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Sarah Vowell is the first book completed again. Weird. I'm going to try to knock out a lot of my "partially read" list this year.

* = PoC author (or some PoC authors, if an anthology)

Books Without Pictures (9)
A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs :)
Bloody Bones by Laurell K. Hamilton :)
Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marriages by Phyllis Rose :)
Kushiel's Chosen by Jacqueline Carey :)
The Good Mother by Sue Miller :(
The Awakening with a selection of short stories (Bantam Classics) by Kate Chopin :)
The Waste Land and Other Poems: Including The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot :)
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho* :/
The Autobiography of God by Julius Lester* :)

Books Finished (4)
Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell :)
The Necklace and Other Stories by Guy de Maupassant :)
Points of View: An Anthology of Short Stories (Revised Edition) ed. by James Moffett and Kenneth R. McElheny* :)
Dickens by Peter Ackroyd :/

Books With Pictures (8)
The Best of The Spirit by Will Eisner and others :)
Watching the Watchmen: The Definitive Companion to the Ultimate Graphic Novel by Dave Gibbons and others :)
Hepcats #0-10 (Snowblind, Part One) by Martin Wagner :)
Herbie Archives Vol. 1 by Richard E. Hughes and Ogden Whitney :)
Earth X by Alex Ross, Jim Kreuger, John Paul Leon and others :(
Drawing Comics the Marvel Way by Stan Lee and John Buscema :)
Universe X Vol. 1 by Alex Ross, Jim Krueger, and others :(
Azumanga Daioh Omnibus by Kiyohiko Azuma* :)

Other Significant Stuff
Book of Nahum (NR)
Book of Habakkuk (NR)
Book of Zephaniah (NR)
Book of Haggai (NR)
Book of Zechariah (NR)
Book of Malachi (NR)

I didn't quite reach my intended goal. I broke 50 books in the general sense, but I would have preferred "50 Books without Pictures + Comics" whereas it was more like 70 altogether. I'll be turning the old list into a poll soon. I need to get a paid account.

Also, I'm going to do an "other media" list of movies and TV shows. Possibly video games too, but it might not be worth it.

Without further ado ...

Books Without Pictures (40)
Carpe Demon: Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom by Julie Kenner :(
On Writing Well, 25th Anniversary: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser :)
Reduced Shakespeare: The Complete Guide for the Attention-Impaired [abridged] by Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor :/
Silent Bob Speaks by Kevin Smith :/
Bad Behavior by Mary Gaitskill :)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke :)
The Gilded Chamber by Rebecca Kohn :(
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger :)
Secret Lives of Great Authors: What Your Teachers Never Told You About Famous Novelists, Poets, and Playwrights by Robert Schnakenberg :)
Jennifer Government by Max Barry :(
Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll :)
Peter and Wendy/Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens/The Blot on Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie :)
The Promise by Chaim Potok :)
Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine by Harold Bloom :)
Sabriel by Garth Nix (re-read) :/
Walden by Henry David Thoreau :)
Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin: Writers Running Wild in the Twenties by Marion Meade :)
Lirael by Garth Nix :/
Thanks for the Memories, Mr. President: Wit and Wisdom from the Front Row at the White House by Helen Thomas :)
Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy :)
Dry by Augusten Burroughs :)
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold :(
Choke by Chuck Palahniuk :)
The Laws of Evening by Mary Yukari Waters :)
When You are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris :)
Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs :)
Touch Me, I'm Sick: The 52 Creepiest Love Songs You've Ever Heard by Tom Reynolds :)
The Sonnets by William Shakespeare :)
Interfaith Families: Personal Stories of Jewish-Christian Intermarriage by Jane Kaplan :)
1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina by Chris Rose :)
Best Poems of the Bronte Sisters by Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte :)
Alan Moore's Writing for Comics by Alan Moore (with crappy pictures) :)
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens :)
Inventing the Abbotts and Other Stories by Sue Miller :(
A Girl Named Zippy: Growing up Small in Mooreland, Indiana by Haven Kimmel :)
Abhorsen by Garth Nix :/
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd :(
Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture by Daniel Radosh :)
The Lunatic Cafe by Laurell K. Hamilton :)
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women by Susan Faludi :)

