Read 100 books in 2008

But I did manage more than a hundred.

76:English as a Second Language (Chick lit)mwah
77:The Treasure of Montségur (Historical Fiction) (Did not like at all)
78:Such Good Boys (True Crime) okay
79:New Moon. (Teens) Loved it
80: Eclipse
81: Breaking Dawn
82:True Story Of Hansel And Gretel (Great!)
83:Sarah T. (Old fashioned)
84:I Capture the Castle
85:Queen of Babble Gets Hitched. (Chick Lit) I Liked
86:The Little Lady Agency
87:Burned Alive
88:Interview with a Vampire
89:The Vampire Lestat
90:Off Season
91:When Rabbits Howl
92:Escape by Carolyn Jessop
93:In a Far Country by Linda Holeman
94:The nature of Monsters
95:Marked by P.C.Castt
96:Glass Houses by Rachel Caine
97:Diamonds Take Forever
98:The Devil’s Right-Hand Man
99:Extreme by Sharon Osbourne
100:Take it Like a Man by Boy George

101:Rotten by Johnny Lydon
102:Shot in the Heart by Mikal Gilmore
103:The Executioner’s Song
104:The Turning by Jennifer Armintrout
105:Inside the Kingdom by Carmen bin Ladin
106:Freed to Kill
107:Because You Loved Me

I read my typical 52 books for the year. Here they are. Better luck next year, I guess. I will say that I probably read too many dense non-fiction books. If I try this again, I’ll go for the fun fiction.

31) The CR Way by Paul and Meredith
32) Keep Sweet by Debbie Palmer
33) Reiki by Pamela Miles
34) The Places that Scare You by Pema Chodron
35) The Wisdom of Yoga by Stephen Cope
36) Type Talk by Kroeger/Thueson
37) Entangled Minds by Dean Radin
38) Jung: A Very Short Introduction by Anthony Stevens
39) Slow by Carl Honore
40) How to Use Your Eyes by James Elkins
41) The Nudist on the Night Shift by Po Bronson
42) The Brain that Changes Itself by Norman Doidge
43) About a Boy by Nick Hornby
44) Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
45) The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
46) Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
47) Bitter Chocolate by Lesley Lokko
48) The Fattening of America by Finklestein/Zimmerman
49) Cultures of the World: Belize by Leslie Jermyn
50) Rough Guide to Belize
51) Possible Side Effects by Augusten Burroughs
52) Dry by Augusten Burroughs

by Andy Remic

Hardcore military scifi with just a hint of Noir. Some fun characters and some good action.

by Shirow Masamune

Four years after the original Ghost in the Shell Manga, this focuses on one of the “children” of Motoko and the AI. Less police procedural and more exploring a strange new world. Good stuff.

by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapier,

Remo and Chuin in all their goodness. What more can I say?

by Thich Nhat Hanh

A great book by a Zen Master. A great book on awareness and the importance of love and peace in the world. It sounds rather airy from my description, but still a rather interesting read.

by Ken Fisher

A guide to riches by Ken Fisher. Fisher looks at 10 different ways to make the really big bucks. Your path to millions is probably here. Some of it reads really slimy, but as he says in the introduction, if you don’t like that road, pick another one!

by Andy Hunt

A wonderful book that tied together some ideas that I’ve been reading about. Puts the ideas of learning and thinking into a perspective that make them actionable to me. Very good read, highly recommended!

by A. Lee Martinez.

Martinez is my favorite author this year. I keep eating his stuff up like candy! A win every time! This one puts a kobald, a one eyed, one eared flying purple people eater and a castle full of cursed folks against some deeply mysterious trouble. Great fun!

by Sterling E. Lanier

A bit of speculative fiction from the 70’s. Post apocalyptic but some interesting ideas of where things would go. The bits about computers were amusing from the modern perspective.