Read…and currently composting…a Grand Total of 63 books for 2008…

The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor

Seeing by Jose Saramago and Margaret Jull Costa

Return Engagement (Settling Accounts, Book 1) by Harry Turtledove

The Trouble with Boys: A Surprising Report Card on Our Sons, Their Problems at School, and What Parents and Educators Must Do by Peg Tyre

Planet Google: One Company’s Audacious Plan To Organize Everything We Know by Randall Stross

Thumbsucker: A Novel by Walter Kirn

Thursday Next: First Among Sequels: A Thursday Next Novel (Thursday Next Novels (Penguin Books)) by Jasper Fforde

American Empire: The Victorious Opposition (American Empire) by Harry Turtledove

Living SMALL: The Life of Small Houses by Dennis Fukai

Put Your Life On a Diet: Lessons Learned from Living in 140 Square Feet by Gregory Paul Johnson

Thursday Next: First Among Sequels: A Thursday Next Novel (Thursday Next Novels (Penguin Books)) by Jasper Fforde

Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Social Movement in History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty to the World by Paul Hawken

Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture by Toby Hemenway and John Todd

The Carbon-Free Home: 36 Remodeling Projects to Help Kick the Fossil-Fuel Habit by Stephen & Rebekah Hren

House-Dreams: How One Man’s Vision Became a Family Home by Hugh Howard

The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot by Naomi Wolf

What Should I Do with My Life?: The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question by Po Bronson

The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health by T. Colin Campbell, Thomas M. Campbell II, John Robbins, and Howard Lyman

Using Natural Finishes: A Step-by-Step Guide by Adam Weismann and Katy Bryce

My Name Is Will: A Novel of Sex, Drugs, and Shakespeare by Jess Winfield

Treehouse Living: 50 Innovative Designs by Alain Laurens, La Cabane Perchee Company, Vincent Thfoin, and Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Good House Cheap House: Adventures in Creating an Extraordinary Home at an Everyday Price by Kira Obolensky

Go Green, Live Rich: 50 Simple Ways to Save the Earth and Get Rich Trying by David Bach and Hillary Rosner

A Blue Hand: The Beats in India by Deborah Baker

All the Way Home: Building a Family in a Falling-Down House by David Giffels

Green from the Ground Up: Sustainable, Healthy, and Energy-Efficient Home Construction (Builder’s Guide) by David Johnston and Scott Gibson

Truck: A Love Story (P.S.) by Michael Perry

The Seems: The Glitch in Sleep (The Seems) by John Hulme and Michael Wexler

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen

Low Carbon Diet: A 30 Day Program to Lose 5000 Pounds–Be Part of the Global Warming Solution! by David Gershon

The Body Has a Mind of Its Own: How Body Maps in Your Brain Help You Do (Almost) Everything Better by Sandra Blakeslee and Matthew Blakeslee

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen

The Last Witchfinder: A Novel (P.S.) by James Morrow

Green Remodeling : Changing the World One Room at a Time by David R. Johnston and Kim Master

Green Remodeling: Your Start toward an Eco-Friendly Home (Ultimate Guide) by John D. Wagner

Green Building & Remodeling For Dummies (For Dummies (Home & Garden)) by Eric Corey Freed

The World Without Us by Alan Weisman

Snake Oil Science: The Truth about Complementary and Alternative Medicine by R. Barker Bausell

Mutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human Body by Armand Marie Leroi

Free For All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library by Don Borchert

Poetry Speaks Expanded: Hear Poets Read Their Own Work From Tennyson to Plath (Book w/ Audio CD) by Elise Paschen and Rebekah Presson Mosby

How to Build and Use Solar Cookers

Cooking With the Sun: How to Build and Use Solar Cookers by Beth Halacy and Dan Halacy

Little House on a Small Planet: Simple Homes, Cozy Retreats, and Energy Efficient Possibilities by Shay Salomon, Frances Moore Lappe, and Nigel Valdez

The Simple Home: The Luxury of Enough (American Institute Architects) by Sarah Nettleton

Affordable Remodel: How to Get Custom Results on Any Budget by Fernando Pages Ruiz

Tips & Traps When Renovating Your Home by Robert Irwin

Google SketchUp For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) by Aidan Chopra

The Great Neighborhood Book: A Do-it-Yourself Guide to Placemaking by Jay Walljasper and Project for Public Spaces

How to Take Advantage of the People Who Are Trying to Take Advantage of You: 50 Ways to Capitalize on the System by Joseph SB Morse

Unbuilding: Salvaging the Architectural Treasures of Unwanted Houses by Bob Falk and Brad Guy

Rural Studio: Samuel Mockbee and an Architecture of Decency by Andrea Oppenheimer Dean and Timothy Hursley

Micro: Very Small Buildings by Ruth Slavid

Good Green Homes by Jennifer Roberts

Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert

Green Roof: A Case Study: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates’ Design For the Headquarters of the American Society of Landscape Architects by Christian Werthmann

Super Volcano: The Ticking Time Bomb Beneath Yellowstone National Park by Greg Breining

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, and Steven L. Hopp

Alice In Sunderland by Bryan Talbot

The Perfect $100,000 House: A Trip Across America and Back in Pursuit of a Place to Call Home by Karrie Jacobs and Gary Panter

Last Harvest: How a Cornfield Became New Daleville: Real Estate Development in America from George Washington to the Builders of the Twenty-first Century, and Why We Live in Houses Anyway by Witold Rybczynski

Over the Mountains (An Aerial View of Geology) by Michael Collier