I managed to squeeze one more in today, since all I've done is laze around and try to recover from the holiday travel and busy-ness :). Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!

( Books read in 2008 )

Books read in 2008:

1. Astonishing X-Men, vol. 1: Gifted, by Joss Whedon [GN]
2. Astonishing X-Men, vol. 2: Dangerous, by Joss Whedon [GN]
3. Astonishing X-Men, vol. 3: Torn, by Joss Whedon [GN]
4. The Non-Runner's Marathon Trainer, by David A. Whitsett, Forrest A. Dolgener, and Tanjala Jo Kole [NF]
5. The Heroin Diaries: A Year In the Life of A Shattered Rock Star, by Nikki Sixx [NF]
6. Slash, by Slash [NF]
7. A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose, by Eckhart Tolle [NF]
8. The Holographic Universe, by Michael Talbot [NF]
9. Beowulf, translated by John McNamara [F]
10. Insecure At Last: Losing It In Our Security-Obsessed World, by Eve Ensler [NF]
11. Darth Bane: Rule of Two, by Drew Karpyshyn [F]
12. The Birthgrave, by Tanith Lee [F]
13. Demon Eyes, by L.H. Maynard and M.P.N. Sims [F]
14. Spike & Dru: Pretty Maids All in a Row, by Christopher Golden [F]
15. Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus, vol. 1, by Various [GN]
16. The Secret Books of Paradys: The Complete Paradys Cycle, by Tanith Lee [F]
17. L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, vol. 23, by Various [F]
18. Taking the Quantum Leap: The New Physics For Nonscientists, by Fred A. Wolf [NF]
19. 30 Days of Night, by Steve Niles [GN]
20. To Hell With All That: Loving and Loathing Our Inner Housewife, by Caitlin Flanagan [NF]
21. The Lathe of Heaven, by Ursula K. LeGuin [F]
22. Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus, vol. 2, by Various [GN]
23. The Puppet Masters, by Robert A. Heinlein [F]
24. Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut [F]
25. Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus, vol. 3, by Various [GN]
26. Black Unicorn, by Tanith Lee [F]
27. X-Men: X-tinction Agenda, by Chris Claremont [GN]
28. Heart-Shaped Box, by Joe Hill [F]
29. Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within, by Natalie Goldberg [NF]
30. Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled -- and More Miserable Than Ever Before, by Jean M. Twenge, PhD. [NF]
31. Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic, 2nd ed., by John De Graaf, David Wann, & Thomas H. Naylor [NF]
32. The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet is Killing Our Culture, by Andrew Keen [NF]
33. Astonishing X-Men, vol. 4: Unstoppable, by Joss Whedon [GN]
34. The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More, by Chris Anderson [NF]
35. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut [F]
36. 1984, by George Orwell [F]
37. Batman Vs. Predator, by Dave Gibbons [GN]
38. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley [F]
39. Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love and Lose at Both, by Laura Sessions Stepp [NF]
40. In Praise of Slowness: How a Worldwide Movement is Challenging the Cult of Speed, by Carl Honore [NF]
41. Girls Gone Mild: Young Women Reclaim Self-Respect and Find It's Not Bad to Be Good, by Wendy Shalit [NF]
42. Watchmen, by Alan Moore [GN]
43. The Age of American Unreason, by Susan Jacoby [NF]
44. Commodork: Sordid Tales from a BBS Junkie, by Rob O'Hara [NF]
45. Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk [F]
46. E=mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation, by David Bodanis [NF]
47. An Opening Act of Unspeakable Evil, by Jim Munroe [F]
48. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, by Malcolm Gladwell [NF]
49. Choke, by Chuck Palahniuk [F]
50. Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer [F]
51. The Essential Jackson Pollock, by Justin Spring [NF]
52. The Sirens of Titan, by Kurt Vonnegut [F]
53. The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band, by Motley Crue [NF]
54. Simplexity: Why Simple Things Become Complex (and How Complex Things Can Be Made Simple), by Jeffrey Kluger [NF]
55. Someone Like You, by Sarah Dessen [F]
56. Whatcha Mean, What's a Zine?, by Esther Pearl Watson [NF]
57. Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain, by Charles R. Cross [NF]
58. Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota, by Chuck Klosterman [NF]
59. That Summer, by Sarah Dessen [F]

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[GN] = graphic novel
[F] = fiction
[NF] = non-fiction

"Enlightenment is Man's emergence from his self-incurred immaturity."
-Immanuel Kant, "What is Enlightenment?"

Books read this year:

#1. Marvel Zombies, Robert Kirkman
#2. Nightwatch, Sergei Lukyanenko
#3. Star Struck, Pamela Anderson
#4. Specter of the Past, Timothy Zahn
#5. Vision of the Future, Timothy Zahn
#6. Allegiance, Timothy Zahn
#7. Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture, Ariel Levy
#8. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert M. Pirsig
#9. The O.M.A.C. Project, Greg Rucka, Jesus Saiz, Cliff Richards
#10. The Dark Knight Strikes Again Vol. 1, Frank Miller & Lynn Varley
#11. The Dark Knight Strikes Again Vol. 2, Frank Miller & Lynn Varley
#12. The Dark Knight Strikes Again Vol. 3, Frank Miller & Lynn Varley
#13. The Day Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko
#14. Fray, Joss Whedon
#15. Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America, John McWhorter
#16. Lost Souls, Poppy Z. Brite
#17. Drawing Blood, Poppy Z. Brite
#18. The Artist's Way, Julia Cameron
#19. Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within, Natalie Goldberg
#20. If You Want to Write, Brenda Ueland
#21. The Road, Cormac McCarthy
#22. Villains United, Gail Simone, Dale Eaglesham, Val Semeiks
#23. Pornified: How Pornography is Transforming Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families, Pamela Paul
#24. Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes, Sharon Lamb
#25. Good Intentions: The Nine Unconscious Mistakes Nice People Make, Duke Robinson
#26. The Power of Intention, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
#27. Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole, Benjamin Barber
#28. Anxiety, Phobias & Panic: A Step-By-Step Program for Regaining Control of Your Life, Reneau Z. Peurifoy, M.A., M.F.T.
#29. Self-Esteem: A Proven Program of Cognitive Techniques for Assessing, Improving, and Maintaining Your Self-Esteem, Matthew McKay
#30. Hating Women: America's Hostile Campaign Against the Fairer Sex, Shmuley Boteach
#31. Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity, David Lynch
#32. Prelude to Infinite Crisis, various authors (compilation)
#33. Infinite Crisis, Geoff Johns
#34. Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness, John Layman
#35. Superman: Infinite Crisis, Marv Wolfman, Joe Kelly, Geoff Johns and Jeph Loeb
#36. Sisterhood, Interrupted: From Radical Women to Grrls Gone Wild, Deborah Siegel
#37. I Am America (And So Can You), Stephen Colbert
#38. The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, Eckhart Tolle
#39. Death Star, Michael Reaves and Steve Perry
#40. The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You, Elaine N. Aron
#41. Mr. B. Gone, Clive Barker

Other books I'd like to read this year (in no particular order):

World War Z, Max Brooks
The Mandalorian Armor, K.W. Jeter
Slave Ship, K.W. Jeter
Hard Merchandise, K.W. Jeter
Valley of the Dolls, Jacqueline Susann
House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski
The Right to Write, Julia Cameron
The Secret History, Donna Tartt
Exquisite Corpse, Poppy Z. Brite


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