1.9.09

2008 in review; 39 books (not bad)
Here's my top 5:

1. Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
2. The Girl Who Played Go by Shan Sa
3. Blindness by Jose Saramago
   
4. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
5. Anathem by Neal Stephenson
   

Honorable mentions:
Turn, Magic Wheel by Dawn Powell
The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo by Stieg Larsson
The Quiet Girl by Peter Hoeg