Read (2008)

A complete listing of all books I’ve read in 2008, plus links to any reviews I’ve written for them.

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January
001: Operation Red Jericho – Joshua Mowll [rating: 5/5]
002: Candide – Voltaire [rating: 4/5]
003: Amelia Takes Command – Marissa Moss [rating: 5/5]
004: Dr. Amelia’s Boredom Survival Guide – Marissa Moss [rating: 5/5]

February
005: The Case of the Missing Books – Ian Sansom [rating: 3.5/5]
006: Tartuffe – Moliere [rating: 4/5]
007: The Opera House Murders – Yozaburo Kanari [rating: 4/5]
008: The Mummy’s Curse – Yozaburo Kanari [rating: 4.5/5]
009: Death TV – Yozaburo Kanari [rating: 5/5]

March
010: CLAMP School Detectives Vol. 1 – CLAMP [rating: 4/5]
011: Homunculus Vol. 1 – Hideo Yamamoto [rating: 5/5]
012: Homunculus Vol. 2 – Hideo Yamamoto [rating: 5/5]
013: Homunculus Vol. 3 – Hideo Yamamoto [rating: 5/5]
014: Homunculus Vol. 4 – Hideo Yamamoto [rating: 5/5]
015: Homunculus Vol. 5 – Hideo Yamamoto [rating: 5/5]
016: Homunculus Vol. 6 – Hideo Yamamoto [rating: 5/5]
017: Homunculus Vol. 7 – Hideo Yamamoto [rating: 5/5]
018: Homunculus Vol. 8 – Hideo Yamamoto [rating: 5/5]
019: Ichi the Killer Vol. 1 – Hideo Yamamoto [rating: 3/5]
020: Ichi the Killer Vol. 2 – Hideo Yamamoto [rating: 3/5]
021: Trigun Vol. 1 – Yasuhiro Nightow [rating:4/5]
022: Ichi the Killer Vol. 3 – Hideo Yamamoto [rating: 3/5]
023: Ichi the Killer Vol. 4 – Hideo Yamamoto [rating: 3/5]
024: Ichi the Killer Vol. 5 – Hideo Yamamoto [rating: 3/5]
025: Ichi the Killer Vol. 6 – Hideo Yamamoto [rating: 3/5]
026: Ichi the Killer Vol. 7 – Hideo Yamamoto [rating: 3/5]
027: Ichi the Killer Vol. 8 – Hideo Yamamoto [rating: 3/5]
028: Ichi the Killer Vol. 9 – Hideo Yamamoto [rating: 3/5]
029: Ichi the Killer Vol. 10 – Hideo Yamamoto [rating: 3/5]
030: Jing: King of Bandits Vol. 1 – Yuichi Kumakura [rating: 2.5/5]
031: MPD Psycho Vol. 1 – Eiji Otsuka [rating: 3.5/5]
032: MPD Psycho Vol. 2 – Eiji Otsuka [rating: 3.5/5]
033: MPD Psycho Vol. 3 – Eiji Otsuka [rating: 3.5/5]
034: MPD Psycho Vol. 4 – Eiji Otsuka [rating: 3.5/5]
035: MPD Psycho Vol. 5 – Eiji Otsuka [rating: 3.5/5]
036: Detective Conan Vol. 1 – Gosho Aoyama [rating: 4/5]
037: Gokusen Vol. 1 – Kozueko Morimoto [rating: 4.5/5]
038: Gokusen Vol. 2 – Kozueko Morimoto [rating: 4.5/5]
039: Gokusen Vol. 3 – Kozueko Morimoto [rating: 4.5/5]
040: Gokusen Vol. 4 – Kozueko Morimoto [rating: 4.5/5]
041: Gokusen Vol. 5 – Kozueko Morimoto [rating: 4.5/5]
042: Borderliners – Peter Hoeg [rating: 3.5/5]
043: Silent to the Bone – E.L. Konigsburg [rating: 3.5/5]
044: Cromartie High School Vol. 1 – Eiji Nonaka [rating: 3.5/5]
045: Skellig – David Almond [rating: 4/5]
046: A Complicated Kindness – Miriam Toews [rating: 4/5]
047: Midnight For Charlie Bone – Jenny Nimmo [rating: 4/5]
048: 20th Century Boys Vol. 1 – Naoki Urasawa [rating: 3/5]
049: .hack//Legend of the Twilight Vol. 1 – Tatsuya Hamazaki [rating: 4/5]
050: 20th Century Boys Vol. 2 – Naoki Urasawa [rating: 3/5]
051: 20th Century Boys Vol. 3 – Naoki Urasawa [rating: 3/5]
052: 20th Century Boys Vol. 4 – Naoki Urasawa [rating: 3/5]
053: 20th Century Boys Vol. 5 – Naoki Urasawa [rating: 3/5]
054: 20th Century Boys Vol. 6 – Naoki Urasawa [rating: 3/5]
055: 20th Century Boys Vol. 7 – Naoki Urasawa [rating: 3/5]
056: 20th Century Boys Vol. 8 – Naoki Urasawa [rating: 3/5]
057: 20th Century Boys Vol. 9 – Naoki Urasawa [rating: 3/5]
058: 20th Century Boys Vol. 10 – Naoki Urasawa [rating: 3/5]
059: Galileo’s Daughter – Dava Sobel [rating: 4.5/5]
060: Dr. Slump Vol. 1 – Akira Toriyama [rating: 3.5/5]

