Futile attempt at the 50 Book Challenge (2007 Reading List)

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Books Read in Full (35):
A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamilton :)
I Have Chosen to Stay and Fight by Margaret Cho :(
The Dueling Personas of Kevin Smith by Matthew Miller :)
Stolen by Kelley Armstrong :)
The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus :(
Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory by Deborah Lipstadt :)
Novel and Short Story Writer's Market 2007 :/
Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey :)
Anyone But You by Jennifer Cruise :/
Circus of the Damned by Laurell K. Hamilton :)
ReVisions: Seeing Torah Through a Feminist Lens by Rabbi Elyse Goldstein :)
Life is Not a Fairy Tale by Fantasia :/
Beauty's Punishment by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice) :/
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri :)
The Girl's Guide to Absolutely Everything by Melissa Kirsch :)
Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett :)
Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories by P.G. Wodehouse :)
How to Get More Out of Being Jewish Even If ... by Gil Mann :)
Naked Pictures of Famous People by Jon Stewart :)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling :)
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen :)
The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois :)
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain :)
Waiting: True Confessions of a Waitress by Debra Ginsberg :)
Are Men Necessary? When Sexes Collide by Maureen Dowd :(
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux :/
Beauty's Release by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice) :(
Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte :)
Tales of the Slayer Vol. 1 by Various :/
'Salem's Lot by Stephen King :)
The 101 Dalmatians by Dodie Smith :)
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt :)
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin :)
I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert and others :)
The New Government Manual for Wizards by Matthew David Brozik and Jacob Sager Weinstein :(

Books Finished (9):
Little Children by Tom Perrota :)
Writer's Market 2007 :)
Barrel Fever by David Sedaris :/
Close Range: Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx :)
30/30: Thirty American Stories from the Last Thirty Years by Various :)
America's Best Newspaper Writing: A Collection of ASNE Prizewinners by Various :)
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris :)
Essential Spider-Man Vol. 5 by Stan Lee, Gerry Conway, Roy Thomas, John Romita Sr. and others :)
A Christmas Carol and Other Stories by Charles Dickens :)

Graphic Novels (35):
Marvel Masterworks: Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko :)
DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore by Alan Moore (and Others) :/
FAKE Vol. 1 by Sanami Matoh :/
FAKE Vol. 2 by Sanami Matoh :/
FAKE Vol. 3 by Sanami Matoh :/
Will You Still Love Me if I Wet the Bed? by Liz Prince :)
Marvel Masterworks: Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2 by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko :)
Essential Spider-Man Vol. 1 by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko :)
Minisulk by Jeffrey Brown :)
VanHelsing's Night Off by Nicolas Mahler :)
Bighead by Jeffrey Brown :)
Strangers in Paradise Pocket Book 1 by Terry Moore :)
The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist Vol. 1 by Various :)
Batman: Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth by Grant Morrison and Dave McKean :)
The Road to Civil War by J. Michael Straczynski, Brian Michael Bendis and others :)
Astonishing X-Men Vol. 1: Gifted by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday :)
Mosquito by Dan James :/
Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 9: Ultimate Six by Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Bagley and Trevor Hairsine :(
Pet Shop of Horrors Vol. 5 by Matsuri Akino :)
Pet Shop of Horrors Vol. 6 by Matsuri Akino :)
Pet Shop of Horrors Vol. 7 by Matsuri Akino :)
Pet Shop of Horrors Vol. 8 by Matsuri Akino :)
Pet Shop of Horrors Vol. 9 by Matsuri Akino :)
Pet Shop of Horrors Vol. 10 by Matsuri Akino :)
X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga by Chris Claremont and John Byrne :)
Ms. Marvel Vol. 1: Best of the Best by Brian Reed, Roberto de La Torre and others :)
Wonder Woman: Land of the Dead by Greg Rucka, Rags Morales and others :)
Flight Vol. 1 by Various :)
Good-Bye, Chunky Rice by Craig Thompson :)
Lum - Urusei Yatsura: The Perfect Collection by Rumiko Takahashi :)
The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist Vol. 2 by Various :)
The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist Vol. 3 by Various :)
The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist #8 by Various :)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill :)
Holliday: Cold Deck by Dave Samuelson and Jason Wright :/

Final Remarks
Best Book of the Year (Overall Category): The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill
Best Book-Without-Pictures of the Year: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (I kind of feel embarrassed about admitting it, but it's true, I enjoyed it the most)
Book-Without-Pictures Runners Up: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best Nonfiction: Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory by Deborah Lipstadt
Best Junk-Lit: Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey
Best New-Discovery-For-Me: Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories by P.G. Wodehouse
Most Helpful: The Girl's Guide to Absolutely Everything by Melissa Kirsch
Best Comic Runners-Up: X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga by Chris Claremont and John Byrne
Worst Comic: Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 9: Ultimate Six by Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Bagley and Trevor Hairsine
Worst Book-Without-Pictures Runner-Up: I Have Chosen to Stay and Fight by Margaret Cho, Are Men Necessary? When Sexes Collide by Maureen Dowd
Worst Book of the Year: Beauty's Release by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)