Name Is Not Isabella. Monkey Barrel Press. Completed August 23, 2008. My review.
  32. Gene Barretta: Jack the Tripper. Harcourt. Completed August 23, 2008. My review.
  33. Lane Smith: Madam President. Hyperion. Completed August 23, 2008. My review.
  34. Melanie Watt: Chester's Back. Kids Can Press. Completed August 23, 2008. My review.
  35. Kyle Mewburn (ill. Ali Teo & John O'Reilly): Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck! Peachtree Publishers. Completed August 23, 2008. My review.
  36. Judy Sierra (ill. Marc Brown): Born to Read. Knopf. Completed August 23, 2008. My review.
  37. Tim Egan: Dodsworth in Paris. Houghton Mifflin. Completed September 27, 2008. My review.
  38. Amy Hest (ill. Amy Bates): The Dog Who Belonged to No One. Abrams Books for Young Readers. Completed November 2, 2008.
  39. Kashmira Sheth (ill. Yoshiko Jaeggi): Monsoon Afternoon. Peachtree Publishers. Completed November 2, 2008.
  40. Tera Johnson (ill. Tania Howells): Berkeley's Barn Owl Dance. Kids Can Press. Completed November 2, 2008.
  41. Brian Lies: Bats at the Library. Houghton Mifflin. Completed November 2, 2008. My review.
  42. Vincent X. Kirsch: Natalie & Naughtily. Bloomsbury USA Children's Books. Completed November 2, 2008. My review.
  43. Deb Lund (ill. Robert Neubecker): Monsters on Machines. Harcourt Children's Books. Completed November 2, 2008.
  44. 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.
  45. Bob Staake: The Donut Chef. Golden Books (Random House). Completed November 2, 2008. My review.
  46. Alison Randall (ill. Bill Farnsworth): The Wheat Doll. Peachtree Publishers. Completed November 2, 2008. My review.
  47. Elizabeth Van Steenwyk (ill. Michael Montgomery): First Dog Fala. Peachtree Publishers. Completed November 2, 2008. My review.
  48. Ferida Wolff and Harriet May Savitz (ill. Elena Odriozola): The Story Blanket. Peachtree Publishers. Completed November 2, 2008.
  49. Vivian French (ill. Jackie Morris): Singing to the Sun: A Fairy Tale. Kane/Miller Book Publishers. Completed November 2, 2008.
  50. Helen Lester (ill. Lynn M. Munsinger): Tacky the Penguin. Houghton Mifflin. Completed November 2, 2008. My review.

