Fifty books in 2008!

Yeah, my goal this year was to read one book a month and I went way past. I've now read 51 books this year. This would explain the piles of unread magazines around my house. I also didn't count any of the baby books as one of those 51, so I've read a couple more.

Books read in 2008

Books read in 2008

1. Turtle Moon - Alice Hoffman (Jan)
2. Magic Hour - Kristin Hannah (Jan)
3. Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Jan)
4. Belly Laughs - Jenny McCarthy (Feb)
5. Lucky You - Carl Hiaasen (Feb)
6. Double Whammy - Carl Hiaasen (Mar)
7. Hot Stuff - Janet Evanovich & Leanne Banks (Mar)
8. Island of the Sequined Love Nun - Christopher Moore (Mar)
9. One For the Money - Janet Evanovich (Mar)
10. Two for the Dough - Janet Evanovich (Apr)
11. Three to Get Deadly - Janet Evanovich (Apr)
12. Four to Score - Janet Evanovich (Apr)
13. High Five - Janet Evanovich (Apr)
14. Hot Six - Janet Evanovich (Apr)
15. Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why it Often Sucks in the City, or Who are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me? - Jen Lancaster (May)
16. Way of Peaceful Warrior - Dan Millman (May)
17. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal - Christopher Moore (June)
18. Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need - Dave Barry (June)
19. Two Little Girls in Blue - Mary Higgins Clark (June)
20. The Dive From Claussen's Pier - Ann Packer (June)
21. H is for Homicide - Sue Grafton (June)
22. Veil of Roses - Laura Fitzgerald (June)
23. Lost & Found - Jacqueline Sheehan (June)
24. How to Be Lost – Amanda Eyre Ward (July)
25. The Murder Book – Jonathan Kellerman (July)
26. Water For Elephants – Sara Gruen (July)
27. Native Tongue - Carl Hiaasen (July)
28. L Is for Lawless - Sue Grafton (July)
29. Little Birds – Anais Nin (July)
30. Honeymoon – James Patterson & Howard Roughan(July)
31. A Cold Heart – Jonathan Kellerman (Aug)
32. P Is For Peril - Sue Grafton (Aug)
33. Nineteen Minutes - Jodi Picoult (Aug)
34. Seven Up - Janet Evanovich (Aug)
35. Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest To Discover if Her Life Makes Her Ass LookBig, Or Why Pie is Not The Answer - Jen Lancaster (Aug)
36. The Copper Beech - Maeve Binchy (Aug)
37. Bad Dogs Have More Fun - John Grogan (Sept)
38. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak (Sept)
39. E is for Evidence - Sue Grafton (Sept)
40. Saving Fish From Drowning - Amy Tan (Sept)
41. Bloodsucking Fiends - Christopher Moore (Sept)
42. You Suck - Christopher Moore (Sept)
43. 1st to Die - James Patterson (Oct)
44. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - Stephen King (Oct)
45. A is for Alibi - Sue Grafton (Oct)
46. B is for Burglar - Sue Grafton (Oct)
47. Twilight - Stephanie Meyer (Oct)
48. 2nd Chance (The Women's Murder Club) - James Patterson (Nov)
49. Someone Not Really Her Mother - Harriet Scott Chessman (Nov)
50. The Clock Winder - Anne Tyler (Nov)
51. Hard Eight - Janet Evanovich (Nov)
52. Visions of Sugar Plums - Janet Evanovich (Dec)
53. The Stupidest Angel - Christopher Moore (Dec)
54. A Christmas Story - Jean Shepherd (Dec)
55. New Moon - Stephanie Meyer (Dec)

Janet Evanovich - Stephanie Plum Series Read

Janet Evanovich Books Read:

One For the Money - Mar 2008
Two for the Dough - Apr 2008
Three to Get Deadly - Apr 2008
Four to Score - Apr 2008
High Five - Apr 2008
Hot Six - Apr 2008
Seven Up - Aug 2008
Hard Eight - Nov 2008
Visions of Sugar Plums - Dec 2008
To The Nines - Jan 2009
Ten Big Ones - Apr 2009
Eleven on Top - July 2006, and May 2009
Twelve Sharp - May 2009
Plum Lovin’ - Feb 2010
Lean Mean Thirteen - Feb 2010
Plum Lucky - Aug 2010
Fearless Fourteen - Feb 2011
Plum Spooky (A Between-the-Numbers Novel) – Mar 2009
Finger Lickin' Fifteen - May 2011
Sizzling Sixteen - Aug 2011
Smokin' Seventeen - Dec 2011
Explosive Eighteen - Dec 2012
Notorious Nineteen - Jan 2014

