Books read in 2008

Rating system

5 stars = life changing
4 stars = excellent
3 stars = good
2 stars = ok
1 star = poor
0 stars = horrible

(You will probably never see anything below three stars, because if I start a book and don't like it, I abandon it.)

books started in 2007 and finished in 2008:

1. River Boy by Tim Bowler - 3 Stars

2. Travel Team by Mike Lupica (re-read) - 4 Stars

3. Till We Have Faces by CS Lewis (re-read for thesis) - This book has always been, and continues to be, 5 stars.

4. The Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne (re-read) - 3.5 stars

books read in 2008

5. Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli - 4.5 Stars

6. Not Tonight, Mr. Right by Katie Taylor - 3.5 stars

7. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld - 4.5 Stars

8. Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin - 3 stars

9. What Janie Found by Caroline B. Cooney - 2 stars

10. Pretties by Scott Westerfeld - 4.5 stars

11. Specials by Scott Westerfeld - 4.5 Stars

12. Loser by Jerry Spinelli - 3.25 stars

13. The Last Dog on Earth by Daniel Ehrenhaft - 3.75 stars

14. Prince Caspian by CS Lewis - 3.75 stars

15. A Grief Observed by CS Lewis (re-read for thesis) - 5 stars

16. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon - 4.75 stars

17. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James - 3.25 stars

18. The Wave by Todd Strasser - 3 stars

19. The Crucible by Arthur Miller (re-read x3) - 5 stars

20. Letters to Malcolm (Chiefly on Prayer) by CS Lewis (re-read) - 5 stars

21. Anthem by Ayn Rand - 4.75 stars

22. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (re-read 2x) - 5 stars

23. Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky - 5 stars!!!!!!!!!!

24. Surprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis (re-read) - 5 stars

25. The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells - 5 stars

26. The Pearl by John Steinbeck (re-read 4x) - 4.5 stars

27. Eggs by Jerry Spinelli (Someone MUST make this into a movie, NOW!) - 4.75 stars

28. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (re-read 4x) - 4.5 stars

29. Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut - 4.75 stars

30. Slam! by Walter Dean Myers - 3.75 stars

31. The Red Rose Box by Brenda Woods - 4 stars

32. Students! Do Not Push Your Teacher Down the Stairs on Friday by Alan Jones - 4.25 stars

33. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer - 3.75 stars

34. The Sermon on the Mount by Emmet Fox - 5 stars (Though I don't agree with everything he says, some of it is really fresh and profound.)

35. The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo - 4.75 stars - Can't wait for the movie!

36. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (re-read) - 5 stars

37. Oh, the Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss (re-read) - 5 stars

38. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (re-read) - 4 stars

39. The House of Blue Light by David Kirby (re-read) - 5 stars

40. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein (re-read) - 4.75 stars

41. Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros? by Shel Silverstein - 4 stars

42. The Gospel of Mark (re-read) - 5 stars

43. The Bernstein Bears Trim the Tree by Jan & Mike Bernstein - 3.5 stars

44. How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss - 4.75 stars

45. Tomorrow by Bradley Trevor Greive - 4 stars

46. The Shawl by Cynthia Ozick - 4.75 stars

47. What's Love? by Shelley Rotner and Deborah Carlin - 2 stars

48. 101 Things to do in Florida Before You up and Die by Ellen Patrick - 3.5 stars

49. When I Get Where I'm Going by Rivers Rutherford and George Teren - 5 stars

50. The Alchemist by Paul Coelho - 4.75 stars

51. The Honest to Goodness Truth by Patricia C. McKissack - 4 stars

52. Galatians - the Apostle Paul (and God) (re-read) - 5 stars

That's all, folks!!!!!! 52 books in 2008!!! Yay! :)