2008 Reading List (for 100 book challenge)

April 6, 2008 at 6:45 pm (100 book challenge, Reading challenges) (, , , , )

Here are the books that I’ve read so far this year:

  1. The Sweetest Gift by Jillian Hart (3/10)
  2. Chanda’s Secrets by Allan Stratton (5/10)
  3. Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (10/10)
  4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling (8/10)
  5. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling (9/10)
  6. Nothing Changes Love by Jacqueline Bard (5/10)
  7. The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom by Suze Orman (7/10)
  8. The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop by Lewis Buzbee (9/10)
  9. Word Freak by Stefan Fatsis (9/10)
  10. Shelf Life by Suzanne Strempek Shea (9/10)
  11. Secrets of a Former Fat Girl(8/10)
  12. For the Love of Letters by Lisa Delany (8/10)
  13. The Good Body by Eve Ensler (8/10)
  14. He Loves Lucy by Susan Donovan (7/10)
  15. Animal Instincts by Gena Showalter (7/10)
  16. The Best American Erotica 2007 by Susie Bright (8/10)
  17. Family Album by Danielle Steel (7/10)
  18. The Blonde Geisha by Jina Bacarr (8/10)
  19. The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle (7/10)
  20. The Giver by Lois Lowry (10/10)
  21. The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron (9/10)
  22. Area 51 (Book 1) by Robert Doherty (9/10)
  23. Calico Bush by Rachel Field (7/10)
  24. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle (10/10)
  25. Area 51: The Reply by Robert Doherty (9/10)
  26. A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb(8/10)
  27. Area 51: The Mission by Robert Doherty (9/10)
  28. Area 51: The Sphinx by Robert Doherty (9/10)
  29. Leonardo’s Shadow: Or, My Amazing Life as Leonardo Da Vinci’s Servant by Christopher Grey (8/10)
  30. A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce (8/10)
  31. The Garden by Elsie V. Aidinoff (10/10)
  32. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (9/10)
  33. Un Lun Dun by China Mieville (9/10)
  34. Enchanted: Erotic Bedtime Stories for Women by Nancy Madore (5/10)
  35. Devil Who Tamed Her by Johanna Lindsey (6/10)
  36. Nobody’s Princess by Esther Friesner (8/10)
  37. Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin (9/10)
  38. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (10/10)
  39. Baby Proof by Emily Giffin (5/10)
  40. Area 51: The Grail by Robert Doherty (9/10)
  41. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares (7/10)
  42. Area 51: Excalibur by Robert Doherty (9/10)
  43. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (8/10)
  44. Area 51: The Truth by Robert Doherty (9/10)
  45. The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby (7/10)
  46. The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney (9/10)
  47. Whatever Happened to Janie? by Caroline B. Cooney (8/10)
  48. The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson (9/10)
  49. Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson (9/10)
  50. The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen (8/10)
  51. Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin (4/10)
  52. Talk to the Hand by Lynn Truss (8/10)
  53. Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs (9/10)
  54. The Voice on the Radio by Caroline B. Cooney (9/10)
  55. What Janie Found by Caroline B. Cooney (8/10)
  56. Living Gluten-Free for Dummies by Danna Korn (9/10)
  57. Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher (8/10)
  58. The Dilbert Principle by Scott Adams (8/10)
  59. Fit From Within by Victoria Moran (9/10)
  60. The Secrets of Skinny Chicks by Karen Bridson (9/10)
  61. The Nine Modern Day Muses by Jill Badonsky (8/10)
  62. Creating Sketchbooks for Embroiderers and Textile Artists by Kay Greenlees (9/10)
  63. I Was a Teenage Popsicle by Bev Katz Rosenbaum (8/10)
  64. Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney (8/10)
  65. My Name is Number 4 by Ting-Xing Ye (8/10)
  66. Size 12 is Not Fat by Meg Cabot (8/10)
  67. How to Be Popular by Meg Cabot (8/10)
  68. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (8/10)
  69. My Best Friend’s Girl by Dorothy Koomson (8/10)
  70. Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins (8/10)
  71. The Eight by Katherine Neville (9/10)
  72. High Risk by Emma Darcy (6/10)
  73. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (8/10)
  74. Hunter’s Run by George R.R. Martin, Garner Dozois, and Daniel Abraham (7/10)
  75. The Secret Under My Skin by Janet McNaughton (9/10)
  76. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (9/10)
  77. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (10/10)
  78. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (10/10)
  79. My Heart Remembers by Kim Vogel Sawyer (7/10)
  80. Stardust by Neil Gaiman (10/10)
  81. Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah (8/10)
  82. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (10/10)
  83. Prince of Ice by Emma Holly (8/10)
  84. Coraline by Neil Gaiman (10/10)
  85. Darwin’s Radio by Greg Bear (9/10)
  86. The Bone Doll’s Twin by Lynn Flewelling (9/10)
  87. The Storyteller’s Daughter by Cameron Dokey (8/10)
  88. Cross My Heart by Carly Phillips (8/10)
  89. Simply Sexual by Kate Pearce (8/10)
  90. Problogger by Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett (7/10)
  91. White as Snow by Tanith Lee (9/10)
  92. Hidden Warrior by Lynn Flewelling (9/10)
  93. Avalon High by Meg Cabot (7/10)
  94. Colters’ Woman by  Maya Banks (8/10)
  95. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (9/10)
  96. The Witches of Dixie: Book One of the Witchery Series by Laura Stamp (9/10)
  97. On Writing by Stephen King (10/10)
  98. Bird by Bird by Anne Lammott (10/10)
  99. The Oracle’s Queen by Lynn Flewelling (10/10)
  100. The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor (9/10)

If you have reviewed any of the books that I have posted about on this blog, please feel free to email me at thisredheadreads@gmail.com with the link to your review and I will add the link to the post for that book.

And for reference, here’s what the numbers mean:

1: couldn’t stand it, probably didn’t finish it
3: finished it, didn’t really like it much, wouldn’t read again
5: finished it, had mixed feelings, may or may not read again
7: finished it, enjoyed it, might read it once or twice, would recommend it to specific people
10: finished it, loved it, plan on reading again OR could see myself reading it again OR would recommend it to just about anybody

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