Lists of Bests: stephsk8r's "Books I've Read in 2008" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/46638 As I did last year, I'll add books I plan to read to this list and check them off when I finish them. My goal is to read 45 books this year, 15 of them from the list in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:49:36 GMT en-us 0 50 80 50 0 How to Win Lotteries, Sweepstakes, and Contests in the 21st Century http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3198544 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3198544"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/0164S3W58HL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steve Ledoux</div> Spellbound http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3737 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3737"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/014250193X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1123185542_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Janet McDonald</div> The Last Summer (of You and Me) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1161719 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1161719"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594489173.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43699913_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Brashares</div> Perfume (MTI) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/436837 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/436837"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307277763.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patrick Suskind</div> Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2465497 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2465497"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143038257.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45984430_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Greg Mortenson</div> Thou Shalt Not Dump the Skater Dude: and Other Commandments I Have Broken http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2981588 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rosemary Graham</div> This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall (Apple Paperbacks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/670672 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/670672"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0590442139.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gordon Korman</div> Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3121983 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3121983"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01glhboumOL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Adam Shepard</div> Four to Score http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/586571 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/586571"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0330371223.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Janet Evanovich</div> Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood of Traveling Pants) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/101269 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/101269"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553494791.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122549269_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ann Brashares</div> Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb (Bright & Early Books(R)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/840411 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/840411"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0394810767.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Al Perkins</div> I Don't Know How She Does It http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9211 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9211"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375713751.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Allison Pearson</div> Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1720538 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Helen Fielding</div> In Defense of Food http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2738226 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Pollan</div> Little Earthquakes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/858358 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/858358"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1416528636.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jennifer Weiner</div> Strapped: Why America's 20- and 30-Somethings Can't Get Ahead http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1567704 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1567704"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400079977.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tamara Draut</div> Double or Nothing: How Two Friends Risked It All to Buy One of Las Vegas' Legendary Casinos http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3402787 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3402787"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/012IY2NPoGL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Breitling</div> The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/159954 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/159954"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0739416383.01-ADHOFFARQYQVB._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45537837_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Terry Ryan</div> "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" "but Gentlemen Marry Bruettes" http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/880091 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anita Loos</div> The Liars' Club: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/75174 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/75174"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143035746.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Karr</div> Chore Whore: Adventures of a Celebrity Personal Assistant http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/848875 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/848875"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060723920.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1133831691_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Heather H. Howard</div> High Five (A Stephanie Plum Novel) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6738 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6738"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312971346.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122533843_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Janet Evanovich</div> Prom http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/408281 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/408281"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142405701.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laurie Halse Anderson</div> My First Word Board Book (My First Board Books) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1536074 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1536074"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0789499053.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by DK Publishing</div> My Very First Book of Colors http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/224101 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/224101"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0399243860.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Very Hungry Caterpillar Board Book http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2660228 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eric Carle</div> Corduroy's Valentine's Day http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/266293 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/266293"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0670036404.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Madeline Loves Animals http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/778960 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/778960"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0670060216.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1132606806_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Bemelmans Marciano</div> Pretty Things http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/833973 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/833973"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142405396.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sarra Manning</div> Pretty Little Devils http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2957318 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2957318"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01dE7HPwQ8L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nancy Holder</div> All the Way (Splashproof edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2780272 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2780272"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/11qx+uiqcFL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andy Behrens</div> Lessons in Becoming Myself http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2421296 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2421296"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594489297.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ellen Burstyn</div> A Suitable Boy: A Novel (Perennial Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/557828 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/557828"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060786523.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vikram Seth</div> An Unsuitable Job for a Woman http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1639395 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1639395"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0571203892.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by P.D. James</div> Brideshead Revisited http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7169 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7169"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316926345.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Evelyn Waugh</div> Conditioning for Skating : Off-Ice Techniques for On-Ice Performance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3305677 <div id="position">53</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3305677"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11TH6X1fagL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carl Poe</div> Dubliners (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/113983 <div id="position">55</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/113983"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192839993.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Joyce</div> End of the Affair, The http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2491037 <div id="position">57</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2491037"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099478447.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Graham Greene</div> Far from the Madding Crowd (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13966 <div id="position">58</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13966"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451528565.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Hardy</div> Girls in Love http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2737970 <div id="position">59</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2737970"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0552551317.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jacqueline Wilson</div> Jude the Obscure (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3053557 <div id="position">60</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Hardy</div> Katherine http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29653 <div id="position">61</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29653"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/155652532X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anya Seton</div> Kane and Abel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50032 <div id="position">62</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50032"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312995059.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeffrey Archer</div> Letters of a Javanese Princess http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3053565 <div id="position">64</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3053565"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01jvND3d9JL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Raden Adjeng Kartini</div> Middlemarch (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/315000 <div id="position">66</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/315000"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451529170.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Eliot</div> Midnight's Children: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/972555 <div id="position">67</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/972555"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812976533.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1136584770_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Salman Rushdie</div> Mort http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1632 <div id="position">68</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1632"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061020680.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Terry Pratchett</div> Night Watch http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962158 <div id="position">69</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962158"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0413774449.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V50056707_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Terry Pratchett</div> Out of Africa (Modern Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18566 <div id="position">71</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18566"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679600213.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114076940_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Isak Dinesen</div> Sons and Lovers (Signet Classics (Paperback)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3053584 <div id="position">72</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by D.H. Lawrence</div>