2005 Reading List

January – 10
(1-1) Only the Ring Finger Knows – Satoru Kannagi and Hotaru Odagiri
(1-1) The Prince of Tennis 5 – Takeshi Konomi
(1-2) Your and My Secret 1 – Ai Morinaga
(1-16) The Seeress of Kell – David Eddings º
(1-17) Rurouni Kenshin 1 – Nobuhiro Watsuki
(1-17) Rurouni Kenshin 2 – Nobuhiro Watsuki
(1-21) Hana-Kimi 4 – Hisaya Nakajo
(1-23) Rurouni Kenshin 3 – Nobuhiro Watsuki
(1-24) Rurouni Kenshin 4 – Nobuhiro Watsuki
(1-31) Rurouni Kenshin 5 – Nobuhiro Watsuki

February – 15
(2-3) Rurouni Kenshin 6 – Nobuhiro Watsuki
(2-3) Rurouni Kenshin 7 – Nobuhiro Watsuki
(2-5) Rurouni Kenshin 8 – Nobuhiro Watsuki
(2-9) Rurouni Kenshin 9 – Nobuhiro Watsuki
(2-9) Rurouni Kenshin 10 – Nobuhiro Watsuki
(2-9) Rurouni Kenshin 11 – Nobuhiro Watsuki
(2-11) Fruits Basket 7 – Natsuki Takaya
(2-13) Hikaru no Go 3 – Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata
(2-18) Descendants of Darkness 3 – Yoko Matsushita
(2-19) Basara 8 – Yumi Tamura
(2-19) Basara 9 – Yumi Tamura
(2-19) Basara 10 – Yumi Tamura
(2-23) Magic Knight Rayearth 1 – CLAMP
(2-25) Magic Knight Rayearth 2 – CLAMP
(2-27) Magic Knight Rayearth 3 – CLAMP

March – 21
(3-1) Magic Knight Rayearth II 1 – CLAMP
(3-5) Magic Knight Rayearth II 2 – CLAMP
(3-5) Magic Knight Rayearth II 3 – CLAMP
(3-6) Rurouni Kenshin 12 – Nobuhiro Watsuki
(3-9) Imadoki! 1 – Yu Watase
(3-11) Imadoki! 2 – Yu Watase
(3-12) Imadoki! 3 – Yu Watase
(3-12) Imadoki! 4 – Yu Watase
(3-12) Imadoki! 5 – Yu Watase
(3-12) Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE 4 – CLAMP
(3-12) xxxHOLiC 4 – CLAMP
(3-13) Please Save My Earth 8 – Saki Hiwatari
(3-14) The Prince of Tennis 6 – Takeshi Konomi
(3-14) Fruits Basket 16 (Japanese) – Natsuki Takaya
(3-15) Kimi Shika Iranai 1 (Japanese) – Wataru Yoshizumi
(3-15) Kimi Shika Iranai 2 (Japanese) – Wataru Yoshizumi
(3-20) Belgarath the Sorcerer – David Eddings º
(3-20) Boku ga Utau to Kimi wa Waraukara (Japanese) – Natsuki Takaya
(3-27) Here is Greenwood 2 – Yukie Nasu
(3-27) Here is Greenwood 3 – Yukie Nasu
(3-28) Please Save My Earth 9 – Saki Hiwatari

