2007 Reading List

January – 13
(1-5) The Turn of the Screw – Henry James
(1-7) The Slippery Slope – Lemony Snicket
(1-7) Fushigi Yûgi 16 – Yuu Watase
(1-10) Whose Body? – Dorothy L. Sayers º
(1-11) Fushigi Yûgi 17 – Yuu Watase
(1-15) V for Vendetta – Alan Moore and David Lloyd
(1-15) Rats Saw God – Rob Thomas
(1-20) Fushigi Yûgi 18 – Yuu Watase
(1-21) Lord Hornblower – C. S. Forester
(1-23) The Grim Grotto – Lemony Snicket
(1-26) To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee º
(1-26) Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography – Lemony Snicket
(1-28) Beauty is the Beast 5 – Tomo Matsumoto

February – 9
(2-1) xxxHOLiC 8 – CLAMP
(2-3) Runaways 1 – Brian K. Vaughan
(2-6) Mr. Midshipman Hornblower – C. S. Forester
(2-9) A Separate Peace – John Knowles º
(2-10) Full Moon o Sagashite 1 – Arina Tanemura º
(2-14) Death in Little Tokyo – Dale Furutani
(2-15) Full Moon o Sagashite 2 – Arina Tanemura
(2-17) Bleach 1 – Tite Kubo
(2-24) Full Moon o Sagashite 3 – Arina Tanemura

March – 17
(3-6) Full Moon o Sagashite 4 – Arina Tanemura
(3-7) Full Moon o Sagashite 5 – Arina Tanemura
(3-10) Full Moon o Sagashite 6 – Arina Tanemura
(3-12) Full Moon o Sagashite 7 – Arina Tanemura
(3-13) Light in August – William Faulkner
(3-14) Bleach 2 – Tite Kubo
(3-15) A Walk to Remember – Nicholas Sparks
(3-16) Naruto 1 – Masashi Kishimoto
(3-18) Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Watcher’s Guide 1 – Golden and Holder
(3-19) Whistle! 1 – Daisuke Higuchi
(3-20) Whistle! 2 – Daisuke Higuchi
(3-23) A Demon in My View – Ruth Rendell
(3-26) The Suicide King – Robert Joseph Levy
(3-30) The Penultimate Peril – Lemony Snicket
(3-30) Darkly Dreaming Dexter – Jeff Lindsay
(3-30) Please Save My Earth 18 – Saki Hiwatari º
(3-31) Please Save My Earth 19 – Saki Hiwatari

April – 15
(4-1) Please Save My Earth 20 – Saki Hiwatari
(4-1) Please Save My Earth 21 – Saki Hiwatari
(4-2) Runaways 4 – Brian K. Vaughan
(4-3) Lost Boys – Kaname Itsuki
(4-4) Runaways 5 – Brian K. Vaughan
(4-8) Naruto 2 – Masashi Kishimoto
(4-8) Shinobu Kokoro – Temari Matsumoto
(4-11) Innocent Traitor – Alison Weir
(4-19) Bleach 3 – Tite Kubo
(4-20) Bleach 4 – Tite Kubo
(4-20) The Mysterious Benedict Society – Trenton Lee Stewart
(4-24) The Nursing Home Murder – Ngaio Marsh
(4-28) A Dark-Adapted Eye – Barbara Vine
(4-28) The End – Lemony Snicket
(4-28) The Beatrice Letters – Lemony Snicket

May – 16
(5-3) Bleach 5 – Tite Kubo
(5-7) The Thirteenth Tale – Diane Setterfield
(5-12) Ouran High School Host Club 6 – Bisco Hatori
(5-15) Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets – David Simon
(5-16) Bleach 6 – Tite Kubo
(5-16) Dracula – Bram Stoker
(5-18) Shadowland – Meg Cabot
(5-21) Ninth Key – Meg Cabot
(5-21) Sue Barton, Student Nurse – Helen Dore Boylston
(5-22) Reunion – Meg Cabot
(5-22) Valentine Princess – Meg Cabot
(5-23) Ouran High School Host Club 7 – Bisco Hatori
(5-24) Princess on the Brink – Meg Cabot
(5-26) Ouran High School Host Club 8 – Bisco Hatori
(5-28) Hikaru no Go 9 – Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata
(5-30) What the Dead Know – Laura Lippman

June – 11
(6-1) Whistle! 3 – Daisuke Higuchi
(6-4) The Children of Men – P. D. James
(6-6) Darkest Hour – Meg Cabot
(6-9) How I Live Now – Meg Rosoff
(6-10) Lieutenant Hornblower – C. S. Forester
(6-12) The Wish House – Celia Rees
(6-12) Naruto 3 – Masashi Kishimoto
(6-19) Naruto 4 – Masashi Kishimoto
(6-22) Wuthering Heights – Emily Brontë
(6-26) Avatar, Book One – S. D. Perry
(6-30) Avatar, Book Two – S. D. Perry

