As tradition dictates, I offer you my list of Books Read in 2008-

1.    Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim- David Sedaris
2.    First Person Plural-  Cameron West
3.    When Rabbit Howls-   Truddi Chase
4.    Guilty Pleasures- Laurell K. Hamilton
5.    The Laughing Corpse- Laurell K. Hamilton
6.    The Circus of the Damned- Laurell K. Hamilton
7.    The Lunatic Café- Laurell K. Hamilton
8.    Bloody Bones- Laurell K. Hamilton
9.    The Killing Dance- Laurell K. Hamilton
10.    The Woman Warrior- Maxine Hong Kingston
11.    Vanishing Acts- Jodi Picoult
12.    The Mermaid Chair- Susan Monk Kidd
13.     Easter Rising- Michael Patrick MacDonald
14.    Swish- Joel Derfner
15.     Dreams of My Father- Barrack Obama

As you can see, I read only a little more than last year, and a bulk of this was in the spring/summer when Jacob and I decided to read a crudload of terrible vampire novels.  The best of this year’s books would have to be The Mermaid Chair and The Woman Warrior.  Susan Monk Kidd, Author of The Mermaid Chair, also wrote The Secret Life of Bees, which was recently on the big screen and was EXCELLENT.  I read that book last year and saw the movie a few months ago with Frank.  I reccomend the movie and both books!  The Woman Warrior is by Maxine Hong Kingston, a Distinguished Visiting Scholar from Suffolk.  She was our Graduate Commencement Speaker last year, and authographed a copy for me, which I thought was very kind.  The book tells several short stories about growing up Chinese-American with immigrant parents.  It was absolutely riviting from cover to cover.

Happy reading, my friends!  Any books you think I should add to my 2009 to-read list?  Let me know!

Year-End wrap up coming soon!

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