Books (Title) 2008

Below is a list of all book reviews from 2008 sorted by title. Beware that it’s long. I’ve linked to both WordPress as my LJ mirror, but unless you’re on my ‘friends list’ and the ‘reviewish’ filter, you won’t be able to read the LJ versions. They’ll be the same as the ones you can find here, though.

Last Updated: Dec 26th, 2008

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A

Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne (LJ)
The Asimov Chronicles (vol 6) by Isaac Asimov (LJ)
At the Heart of Hiruharama by Isabel Waiti-Mulholland (LJ)

B

The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events 1)by Lemony Snicket (LJ)
The Beginning Place by Ursula K. LeGuin (LJ)
Beyond This Dark House by Guy Gavriel Kay (LJ)
Billie’s Kiss by Elizabeth Knox (LJ)
The Black Corridor by Michael Moorcock (LJ)
Black Swan, White Raven by various authors (LJ)
The Book of Ballads by various authors (LJ)
Borneo and the Poet by Redmond O’Hanlon (LJ)
Briar Rose by Jane Yolen (LJ)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thomas Wilder (LJ)
Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx (LJ)
The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo (LJ)

C

Calling on Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles 3) by Patricia C. Wrede (LJ)
Cart & Cwidder (Dalemark Quartet 1) by Diana Wynne Jones (LJ)
Castle in the Air (Castle 2) by Diana Wynne Jones (LJ)
Catwings (Catwings 1) by Ursula K. LeGuin (LJ)
Catwings Return (Catwings 2) by Ursula K. LeGuin (LJ)
The Child that Books Built: A Life in Reading by Francis Spufford (LJ)
Clockwork Heart by Dru Pagliassotti (LJ)
Corsair: The Adventures of Hector Lynch by Tim Severin (LJ)
The Crown of Dalemark (Dalemark Quartet 4) by Diana Wynne Jones (LJ)
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon (LJ)

D

The Darkest Road (The Fionavar Tapestry 3) by Guy Gavriel Kay (LJ)
Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles 1) by Patricia C. Wrede (LJ)
Desert Children by Waris Dirie (LJ)
The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition by Anne Frank (LJ)
‘Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde’ and Other Stories by Robert Louis Stevenson (LJ)
The Dressmaker’s Child by Trevor Williams (LJ)
Drowned Ammet (Dalemark Quartet 2) by Diana Wynne Jones (LJ)

E

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (LJ: NA)
Endless Nights (The Sandman) by Neil Gaiman (LJ)
Faust Eric by Terry Pratchett (LJ)

F

The Fairy’s Mistake by Gail Carson Levine (LJ)
Feast of Souls (Magister 1) by C.S. Friedman (LJ)
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings 1) by J.R.R. Tolkien (LJ)
The Fledging of Az Gabrielson (The Clouded World 1) by Jay Amory (LJ)

G

The Ghost of Grania O’Malley by Michael Morpurgo (LJ)
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale (LJ)

H

Heart of Light (Magical British Empire 1) by Sarah A. Hoyt (LJ)
Hinemoa & Tūtānekai: A Te Arawa Legend by Hepora Young (LJ)
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett (LJ)

I

The Ice Dragon by George R.R. Martin(LJ)
In a Free State by V.S Naipaul (LJ)
Into the Dreamlands by various authors (LJ)
Interesting Times by Terry Prachett (LJ)
Ironside: A Modern Faery’s Tale (The Modern Faerie Tales 3) by Holly Black (LJ)

J

Jane on Her Own (Catwings 4) by Ursula K. LeGuin (LJ)
Jeeves and the Impending Doom’ and Other Stories by P.G. Wodehouse (LJ)

K

Kiki’s Delivery Service (vol 1-4) by Hayao Miyazaki (LJ)
King of Shadows by Susan Cooper (LJ)
The King’s General by Daphne de Maurier (LJ)
The Kite Runner by Hosseini Khaled (LJ)

L

The Lady and the Lion by Jacqueline K. Ogburn (LJ)
The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank by Willy Lindwer (LJ)
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle (LJ)
The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski(LJ)
The Line Between by Peter S. Beagle (LJ)
The Lions of al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay (LJ)
The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge (LJ)
Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett (LJ)
Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees(LJ)

M

The Mabinogion by Anonymous (LJ)
Mandrake by Susan Cooper (LJ)
Meow: Cat Stories from Around the World by Jane Yolen (LJ)
Minor Arcana by Diana Wynne Jones(LJ)
Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker (LJ)
Mixed Magics by Diana Wynne Jones (LJ)
Mother Goose: Or the Old Nursery Rhymes by Anonymous (LJ)

N

The Neverending Story by Michael Ende (LJ)

O

P

Preludes and Nocturnes (The Sandman 1) by Neil Gaiman (LJ)
Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep by Gail Carson Levine (LJ)
The Princess Test by Gail Carson Levine (LJ)

Q

R

‘Rashomon’ and Other Stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa (LJ)
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 2) by Douglas Adams (LJ)
Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley (LJ)
The Ruby in the Smoke (Sally Lockheart 1) by Philip Pullman (LJ)

S

The Science of Discworld II: The Globe by Terry Pratchett, Ian Steward, Jack S. Cohen (LJ)
Searching for Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles 2) by Patricia C. Wrede (LJ)
Seeing Things by Seamus Heaney (LJ)
Serenity: Those Left Behind by Joss Whedon (LJ)
The Seven Stars of Matariki by Toni Rolleston-Cummins (LJ)
Shadow Magic by Patricia C. Wrede (LJ)
The Silver Cow by Susan Cooper (LJ)
Slayers: The Ruby Eye (Slayers 1) by Hajime Kanzaka (LJ)
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions by Neil Gaiman(LJ)
Snow White and the Seven Samurai by Tom Holt (LJ)
Snow White, Blood Red by various authors (LJ)
The Spellcoats (Dalemark Quartet 3) by Diana Wynne Jones (LJ)
So Yesterday by Scott Westerfeld (LJ)
Sourcery by Terry Pratchett (LJ)
Sprookjes van de Efteling by Martine Bijl (LJ)
Strata by Terry Pratchett (LJ)
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson (LJ)
The Summer Tree (The Fionavar Tapestry 1) by Guy Gavriel Kay (LJ)
The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer (LJ)

T

Talking to Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles 4) by Patricia C. Wrede (LJ)
The Talking Trees by Sean O’Faolain (LJ)
The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney (LJ)
Territory by Emma Bull (LJ)
Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett (LJ)
Threshold by Caitlín R. Kiernan (LJ)
Thrum’s Hawaiian Folk Tales by Thomas G. Thrum (LJ)
Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale by (The Modern Faerie Tales 1) Holly Black (LJ)
To Kill a Mockingbird by Lee Harper (LJ)
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings 2) by J.R.R. Tolkien (LJ)

U

V

V for Vendetta by Alan Moore (LJ)
The Vintner’s Luck by Elizabeth Knox (LJ)

W

The Wandering Fire (The Fionavar Tapestry 2) by Guy Gavriel Kay (LJ)
The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera (LJ)
Where Have the Unicorns Gone? by Jane Yolen (LJ)
Whirikoki and his Seal by Mere Clarke (LJ)
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire (LJ)
Wish (vol 1-4) by CLAMP (LJ)
With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child (vol 1) by Keiko Tobe (LJ)
Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings (Catwings 3) by Ursula K. LeGuin (LJ)
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quartet 1) by Madeleine L’Engle (LJ)

X

Y

Z

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