April
061: Millicent Min, Girl Genius – Lisa Yee [rating: 4.5/5]
062:Rebel Bookseller – Andrew Laties [rating: 4.5/5]
063: Lupin III Vol. 1 – Monkey Punch [rating: 3/5]
064: Lupin III Vol. 2 – Monkey Punch [rating: 3/5]
065: Lupin III Vol. 3 – Monkey Punch [rating: 3/5]
066: Kamui Vol. 1 – Shingo Nanami [rating: 2/5]
067: Cyborg 009 Vol. 1 – Shotaro Ishinomari [rating: 4/5]
068: Dream Saga Vol. 1 – Megumi Tachikawa [rating: 3.5/5]
069: The Wallflower Vol. 1 – Tomoko Hayakawa [rating: 4/5]
070: All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku – Yuzo Takada [rating: 3.5/5]
071: Hellsing Vol. 1 – Kohta Hirano [rating: 3.5/5]
072: Hellsing Vol. 2 – Kohta Hirano [rating: 3.5/5]
073: Sand Land – Akira Toriyama [rating: 4/5]
074: The Skull Man Vol. 1 – Kazuhiko Shimamoto [rating: 3/5]
075: The Skull Man Vol. 2 – Kazuhiko Shimamoto [rating: 3/5]
076: The Amulet of Samarkand – Jonathan Stroud [rating: 5/5]

May
077: The Wire in the Blood – Val McDermid [rating: 4/5]
078: The Bad Beginning – Lemony Snicket [rating: 4/5]
079: Interworld – Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves [rating: 4/5]
080: Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Vol. 1 – Eiji Otsuka [rating: 5/5]
081: Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Vol. 2 – Eiji Otsuka [rating: 5/5]
082: Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Vol. 3 – Eiji Otsuka [rating: 5/5]
083: Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Vol. 4 – Eiji Otsuka [rating: 5/5]
084: Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Vol. 5 – Eiji Otsuka [rating: 5/5]
085: Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Vol. 6 – Eiji Otsuka [rating: 5/5]
086: Mail Vol. 1 – Eiji Otsuka [rating: 4.5/5]
087: Mail Vol. 2 – Eiji Otsuka [rating: 4.5/5]
088: Mail Vol. 3 – Eiji Otsuka [rating: 4.5/5]

June
089: Monster Vol. 1 – Naoki Urasawa [rating: 3/5]
090: Monster Vol. 2 – Naoki Urasawa [rating: 3/5]
091: Monster Vol. 3 – Naoki Urasawa [rating: 3/5]
092: Monster Vol. 4 – Naoki Urasawa [rating: 3/5]
093: Monster Vol. 5 – Naoki Urasawa [rating: 3/5]
094: Monster Vol. 6 – Naoki Urasawa [rating: 3/5]
095: Monster Vol. 7 – Naoki Urasawa [rating: 3/5]
096: Monster Vol. 8 – Naoki Urasawa [rating: 3/5]
097: Monster Vol. 9 – Naoki Urasawa [rating: 3/5]
098: Monster Vol. 10 – Naoki Urasawa [rating: 3/5]
099: Monster Vol. 11 – Naoki Urasawa [rating: 3/5]
100: Monster Vol. 12 – Naoki Urasawa [rating: 3/5]
101: Monster Vol. 13 – Naoki Urasawa [rating: 3/5]
102: Monster Vol. 14 – Naoki Urasawa [rating: 3/5]
103: Monster Vol. 15 – Naoki Urasawa [rating: 3/5]
104: Monster Vol. 16 – Naoki Urasawa [rating: 3/5]
105: Monster Vol. 17 – Naoki Urasawa [rating: 3/5]
106: Monster Vol. 18 – Naoki Urasawa [rating: 3/5]
107: Devil in the White City – Erik Larson [rating: 5/5]
108: Miles From Nowhere – Barbara Savage [rating: 5/5]
109: Gun, With Occasional Music – Jonathan Lethem [rating: 4.5/5]
110: The Ruby Raven – Michael Dahl [rating: 4.5/5]
111: Krippendorf’s Tribe – Frank Parkin [rating: 4/5]
112: Bookmark Now: Writing in Unreaderly Time – Kevin Smokler (ed.) [rating: 4/5]
113: The Golem’s Eye – Jonathan Stroud [rating: 4/5]
114: Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Vol. 1 – Eiji Otsuka [rating: 5/5]
115: Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Vol. 2 – Eiji Otsuka [rating: 5/5]
116: Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Vol. 3 – Eiji Otsuka [rating: 5/5]
117: Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Vol. 4 – Eiji Otsuka [rating: 5/5]
118: Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Vol. 5 – Eiji Otsuka [rating: 5/5]
119: Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Vol. 6 – Eiji Otsuka [rating: 5/5]
120: The Field Guide – Holly Black and Tony Diterlizzi [rating: 4/5]

