Okay, here it is - my list of every book (excluding graphic novels and picture books) I read or listened to in 2008:
JANUARY
Generation Loss (2007) – Elizabeth Hand * * * * ½
The Kragen (1969/2007) – Jack Vance * * * *
Hurt: Inside the World of Today's Teenagers (NF 2004) – Chap Clark * * * * *
The Age of Shakespeare (NF 2003) – Frank Kermode * * * *
A History of Ancient Greece (Modern Scholar, NF 2007) – Eric H. Cline * * * *
A Pack of Lies (YA 1988) – Geraldine McCaughrean * * * * *
Take Joy: A Writer's Guide to Loving the Craft (NF 2006) – Jane Yolen * * * *
Wolves Eat Dogs (2004) – Martin Cruz Smith * * * *
iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It (NF 2006) – Steve Wozniak * * *
FEBRUARY
20th Century Ghosts (2005) – Joe Hill * * * *
The Shadow Year (2008) – Jeffrey Ford * * * *
Like You'd Understand, Anyway: Stories (2007) – Jim Shepard * * * * *
In the Night Room (2004) – Peter Straub * * * *
So Yesterday (YA 2004) – Scott Westerfeld * * * *
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union (2007) – Michael Chabon * * * * *
Inferno: New Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (2007) – Ellen
Datlow, ed. * * * * ½
Duma Key (2008) – Stephen King * * *
MARCH
Baseball: The History of America’s Favorite Game (NF 2006) - George Vecsey * * * *
Watching Baseball Smarter (NF 2007) – Zack Hample * * * * ½
How Angel Peterson Got His Name (J NF 2003) – Gary Paulsen * * * * *
The Audacity of Hope (NF 2006) – Barack Obama * * * *
The Shadow Speaker (YA 2007) – Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu * * * * ½
You: Staying Young (NF 2007) – Michael F. Roisen and Mehmet C. Oz * * * *
The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch (J-Fic 2005) – Joseph Delaney * * * * ½
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village (J-Fic 2007) – Laura Amy Schlitz/Robert Byrd * * * * ½
The Search for Joseph Tully (1974) – William H. Hallahan * * * * ½
Charm City (1999) – Laura Lippman * * * ½
Into the Wild (NF 1995) – Jon Krakauer * * * *
The Black Cauldron (J-Fic 1965) – Lloyd Alexander * * * ½
Kirby: King of Comics (NF 2008) – Mark Evanier * * * *
Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood (NF 2008) – Mark Harris * * * * *
APRIL
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA (NF 2007) – Tim Weiner * * * * ½
What Jesus Demands from the World (NF 2006) – John Piper * * * * *
Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets (NF 2008) –Sudhir Venkatesh * * * 1/2
The Dangerous Act of Worship (NF 2007) – Mark Labberton * * * * ½
A Clockwork Orange (1962) – Anthony Burgess * * * * ½
The Black Ice (1993) – Michael Connelly * * * *
Mister Pip (2006) – Lloyd Jones * * * ½
No Country for Old Men (2005) – Cormac McCarthy * * * * * (2nd X)
Free for All: Oddballs, Geeks and Gangstas in the Public Library (NF 2007) – Don Bochert * * * * ½
Like The Stars: Leading Many to Righteousness (NF 2004) – Glenn Parkinson * * * * *
Ella Minnow Pea (2001) – Mark Dunn * * * * ½
MAY
The Bush Tragedy (NF 2008) – Jacob Weisberg * * * *
The Last Lecture (NF 2008) – Randy Pausch * * * *
Sunstroke and Other Stories (2007) – Tessa Hadley * * * * ½
The Talisman (1984) – Stephen King and Peter Straub * * * * (2nd X)
This is What I Did: (YA 2007) – Ann Dee Ellis * * * * ½
Unaccustomed Earth (2008) – Jhumpa Lahiri * * *
Bird Lake Moon (J-Fic 2008) – Kevin Henkes * * *
Burger Wuss (YA 1999) – M.T. Anderson * * * * *
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (NF 2003) – Michael Lewis * * * * ½
Sunrise over Fallujah (YA 2008) – Walter Dean Myers * * *
JUNE
Kit's Wilderness (YA 1999) – David Almond * * * * *
Brittle Innings (1994) – Michael Bishop * * * * ½
Tamar (YA 2007) - Mal Peet * * * * *
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) - Philip K. Dick * * * * *
Culture Shift: Engaging Current Issues with Timeless Truth (NF 2008) - R. Albert Mohler Jr. * * * *
Willful Creatures: Stories (2005) - Aimee Bender * * * *
Escape from the Deep: A Legendary Submarine and Her Courageous Crew (NF 2008) - Alex Kershaw * * * * *
Skin Hunger (YA 2007) - Kathleen Duey? * * * *
Islam at the Crossroads: Understanding Its Beliefs, History, and Conflicts (NF 2002) - Paul Marshall, Roberta Green and Lela Gilbert * * * *
