Haiku Friday: I did it!

Guess what? I made a
goal earlier this year, a
big one, I thought then.

There were a few times
I wasn't sure I would make
it, thought I'd failed it

But I got back up
on that horse, and started to
read again, for fun

And guess what happened?
I made it! I managed to
read fifty whole books!

Well, there WERE definitely a couple of times when I was not sure that I was going to make it - but then I'd pick up something that would totally rivet me and I'd just read and read until it was done! Here's the final list - books I've read in 2008, with the most recently read at the bottom of the list. My goal was to read 50 books this year, and I made it!

• Non-fiction books are in blue.
• My favorites are in bold.
• Books I read for book club are in italics

1. Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress: Tales of Growing Up Groovy and Clueless by Susan Jane Gilman
2. Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
3. Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (re-read)
4. The Lost World by Michael Crichton(re-read)
5. Life Laughs by Jenny McCarthy
6. The Secret Lives of the Sushi Club by Christy Yorke
7. The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
8. The Memory Keepers Daughter by Kim Edwards
9. A Star Is Found: Our Adventures Casting Some of Hollywood's Biggest Movies by Janet Hirshenson & Jane Jenkins
10. Alosha by Christopher Pike
11. A Real Boy : A True Story of Autism, Early Intervention, and Recovery by Christina Adams
12. Invasive Procedures by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston
13. The Shaktra by Christopher Pike
14. The Yanti by Christopher Pike
15. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Nifenegger
16. Can You Keep a Secret by Sophie Kinsella
17. Don't Try This At Home: Culinary Catastrophes from the World's Greatest Chefs
18. Letters from the Earth by Mark Twain (didn't finish)
19. The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout
20. The Harlequin by Laurell K Hamilton
21. My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki
22. Blood Noir by Laurell K Hamilton
23. Marked by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
24. Rockabye by Rebecca Woolf (author of the blog Girls Gone Child)
25. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
26. A Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
27. Betrayed by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
28. Chosen by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
29. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
30. Accidentally Dead by Dakota Cassidy
31. Letters to a Bullied Girl by Olivia Gardner with Emily & Sarah Buder
32. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
33. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
34. Untamed by P.C. & Kristin Cast
35. The Host by Stephanie Meyer
36. The Beach by Alex Garland
37. Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
38. The Kid by Dan Savage
39. A Lick of Frost by Laurell K Hamilton
40. Swallowing Darkness by Laurell K Hamilton
41. The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
42. The People of Sparks by Jeanne DuPrau
43. The Elephant in the Playroom: Ordinary Parents Write Intimately and Honestly About the Extraordinary Highs and Heartbreaking Lows of Raising Kids with Special Needs by Denise Brodey
44. Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year by Esme Codell
45. The Grim Grotto by Lemony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events book 11)
46. The Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events book 12)
47. The End by Lemony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events book 13)
48. Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
49. Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
50. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain (I'm not sure when I started this or if it was even this year, but I just finished it)