2007 in Review
Filed under: Years in Review — Ibis at 7:33 pm on Saturday, January 5, 2008

Number of Books Read: 88
Number of RABCKs & Trades received (Thanks to all you generous BookCrossers!): 17
Number of Bookrings & Rays Participated in: 17
Number of Bookrings & Rays Started: 10
Number of Books Released Into the Wild: 21
Number of Books Caught in the Wild: 2
Earliest Written: Physica (Physics) by Aristotle (c. 330 BCE)
Most Recently Published: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling (July, 2007)
First Book Finished in 2007: The Tommorow-Tamer by Margaret Laurence
Last Book Finished in 2007: World of Wonders by Robertson Davies

Canadian Challenge Books of 2007:
The Tommorow-Tamer by Margaret Laurence
Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
The Fire-Dwellers by Margaret Laurence
Wacousta by John Richardson
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town by Stephen Leacock
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
St. Urbain’s Horseman by Mordecai Richler
The Clockmaker by Thomas Chandler Haliburton
The Manticore by Robertson Davies
The Backwoods of Canada by Catharine Parr Traill
World of Wonders by Robertson Davies

Top Books of 2007:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser
Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
Richard III by William Shakespeare
The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Wacousta by John Richardson
The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
The Manticore by Robertson Davies
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation: Volume I, The Pox Party by M. T. Anderson
The Backwoods of Canada by Catharine Parr Traill
World of Wonders by Robertson Davies

Other Books I Enjoyed in 2007:
The Tommorow-Tamer by Margaret Laurence
The Fire-Dwellers by Margaret Laurence
Mrs.Mike by Benedict and Nancy Freedman
Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town by Stephen Leacock
Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle-Stop Café by Fannie Flagg
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Richard II by William Shakespeare
Sonnets of William Shakespeare
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
Physica (Physics) by Aristotle
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
St. Urbain’s Horseman by Mordecai Richler
The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella
Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
Post Captain by Patrick O’Brian
Kit’s Wilderness by David Almond

Worst Books of 2007:
(none of which were too bad this year)
Talon by Paulette Dubé
Notes From A Small Island by Bill Bryson
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett

Complete List of Books Read in 2007:

  1. The Tommorow-Tamer by Margaret Laurence
  2. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
  3. In the King’s Service by Katherine Kurtz
  4. The Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum
  5. The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser
  6. Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
  7. The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
  8. Talon by Paulette Dubé
  9. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
  10. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
  11. The Fire-Dwellers by Margaret Laurence
  12. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
  13. Mrs.Mike by Benedict and Nancy Freedman
  14. Richard III by William Shakespeare
  15. The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
  16. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
  17. Death at Wentwater Court by Carola Dunn
  18. Wacousta by John Richardson
  19. Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
  20. Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian
  21. Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town by Stephen Leacock
  22. Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
  23. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
  24. The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket
  25. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
  26. The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket
  27. The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
  28. Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
  29. Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
  30. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
  31. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle-Stop Café by Fannie Flagg
  32. The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
  33. The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
  34. The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
  35. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
  36. Weight by Jeanette Winterson
  37. The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie
  38. Dream Angus by Alexander McCall Smith
  39. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
  40. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
  41. Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
  42. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
  43. Richard II by William Shakespeare
  44. Sonnets of William Shakespeare
  45. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
  46. A Lover’s Complaint by William Shakespeare
  47. Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
  48. I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
  49. Summer Crossing by Truman Capote
  50. Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey
  51. Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare
  52. “B” is for Burglar by Sue Grafton
  53. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
  54. Physica (Physics) by Aristotle
  55. Misquoting Jesus by Bart Ehrman
  56. An Advancement of Learning by Reginald Hill
  57. Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
  58. Notes From A Small Island by Bill Bryson
  59. Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
  60. Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
  61. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
  62. “C” is for Corpse by Sue Grafton
  63. St. Urbain’s Horseman by Mordecai Richler
  64. The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare
  65. The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella
  66. Anyone But You by Jennifer Crusie
  67. The Clockmaker by Thomas Chandler Haliburton
  68. The Manticore by Robertson Davies
  69. The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
  70. Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
  71. Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
  72. De Caelo (On the Heavens) by Aristotle
  73. “D” is for Deadbeat by Sue Grafton
  74. Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
  75. Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
  76. Post Captain by Patrick O’Brian
  77. “E” is for Evidence by Sue Grafton
  78. The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
  79. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation: Volume I, The Pox Party by M. T. Anderson
  80. Kit’s Wilderness by David Almond
  81. Othello by William Shakespeare
  82. The Dream of Scipio by Iain Pears
  83. “F” is for Fugitive by Sue Grafton
  84. “G” is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton
  85. De Generatione et Corruptione (On Generation and Corruption) by Aristotle
  86. The Backwoods of Canada by Catharine Parr Traill
  87. “H” is for Homicide by Sue Grafton
  88. World of Wonders by Robertson Davies

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