JULY
Darkside (YA 2007) - Tom Becker * * *
Angels Flight (1999) - Michael Connelly * * * *
Uglies (YA 2005) - Scott Westerfeld * * * * *
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (NF 1985) - Neil Postman * * * * *
Just How Stupid Are We?: Facing the Truth about the American Voter (NF 2008) - Rick Shenkman * * * *
The Last Apprentice: Wrath of the Bloodeye (J-Fic 2008) - Joseph Delaney * * *
Eternity and Other Stories (2005) - Lucius Shepard * * * * *
Salt River (2007) - James Sallis * * * *
Five Minds for the Future (NF 2007) - Howard Gardner * * * 1/2
Longitudes & Attitudes: Exploring the World after September 11 (NF 2002) - Thomas L. Friedman * * * *
AUGUST
Our Lady of Pain (2008) - Elena Forbes * * *
Running Blind (2000) - Lee Child * 1/2
Brave New World (1932) - Aldous Huxley * * * *
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow (NF YA 2005) - Susan Campbell Bartoletti * * * * 1/2
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (2008) - David Wroblewski * * * *
Healing for a Broken World: Christian Perspectives on Public Policy (NF 2008) - Steve Monsma
* * * * 1/2
Out Stealing Horses (2007) - Per Petterson * * * *
Eighth Grade Bites: The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, Book 1 (YA 2007) - Heather Brewer * * * *
The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism (NF 2008) - Timothy Keller * * * * *
SEPTEMBER
Too Many Women (1947) - Rex Stout * * * *
Notes from Underground (1864) - Fyodor Dostoevsky * * * * *
Everyday Apocalypse: The Sacred Revealed in Radiohead, The Simpsons and Other Pop Culture Icons (NF 2002) - David Dark
* * * * *
The Outsiders (YA 1967) - S.E. Hinton * * * *
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1974) - John le Carre * * * *
Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations (NF YA 2008) - Alex & Brett Harris * * * * 1/2
The Scarlet Letter (1850) - Nathaniel Hawthorne * * * * *
The New York Trilogy (1985, 1986) - Paul Auster * * * * *
Coronado: Stories (2006) - Dennis Lehane * * *
A Welcome Grave (2007) - Michael Koryta * * * * 1/2
OCTOBER
City of Ember (J-Fic 2003) - Jeanne DuPrau * * * *
Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner (NF 2005) - Dean Karnazes * * * 1/2
The Gargoyle (2008) - Andrew Davidson * * * 1/2
Painted Devils: Strange Stories (1979) - Robert Aickman * * * *
Eye of the Crow: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His First Case (J-Fic 2007) - Shane Peacock * * * *
Midnight on Mourn Street (2008) - Christopher Conlon * * * 1/2
Consolation of Philosophy (NF 524) - Boethius * * * * 1/2
Islam: The Religion and the People (NF 2008) - Bernard Lewis, Buntzie Ellis Churchill * * * *
Starting Friction (Poetry 2008) - Tenea D. Johnson * * * *
The Iliad - Homer * * * * 1/2
The Post-American World (NF 2008) - Fareed Zakaria * * * *
The Snowman’s Children (2002) - Glen Hirshberg * * * * *
NOVEMBER
Thirteen Reasons Why (YA 2007) - Jay Asher * * * *
The Shack (2008) - William P. Young *
Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Callling (NF 2008) - Andy Crouch * * * * *
Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko (NF 2008) - Blake Bell * * * * *
Share Your Master’s Happiness (NF 2005) - Glenn Parkinson * * * * *
In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto (NF 2008) - Michael Pollan * * * * 1/2
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals (NF 2008) - Jane Mayer * * * * 1/2
Living Dead Girl (YA 2008) - Elizabeth Scott * * * *
The Knife of Never Letting Go (YA 2008) - Patrick Ness * * * *
Slaughterhouse-Five (1969) - Kurt Vonnegut * * * * *
DECEMBER
Howard Who?: Stories (1986/2006) - Howard Waldrop * * * *
The Killer Inside Me (1952) - Jim Thompson * * * * 1/2
The Graveyard Book (J-Fic 2008) - Neil Gaiman * * * * *
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves (YA 2008) - M.T. Anderson * * * * *
The Brass Verdict (2008) - Michael Connelly * * * 1/2
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2005/2008) - Stieg Larsson * * * * *
Understanding Movies: The Art and History of Film (2008 Modern Scholar) - Raphael Shargel * * *
Rear Window and Other Stories (1984) - Cornell Woolrich * * * *
