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Wednesday 31 December 2008

Books I read in 2008

Catch Me If You Can by Frank W. Abagnale
Afterimage by Pierce Askegren
Blaze by Richard Bachman
Jennifer Government by Max Barry
Syrup by Maxx Barry
East Is East by T.Coraghessan Boyle
The Inner Circle by T.Coraghessan Boyle
Talk Talk by T.Coraghessan Boyle
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
Jhereg by Steven Brust
Yendi by Steven Brust
Teckla by Steven Brust
Vanderdeken's Children by Christopher Bulis
His Illegal Self by Peter Carey
Top Dog by Jerry Jay Carroll
Warchild by Andrew Cartmel
The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier
Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland
Night of the Living Rerun by Arthur Byron Cover
Continuum by Portia Da Costa
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Quiet Please: Dispatches from a Public Librarian by Scott Douglas
Things The Grandchildren Should Know by Mark Oliver Everett
Short Trips: Defining Patterns edited by Ian Farrington
Prisoner's Hope by David Feintuch
Fisherman's Hope by David Feintuch
Voices Of Hope by David Feintuch
The Safe House by Nicci French
Shadows on the Sun by Michael Jan Friedman
The Sherwood Game by Esther Friesner
The Stars' Tennis Balls by Stephen Fry
Romulus, My Father by Raimond Gaita
Bad Bargain by Diana G. Gallagher
Mr. Commitment by Mike Gayle
The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold
Caught in the Light by Robert Goddard
Set in Stone by Robert Goddard
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Halloween Rain by Christopher Golden & Nancy Holder
Flush by Carl Hiaasen
A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters by Malcolm Hulke
Demons Are Forever: Confessions of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom by Julie Kenner
Deja Demon: The Days and Nights of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom by Julie Kenner
Lisey's Story by Stephen King
Duma Key by Stephen King
The Memory Room by Christopher Koch
Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
Gun, with Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem
Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
Eleven by David Llewellyn
Salvation by Steve Lyons
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Sunshine by Robin McKinley
Newton's Wake by Ken MacLeod
Modern Love by Paul Magrs
Never the Bride by Paul Magrs
Sick Building by Paul Magrs
Something Borrowed by Paul Magrs
The Imagicators by Brad Marshland
Wetworld by Mark Michalowski
The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser
Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About by Mil Millington
Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
Forever Autumn by Mark Morris
A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
Sleepy by Kate Orman
Fuck This Book by Bodhi Oser
Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
Just War by Lance Parkin
A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
Nation by Terry Pratchett
Contest by Matthew Reilly
Something Beginning With by Sarah Salway
Pastoralia by George Saunders
Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer
Tiny Deaths by Robert Shearman
The Man Who Ate the 747 by Ben Sherwood
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
A Brother's Price by Wen Spencer
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Steward of Song by Adam Stemple
Death and Diplomacy by Dave Stone
Millroy the Magician by Paul Theroux
Coyote Moon by John Vornholt
Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Bareback by Kit Whitfield
The Infernal by Kim Wilkins
Crimson Orgy by Austin Williams
Inside Job by Connie Willis
Miracle and Other Christmas Stories by Connie Willis
Remake by Connie Willis
Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones
Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah

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Read Aloud To My Family

Wooden Heart by Martin Day
Flush by Carl Hiaasen
Sick Building by Paul Magrs
The Imagicators by Brad Marshland
The Last Dodo by Jacqueline Rayner
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
The Ersatz Elevator by Lemony Snicket
The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket

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Comics/Graphic Novels/Manga

Unshelved, Vol. 1 by Gene Ambaum & Bill Barnes
Spider-Woman: Origin by Brian Michael Bendis
Read or Dream, Vol. 2 by Hideyuki Kurata
Silent But Deadly by Mark Tatulli
Empowered Vol. 1 by Adam Warren
Empowered Vol. 2 by Adam Warren

Books Read In December 2008

01. The Infernal by Kim Wilkins
02. Jhereg by Steven Brust
03. The Safe House by Nicci French
04. Yendi by Steven Brust
05. Miracle and Other Christmas Stories by Connie Willis
06. Teckla by Steven Brust
07. Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
08. Steward of Song by Adam Stemple