Middle Grade Books

  1. P.J. Haarsma: The Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1. Candlewick. Completed January 10, 2008.
  2. John Christopher: The Prince in Waiting. Macmillan. Completed January 10, 2008. My review.
  3. Michelle Edwards: Pa Lia's First Day: A Jackson Friends Book. Harcourt. Completed January 12, 2008. My review.
  4. Alexander McCall Smith (ill. Laura Rankin): The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean. Bloomsbury USA. Completed January 13, 2008. My review.
  5. Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm: Babymouse: Puppy Love. Random House. Completed January 20, 2008. My review.
  6. John Christopher: Beyond the Burning Lands. Simon Pulse. Completed January 25, 2008. My review.
  7. John Christopher: Sword of the Spirits. Simon Pulse. Completed January 25, 2008. My review.
  8. P. G. Kain: The Social Experiments of Dorie Dilts: The School for Cool. Aladdin. Completed January 28, 2008. My review.
  9. N. D. Wilson: Leepike Ridge. Random House. Completed January 30, 2008. My review.
  10. Linda Buckley Archer: The Time Thief (Book 2 in the Gideon Trilogy). Completed February 3, 2008. My review.
  11. Emma Young: STORM: The Infinity Code. Dial. Completed February 8, 2008. My review.
  12. Kerry Madden: Gentle's Holler. Viking Juvenile. Completed February 24, 2008.
  13. Kerry Madden: Louisiana's Song. Viking Juvenile. Completed February 29, 2008.
  14. Nancy Springer: The Case of the Left-Handed Lady (Enola Holmes). Philomel. Completed March 19, 2008.
  15. Kerry Madden: Jessie's Mountain. Viking Juvenile. Completed April 4, 2008. See my review of all three Maggie Valley books.
  16. Jeanne Birdsall: The Penderwicks on Gardam Street. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Completed April 29, 2008. My review.
  17. Trenton Lee Stewart (ill. Diana Sudyka): The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey. Little, Brown Young Readers. Completed May 15, 2008. My review.
  18. Rick Riordan: The Battle of the Labyrinth (Book 4, Percy Jackson and the Olympians). Hyperion. Completed May 25, 2008. My review.
  19. Sara Pennypacker (ill. Marla Frazee): Clementine's Letter. Hyperion. Completed May 28, 2008. My review.
  20. John Hulme and Michael Wexler: The Seems: The Glitch in Sleep. Bloomsbury USA Children's Books. Completed June 2, 2008 (audio edition).
  21. Margaret Peterson Haddix: Running Out of Time. Aladdin. Completed June 6, 2008. My review.
  22. Elizabeth Cody Kimmel: Suddenly Supernatural: School Spirit. Little, Brown. Completed June 6, 2008. My review.
  23. Hilary McKay: Saffy's Angel. Aladdin. Completed June 6, 2008. My review.
  24. Bonnie Dobkin: Neptune's Children. Walker Books for Young Readers. Completed June 6, 2008. My review.
  25. Andrea Beaty: Cicada Summer. Amulet. Completed June 7, 2008. My review.
  26. Lois Lowry: The Willoughbys. Houghton Mifflin. Completed June 7, 2008. My review.
  27. N. D. Wilson: 100 Cupboards. Random House. Completed June 7, 2008. My review.
  28. Patricia Martin: Lulu Atlantis and the Quest for True Blue Love. Schwartz & Wade. Completed June 7, 2008. My review.
  29. Patricia Reilly Giff: Eleven. Wendy Lamb Books. Completed June 8, 2008. My review.
  30. Mary Downing Hahn: All the Lovely Bad Ones. Clarion Books. Completed June 8, 2008. My review.
  31. Debbie Levy: Underwater. Darby Creek Publishing. Completed June 8, 2008. My review.
  32. Gail Gauthier: A Girl, A Boy, and Three Robbers. Putnam. Completed June 13, 2008. My review.
  33. Charise Mericle Harper: Just Grace. Hougton Mifflin. Completed June 15, 2008. My review.
  34. Ruth McNally Barshaw: Ellie McDoodle: New Kid in School. Bloomsbury. Completed June 15, 2008. My review.
  35. Margaret Peterson Haddix: Found (the Missing). Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing. Completed June 16, 2008. My review.
  36. MAC: Anna Smudge: Professional Shrink. Toasted Coconut Media. Completed July 2, 2008. My review.
