2008 Reading List

January – 23
(1-1) Demons Are Forever – Julie Kenner
(1-2) Basara 25 – Yumi Tamura
(1-4) Boys Over Flowers 1 – Yoko Kamio
(1-5) The Moonlight That Surrounds Me 1 (Japanese) – Saki Hiwatari
(1-6) Hikaru no Go 9 – Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata º
(1-6) Hikaru no Go 10 – Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata
(1-8) Hikaru no Go 11 – Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata
(1-10) Well-Schooled in Murder – Elizabeth George
(1-15) Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro
(1-15) Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE CHARACTer GuiDE – CLAMP
(1-17) Hornblower and the Hotspur – C. S. Forester
(1-19) Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE 10 – CLAMP º
(1-20) Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE 11 – CLAMP
(1-20) Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE 12 – CLAMP
(1-22) The Ruby in the Smoke – Philip Pullman
(1-23) Boys Over Flowers 2 – Yoko Kamio
(1-25) Maison Ikkoku 1 – Rumiko Takahashi
(1-26) Bleach 22 – Tite Kubo
(1-27) Skip Beat! 1 – Yoshiki Nakamura
(1-29) Skip Beat! 2 – Yoshiki Nakamura
(1-29) Fruits Basket 14 – Natsuki Takaya º
(1-31) Mystic River – Dennis Lehane
(1-31) Fruits Basket 15 – Natsuki Takaya

February – 25
(2-2) Fruits Basket 16 – Natsuki Takaya
(2-6) Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen º
(2-8) Shade’s Children – Garth Nix
(2-9) Love*Com 1 – Aya Nakahara
(2-9) Love*Com 2 – Aya Nakahara
(2-10) Hornblower During the Crisis – C. S. Forester
(2-10) Boys Over Flowers 3 – Yoko Kamio
(2-11) Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) – Jerome K. Jerome
(2-11) Basara 26 – Yumi Tamura
(2-14) How Reading Changed My Life – Anna Quindlen
(2-15) A Shilling for Candles – Josephine Tey
(2-15) Venus in Love 1 – Yuki Nakaji
(2-16) Hana-Kimi 22 – Hisaya Nakajo
(2-17) Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE 13 – CLAMP
(2-18) Born Standing Up – Steve Martin
(2-18) Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE 14 – CLAMP
(2-21) Sand Chronicles 1 – Hinako Ashihara
(2-22) Skip Beat! 3 – Yoshiki Nakamura
(2-24) Skip Beat! 4 – Yoshiki Nakamura
(2-24) Fruits Basket 17 – Natsuki Takaya
(2-25) Fruits Basket 18 – Natsuki Takaya
(2-25) Garlic and Sapphires – Ruth Reichl
(2-26) NANA 1 – Ai Yazawa
(2-26) NANA 2 – Ai Yazawa
(2-28) Boys Over Flowers 4 – Yoko Kamio

March – 21
(3-1) Maison Ikkoku 2 – Rumiko Takahashi
(3-2) Maison Ikkoku 3 – Rumiko Takahashi
(3-4) Ouran High School Host Club 8 – Bisco Hatori º
(3-6) Ouran High School Host Club 9 – Bisco Hatori
(3-9) Anne of Green Gables – L. M. Montgomery º
(3-9) Ouran High School Host Club 10 – Bisco Hatori
(3-13) Love*Com 3 – Aya Nakahara
(3-14) Venus in Love 2 – Yuki Nakaji
(3-16) Fruits Basket 19 – Natsuki Takaya
(3-17) Anne of Avonlea – L. M. Montgomery º
(3-17) Kare Kano 1 – Masami Tsuda º
(3-21) Kare Kano 2 – Masami Tsuda º
(3-24) Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE 15 – CLAMP
(3-25) Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE 16 – CLAMP
(3-26) xxxHOLiC 11 – CLAMP
(3-27) Boys Over Flowers 5 – Yoko Kamio
(3-29) Boys Over Flowers 6 – Yoko Kamio
(3-29) Skip Beat! 5 – Yoshiki Nakamura
(3-30) Emma – Jane Austen
(3-30) Skip Beat! 6 – Yoshiki Nakamura
(3-31) NANA 3 – Ai Yazawa

