Since I achieved 17 in 2007 despite 5 classes and I'm only taking 2 classes this semester, then surely I can up my goal. I think I'll try for 24 this year. Roughly 2 a month. This should be made easier if I add fiction books to the list

January:
The Weather Makers by Tim Flannery
Bonobo by Frans de Waal

February:
The Social Atom by Mark Buchanan

Damn, why do only men write good science books? One day I will help buck the trend and come up with a great one of my own! Yesss. Also, branching out hasn't worked great for me. I need to stick with science book and memoirs or I won't make my goal!

The Armchair Economist by Steven E. Lansburg

March:
Cosmos by Carl Sagan
Why Darwin Matters by Michael Shermer- Shermer is always awesome. OMG.

April:
Price of Honor by Jan Goodwin
The Octopus and the Orangutan by Eugene Linden

May:
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink

June:
Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman (finished 7/2/08)

July:
Trials of Life by David Attenborough
Last Wild Places by National Geographic Society

August:
Failing at Fairness by Myra and David Sadker
Gandhi and Beyond: Nonviolence for an Age of Terrorism by David Cortright

September:
Fires in the Middle School Bathroom by Kathleen Cushman and Laura Rogers
The Top 10 Myths about Evolution by Cameron M. Smith and Charles Sullivan

October:
Lives Across Cultures by Gardiner and Kosmitzki
Keeping you a Secret by Julie Ann Peters

November:
Quirkology by Richard Wiseman
The Lost Boys of the Sudan by Mark Bixler

December:
Beautiful Minds by Maddalena Bearzi and Craig B. Stanford
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Original goal: 24 books Currently: 24 read, 0  left

I did it!! I can't believe it. OK, this list honestly became something of an obsession in December (really I read Quirkology this month too). But anyway, I'm so proud that I reached my goal. Obviously, I'm gonna take a little book break after this. Damn it feels good!