  37. Jill Santopolo: The Nina, the Pinta, and the Vanishing Treasure (Alec Flint, Super Sleuth). Orchard Books. Completed July 3, 2008. My review.
  38. Cornelia Funke: Inkdeath. Chicken House (Scholastic). Completed July 13, 2008. My review.
  39. Kathi Appelt: The Underneath. Atheneum. Completed July 14, 2008. My review.
  40. Karen Day: No Cream Puffs. Wendy Lamb Books. Completed July 16, 2008. My review.
  41. Jeanne DuPrau: The Diamond of Darkhold (The Fourth Book of Ember). Random House. Completed July 20, 2008. My review.
  42. P. J. Hoover: The Emerald Tablet. Blooming Tree Press. Completed July 31, 2008. My review.
  43. Judy Blume: Soupy Saturday with the Pain and the Great One. Completed August 4, 2008.
  44. Judy Blume: Cool Zone with the Pain and the Great One. Delacorte Books for Young Readers. Completed August 4, 2008.
  45. Scott Mebus: Gods of Manhattan. Dutton. Completed August 8, 2008. My review.
  46. Terence Blacker: The Angel Factory. Aladdin. Completed August 18, 2008 (on MP3).
  47. Ellen Klages. White Sands, Red Menace. Viking Juvenile. Completed August 19, 2008. My review.
  48. Karen Hesse: Brooklyn Bridge. Feiwel & Friends. Completed August 31, 2008. My review.
  49. Chris Grabenstein: The Crossroads. Random House. Completed September 5, 2008. My review.
  50. Michael Scott: The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. Delacorte Books for Young Readers. Completed September 11, 2008. My review.
  51. Terry Trueman: Hurricane. HarperCollins. Completed September 11, 2008. My review.
  52. Roald Dahl: Matilda. Viking. Completed September 13, 2008.
  53. Alexander Key: The Forgotten Door. Scholastic. Completed September 17, 2008. My review.
  54. Michael Scott: The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. Delacorte. Completed September 19, 2008. My review.
  55. Jordan Sonnenblick: Dodger and Me. Feiwel & Friends. Completed September 20, 2008. My review.
  56. Danette Haworth: Violet Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning. Walker. Completed September 20, 2008. My review.
  57. Neal Layton: The Mammoth Academy. Henry Holt. Completed September 20, 2008. My review.
  58. Peggy Gifford (ill. Valorie Fisher). Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Writing Thank-You Notes. Schwartz & Wade. Completed September 20, 2008. My review.
  59. Kimberly Willis Holt (ill. Christine Davenier): Piper Reed: The Great Gypsy. Henry Holt. Completed September 20, 2008. My review.
  60. Rick Riordan: The 39 Clues (The Maze of Bones, Book 1). Scholastic Press. Completed September 25, 2008.
  61. Alexander Key: Escape to Witch Mountain. Pocket Books. Completed October 11, 2008.
  62. R. L. LaFevers: Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris. Houghton Mifflin. Completed October 15, 2008. My review.
  63. Neil Gaiman: The Graveyard Book. HarperCollins. Completed October 23, 2008.
  64. Laurie Halse Anderson: Chains. Simon & Schuster. Completed October 31, 2008. My review.
  65. Lesley M. M. Blume: Tennyson. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Completed November 5, 2008. My review.
  66. Ingrid Law: Savvy. Dial. Completed November 7, 2008. My review.
  67. Ann Clare LeZotte: T4: A Novel. Houghton Mifflin. Completed November 9, 2008. My review.
  68. Elizabeth Enright: Then There Were Five. Henry Holt. Completed November 15, 2008.
  69. Penny Colman: Thanksgiving: The True Story. Henry Holt. Completed November 23, 2008. My review.
  70. 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)
  71. Brian Anderson (ill. Doug Holgate): The Adventures of Commander Zack Proton and the Warlords of Nibblecheese. Aladdin. Completed November 25, 2008.
  72. Brian Anderson (ill. Doug Holgate): The Adventures of Commander Zack Proton and the Wrong Planet. Aladdin. Completed November 25, 2008.
  73. Eva Ibbotson: The Dragonfly Pool. Dutton Juvenile. Completed December 16, 2008.
  74. David Ward: Escape the Mask. Amulet. Completed December 30, 2008. My review.

