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Reading List 2008

December 2008
5 stars A Scholar of Magics by Caroline Stevermer
5 stars A College of Magics by Caroline Stevermer
5 stars Reader and Raelynx by Sharon Shinn
5 stars Dark Moon Defender by Sharon Shinn
5 stars The Thirteenth House by Sharon Shinn
5 stars Mystic and Rider by Sharon Shinn
5 stars Human Croquet by Kate Atkinson
4 stars Catalyst by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
5 stars I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak
5 stars The Silent Strength of Stones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
4 stars A Stir of Bones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman

November 2008
4 stars Past the Size of Dreaming by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
5 stars Swallowdale by Arthur Ransome
3 stars The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing
3 stars The Kingdom Beyond the Waves by Stephen Hunt
3 stars Look Back With Mixed Feelings by Dodie Smith
4 stars Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
5 stars The Silver Ship and the Sea by Brenda Cooper
5 stars The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
5 stars The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan

October 2008
4 stars A Fistful of Sky by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
5 stars A Red Heart of Memories by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
4 stars The Thread That Binds the Bones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
4 stars Spirits That Walk in Shadow by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
5 stars Sunshine by Robin McKinley
5 stars Dragonhaven by Robin McKinley
4 stars The Illuminator by Brenda Rickman Vantrease
4 stars M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman
5 stars Searoad by Ursula K. LeGuin
4 stars Green Darkness by Anya Seton
5 stars Shakespeare by Bill Bryson

September 2008
5 stars The End of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas
0 stars Austenland by Shannon Hale
5 stars The Used World by Haven Kimmel
5 stars The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver
5 stars Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
5 stars Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
5 stars Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
5 stars New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
5 stars Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
5 stars The Well of Shades by Juliet Marillier

August 2008
5 stars Blade of Fortriu by Juliet Marillier
5 stars The Dark Mirror by Juliet Marillier
5 stars Gloriana's Torch by Patricia Finney
5 stars The Skook by J.P. Miller
5 stars The Living by Annie Dillard
5 stars Blood Red Snow White by Marcus Sedgwick
4 stars The High Lord by Trudi Canavan
3 stars The Novice by Trudi Canavan
3 stars The Magician's Guild by Trudi Canavan
2 stars The Xenophobe's Guide to Americans by Stephanie Faul
5 stars The Host by Stephenie Meyer
4 stars House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
3 stars Renegade's Magic by Robin Hobb

July 2008
4 stars Black Maria by Diana Wynne Jones
5 stars I Was a Rat! by Philip Pullman
3 stars Attica by Garry Kilworth
3 stars Poplollies & Bellibones by Susan Kelz Sperling
5 stars The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson
4 stars The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
5 stars The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
5 stars The Magicians of Caprona by Diana Wynne Jones
4 stars The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by G.W. Dahlquist
3 stars Victory Conditions by Elizabeth Moon
4 stars Command Decision by Elizabeth Moon
5 stars Engaging the Enemy by Elizabeth Moon
5 stars Moving Target by Elizabeth Moon
5 stars Trading in Danger by Elizabeth Moon
3 stars The Winthrop Woman by Anya Seton

June 2008
3 stars Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
4 stars Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck
5 stars East by Edith Pattou
5 stars Once Upon a Time in the North by Philip Pullman
5 stars A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
5 stars Gemini by Dorothy Dunnett
5 stars Caprice and Rondo by Dorothy Dunnett
5 stars To Lie With Lions by Dorothy Dunnett
5 stars The Unicorn Hunt by Dorothy Dunnett
5 stars Scales of Gold by Dorothy Dunnett
5 stars Race of Scorpions by Dorothy Dunnett

May 2008
5 stars The Spring of the Ram by Dorothy Dunnett
5 stars The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
5 stars Niccolo Rising by Dorothy Dunnett
5 stars Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright
5 stars The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
4 stars The Water Devil by Judith Merkle Riley
5 stars In Pursuit of the Green Lion by Judith Merkle Riley
5 stars A Vision of Light by Judith Merkle Riley
5 stars Empire of Ivory by Naomi Novak
5 stars Black Powder War by Naomi Novak
5 stars Throne of Jade by Naomi Novak

April 2008
5 stars His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novak
5 stars The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
5 stars The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
3 stars Mixed Magics by Diana Wynne Jones
5 stars Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
3 stars Power of Three by Diana Wynne Jones
4 stars A Tale of Two Families by Dodie Smith
3 stars Un Lun Dun by China Miéville
2 stars Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix
5 stars The Reckoning by Sharon Kay Penman
5 stars The Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
4 stars Astrid & Veronika by Linda Olsson

March 2008
5 stars Falls the Shadow by Sharon Kay Penman
5 stars Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
5 stars Unicorn's Blood by Patricia Finney
5 stars Lord John & the Brotherhood of the Blade by Diana Gabaldon
5 stars The New Moon With the Old by Dodie Smith
4 stars It Ends With Revelations by Dodie Smith
5 stars The Town in Bloom by Dodie Smith
4 stars The Sands of Time by Michael Hoeye
4 stars The Homeward Bounders by Diana Wynne Jones
5 stars Snow White and Rose Red by Patricia C. Wrede
5 stars Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen
2 stars Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris

February 2008
5 stars Tam Lin by Pamela Dean
5 stars Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner
4 stars Endurance by Alfred Lansing
5 stars Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones
3 stars Dogsbody by Diana Wynne Jones
4 stars Stardust by Neil Gaiman
5 stars The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner
5 stars Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier
5 stars Wise Child by Monica Furlong
4 stars Juniper by Monica Furlong
4 stars The Rainbow Cadenza by J. Neil Schulman
4 stars Time Stops for No Mouse by Michael Hoeye
5 stars The Nabob's Widow by Elsie Lee
4 stars Double Star by Robert Heinlein
4 stars Podkayne of Mars by Robert Heinlein
4 stars Jumper by Steven Gould

January 2008
5 stars Spiderweb for Two by Elizabeth Enright
5 stars The Four-Story Mistake by Elizabeth Enright
5 stars The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright
4 stars Mutagenesis by Helen Collins
3 stars The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
5 stars Julie & Julia by Julie Powell
5 stars World Without End by Ken Follett
3 stars Spice—The History of a Temptation by Jack Turner

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