April – 20
(4-2) CLAMP School Paranormal Investigators 1 – Tomiyuki Matsumoto
(4-3) CLAMP School Paranormal Investigators 2 – Tomiyuki Matsumoto
(4-7) CLAMP School Paranormal Investigators 3 – Tomiyuki Matsumoto
(4-9) Fruits Basket 8 – Natsuki Takaya
(4-9) Rurouni Kenshin 13 – Nobuhiro Watsuki
(4-10) Descendants of Darkness 4 – Yoko Matsushita
(4-10) GetBackers 7 – Yuya Aoki and Rando Ayamine
(4-12) GetBackers 8 – Yuya Aoki and Rando Ayamine
(4-16) Basara 11 – Yumi Tamura
(4-17) Wild Com. – Yumi Tamura
(4-18) Just a Girl 1 – Tomoko Taniguchi
(4-19) Just a Girl 2 – Tomoko Taniguchi
(4-20) Hana-Kimi 5 – Hisaya Nakajo
(4-23) Tokyo Mew Mew 1 – Mia Ikumi and Reiko Yoshida
(4-27) Tokyo Mew Mew 2 – Mia Ikumi and Reiko Yoshida
(4-28) Tokyo Mew Mew 3 – Mia Ikumi and Reiko Yoshida
(4-30) Tokyo Mew Mew 4 – Mia Ikumi and Reiko Yoshida
(4-30) Tokyo Mew Mew 5 – Mia Ikumi and Reiko Yoshida
(4-30) Tokyo Mew Mew 6 – Mia Ikumi and Reiko Yoshida
(4-30) Tokyo Mew Mew 7 – Mia Ikumi and Reiko Yoshida

May – 24
(5-1) Rurouni Kenshin 14 – Nobuhiro Watsuki
(5-3) Please Save My Earth 10 – Saki Hiwatari
(5-5) Tokyo Babylon 1 – CLAMP º
(5-7) Tokyo Babylon 2 – CLAMP
(5-8) InuYasha 1 – Rumiko Takahashi
(5-9) Tokyo Babylon 3 – CLAMP
(5-15) Polgara the Sorceress – David Eddings
(5-16) Tokyo Babylon 4 – CLAMP
(5-17) Tokyo Babylon 5 – CLAMP
(5-18) Tokyo Babylon 6 – CLAMP
(5-18) Tokyo Babylon 7 – CLAMP
(5-21) The Front Runner – Patricia Nell Warren
(5-22) CLAMP School Detectives 1 – CLAMP º
(5-22) The Princess Diaries – Meg Cabot
(5-23) Fruits Basket 9 – Natsuki Takaya
(5-25) Princess in the Spotlight – Meg Cabot
(5-25) CLAMP School Detectives 2 – CLAMP
(5-29) CLAMP School Detectives 3 – CLAMP
(5-29) Princess in Love – Meg Cabot
(5-29) 20 Mensou ni Onegai 1 – CLAMP º
(5-29) 20 Mensou ni Onegai 2 – CLAMP º
(5-30) Princess in Waiting – Meg Cabot
(5-31) Project Princess – Meg Cabot
(5-31) Duklyon 1 – CLAMP

June – 26
(6-3) Princess in Pink – Meg Cabot
(6-4) Perfect Princess – Meg Cabot
(6-4) Duklyon 2 – CLAMP
(6-4) Princess Lessons – Meg Cabot
(6-4) The Princess Present – Meg Cabot
(6-4) InuYasha 2 – Rumiko Takahashi
(6-5) The Prince of Tennis 7 – Takeshi Konomi
(6-5) Princess in Training – Meg Cabot
(6-9) Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE 5 – CLAMP
(6-11) Forbidden Forest – Michael Cadnum
(6-11) Hana-Kimi 6 – Hisaya Nakajo
(6-11) Whistle Me Home – Barbara Wersba
(6-12) Letters from the Inside – John Marsden
(6-13) InuYasha 3 – Rumiko Takahashi
(6-13) Basara 12 – Yumi Tamura
(6-15) Rurouni Kenshin 15 – Nobuhiro Watsuki
(6-16) Cover Her Face – P. D. James
(6-17) All-American Girl – Meg Cabot
(6-17) Hikaru no Go 4 – Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata
(6-19) InuYasha 4 – Rumiko Takahashi
(6-19) Mint na Bokura 1 (Japanese) – Wataru Yoshizumi
(6-22) The Silver Metal Lover – Tanith Lee
(6-22) Gravitation 10 – Maki Murakami
(6-25) The Egypt Game – Zilpha Keatley Snyder
(6-27) Target – Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson
(6-28) Gravitation 11 – Maki Murakami