Young Adult Books

  1. Ellen Emerson White: Long May She Reign. Feiwel & Friends. Completed January 1, 2008. My review.
  2. Julie Bertagna: Exodus. Walker Books for Young Readers. Completed January 4, 2008. My review.
  3. Carrie Jones: Tips on Having a Gay (ex) Boyfriend. Flux. Completed January 13, 2008.
  4. Nancy Crocker: Billie Standish Was Here. Simon & Schuster. Completed January 14, 2008.
  5. Sherman Alexie: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Little, Brown Young Readers. Completed January 15, 2008.
  6. Laura Resau: Red Glass. Delacorte Books for Young Readers. Completed January 19, 2008.
  7. Charlie Higson: Blood Fever (The Young James Bond, Book 2). Miramax. Completed February 6, 2008.
  8. Malcolm Rose: Blood Brother (Traces). Kingfisher. Completed February 9, 2008. My review.
  9. Gary Schmidt: The Wednesday Wars. Clarion. Completed February 12, 2008.
  10. Carrie Jones: Love and Other Uses for Duct Tape. Flux. Completed February 20, 2008.
  11. Susan Vaught: Big Fat Manifesto. Bloomsbury. Completed March 19, 2008.
  12. Libba Bray: A Great and Terrible Beauty. Completed April 9, 2008. (On MP3)
  13. S. A. Bodeen: The Compound. Feiwel & Friends. Completed April 21, 2008. My review.
  14. Robin Benway: Audrey, Wait! Razorbill. Completed April 28, 2008. My review.
  15. Jennifer Ziegler: How Not To Be Popular. Delacorte Books for Young Readers. Completed June 1, 2008. My review.
  16. Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch: Daughter of War. Fitzhenry and Whiteside. Completed June 5, 2008. My review.
  17. Ridley Pearson: Steel Trapp: The Challenge. Disney. Completed June 11, 2008. My review.
  18. Mary E. Pearson: The Adoration of Jenna Fox. Henry Holt. Completed June 12, 2008. My review.
  19. Tanita S. Davis. A La Carte. Knopf. Completed June 16, 2008.
  20. Cory Doctorow: Little Brother. Tor Teen. Completed June 22, 2008. My review.
  21. Allegra Goodman: The Other Side of the Island. Razorbill. Completed June 23, 2008. My review.
  22. Cylin Busby and John Busby: The Year We Disappeared. Bloomsbury USA. Completed June 23, 2008. My review.
  23. F. Paul Wilson: Jack: Secret Histories. Tor Teen. Completed July 12, 2008. My review.
  24. Suzanne Collins: The Hunger Games. Scholastic. Completely July 25, 2008. My review.
  25. E. L. Young: STORM: The Ghost Machine. Completed July 28, 2008. (not on Amazon yet)
  26. Gemma Malley: The Resistance. Bloomsbury. Completed July 31, 2008. My review.
  27. Catherine Banner: The Eyes of a King. Random House. Completed August 11, 2008. My review.
  28. Stephenie Meyer: Breaking Dawn. Little Brown. Completed August 14, 2008. My review.
  29. Robin Wasserman: Skinned. Simon Pulse. Completed August 24, 2008. My review.
  30. John Green: Paper Towns. Dutton Juvenile. Completed August 27, 2008. My review.
  31. Linda Singleton: Dead Girl Walking. Flux. Completed September 1, 2008. My review.
  32. Brian James: Zombie Blondes. Feiwel & Friends. Completed September 2, 2008. My review.
  33. Michael Grant: Gone. HarperTeen. Completed September 7, 2008. My review.
  34. Cecilia Galante: The Patron Saint of Butterflies. Bloomsbury USA. Completed September 14, 2008. My review.
  35. Linda Gerber: Death by Bikini. Sleuth. Completed September 28, 2008.
  36. Clare B. Dunkle: The Sky Inside. Ginee Seo Books. Completed September 28, 2008.
  37. Neal Shusterman: The Dark Side of Nowhere. Starscape. Completed October 4, 2008.
  38. Barbara Shoup: Everything You Want. Flux. Completed October 5, 2008. My review.
  39. Lynn Weingarten: Wherever Nina Lies. Point. Completed October 7, 2008.
  40. A. S. King: The Dust of 100 Dogs. Flux. Completed October 12, 2008. My review.
  41. Jennifer Lynn Barnes: The Squad: Perfect Cover. Laurel Leaf. Completed October 24, 2008. My review.
  42. Jennifer Lynn Barnes: The Squad: Killer Spirit. Laurel Leaf. Completed October 25, 2008. My review
  43. Janette Rallison: Just One Wish. Putnam Juvenile. Completed October 27, 2008. My review.
  44. Lisa McMann: Wake. Simon Pulse. Completed October 28, 2008. My review.
  45. Lisa McMann: Fade. Simon Pulse. Completed October 28, 2008. My review.
  46. Maggie Stiefvater: Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception. Flux. Completed October 30, 2008. My review.
  47. April Lurie: The Latent Powers of Dylan Fontaine. Delacorte Books for Young Readers. Completed November 6, 2008.
  48. Christine Fletcher: Tallulah Falls. Bloomsbury USA Children's Books. Completed November 12, 2008. My review.
  49. Terry Pratchett: Nation. HarperCollins. Completed November 15, 2008.
  50. Anna Godbersen: The Luxe. HarperCollins. Completed November 20, 2008. My review.
  51. E. Lockhart: The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks. Hyperion. Completed November 20, 2008.
  52. Dana Reinhardt: How to Build a House. Wendy Lamb Books. Completed November 21, 2008. My review.
  53. Cecil Castellucci: Beige. Candlewick. Completed November 22, 2008. My review.
  54. Kristin Cashore: Graceling. Harcourt. Completed December 8, 2008. My review.

