I keep a list of books I read each year — here are the books I read in 2008.
Key:
☆ I liked it a lot.
★ I highly recommend it!
✘ …not so much.
↻ Re-read. (I’m big on revisiting favorite books. Maybe I should blog about that.)
- The Power of Being a Woman by Michelle Mckinney Hammond
- ★ The Ropemaker by Peter Dickinson
- ★ The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
- ☆ The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
- Eragon by Christopher Paolini
- ☆ Winter Rose by Patricia A. McKillip
- ★ The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
- ☆ The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein
- ★ The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
- Gems in Myth, Legend and Lore by Bruce G. Knuth
- The Mountains of Majipoor by Robert Silverberg
- The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
- Diplomacy of Wolves by Holly Lisle
- The Ruby Key by Holly Lisle
- Tamsin by Peter S. Beagle
- Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis
- The Minority Report by Philip K. Dick
- Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
- Stardust by Neil Gaiman
- The Book of Atrix Wolfe by Patricia A. McKillip
- New Moon by Stephanie Meyer
- Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
- Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
- ☆ Heart of Light by Sarah A. Hoyt
- ☆ Soul of Fire by Sarah A. Hoyt
- Memory of Fire by Holly Lisle
- The Wreck of Heaven by Holly Lisle
- Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card
- The Memory of Earth by Orson Scott Card
- The Call of Earth by Orson Scott Card
- The Ships of Earth by Orson Scott Card
- Earthfall by Orson Scott Card
- ✘ Mars Life by Ben Bova
- ★ The Golden Age by John C. Wright
- ☆ The Phoenix Exultant by John C. Wright
- ☆ A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- ✘ Dragonhaven by Robin McKinley
- ★ The Golden Transcendence by John C. Wright
- ☆ Virtual Unrealities by Alfred Bester
- Solstice Wood by Patricia A. McKillip
- ★ Chalice by Robin McKinley
- An Acceptable Time by Madeleine L’Engle
- The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- ☆ The Moon Pool by Abraham Merritt
- Orphans of Chaos by John C. Wright
- Kris Longknife: Mutineer by Mike Shepherd
- ★ The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
- The Sharing Knife: Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold
- The Moon Maid by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- ☆ Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia A. McKillip
- Kris Longknife: Deserter by Mike Shepherd