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2008 books read

It is not a very intellectual list, but here it is!

  1. "...Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers" (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson) by Louise Rennison 
  2. 21 Steps To Happiness (Red Dress Ink) by F. G. Gerson 
  3. A Girl's Best Friend by Elizabeth Young 
  4. A Hollywood Ending by Robyn Sisman 
  5. A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father by Augusten Burroughs 
  6. American Project: The Rise and Fall of a Modern Ghetto by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh 
  7. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging (rack): Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, by Louise Rennison 
  8. Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler 
  9. Away Laughing on a Fast Camel : Even More Confessions of Georgia Nicolson (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson) by Louise Rennison 
  10. Babyface (Red Dress Ink) by Fiona Gibson 
  11. Being Written: A Novel (P.S.) by William Conescu 
  12. Bless Your Heart, Tramp: And Other Southern Endearments by Celia Rivenbark 
  13. Boo! Made You Jump! (Charlie and Lola) by Lauren Child 
  14. Bookends: A Novel,by Jane Green 
  15. BORAT: Touristic Guidings to Minor Nation of U.S. and A. and Touristic Guidings to Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan by Borat Sagdiyev 
  16. Boy Meets Girl by Meg Cabot 
  17. Brida: A Novel by Paulo Coelho 
  18. Center Cannot Hold, The: My Journey Through Madness by Elyn R. Saks 
  19. Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet by Jeffrey D. Sachs 
  20. Confessions of Georgia Nicolson (adult) (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson) by Louise Rennison 
  21. Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants : Even Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson) by Louise Rennison 
  22. Dark Roots and Cowboy Boots by Luann McLane 
  23. Dixieland Sushi by Cara Lockwood 
  24. Drive Thru America by Sean Condon 
  25. Dry : A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs 
  26. Everyone Else's Girl by Megan Crane 
  27. Exes and Ohs by Beth Kendrick 
  28. Falling for You by Jill Mansell 
  29. Fashionably Late by Beth Kendrick 
  30. Five Signs of a Loving Family by Gary Chapman 
  31. Frenemies by Megan Crane 
  32. Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison 
  33. Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets by Sudhir Venkatesh 
  34. Georgia on Her Mind (Life, Faith & Getting It Right #15) (Steeple Hill Cafe), by Rachel Hauck 
  35. Girl 15, Charming but Insane by Sue Limb 
  36. Girl 16: Pants on Fire by Sue Limb 
  37. Girl, (Nearly) 16: Absolute Torture by Sue Limb 
  38. Girl, Barely 15: Flirting for England by Sue Limb 
  39. Girl, Going on 17: Pants on Fire by Sue Limb 
  40. God's Answers for Relationships and Passions: 1 And 2 Corinthians (The New Inductive Study Series) by Kay Arthur 
  41. Hack: How I Stopped Worrying About What to Do with My Life and Started Driving a Yellow Cab by Melissa Plaut 
  42. Head Over Heels by Jill Mansell 
  43. How Doctors Think by Jerome Groopman takes a tough-minded look at the ways in which doctors and patients interact, and at the 
  44. Hyenas Laughed at Me and Now I Know Why: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure (Travelers' Tales Guides.) by Sean O'Reilly 
  45. I Did (But I Wouldn't Now), by Cara Lockwood 
  46. I Do (But I Don't) by Cara Lockwood 
  47. I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away by Bill Bryson 
  48. Imagined London: A Tour of the World's Greatest Fictional City (National Geographic Directions) by Anna Quindlen 
  49. In One Year and Out the Other by Cara Lockwood 
  50. Jack With A Twist (Red Dress Ink) by Brenda Janowitz 
  51. Kiss by Jill Mansell 
  52. Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas: Further, Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison 
  53. L. A. Woman (Red Dress Ink) by Cathy Yardley 
  54. Latte Lessons by Linda Lenhoff 
  55. Little Lady, Big Apple by Hester Browne 
  56. London: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd 
  57. Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison 
  58. Love Is a Many Trousered Thing (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson) by Louise Rennison 
  59. Madness: A Bipolar Life by Marya Hornbacher 
  60. Magical Thinking: True Stories by Augusten Burroughs 
  61. Making Your Mind Up by Jill Mansell 
  62. Manic: A Memoir by Terri Cheney 
  63. Me Times Three: A Novel by Alex Witchel 
  64. Mixed Doubles by Jill Mansell 
  65. More Sand in My Bra: Funny Women Write from the Road, Again! (Travelers' Tales) by Julia Weiler 
  66. Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded Edition by Oliver Sacks 
  67. My Dam Life (Condon) (Travel Literature) by Sean Condon 
  68. My Favorite Mistake by Beth Kendrick 
  69. My Life on the Rock: A Rebel Returns to the Catholic Faith by Jeff Cavins 
  70. Nadia Knows Best by Jill Mansell 
  71. Nearlyweds by Beth Kendrick 
  72. NIV Mom's Devotional Bible by Elisa Morgan 