Adult Fiction

  1. Laura Lippman: What the Dead Know. William Morrow. Completed January 23, 2008.
  2. Mameve Medwed: How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life. Avon. Completed February 6, 2008.
  3. Georgette Heyer: Cotillion. Casablanca Press. Completed February 10, 2008.
  4. Georgette Heyer: Venetia. HQN Books. Completed February 11, 2008.
  5. Deborah Crombie: Water Like A Stone. William Morrow. Completed March 8, 2008.
  6. Louise Penny. A Fatal Grace. St. Martins Minotaur. Completed March 9, 2008.
  7. Shirley Tallman: The Cliff House Strangler. St. Martin's Minotaur. Completed March 11, 2008.
  8. Max Brooks: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. Three Rivers Press. Completed April 21, 2008.
  9. Nelson DeMille: Wild Fire. Vision. Completed May 3, 2008.
  10. Julia Spencer-Fleming: I Shall Not Want. St. Martins Minotaur. Completed May 20, 2008. My review.
  11. Tana French: In the Woods. Penguin. Completed July 1, 2008. (Listened on MP3)
  12. James Rollins: The Judas Strain. Harper Collins. Completed July 1, 2008.
  13. 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.
  14. Janet Evanovich: Fearless Fourteen. St. Martin's Press. Completed July 25, 2008 (on MP3).
  15. Harlan Coben: The Woods. Signet. Completed July 27, 2008.
  16. Lisa Lutz: The Spellman Files. Completed August 1, 2008.
  17. Jo Dereske: Index to Murder. Avon. Completed August 4, 2008.
  18. Cornelia Read: A Field of Darkness. Grand Central Publishing. Completed August 6, 2008.
  19. Andrea Camilleri. The Paper Moon (Inspector Montalbano). Penguin. Completed August 7, 2008.
  20. Georgette Heyer: The Black Sheep. Sourcebook. Completed August 8, 2008.
  21. Jane Austen: Persuasion. Penguin Classics. Completed August 15, 2008.
  22. Deborah Crombie: Where Memories Lie. William Morrow. Completed August 17, 2008.
  23. Lee Child: Nothing to Lose. Delacorte Press. Completed August 19, 2008.
  24. D. E. Stevenson. Listening Valley. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Completed August 21, 2008. My review.
  25. Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity: Vampire Hunter. Viking Adult. Completed August 26, 2008.
  26. Linwood Barclay: No Time for Goodbye. Bantam. Completed August 27, 2008
  27. Rick Riordan: Rebel Island. Bantam. Completed September 7, 2008 (on MP3).
  28. 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.
  29. Katherine Neville: The Fire. Ballantine Books. Completed October 22, 2008.
  30. Mary Doria Russell: The Sparrow. Ballantine. Completed October 22, 2008.
  31. Orson Scott Card: Ender in Exile. Tor. Completed December 15, 2008, on MP3.
  32. Barry Maitland: Spider Trap. St. Martin's Minotaur. Completed December 28, 2008.

Adult Nonfiction

  1. Laurie Helgoe: Introvert Power. Sourcebooks, Inc. Completed September 8, 2008. My review.

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