Book & Magazine Reviews 2008

Collection, BookLabel, Releases, ESpot, Previous, Reviews: 2007, 2006, 2005
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Top 5: 1. Censored '08 & '09, 2. Best American Science & Nature Writing '07, 3. Armed Madhouse.

Total: 56, Rated A-5, B-33, C-17, D-1.

J-6, F-5, M-6, A-0, M-8, J-2, J-2, A-2, S-6, O-9, N-5, D-6.

NonFiction: 29, Fiction: 27. Comics: 5, Audio (A): 0.

Air Frame - Michael Crichton (9.17) C

The Appeal - John Grisham (12.9) C-

Area 7 - Matthew Reilly (11.24) C+

Armed Madhouse - Greg Palast (10.21) A

Best American Comics 2007 v.2 (5.15) C+

Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007 v.6 (1.11) B

Best American Science & Nature Writing 2007 v.8 (2.7) A-

Best American Science & Nature Writing 2008 v.9 (11.12) B

The Book of Fate - Brad Meltzer (12.3) C-

The Brethren - John Grisham (3.12) C-

Cat & Mouse - James Patterson (10.31) C

Censored 2008-Top 25 Stories v.31 - Project Censored (1.16) B+

Censored 2009-Top 25 Stories v.32 - Project Censored (10.28) B+

Deep Fathom - James Rollins (1.23) B+

Essential - Punisher Vol. 2 (3.2) C+

50 Facts That Should Change (#2) the USA - Disinformation (12.11) B+

50 Facts That Should Change (#1) the World - Disinformation, (12.14) B+

Fix-it Magic - Joey Green (12.29) B

George & Martha The Complete Stories - James Marshall (9.21) A

Ice Station - Matthew Reilly (2.13) B-

Imponderables #2 Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? - David Feldman (5.28) B

Imponderables #5 Do Penguins Have Knees? - David Feldman (6.10) B-

Imponderables #6 Are Lobsters Ambidextrous? - David Feldman (5.29) B-

Imponderables #7 How Does Aspirin Find a Headache? - David Feldman (5.19) A

In the Beginning - Metal Floss (9.23) C

Jack & Jill - James Patterson (10.10) C

The Judas Strain - James Rollins (6.11) B-

Just a Little Critter Collection - Mercer Mayer (10.17) B

The Last Juror - John Grisham (2.29) B-

Maximum Carnage - Marvel (10.9) C+
The Museum of Hoaxes - Alex Boese (3.12) B-

Paranoia - Joseph Finder (5.12) D+

Pop Goes the Weasel - James Patterson (11.17) C+

Riptide - Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (3.5) C

Sanctuary - Raymond Khoury (8.8) B+

The Summons - John Grisham (8.26) B

Thunderhead - Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (10.5) C+

Tintin In the Land of the Soviets v.1 - Herge (1.2) C

Twinkie Deconstructed - Steve Ettlinger (3.19) B-

UJ's BR - Curriously Compelling (11.23) B

UJ's BR - 50 Simple Things You Can Do Updated & Revised (9.1) A-

UJ's BR - Giant 10th Anniversary (5.27) B-

UJ's BR - Golden Plunger Awards (7.14) B

UJ's BR - Jingle Bell Christmas (11.7) B-

UJ's BR - Plunges Into History Again (3.9) B-

UJ's BR - Plunges into the Presidency (2.22) B-

UJ's BR - Plunges into the Universe (5.22) B

UJ's BR - Triumphant 20th Anniversary (1.21) B

UJ's BR - Ultimate #9 (5.24) B

UJ's BR - Unsinkable #21 (11.16) B+

Useless Information #2 - Ultimate Book of (12.9) C+

Useless Information #3 - Best Book of (9.19) C

Useless Information #4 - Amazing Book of (9.10) B

What if? Classic Vol. 4 - Marvel (9.8) B-

The World Without Us - Alan Weisman (1.6) B

Year's Best SF12 - Hartwell & Cramer (2.4) B

Year's Best SF13 - Hartwell & Cramer (7.30) B

Magazines

Subscribe: 1. The Week Magazine, 2. Science News Weekly (started with 1/5, v.173 n.1 - borrowed from dad), 3. CMJ New Music Monthly, 4. Discover Magazine (ends in summer), 5. Blender (will let end April 2010), 6. Costco Connection, 7. US News & World Report (ends July 2008), 8. Wired.

I would like to order Mental Floss, Knowledge (BBC) & Penny Press Quarterly - All Star Variety Plus Easy Sudoku.
Others I Enjoy; The History Channel Magazine, Popular Mechanics, Biography Magazine, Games Magazine, PC World, Maxim, Mad, & Men's Health, Technology Review.

In Que;

Hot, Flat, & Crowded - Thomas L. Friedman (8.19), Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008 v.7, (Annual), Third Term - Paul Begala, My Boring-Ass Life - Kevin Smith, The Footprints of God - Greg Iles, Sword of God - Chris Kuzneski, Red Rabbit - Tom Clancy, The Ice Limit - Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, Interface - Stephen Bury, The Run - Stuart Woods, Double Bluff - Michael Hawley, Op-Center Line of Control - Tom Clancy, The Amber Room - Steve Berry, The Medusa Stone - Jack DuBrul, Scarecrow - Matthew Reilly, Deep Storm - Lincoln Child, 505 Weirdest Online Stores - Dan Crowley, Wheelers - Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen.

Seem Interesting;

Spycraft - Robert Wallace (5.29)

How to Fossilize Your Hamster - Mick O'Hare (Paperback edition is out)

Bottle Mania - Elizabeth Royte

Essential Marvel Team-Up Volume 3 (Nov 08)

Essential Spider-Man Volume 9 (Nov 08)

How Doctors Think - Jerome Groopman (Paperback edition is out)

Adventures of Johnny Vermillion - Loren D. Estleman (4.29)

Sneakiest Uses for Everyday Things - Cy Tymony (Paperback edition is out)

Eric Schlosser - Untitled Prison Book

Moveable Feasts - Gregory McNamee (4.8)

Consumed - Benjamin R. Barber (Paperback edition is out)

Go Green, Live Rich - David Bach (4.8)

What's in Your Food? - Bill Statham

How Green is Your City? - Warren Karlenzig

Armchair Reader - Extraordinary Book of Lists (9/2007)

Armchair Reader - Book of Incredible Information (3/2008)

Armchair Reader - Amazing Book of History (3/2008)

#10 Small Favor - Jim Butcher

Sign - Raymond Khoury

The Chase - Clive Cussler

Duma Key - Stephen King

Ghost - Robert Harris

The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, Volume 1&2: The Short Stories
The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, Volume 3: The Novels

Cross - James Patterson (Paperback edition is out)

Cross Country - James Patterson (Paperback in '09)