Books Finished (10)
The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell :)
Essential Spider-Man Vol. 6 by Gerry Conway, Len Wein, John Romita, Ross Andru, etc. :)
Essential Marvel Team-Up Vol. 1 by Gerry Conway, Len Wein, Gil Kane, Ross Andru, etc. :/
The Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker, 3rd ed. :)
The Best American Short Stories 2002 by Various (Guest Editor Sue Miller) :/
Committed to Memory: 100 Best Poems to Memorize by Various ed. John Hollander :)
Cathedral by Raymond Carver :)
Essential Spider-Man Vol. 7 by Gerry Conway, Len Wein, Ross Andru, etc. :)
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri :)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories (Borders Classics edition) by Robert Louis Stevenson :)

Books With Pictures (34)
Civil War: Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski and Ron Garney :)
New Avengers Vol. 6: Revolution by Brian Michael Bendis, Alex Maleev and Lenil Francis Yu :)
Mortal Coils: Bodylines by A. David Lewis and Various :/
Magic Knight Rayearth (Omnibus) by CLAMP :)
Essential She-Hulk Vol. 1 by Stan Lee, John Buscema, David Anthony Kraft and Mike Vosburg :)
Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller Vol. 1 by Frank Miller, Roger McKenzie, etc. :)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi (re-read) :)
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi :)
Midori Days Vol. 1 by Kazurou Inoue :)
Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller Vol. 2 by Frank Miller, etc. :/
Midori Days Vol. 2 by Kazurou Inoue :)
Midori Days Vol. 3 by Kazurou Inoue :)
Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (re-read) :)
Midori Days Vol. 4 by Kazurou Inoue :)
Wanted by Mark Millar and JG Jones :(
Midori Days Vol. 5 by Kazurou Inoue :)
Midori Days Vol. 6 by Kazurou Inoue :)
Midori Days Vol. 7 by Kazurou Inoue :)
Midori Days Vol. 8 by Kazurou Inoue :)
V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd :)
Mini-Marvels: Rock, Paper, Scissors by Chris Giarusso :)
Astonishing X-Men Vol. 3: Torn by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday :)
Power Girl by Geoff Johns, Amanda Conner, Paul Levitz, Joe Stanton and others :)
Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller Vol. 3 by Frank Miller, etc. :/
Gunslinger Girl Vol. 1 by Yu Aida :)
Gunslinger Girl Vol. 2 by Yu Aida :)
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days Vol. 1 by Fumino Hayashi :)
Gunslinger Girl Vol. 3 by Yu Aida :/
Gunslinger Girl Vol. 4 by Yu Aida :/
Gunslinger Girl Vol. 5 by Yu Aida :/
Gunslinger Girl Vol. 6 by Yu Aida :)
Black Hole by Charles Burns :/
Cardcaptor Sakura: Master of the Clow Vol. 1 by CLAMP :)
True Porn 2 by Various :)

Other Significant Stuff (No points!)
King Lear by William Shakespeare :)
Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg by Florence Kate and Bertha Uptown :(
The Gospel of Matthew (NR)
The Gospel of Mark (NR)
The Gospel of Luke (NR)
The Gospel of John (NR)
The Book of Kings (NR)
The Book of Isaiah (NR)
Lust, Caution by Eileen Chang :)
The Book of Acts (NR)
The Letter of Paul to the Romans (NR)
The Letter to the Hebrews (NR)
Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis :)
The Book of Ruth (NR)
Salome by Oscar Wilde :)
The C. Auguste Dupin stories by Edgar Allan Poe :/
The Book of Jeremiah (NR)
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare :)
The Book of Ezekiel (NR)
The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft :)
The Book of Hosea (NR)
The Book of Joel (NR)
The Book of Amos (NR)
The Book of Obadiah (NR)
The Book of Micah (NR)

Best Book of the Year (Overall Category): Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Best Book-With-Pictures of the Year: Persepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi
Best Nonfiction: Rapture Ready! by Daniel Radosh
Best New-Discovery-For-Me: Bad Behavior by Mary Gaitskill
Best Finished Book: The Portable Dorothy Parker, 3rd edition
Best Book of the Bible: Book of Kings/Book of Ruth
Worst Book-Without-Pictures of the Year: The Gilded Chamber by Rebecca Kohn
Worst Book of the Year: Wanted by Mark Millar & J.G. Jones

Book reviews + What I want to read
Comic books and manga manifesto
What I think of the Nymphet thing
Why the Movies make me Sad
Attempts at cooking ...

I also thought about making a post about how my apartment complex wanted to tow my car and my valiant attempts to defend it (along with my whimpering about it, too) ... but my heart's been beating heavily and erratically since that incident and I don't want to think about it anymore.