July – 18
(7-1) Gravitation 12 – Maki Murakami
(7-2) Sandry’s Book – Tamora Pierce
(7-4) Tris’s Book – Tamora Pierce
(7-4) Mint na Bokura 2 (Japanese) – Wataru Yoshizumi
(7-6) A Mind to Murder – P. D. James
(7-6) Fruits Basket 10 – Natsuki Takaya
(7-16) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (CDN ed.) – J. K. Rowling
(7-17) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J. K. Rowling
(7-18) Unnatural Causes – P. D. James
(7-20) Mint na Bokura 3 (Japanese) – Wataru Yoshizumi
(7-24) Daja’s Book – Tamora Pierce
(7-24) InuYasha 5 – Rumiko Takahashi
(7-24) Mint na Bokura 4 (Japanese) – Wataru Yoshizumi
(7-27) Falling Angels – Tracy Chevalier
(7-28) Briar’s Book – Tamora Pierce
(7-29) Please Save My Earth 11 – Saki Hiwatari
(7-31) Rurouni Kenshin 16 – Nobuhiro Watsuki
(7-31) Selfish Love 1 – Naduki Koujima

August – 22
(8-1) Selfish Love 2 – Naduki Koujima
(8-3) Mint na Bokura 5 (Japanese) – Wataru Yoshizumi
(8-3) Mint na Bokura 6 (Japanese) – Wataru Yoshizumi
(8-8) Dissolution – C. J. Sansom
(8-12) Fight Club – Chuck Palahniuk
(8-13) The Blue Lawn – William Taylor
(8-13) When Jeff Comes Home – Catherine Atkins
(8-14) GetBackers 9 – Yuya Aoki and Rando Ayamine
(8-16) Jane Austen: A Life – Claire Tomalin
(8-16) GetBackers 10 – Yuya Aoki and Rando Ayamine
(8-20) Magic Steps – Tamora Pierce
(8-21) GetBackers 11 – Yuya Aoki and Rando Ayamine
(8-21) Basara 13 – Yumi Tamura
(8-22) Hana-Kimi 7 – Hisaya Nakajo
(8-23) Rurouni Kenshin 17 – Nobuhiro Watsuki
(8-27) Street Magic – Tamora Pierce
(8-28) InuYasha 6 – Rumiko Takahashi
(8-28) Girl Got Game 1 – Shizuru Seino
(8-31) Cold Fire – Tamora Pierce
(8-31) Mouryou Kiden 1 – Tamayo Akiyama
(8-31) InuYasha 7 – Rumiko Takahashi
(8-31) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress – Robert A. Heinlein

September – 14
(9-4) Girl Got Game 2 – Shizuru Seino
(9-5) Shatterglass – Tamora Pierce
(9-9) A Judgement in Stone – Ruth Rendell
(9-13) Mouryou Kiden 2 – Tamayo Akiyama
(9-14) Pride and Prescience – Carrie Bebris
(9-17) InuYasha 8 – Rumiko Takahashi
(9-18) A Study in Scarlet – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(9-18) I Am Mordred – Nancy Springer
(9-23) The Changeover– Margaret Mahy
(9-23) Please Save My Earth 12 – Saki Hiwatari
(9-26) Girl Got Game 3 – Shizuru Seino
(9-27) The Sign of Four – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(9-29) Sabriel – Garth Nix
(9-29) Mouryou Kiden 3 – Tamayo Akiyama

