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January 1st, 2008

coprime: animated icon of a boy reading intensely and then shouting "But I don't want it to be over!!" (books)
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 12:11 pm
Once again, it's time for me to inventory what I've read in the past year. And maybe I can convince myself to get out of the annual December reading slump while I'm at it.

* = loved it, + = liked it, o = neutral about it, - = didn't like it

Novels )

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Between Joseph Hansen and Richard Stevenson, this year shaped up to be, in some ways, the year of the gay mysteries. Also a year with a lot of romance novels, ten as compared to last year's four. Coolest discovery was either WebMage, which I found by randomly picking it up at the bookstore, or The Woman Who Loved Reindeer, which I found in a used bookstore after having looked for the book for years. Favorite novel, however, was Fantasia Mathematica because it is an entire book book filled with math-related short stories and poems.

Comics/Manga )

Comments:
I'm slowly making my way through Frank Miller's most famous works (with an open mind, mind you) so that I can say I've given him a fair shot when I say I don't like his stuff. My comics reading is branching out to be a lot more indie stuff rather than DC/Marvel, which is cool. Coolest discovery had to have been The Perhapanauts, followed closely by Mouseguard. Oddest book was easily The Last Christmas. Mushishi continues to be the most gorgeous manga I've seen.