Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Books I read in 2007

Happy New Year!

2007 was an unusually good reading year. I finished 32 books, beating my 2006 total of 25.

Read in 2007:
  1. Wish Vol. 1-4 by Clamp
  2. R.I.P: Requiem in Phonybrian by Mitsukazu Mihara
  3. Magic Knight Rayearth Vol. 1-3 by Clamp
  4. Magic Knight Rayearth II Vol. 1-3 by Clamp
  5. Face Down Before Rebel Hooves by Kathy Lynn Emerson
  6. Face Down Across the Western Sea by Kathy Lynn Emerson 
  7. Man of Many Faces Vol. 1-2 by Clamp
  8. Loving Will Shakespeare by Carolyn Meyer
  9. Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir
  10. Strongbow: The Story of Richard and Aoife by Morgan Llywelyn
  11. The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir
  12. Flaunting, Extravagant Queen by Jean Plaidy
  13. Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles by Kathryn Lasky
  14. The Lost King of France by Deborah Cadbury
  15. The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander
  16. Cicada by Jasue Menjivar
  17. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
  18. Peony in Love by Lisa See
  19. Royal Harlot: A Novel of the Countess of Castlemaine and King Charles II by Susan Holloway Scott
  20. Splendid Slippers: A Thousand Years of an Erotic Tradition by Beverley Jackson
  21. The Reluctant Queen by Jean Plaidy
  22. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
  23. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
  24. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Favorites:
  • The Lost King of France by Deborah Cadbury
  • Peony in Love by Lisa See
  • Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir
  • Flaunting, Extravagant Queen by Jean Plaidy
Best re-read:
  • The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir
Most disappointing:
  • His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman
2007 reading trend: History and historical fiction (15 books)

3 comments:

Mimi said...

That is a lovely list! On to reading in 2008!

SJ said...

I'm thinking about reading some good books this year. I see that you read The Golden Compass. I plan to read that as well as going to see the movie. It seems interesting.

Felicia J. said...

SJ, read The Golden Compass and then make up your own resolution to the cliffhanger ending. The second and third books were terrible, IMHO.