April – 21
(4-1) From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler – E. L. Konigsburg
(4-1) NANA 4 – Ai Yazawa
(4-3) Honey and Clover 1 – Chica Umino
(4-4) Size 12 is Not Fat – Meg Cabot
(4-5) Hana-Kimi 23 – Hisaya Nakajo
(4-8) Maison Ikkoku 4 – Rumiko Takahashi
(4-9) Anne of the Island – L. M. Montgomery
(4-11) Maison Ikkoku 5 – Rumiko Takahashi
(4-12) Love*Com 4 – Aya Nakahara
(4-13) Identical Strangers – Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein
(4-17) The Shadow in the North – Philip Pullman
(4-26) Brave Story – Miyuki Miyabe
(4-27) Kare Kano 3 – Masami Tsuda º
(4-27) Kare Kano 4 – Masami Tsuda
(4-27) Kare Kano 5 – Masami Tsuda
(4-27) InuYasha 24 – Rumiko Takahashi º
(4-28) InuYasha 25 – Rumiko Takahashi º
(4-28) InuYasha 26 – Rumiko Takahashi º
(4-29) InuYasha 27 – Rumiko Takahashi
(4-29) InuYasha 28 – Rumiko Takahashi
(4-30) InuYasha 29 – Rumiko Takahashi

May – 19
(5-2) InuYasha 30 – Rumiko Takahashi
(5-2) InuYasha 31 – Rumiko Takahashi
(5-5) The Tiger in the Well – Philip Pullman
(5-6) InuYasha 32 – Rumiko Takahashi
(5-8) InuYasha 33 – Rumiko Takahashi
(5-8) Boys Over Flowers 7 – Yoko Kamio
(5-9) Boys Over Flowers 8 – Yoko Kamio
(5-11) 7SEEDS 1 (Japanese) – Yumi Tamura
(5-12) 7SEEDS 2 (Japanese) – Yumi Tamura
(5-13) Clouds of Witness – Dorothy L. Sayers
(5-15) Boys Over Flowers 9 – Yoko Kamio
(5-16) Boys Over Flowers 10 – Yoko Kamio
(5-18) Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE 17 – CLAMP
(5-20) Basara 27 – Yumi Tamura
(5-24) Prisoner of Trebekistan – Bob Harris
(5-25) Dororo 1 – Osamu Tezuka
(5-25) Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight 2 – Brian K. Vaughan º
(5-30) Skip Beat! 7 – Yoshiki Nakamura
(5-31) Skip Beat! 8 – Yoshiki Nakamura

June – 22
(6-1) Skip Beat! 9 – Yoshiki Nakamura
(6-1) Skip Beat! 10 – Yoshiki Nakamura
(6-1) Skip Beat! 11 – Yoshiki Nakamura
(6-1) Skip Beat! 12 – Yoshiki Nakamura
(6-3) Unnatural Death – Dorothy L. Sayers
(6-5) The King’s Arrow – Michael Cadnum
(6-7) Lord Peter Views the Body – Dorothy L. Sayers
(6-7) Hikaru no Go 12 – Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata
(6-8) Love*Com 5 – Aya Nakahara
(6-8) Love*Com 6 – Aya Nakahara
(6-11) Bleach 23 – Tite Kubo
(6-13) The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club – Dorothy L. Sayers
(6-15) Maison Ikkoku 6 – Rumiko Takahashi
(6-16) Maison Ikkoku 7 – Rumiko Takahashi
(6-21) 7SEEDS 3 (Japanese) – Yumi Tamura
(6-24) The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service 1 – E. Otsuka and H. Yamazaki
(6-25) Strong Poison – Dorothy L. Sayers
(6-26) Four Shōjo Stories – Keiko Nishi, Moto Hagio, and Shio Sato
(6-27) Maison Ikkoku 8 – Rumiko Takahashi
(6-28) Sand Chronicles 2 – Hinako Ashihara
(6-29) xxxHOLiC 12 – CLAMP
(6-29) Venus in Love 3 – Yuki Nakaji

July – 17
(7-1) Dororo 2 – Osamu Tezuka
(7-3) Under the Banner of Heaven – Jon Krakauer
(7-4) Fruits Basket 20 – Natsuki Takaya
(7-4) Skip Beat! 13 – Yoshiki Nakamura
(7-8) Honey and Clover 2 – Chica Umino
(7-10) I.O.N – Arina Tanemura
(7-11) Seduce Me After the Show – est em
(7-12) Time Stranger Kyoko 1 – Arina Tanemura
(7-14) Storm Front – Jim Butcher
(7-15) Hornblower and the Atropos – C. S. Forester
(7-18) Silver Diamond 1 – Shiho Sugiura
(7-25) Deja Demon – Julie Kenner
(7-26) Tears of a Lamb 1 – Banri Hidaka
(7-26) Tears of a Lamb 2 – Banri Hidaka
(7-28) Tears of a Lamb 3 – Banri Hidaka
(7-30) The Summoned – Cameron Dokey
(7-31) Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies – C. S. Forester

