I love Goodreads. Thanks to it, I have kept track of every book I have read in 2008. This includes rereads and books that I put down unfinished. I have read 101 books in 2008. Here they are in order of greatness.
Five Star Books
Four Star Books
The Russian Concubine by Kate Furnivall
The Dark Queen by Susan Carroll
The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent
Swallowing Darkness by Laurell K. Hamilton (should really be 4 1/2)
Kill for Me by Karen Rose
The Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Into Thin Air by John Krakauer
The Last Jew by Noah Gordon
Force of Nature by Suzanne Brockmann
Sugar Daddy by Lisa Kleypas
Lover Revealed by J. R. Ward
Dark Lover by J. R. Ward
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Piccoult
Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
Farthing by Jo Walton
The Host by Stephanie Meyer
Scream for Me by Karen Rose
Three Star Books
The Pagan Stone by Nora Roberts
Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand by Carrie Vaughn
To Seduce a Sinner by Elizabeth Hoyt
Too Far Gone by Marilss Melton
Change of Heart by Jodi Piccoult
Daughter of the Sun by Barbara Wood
To Taste Temptation by Elizabeth Hoyt
Footfree and Fancyloose by Elizabeth Craft
The First Commandment by Brad Thor
The Sex Club by LJ Sellers
The Shack by William P. Young
High Noon by Nora Roberts
Lover Unbound by J. R. Ward
Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Should be 3 1/2 stars)
Takedown by Brad Thor
The Hollow by Nora Roberts
Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Ha'Penny by Jo Walton
Lover Eternal by J. R. Ward
1000 things to do in London by Tom Lamont
Mine til Midnight by Lisa Kleypas
Passin by Karen E. Quinones Miller
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
A Question of Blood by Ian Rankin
Once Bitten, Twice Shy by Jennifer Rardin
Saint City Sinners by Lilith Saintcrow
No Control by Shannon K. Butcher
Two Star Books
Quicksand by Iris Johansen
No Escape by Shannon K. Butcher
Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
Say Goodbye by Lisa Gardner
Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione
Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
The Final Warning by James Patterson
Out of Time by Samantha Graves
Blood Noir by Laurell K. Hamilton
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles by Jennifer 8 Lee
Someone to Love by Jude Deveraux
Black Powder War by Naomi Novik
JesusLand by Julia Scheeres
Don't know why I finished these...1 star books
A Man to Call My Own by Johanna Lindsey
These books I put down unfinished.
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris.
I got more than halfway through this book and just lost interest. Don't know why.
This Sceptr'd Isle by Mercedes Lackey
Broke My Heart to realize I was forcing myself to read this because I love this author.
Indian Killer by Sherman Alexie
This might have been the right book wrong time, I think I'll pick this one back up.
No Regrets by Shanon K. Butcher
Did NOT like the main character at all.
The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
I think I need to read this one in a classroom setting to discuss it with others who have read it. Otherwise it just falls flat.
The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner
Just didn't want to keep reading.
These I reread
Lilith's Brood by Octavia Butler
Comanche Heart by Catherine Anderson
Indigo Blue by Catherine Anderson
Night Flame by Catherine Hart
Harry Potter Series (all 7 of them) by J. K. Rowling
The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
Montana Sky by Nora Roberts
Honest Illusions by Nora Roberts
Sweet Liar by Jude Deveraux
Whitney, My Love by Judith McNaught
Without Remorse by Tom Clancy
Firestarter by Stephen King
Possessions by Judith Michael
The President's Daughter by Ellen Emerson White
Long Live The Queen by Ellen Emerson White
Legacy by Susan Kay
Kushel's Chosen by Jacqueline Carey
Circus of the Damned by Laurell K. Hamilton
The Killing Dance by Laurell K. Hamilton
Burnt Offerings by Laurell K. Hamilton
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Wishes by Jude Deveraux
Hot Six by Janet Evanovich
Magic's Pawn by Mercedes Lackey
Magic's Promise by Mercedes Lackey
Magic's Price by Mercedes Lackey
Queens Own by Mercedes Lackey
If you've read down to this, GREAT. I should note that the three star books varied wildly. If I was looking forward to the book but it didn't live up to what I though the potential was--well it landed there. If I kept turning those pages but I found that it just didn't stay in my mind, it wound up there.
Looking forward to new books in 2009.
Coincidence or what? I read 101 books in 2008 as well. I don't list them all -- just a dozen I especially liked.
I don't think we read any of the same books though I do see a couple of the ones that you read are on my TBR shelf.
Posted by: Nicholas | January 05, 2009 at 11:02 AM
Oooo - I love Goodreads too! I joined the 50 Books A Year group and found that I only read 26 I think? It is a great site to keep track of what I want to read, record what I thought about them, and get great recommendations from others. I really liked "Then We Came To The End" - it did take a while to get into but once I did I was glad I stuck with it.
Posted by: The Bumbles | January 05, 2009 at 03:19 PM
Interestingly, Sherman's experessed a dislike for Indian Killer at some of his events that I've been to.
Posted by: T.S. | January 05, 2009 at 08:00 PM
this is really impressive!
Posted by: luna | January 05, 2009 at 10:45 PM