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Wed Dec 24, 2008 1:18 am
thefireinmeisJC says...



This is in no particular order mind you.

1. The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
2. To Kill A Mockingbird by name escapes me *tisk tisks herself*
3. I am the Cheese by Robert Cormier
4. Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
5. The 5 People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
6. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
5. Bible (sorry, had to be cliche but its true)

I probably missed some, 365 days is a long time, but those are the ones that I remember.
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Wed Dec 24, 2008 5:01 am
niccy_v says...



I do not actually remember... I think I have read about 4 books in total this year not including Twilight series.

Alexandra Ivy - Darkness Everlasting
Best vamp book i have EVER read. It's soo not Twilight, and it is soo sweet! The vamp is like... major hot! And not in an Edward Cullen perfection way... so original.

Nicholas Sparks - The Guardian
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Wed Dec 24, 2008 5:36 am
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"The Hunger Games" - Suzanne Collins

"Unwind" - Neal Shusterman

"The Host" - Stephenie Meyer (sooo much better than Twilight)

"Messy Spirituality" - Mike Yaconelli


I haven't read a ton of really good books this year. Hope to remedy that in 2009. :D
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Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:31 am
Sohini says...



Inkheart and Inspell
To Kill a Mocking Bird --Harper Lee
A Tale of Two Cities-Dickens
Twilight series
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Fri Dec 26, 2008 5:12 am
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The ones I can remember...

Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
Son of the Shadows, Juliet Marillier
Persuasion, Jane Austen
Animal Farm, George Orwell. I was surprised at what I got out of it. It's extremely clever.
The Cocktail Party, T.S. Eliot It's actually a play, and the script is rather spectacular, to say the least.
The Odyssey, Homer I've always loved this story... really all stories in Greek mythology, etc. First time I read the actuall book though.
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Sun Dec 28, 2008 3:23 am
200397 says...



A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson *sigh*

Inkheart (twice), Inkspell (three times), and Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke.

Leftovers by Laura Weiss.

The Uglies Series by Scott Westerfeld (four times!)

My Antonia by Willa Cather

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J K Rowling (for the fifth time, no surprise there.)

Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (*groans* Don't get me started.)

Brisingr by Christopher Paolini (See above *groan*)

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

Just Listen by Sarah Dessen

The List goes on! I am proud of myself, I never knew I such an avid reader! I might have to type myself up a book list to keep them all in order

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Sun Dec 28, 2008 3:42 am
peanut19 says...



Here goes:


The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins ( love that book!)

Blue is for Nightmares series by Laurie Faria Stolarz

Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer

Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince by J.K Rowling(s I'm not sure)

Found by Margaret Petterson Haddix

Deadly Little Secret by Laurie Faria Stolarz

Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrith

Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett

These are my favorites, but I can't think of any more so oh well
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Sun Dec 28, 2008 3:53 am
Lethero says...



My favorite books are:
The Fell
The Sight
Fire Bringer (all three by David Clement-Davies)
Idlewild
Edenborn
Everfree (all three by Nick Sagan)
Pendragon #9 Raven Rise by DJ MacHale
Fire Eternal by Chris D'Lacey

I know I read tons more books that I enjoyed through the year 2008, but they must not be good enough for me to remember. Well, might as well get started on the stack I started for 2009. *stares at the billion and one books everywhere in his room*
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Sun Dec 28, 2008 4:00 am
Cade says...



Beowulf - translated by Seamus Heaney
Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
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Sun Dec 28, 2008 4:45 am
mercy says...



i read a lot, to the point where I was unable to stop and just...enjoy. But here were some I couldn't help enjoying:

Breakable you by Brian Morton

About a Boy by Nick Hornby

Echo by Francesca Lia Block

The twilight series were pretty good too.

Oh, and I finished Harry Potter. That was sad.
  





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Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:11 pm
EmmaJ says...



*Snow Flower and the secret fan. I love this book , if you like chines history and culture and you want to fall in love with two wonderful women you will never forget , read this.
*Undead and Unwed. Too funny, laughing just thinking about it. ha ha
*Running with scissors. I advise any one to read this.
*Twilight.
*Alice in wonderland. I read it at least once every year, dose it count?
Any thing by Meg Cabot.
*I also read a lot of Mangas last year , Bizenghast was my fav.
  





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Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:28 pm
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Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers (you better read it or I'll have to hurt you!)
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:32 pm
Blink says...



1984, George Orwell. The most awesomest book ever written.
The Book Thief, Markus Zusak. Just great.

Eh, can't think of many more.
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Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:17 pm
mhmmcolleenx0 says...



Well....
this could take awhile. I'll just list the ones I liked...
Twilight
New Moon
Eclipse
Breaking Dawn
All the private novels (series of 8 with a new one coming out.)
Lock and Key
Just Listen
Dreamland
That Summer
Just like you
North of Beautiful
Winged Creatures
Megan Meades Guide to the McGowan Boys
Fake Boyfriend
Top 8

more I can't think of.
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Fri Feb 06, 2009 5:03 am
niteowl says...



Well, it hasn't been a great year reading-wise, and I can't remember them all, but here's the ones I do remember.

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova.
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman/Terry Pratchett.
Superior Saturday by Garth Nix (not as amazing as the first few but I still liked it)
Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett
Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut
Hotel Transylvania by Chelsea Yarbro (Yes it's a vampire novel, but it's actually interesting. *gasp*)
Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer (Crap, but it's addicting crap. :P)
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