August – 25
(8-1) NANA 5 – Ai Yazawa
(8-2) Slam Dunk 1 – Takehiko Inoue
(8-3) NANA 6 – Ai Yazawa
(8-5) InuYasha 34 – Rumiko Takahashi
(8-6) Classical Medley 1 – Sanae Kana
(8-9) NANA 7 – Ai Yazawa
(8-9) NANA 8 – Ai Yazawa
(8-11) Something Wicked This Way Comes – Ray Bradbury
(8-12) Azumanga Daioh 1 – Kiyohiko Azuma
(8-16) Me and the Devil Blues 1 – Akira Hiramoto
(8-17) The Five Red Herrings – Dorothy L. Sayers
(8-18) Rolling 1 – Ji-Sang Sin and Geo
(8-21) Boys Over Flowers 11 – Yoko Kamio
(8-22) Boys Over Flowers 12 – Yoko Kamio
(8-22) Boys Over Flowers 13 – Yoko Kamio
(8-24) Boys Over Flowers 14 – Yoko Kamio
(8-24) Boys Over Flowers 15 – Yoko Kamio
(8-25) Boys Over Flowers 16 – Yoko Kamio
(8-26) The Pact – Jodi Picoult
(8-26) Love*Com 7 – Aya Nakahara
(8-27) Love*Com 8 – Aya Nakahara
(8-28) 7SEEDS 4 (Japanese) – Yumi Tamura
(8-28) 7SEEDS 5 (Japanese) – Yumi Tamura
(8-30) Interior Desecrations – James Lileks
(8-31) Azumanga Daioh 2 – Kiyohiko Azuma

September – 24
(9-1) Very! Very! Sweet 1 – JiSang Shin and Geo
(9-4) The Tale of Despereaux – Kate DiCamillo
(9-6) Kare Kano 6 – Masami Tsuda
(9-7) Kare Kano 7 – Masami Tsuda
(9-7) Kare Kano 8 – Masami Tsuda
(9-8) S. S. Astro 1 – Negi Banno
(9-9) A Lesson Before Dying – Ernest J. Gaines
(9-9) Kare Kano 9 – Masami Tsuda
(9-12) Kare Kano 10 – Masami Tsuda
(9-12) Wanted – Matsuri Hino
(9-14) Akira 1 – Katsuhiro Otomo
(9-15) Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind 1 – Hayao Miyazaki
(9-16) Melting Stones – Tamora Pierce
(9-19) Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind 2 – Hayao Miyazaki
(9-20) Case Closed 25 – Gosho Aoyama
(9-21) Short Program – Mitsuru Adachi
(9-21) Bleach 24 – Tite Kubo
(9-21) Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE 18 – CLAMP
(9-23) Short Program 2 – Mitsuru Adachi
(9-24) Boys Over Flowers 17 – Yoko Kamio
(9-25) Boys Over Flowers 18 – Yoko Kamio
(9-28) DVD 1 – Kye Young Chon
(9-28) DVD 2 – Kye Young Chon
(9-30) Master and Commander – Patrick O’Brian