October – 19
(10-1) Rurouni Kenshin 18 – Nobuhiro Watsuki
(10-2) Pretty Guardian Sailormoon 1 (Japanese, 2nd ed.) – Naoko Takeuchi
(10-5) Lirael – Garth Nix
(10-8) InuYasha 9 – Rumiko Takahashi
(10-9) Girl Got Game 4 – Shizuru Seino
(10-11) The Will of the Empress – Tamora Pierce
(10-11) Hikaru no Go 5 – Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata
(10-11) Abhorsen – Garth Nix
(10-12) Daisy Miller – Henry James
(10-13) Basara 14 – Yumi Tamura
(10-14) InuYasha 10 – Rumiko Takahashi
(10-18) Girl Got Game 5 – Shizuru Seino
(10-19) Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier
(10-25) Have Space Suit—Will Travel – Robert A. Heinlein
(10-25) Shroud for a Nightingale – P. D. James
(10-25) Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE 6 – CLAMP
(10-27) InuYasha 11 – Rumiko Takahashi
(10-28) Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(10-28) Fruits Basket 11 – Natsuki Takaya

November – 21
(11-1) Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(11-3) Mairelon the Magician – Patricia C. Wrede
(11-3) Girl Got Game 6 – Shizuru Seino
(11-3) Rurouni Kenshin 19 – Nobuhiro Watsuki
(11-4) Hana-Kimi 8 – Hisaya Nakajo
(11-6) Musashi #9 1 – Miyuki Takahashi
(11-7) The Magician’s Ward – Patricia C. Wrede
(11-8) The Hound of the Baskervilles – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle º
(11-17) Pretty Guardian Sailormoon 2 (Japanese, 2nd ed.) – Naoko Takeuchi
(11-20) Pretty Guardian Sailormoon 3 (Japanese, 2nd ed.) – Naoko Takeuchi
(11-22) B. B. Explosion 4 – Yasue Imai
(11-22) B. B. Explosion 5 – Yasue Imai
(11-23) Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë
(11-26) InuYasha 12 – Rumiko Takahashi
(11-27) Basara 15 – Yumi Tamura
(11-27) Please Save My Earth 13 – Saki Hiwatari
(11-28) The Black Tower – P. D. James
(11-28) Hana-Kimi 9 – Hisaya Nakajo
(11-29) Girl Got Game 7 – Shizuru Seino
(11-29) Rurouni Kenshin 20 – Nobuhiro Watsuki
(11-30) Rurouni Kenshin 21 – Nobuhiro Watsuki

December – 22
(12-1) Instant Teen: Just Add Nuts 1 – Haruka Fukushima
(12-1) The Prince of Tennis 8 – Takeshi Konomi
(12-2) InuYasha 13 – Rumiko Takahashi
(12-2) Girl Got Game 8 – Shizuru Seino
(12-3) Fruits Basket 12 – Natsuki Takaya
(12-7) Call Me Princess – Tomoko Taniguchi
(12-8) The Prince of Tennis 9 – Takeshi Konomi
(12-9) Jamaica Inn – Daphne du Maurier
(12-14) Instant Teen: Just Add Nuts 2 – Haruka Fukushima
(12-17) Girl Got Game 9 – Shizuru Seino
(12-17) InuYasha 14 – Rumiko Takahashi
(12-17) Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE 7 – CLAMP
(12-22) The Prince of Tennis 10 – Takeshi Konomi
(12-28) Our Everlasting 1 – Toko Kawai
(12-29) The Return of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(12-29) Girl Got Game 10 – Shizuru Seino
(12-30) Rurouni Kenshin 22 – Nobuhiro Watsuki
(12-30) A Really Super Book About Squirrels – Roumieu and Taylor
(12-30) The Dog Who Rescues Cats – Philip Gonzalez and Leonore Fleischer
(12-31) Instant Teen: Just Add Nuts 3 – Haruka Fukushima
(12-31) Instant Teen: Just Add Nuts 4 – Haruka Fukushima
(12-31) The Prince of Tennis 11 – Takeshi Konomi

2005 Total: 232

Manga: 166 (71.55%)
Real Books: 66 (28.45%)

Next Year’s Goal: 250, with at least 100 (40%) real books. Probably unrealistic, but aim high!

º = reread