James Patterson Number Series - Books Read

Another mini-list:

1st to Die - James Patterson (Oct 2008)
2nd Chance (The Women's Murder Club) - James Patterson (Nov 2008)

Sue Grafton Alphabet Mysteries - Books Read

Sue Grafton Books read:
(a fun list to keep, but also to help me keep track since I've been reading out of order)

A is for Alibi - Sue Grafton (Oct 2008)
B is for Burglar - Sue Grafton (Oct 2008)
E is for Evidence - Sue Grafton (Sept 2008)
H is for Homicide - Sue Grafton (June 2008)
L Is for Lawless - Sue Grafton (July 2008)
M is for Malice - Sue Grafton (January 2007)
P Is For Peril - Sue Grafton (Aug 2008)

Bookrings completed 2007-2008

Bookrays/Bookrings I've patricipated in (2007-2008):
The Accidental Office Lady - received 9/7/07, sent 1/3/08 (unread)
Accordian Crimes - received 8/4/07 sent 11/16/07
The Adultery Club - received 7/5/07 sent 9/1/07
A Morbid Taste for Bones - received 7/12/07 sent 11/16/07
Apocalipstick - received 5/11/07 sent 6/29/07
Autobiography of a Fat Bride - received 7/15/07, sent 9/24/07
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water - received 8/13/07 sent 11/16/07
The Bad Twin - received 6/21/07, sent 9/1/07
The Book Thief - received 8/21/08, sent 9/9/08
Bloodsucking Fiends - went to lost book island Feb 2008
Bright Lights, Big Ass - received 4/8/08, sent 5/5/08
Cider With Rosie - received 4/25/07, Sent 5/12/2007
City of Beasts - Isabel Allende bookspiral - received 5/23/07 Sent 7/7/07
The Clock Winder - received 11/6/2008, sent 11/24/08
Come Together - received 10/6/07, sent 1/3/08 (unread)
The Dante Club - received 12/18/07, sent 6/4/08
The Dirty Girls Social Club - received 7/11/07, sent 9/24/07
Dive From Claussen's Pier - received 5/15/08, sent 6/27/08
Eden Close - received 10/13/07, sent 1/3/08 (unread)
Everyone Worth Knowing - Received 3/19/2007 Sent 3/26/2007
Fashionistas - Received 5/7/07 Sent 5/29/07
Forest of Pygmies - Isabel Allende bookspiral - received 6/25/07, sent 8/6/07
Fortune's Rocks - received 9/8/07 Sent 1/30/08
Hard Eight - skipped
The History of Love - received 5/2/07 Sent 5/18/07
The Impressionist - skipped due to my own backlog
Island of the Sequined Love Nun - received 3/24/08, sent 3/29/08
Kingdom of the Golden Dragon - Isabel Allende bookspiral - received 6/25/07, sent 8/6/07
Lunar Park - received 5/11/07, sent 8/6/07
The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove - received 4/17/08, sent 5/7/08
The Main Corpse - received 5/9/07 Sent 5/29/07
Missing - received 8/28/07 ent 1/30/08
My Antonia - received 7/31/07 Sent 10/5/07
New Moon - received 12/6/08, sent 1/2/09
Nora Roberts Circle Trilogy Ring (3 books) - Received 4/4/07 Sent 5/2/07
The Pact - Received 5/30/07, sent 8/9/07
Running for the Hills - received 8/28/07, sent 1/3/08 (unread)
She Went All the Way - received 6/28/07, sent 9/24/07
Shopaholic Abroad - Received 4/26/07 sent 9/1/07
Shopaholic & Baby - Received 5/30/07 sent 9/1/07
Small Island - received 10/4/07, sent 1/3/08 (unread)
So Many Books, So Little Time - received 9/15/07, sent 1/3/08
Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest To Discover if Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, Or Why Pie is Not The Answer - received 8/13/08, sent 8/29/08
Turtle Moon - received 11/1/07, sent 1/10/08
Twilight - received 10/6/08, sent 10/16/08
Two Little Girls in Blue - received 5/2/08, sent 6/23/08
The Undomestic Goddess - received 6/15/07, sent 9/1/07
Veil of Roses - received 6/9/08, sent 6/28/08


Bookrays/Bookrings I've started (PM me to join):
Singletini - Amanda Trimble – May 2007

Bookboxes (2007):
Sunshinedreem's Spring Cleaning Book Box - Received 7/11/07 Sent out 7/18/07