  73. Not So Funny When It Happened: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure (Travelers' Tale) by Tim Cahill 
  74. Notes From The Backseat (Red Dress Ink) by Jody Gehrman 
  75. Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh 
  76. On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God: Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison 
  77. Perfect Strangers by Robyn Sisman 
  78. Perfect Timing by Jill Mansell 
  79. Playing With Matches (Signet Romance Anthology) by Katherine Greyle 
  80. Please Stop Laughing at Me: One Woman's Inspirational Story by Jodee Blanco 
  81. Please Stop Laughing at Us . . .: One Survivor's Extraordinary Quest to Prevent School Bullying by Jodee Blanco 
  82. Possible Side Effects by Augusten Burroughs 
  83. Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely 
  84. Queen of Babble Gets Hitched by Meg Cabot 
  85. Queen of Babble in the Big City, by Meg Cabot 
  86. Questions To Ask Before Marrying (Red Dress Ink) by Melissa Senate 
  87. Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella 
  88. Roommates Wanted: A Novel by Lisa Jewell 
  89. Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs 
  90. Sand in My Bra and Other Misadventures: Funny Women Write from the Road (Travelers' Tales), by Jennifer L. Leo 
  91. Sheer Mischief by Jill Mansell 
  92. Shopaholic & Sister by Sophie Kinsella 
  93. Slacker Girl by Alexandra Koslow 
  94. Slave to Fashion: A Novel by Rebecca Campbell 
  95. Slightly Suburban (Red Dress Ink) by Wendy Markham 
  96. Snap Happy by Fiona Walker 
  97. Solo by Jill Mansell 
  98. Something Good (Red Dress Ink) by Fiona Gibson 
  99. Startled by His Furry Shorts (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson) by Louise Rennison 
  100. Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank: A Slightly Tarnished Southern Belle's Words of Wisdom by Celia Rivenbark 
  101. Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior by Ori Brafman 
  102. Switching Time: A Doctor's Harrowing Story of Treating a Woman with 17 Personalities by Richard Baer 
  103. The Best of Everything by Rona Jaffe 
  104. The Devil and Miss Prym: A Novel of Temptation by Paulo Coelho 
  105. The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow 
  106. The Five Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman 
  107. The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner 
  108. The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank 
  109. The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls 
  110. The Granny by Brendan O'Carroll 
  111. The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations by Brian Fagan 
  112. The Hopeless Romantic's Handbook: A Novel by Gemma Townley 
  113. The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A. J. Jacobs 
  114. The Little Lady Agency and the Prince by Hester Browne 
  115. The Little Lady Agency by Hester Browne 
  116. The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization by Brian Fagan 
  117. The MacMillan Book of Christmas by Alison (editor) Green 
  118. The Mammy by Brendan O'Carroll 
  119. The One You Really Want by Jill Mansell 
  120. The Pilgrimage: A Contemporary Quest for Ancient Wisdom by Paulo Coelho 
  121. The Shack, William P. Young 
  122. The Sweet Potato Queens' First Big-Ass Novel: Stuff We Didn't Actually Do, but Could Have, and May Yet by Jill Conner Browne 
  123. The Sweet Potato Queens' Guide to Raising Children for Fun and Profit by Jill Conner Browne 
  124. The Thong Also Rises: Further Misadventures from Funny Women on the Road (Travelers' Tales Guides) by Jennifer L. Leo 
  125. The Unsavvy Traveler: Women's Comic Tales of Catastrophe, by Rosemary Caperton 
  126. The Wonder Spot by Melissa Bank 
  127. The World Without Us by Alan Weisman 
  128. The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A. J. Jacobs 
  129. Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers: More Mad, Marvy Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison 
  130. Thinking of You by Jill Mansell 
  131. Tintin and the World of Herge: An Illustrated History by Benoit Peeters 
  132. Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament by Kay Redfield Jamison 
  133. Two's Company by Jill Mansell 
  134. Underground London: Travels Beneath the City Streets by Stephen Smith 
  135. Vince and Joy: A Novel by Lisa Jewell 
  136. Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip--Confessions of a Cynical Waiter by Steve Dublanica Aka The Waiter 
  137. Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia (P.S.) by Marya Hornbacher 
  138. Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour by Kate Fox 
  139. Wednesday Night Witches (Red Dress Ink) by Lee Nichols 
  140. When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris 
  141. Whose Panties are These? More Misadventures from Funny Women on the Road by Jennifer L. Leo 
  142. You Could Do Better by Stephanie Lehmann 
  143. You Had Me At Halo by Amanda Ashby 

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  1. I am always so impressed that you can read so many books in a year!!! Way to go!

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