It’s a week or two later than you’d expect, and it may be almost a trite question, but … what were your favorite books from 2008?

This is a really difficult question for me because I always forget what I’ve been reading. Although, I think there are a couple books I’ve read this year that I recommend to nearly everyone.

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is one of those boks that is intriguing enough for adults, but tame enough for a younger audience.

One of the few books that has EVER made me laugh out loud was A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore. Quite a dark sense of humour!

I love historical fiction and The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory did not disappoint. I can’t wait to read more of Gregory’s books.

Lucky by Alice Sebold made me cry so hard. But while this is a racy, heart-wrenching, passionate, and true story, it is very well-written.

Can I also count The Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, which I finished on December 31, 2007? It was a fantastic story that kept me intrigued and captivated the whole way through.

[Post title to be read like the witch from The Wizard of Oz]

Back on December 10th or so, it snowed just a few centimetres before I left for England. I had Henry test the dusting on the porch but he wasn’t impressed. However, while I was gone, it snowed and snowed and snowed. It wouldn’t stop! It even snowed the morning of the day my flight home was. Fortunately it wasn’t heavy and stopped well before my flight arrived. Anyway, I got home on Saturday and on Sunday decided to measure the snow depth; it’s a good thing I have a giant ruler from design class.

This snow buried my car alive:

The weight of it also broke a couple large branches off one of our trees (that’s the one Henry got stuck in twice…)

But it totally MAKES my mom’s work outfit, dontcha think?

Anyway, now it’s slowly being reduced to puddles. They’re talking about flooding problems now though! It never ends. The funniest story on the news though is about a guy that was walking across a street and stepped into (what he thought was) a pot-hole and ended up neck-deep in water!