July
121: Summerland – Michael Chabon [rating: 5/5]
122: Little Brother – Cory Doctorow [rating: 4.5/5]
123: The Invention of Hugo Cabret – Brian Selznick [rating: 3/5]
124: Archer’s Goon – Diana Wynne Jones [rating: 4.5/5]
125: The Year of Secret Assignments – Jaclyn Moriarty [rating: 5/5]
126: Dark Lord of Derkholm – Diana Wynne Jones [rating: 4.5/5]
127: Thursday’s Child – Noel Streatfeild [rating: 4.5/5]
128: Overclocked – Cory Doctorow [rating: 4/5]
129: Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town – Cory Doctorow [rating: 4/5]
130: The Island of Maps – Miles Harvey [rating: 4.5/5]
131: Mostly Murder – Sydney Smith [rating: 4/5]
132: Carter Beats the Devil – Glen David Gold [rating: 4.5/5]
133: Perishable – Dirk Jamison [rating: 3/5]

August
134: The God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy [rating: 5/5]
135: The Devil Wears Prada – Lauren Weisberger [rating: 1/5]
136: Bridget Jones’ Diary – Helen Fielding [rating: 5/5]
137: Can You Keep A Secret? – Sophie Kinsella [rating: 4/5]
138: Angus, Thongs and Full-frontal Snogging – Louise Rennison [rating: 4/5]
139: On the Bright Side, I’m Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God – Louise Rennison [rating: 4/5]

September
140: Inkheart – Cornelia Funke [rating: 4/5]
141: Whispering to Witches – Anna Dale [rating: 5/5]
142: Skulduggery Pleasant – Derek Landy [rating: 5/5]
143: Darkly Dreaming Dexter – Jeff Lindsay [rating: 3.5/5]
144: Undead and Unemployed – MaryJanice Davidson [rating: 4/5]

October
145: The Gatecrasher – Madeleine Wickham [rating: 4/5]
146: Uglies – Scott Westerfeld [rating: 4.5/5]
147: Woman on the Edge of Time – Marge Piercy [rating: 4/5]
148: The Frog Princess – E.D. Baker [rating: 3.5/5]

November
149: Pretties – Scott Westerfeld [rating: 4/5]
150: Specials – Scott Westerfeld [rating: 4/5]
151: Storm Front – Jim Butcher [rating: 4/5]
152: Molly Moon’s Incredible Book of Hynoptism – Georgia Byng [rating: 4/5]
153: The Recruit - Robert Muchamore [rating: 4/5]
154: The Girl Who Knew Tomorrow – Zoe Sherburne [rating: 3/5]
155: Feed – M.T. Anderson [rating: 5/5]
156: Evil Genius – Catherine Jinks [rating: 4.5/5]
157: Deep Secret – Diana Wynne Jones [rating: 4.5/5]
158: Sourcery – Terry Pratchett [rating: 4.5/5]

December
159: Peeps – Scott Westerfeld [rating: 3/5]
160: Cocktails for Three – Madeleine Wickham [rating: 3.5/5]
161: Jeeves in the Morning – P.G. Wodehouse [rating: 3/5]
162: Mr. Midshipman Hornblower – C.S. Forester [rating: 4.5/5]
163: Lieutenant Hornblower – C.S. Forester [rating: 4.5/5]
— Yearly Review

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