October – 31
(10-2) Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind 3 – Hayao Miyazaki
(10-4) Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind 4 – Hayao Miyazaki
(10-5) Fairy Tail 1 – Hiro Mashima
(10-5) Fairy Tail 2 – Hiro Mashima
(10-6) The House of Dies Drear – Virginia Hamilton
(10-6) Fairy Tail 3 – Hiro Mashima
(10-8) Dororo 3 – Osamu Tezuka
(10-10) Skip Beat! 14 – Yoshiki Nakamura
(10-10) Sand Chronicles 3 – Hinako Ashihara
(10-11) High School Debut 1 – Kazune Kawahara
(10-11) High School Debut 2 – Kazune Kawahara
(10-12) Blank Slate 1 – Aya Kanno
(10-13) Akira 2 – Katsuhiro Otomo
(10-15) Akira 3 – Katsuhiro Otomo
(10-15) Touch 1 (Japanese) – Mitsuru Adachi
(10-16) The Keys to the Street – Ruth Rendell
(10-17) Fairy Tail 4 – Hiro Mashima
(10-18) Silver Diamond 2 – Shiho Sugiura
(10-19) Time Stranger Kyoko 2 – Arina Tanemura
(10-21) Banana Fish 1 – Akimi Yoshida
(10-23) Ghost Hunt 1 – Fuyumi Ono and Shiho Inada
(10-25) Ghost Hunt 2 – Fuyumi Ono and Shiho Inada
(10-25) Ghost Hunt 3 – Fuyumi Ono and Shiho Inada
(10-26) Ghost Hunt 4 – Fuyumi Ono and Shiho Inada
(10-26) Ghost Hunt 5 – Fuyumi Ono and Shiho Inada
(10-28) Ghost Hunt 6 – Fuyumi Ono and Shiho Inada
(10-28) Ghost Hunt 7 – Fuyumi Ono and Shiho Inada
(10-28) The Nightmare Before Christmas – Tim Burton and Jun Asuga
(10-29) Ghost Hunt 8 – Fuyumi Ono and Shiho Inada
(10-30) Parable of the Sower – Octavia E. Butler
(10-30) Ghost Hunt 9 – Fuyumi Ono and Shiho Inada

November – 22
(11-2) A Suitable Vengeance – Elizabeth George
(11-2) Love for Dessert – Hana Aoi
(11-4) Touch 2 (Japanese) – Mitsuru Adachi
(11-6) My Stroke of Insight – Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D.
(11-9) Case Closed 26 – Gosho Aoyama
(11-10) The 9 Lives 1 – Bayou and Rachel Manija Brown
(11-11) Ruff Love – Tamaki Kirishima
(11-12) With the Light 1 – Keiko Tobe
(11-13) We Were There 1 – Yuki Obata
(11-14) High School Debut 3 – Kazune Kawahara
(11-15) High School Debut 4 – Kazune Kawahara
(11-15) High School Debut 5 – Kazune Kawahara
(11-16) High School Debut 6 – Kazune Kawahara
(11-20) Someone in the House – Barbara Michaels
(11-21) Between Good and Evil – Roger L. Depue and Susan Schindehette
(11-22) Jade of Bango 1 – Ae-Ju Yim and Jin-Ju Yim
(11-23) Very! Very! Sweet 2 – JiSang Shin and Geo
(11-24) Maison Ikkoku 9 – Rumiko Takahashi
(11-25) Cat Street 1 (Japanese) – Yoko Kamio
(11-26) Farthing – Jo Walton
(11-28) Monster 1 – Naoki Urasawa º
(11-29) Monster 2 – Naoki Urasawa º

December – 27
(12-1) One Piece 1 – Eiichiro Oda
(12-2) Case Closed 1 – Gosho Aoyama
(12-6) Bogle 1 – Shino Taira and Yuko Ichiju
(12-6) Bogle 2 – Shino Taira and Yuko Ichiju
(12-7) Shinobi Life 1 – Shoko Conami
(12-7) Papillon 1 – Miwa Ueda
(12-8) Blade of the Immortal 1 – Hiroaki Samura
(12-11) Suppli 1 – Mari Okazaki
(12-12) Suppli 2 – Mari Okazaki
(12-13) Suppli 3 – Mari Okazaki
(12-14) Blank Slate 2 – Aya Kanno
(12-15) Gaba Kawa – Rie Takada
(12-16) Cat Street 2 (Japanese) – Yoko Kamio
(12-18) Post Captain – Patrick O’Brian
(12-18) Bleach 25 – Tite Kubo
(12-21) Sixpence House – Paul Collins
(12-21) Monster 3 – Naoki Urasawa
(12-25) Monster 4 – Naoki Urasawa
(12-26) The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus – L. Frank Baum
(12-27) Phantom Dream 1 – Natsuki Takaya
(12-27) Time Stranger Kyoko 3 – Arina Tanemura
(12-28) Venus in Love 4 – Yuki Nakaji
(12-29) Venus in Love 5 – Yuki Nakaji
(12-30) Monster 5 – Naoki Urasawa
(12-31) Life As We Knew It – Susan Beth Pfeffer
(12-31) Monster 6 – Naoki Urasawa
(12-31) Monster 7 – Naoki Urasawa

2008 Yearly Goal: 250, with at least 10 nonfiction.
Total So Far: 277
Novels: 47
Nonfiction: 10
Manga/Comics: 220 (79%)

º = reread