2008 Year in Review

2009 Books Read January 1. Comic Book Tattoo – Edited by Rantz A. Hoseley, 2008, 480 pgs., 4.25/5 2. A Fine and Private Place by Peter Beagle, 1960, 264 pgs., 5/5 3. Enslaved by Ducks by Bob Tarte, 2003, 308 pgs., 4.25/5 4. Blood Harvest by Brant Randall, 2008, 286 pgs., 3.75/5 5. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, 2005, 498 pgs., 4.0/5 6. Fables Volume 3: Storybook Love by Bill Willingham, 2004, 190 pgs., 4.0/5 7. Old Man’s War by John Scalzi, 2005, 320 pgs., 5/5 8. The Starry Rift: Tales of New Tomorrows edited by Jonathan Strahan, 2008, 530 pgs., 3.25/5 January Totals: 8 Books, 2,876 Pages February 9. The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman, 1991, 235 pgs., 4.25/5 10. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, 2005, 288 pgs., 5/5 11. The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby, 2004, 143 pgs., 4.5/5 12. The Rabbits by John Marsden and Shaun Tan, 2004, 32 pgs., 5/5 13. The Lost Thingby Shaun Tan, 2004, 32 pgs., 4/5 14. The Red Tree by Shaun Tan, 2003, 32 pgs., 5/5 15. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockheart, 2008, 345 pgs., 4.75/5 16. The Suburban Dragon by Garassamo Macagnone, 1992, 50 pgs., 2/5 February Totals: 8 Books, 1,157 Pages March 17. Voices by Ursula K. LeGuin, 2006, 341 pgs., 4.25/5 18. Alice in Sunderland: An Entertainment by Bryan Talbot, 2007, 319 pgs., 4/5 19. Pobby and Dingan by Ben Rice, 2003, 112 pgs., 4.75/5 20. As Shadows Fade by Colleen Gleason, 2009, 342 pgs., 5/5 21. Blueberry Girl by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess, 2009, 32 pgs., 5/5 22. Sorrow: A Witch Ember Tale by John Lawson, 2009, 239 pgs., 5/5 23. Little (Grrl) Lost by Charles De Lint, 2007, 271 pgs., 4.5/5 24. Fablehaven: Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary, 2009, 535 pgs., 4.5/5 25. The Latent Powers of Dylan Fontaine by April Lurie, 2008, 224 pgs., 5/5 26. Hey Nostradamus! by Douglas Coupland, 2003, 244 pgs., 5/5 March Totals: 10 Books, 2,659 Pages April 27. Antediluvian Tales by Poppy Z. Brite, 2007, 114 pgs., 2/5 28. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, 2008, 374 pgs., 4.5/5 29. Every Man For Himself: Ten Short Stories About Being a Guy ed. by Nancy Mercado, 2005, 154 pgs., 4.25/5 30. The Ice Dragon by George R.R. Martin, 2007, 112 pgs., 2.75/5 31. Embryoyo by Dean Young, 2007, 105 pgs., 2/5 32. We Never Talk About My Brother by Peter Beagle, 2009, 219 pgs., 3.5/5 33. The Horse Boy by Rupert Isaacson, 2009, 357 pgs., 5/5 34. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson, 2009, 278 pgs., 5/5 35. Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix, 1998, 153 pgs., 4.5/5 36. The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood, 2005, 199 pgs., 3.75/5 37. Skim by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki, 2008, 143 pgs., 5/5 38. Silk by Alessandro Baricco, 1996, 91 pgs., 3/5 39. Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork, 2009, 312 pgs., 4.75/5 40. The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, 2004, 341 pgs., 5/5 41. Wetlands by Charlotte Roche, 2008, 229 pgs., 4.75/5 42. Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist, 2004, 472 pgs., 5/5 43. Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan, 2008, 96 pgs., 3.75/5 44. The Tale of One Bad Rat by Bryan Talbot, 1995, 136 pgs., 4.5/5 April Totals: 18 books, 3,885 pages May 45. The Eternal Smile by Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim, 2009, 170 pgs., 4.75/5 46. The Screwed Up Life of Charlie the Second by Drew Ferguson, 2008, 263 pgs., 5/5 47. The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan, 2009, 320 pgs., 4.5/5 48. Glass Houses by Rachel Caine, 2006, 256 pgs., 3.75/5 49. Voodoo Season by Jewell Parker Rhodes, 2005, 275 pgs., 4/5 50. Crazy Hair by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean, 2009, 32 pgs., 4/5 51. Starfinder by John Marco, 2009, 326 pgs., 4.5/5 May Totals: 7 Books, 1,642 Pages June 52. The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Eighth Grade Bites by Heather Brewer, 2007, 180 pgs., 4/5 53. Love Begins in Winter by Simon Van Booy, 2009, 256 pgs., 4/5 54. Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O’Malley, 2004, 168 pgs., 5/5 55. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World by Bryan Lee O’Malley, 2005, 200 pgs., 5/5 56. Willow by Julia Hoban, 2009, 336 pgs., 4.5/5 57. The Dead Girls Dance by Rachel Caine, 2007, 256 pgs., 4/5 58. Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness by Bryan Lee O’Malley, 2006, 192 pgs., 5/5 59. Scott Pilgrim Gets it Together by Bryan Lee O’Malley, 2007, 216 pgs., 5/5 60. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The Universe by Bryan Lee O’Malley, 2009, 184 pgs., 5/5 61. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, 2009, 391 pgs., 5/5 62. Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger, 2001, 224 pgs., 5/5 63. Lost at Sea by Bryan Lee O’Malley, 2005, 160 pgs., 5/5 June Totals: 12 Books, 2,763 Pages July 64. Robot Dreams by Sara Varon, 2007, 208 pgs., 4/5 65. Who Killed Amanda Palmer? by Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer, 126 pgs., 2009, 5/5 66. Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader by Neil Gaiman and Andy Kupert, 2009, 128 pgs., 4/5 July Totals: 3 Books, 462 Pages August 67. Undiscovered Gyrl by Allison Burnett, 2009, 293 pgs., 3.75/5 68. My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger, 2008, 403 pgs., 4.5/5 69. Bone Volume 1: Out From Boneville by Jeff Smith, 2005, 138 pgs., 5/5 70. Bayou Volume 1 by Jeremy Love, 2009, 160 pgs., 5/5 August Totals: 4 books, 994 Pages September 71. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters, 2002, 582 pgs., 5/5 72. Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr, 2007, 328 pgs., 3/5 73. Bone Vol. 2 by Jeff Smith, 2005, 132 pgs., 4.5/5 74. The Purloined Boy by Mortimus Clay, 2009, 249 pgs., 4.5/5 75. The Haunted Playground by Shaun Tan, 1998, 73 pgs., 2/5 76. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness, 2008, 479 pgs., 5/5 77. Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror by Chris Priestly, 2007, 239 pgs., 4.5/5 September Totals: 7 Books, 2,082 pgs. October 78. Breathers by S.G. Browne, 2009, 320 pgs., 4.75/5 79. Normal by Amy Bloom, 2002, 140 pgs., 4/5 80. Between Mom and Jo by Julie Anne Peters, 2006, 240 pgs., 5/5 81. Rose by Jeff Smith, 2000, 138 pgs., 3/5 82. Sometimes My Heart Pushes My Ribs by Ellen Kennedy, 2009, 64 pgs., 4/5 83. The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling, 2008, 111 pgs., 4/5 84. The Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo, 2009, 201 pgs., 5/5 85. Fables Vol. 4 – March of the Wooden Soldiers by Bill Willingham, 2004, 231 pgs., 4.5/5 86. Pictures for Sad Children by John Campbell, 2009, 197 pgs., 3.5/5 October Totals: 9 Books, 1,642 Pages November 87. The Wild Things by Dave Eggers, 2009, 300 pgs., 5/5 88. Native by Mona Kuhn, 2009, 88 pgs., 4.5/5 89. Atlas: Poems by Katrina Vandenberg, 2004, 128 pgs., 5/5 90. Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger, 2009, 416 pgs., 4.75/5 November Totals: 4 Books, 932 Pages December 91. A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote, 1996, 128 pgs., 5/5 92. The Fir-Tree by Hans Christian Andersen adapted by Lilli Carre, 2009, 72 pgs., 4/5 93. Clay by David Almond, 2008, 272 pgs., 4.75/5 94. The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen, 1987, 32 pgs., 4.75/5 95. Matchless by Gregory Maguire, 2009, 112 pgs., 4.5/5 96. Let it Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle, 2009, 368 pgs, 4.5/5 December Totals: 6 Books, 984 Pages 2009 Totals: 96 Books, 22,078 Pages