Number of Books Read: 45
Number of RABCKs & Trades received (Thanks to all you generous BookCrossers!): 8
Number of Bookrings & Rays Participated in: 4
Number of Bookrings & Rays Started: 1
Number of Books Released Into the Wild: 8
Number of Books Caught in the Wild: 1
Earliest Written: Athenaion Politeia (The Athenian Constitution) by Aristotle (c. 335 BCE)
Most Recently Published: I Am America and So Can You! by Stephen Colbert (October, 2007)
First Book Finished in 2008: Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
Last Book Finished in 2008: Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

Canadian Challenge Books of 2008:
Not Wanted on the Voyage by Timothy Findley
From the Fifteenth District by Mavis Gallant
Winter Studies and Summer Rambles by Anna Brownell Jameson
As For Me and My House by Sinclair Ross
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

Top Books of 2008:
Not Wanted on the Voyage by Timothy Findley
I’ve Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad by Karolyn Smardz Frost
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Winter Studies and Summer Rambles by Anna Brownell Jameson
Lorna Doone by R. D. Blackmore
The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman
Cymbeline by William Shakespeare
Lucrece by William Shakespeare
Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

Other Books I Enjoyed in 2008:
Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
King Leary by Paul Quarrington
Icefields by Thomas Wharton
84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
As For Me and My House by Sinclair Ross
Meteorologica by Aristotle
Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare
Roman Literature and Society by R. M. Ogilvie
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith
Ruling Passion by Reginald Hill

Worst Books of 2008:
(neither were actually bad per se, only I had very, very high expectations and was disappointed because I didn’t thoroughly enjoy them)
From the Fifteenth District by Mavis Gallant
Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje

Complete List of Books Read in 2008:

1. Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
2. The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman
3. Not Wanted on the Voyage by Timothy Findley
4. I’ve Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad by Karolyn Smardz Frost
5. I am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert
6. The Labours of Hercules by Agatha Christie
7. King Leary by Paul Quarrington
8. 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
9. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
10. From the Fifteenth District by Mavis Gallant
11. Icefields by Thomas Wharton
12. The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff
13. Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
14. Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje
15. Lucrece by William Shakespeare
16. “I” is for Innocent by Sue Grafton
17. Winter Studies and Summer Rambles by Anna Brownell Jameson
18. The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snickett
19. The Passionate Pilgrim by William Shakespeare
20. The Phoenix and the Turtle by William Shakespeare
21. As For Me and My House by Sinclair Ross
22. The Penalty Box by Deirdre Martin
23. Chasing Stanley by Deirdre Martin
24. One For the Money by Janet Evanovich
25. Lorna Doone by R. D. Blackmore
26. The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
27. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
28. Meteorologica (Meteorology) by Aristotle
29. Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare
30. Roman Literature and Society by R.M. Ogilvie
31. Dark Tort by Diane Mott Davidson
32. Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
33. Snobbery with Violence by Marion Chesney
34. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
35. “J” is for Judgment by Sue Grafton
36. The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
37. Ruling Passion by Reginald Hill
38. Cymbeline by William Shakespeare
39. Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich
40. “K” is for Killer by Sue Grafton
41. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
42. “L” is for Lawless by Sue Grafton
43. The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith
44. The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
45. The Athenian Constitution by Aristotle
46. Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

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