July – 5
(7-3) Uglies – Scott Westerfeld
(7-18) Runaways 6 – Brian K. Vaughan
(7-21) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (CDN ed.) – J. K. Rowling
(7-24) The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
(7-26) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J. K. Rowling

August – 10
(8-2) Whistle! 4 – Daisuke Higuchi
(8-2) The Last Uniform 1 – Mera Hakamada
(8-6) My Latest Grievance – Elinor Lipman
(8-12) Innocent Blood – P. D. James
(8-14) So Yesterday – Scott Westerfeld
(8-20) Pretties – Scott Westerfeld
(8-21) Austenland – Shannon Hale
(8-27) The Wedding Journey – Carla Kelly
(8-27) Whistle! 5 – Daisuke Higuchi
(8-28) I Am the Messenger – Markus Zusak

September – 16
(9-2) Section 31: Abyss – David Weddle and Jeffrey Lang
(9-2) Runaways 7 – Brian K. Vaughan
(9-2) Hana-Kimi 12 – Hisaya Nakajo º
(9-3) Hana-Kimi 13 – Hisaya Nakajo
(9-3) Hana-Kimi 14 – Hisaya Nakajo
(9-7) Haunted – Meg Cabot
(9-18) Tips on Having a Gay (ex) Boyfriend – Carrie Jones
(9-18) The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman – Ernest J. Gaines
(9-18) Hana-Kimi 15 – Hisaya Nakajo
(9-19) The 13 Clocks – James Thurber
(9-21) Bleach 7 – Tite Kubo
(9-23) The Sandman 1: Preludes & Nocturnes – Neil Gaiman
(9-23) Twilight – Meg Cabot
(9-27) The Pursuit of Alice Thrift – Elinor Lipman
(9-28) Holes – Louis Sachar
(9-30) Live at Five – David Haynes

October – 9
(10-6) Eats, Shoots & Leaves – Lynne Truss
(10-7) Hana-Kimi 16 – Hisaya Nakajo
(10-11) Bleach 8 – Tite Kubo
(10-12) Carpe Demon – Julie Kenner
(10-15) Pants on Fire – Meg Cabot
(10-17) Specials – Scott Westerfeld
(10-18) Hana-Kimi 17 – Hisaya Nakajo
(10-19) A Great Deliverance – Elizabeth George
(10-30) Demons of Air and Darkness – Keith R. A. DeCandido

November – 20
(11-3) Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight 1 – Joss Whedon º
(11-4) Bleach 9 – Tite Kubo
(11-8) Stardust – Neil Gaiman
(11-8) The Sandman 2: The Doll’s House – Neil Gaiman
(11-11) Hana-Kimi 18 – Hisaya Nakajo
(11-13) Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen
(11-15) Bleach 10 – Tite Kubo
(11-16) The Breaker – Minette Walters
(11-16) Bleach 11 – Tite Kubo
(11-17) Goodbye, Mr. Chips – James Hilton
(11-18) Bleach 12 – Tite Kubo
(11-19) Small Steps – Louis Sachar
(11-20) Bleach 13 – Tite Kubo
(11-24) Bleach 14 – Tite Kubo
(11-24) Bleach 15 – Tite Kubo
(11-25) Bleach 16 – Tite Kubo
(11-25) Bleach 17 – Tite Kubo
(11-26) Bleach 18 – Tite Kubo
(11-29) Bleach 19 – Tite Kubo
(11-29) Bleach 20 – Tite Kubo

December – 20
(12-1) Bleach 21 – Tite Kubo
(12-1) California Demon – Julie Kenner
(12-4) There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom – Louis Sachar
(12-5) Payment in Blood – Elizabeth George
(12-6) Hana-Kimi 19 – Hisaya Nakajo
(12-9) The Drowning of Stephan Jones – Bette Greene
(12-9) Hana-Kimi 20 – Hisaya Nakajo
(12-10) Hana-Kimi 21 – Hisaya Nakajo
(12-11) xxxHOLiC 8 – CLAMP º
(12-12) xxxHOLiC 9 – CLAMP
(12-14) xxxHOLiC 10 – CLAMP
(12-16) Basara 19 – Yumi Tamura º
(12-18) Nineteen Minutes – Jodi Picoult
(12-18) Basara 20 – Yumi Tamura
(12-21) The Man in the Queue – Josephine Tey
(12-21) Basara 21 – Yumi Tamura
(12-24) The Last Uniform 2 – Mera Hakamada
(12-29) Basara 22 – Yumi Tamura
(12-30) Basara 23 – Yumi Tamura
(12-31) Basara 24 – Yumi Tamura

2007 Yearly Goal: 250, with at least 100 (40%) “real books.”
Progress So Far: 161
Novels/Nonfiction: 79 (49%)
Manga/Comics: 82 (51%)

º = reread