Favorite Books from 2006

Here's a recap of my year of reading--my favorites from 2006. This includes new-to-me books--102 of them in total-- whether they were newly published in 2006 or not. And not counting re-reads. Oh, and I read 300 books this year, exactly. Thirty fewer than last year . . . I wonder how that happened?

FICTION:

• THE LIADEN UNIVERSE COMPANION, Volume 1 by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller (292 p).
• CONJURER'S BIRD by Martin Davies (384 p).
• INAMORATA by Joseph Gangemi (319 p.)
• MYTH OF YOU AND ME by Leah Stewart (276 p.)
• A LONG WAY DOWN by Nick Hornby (331 p.)
• PLAINSONG by Kent Haruf (301 p.)
• A YEAR DOWN YONDER by Richard Peck (130 p.) (So what if it's a YA book, it's excellent)
• OWL AND MOON CAFE by Jo-Ann Mapson (352 p.)
• THE FOURTH BEAR by Jasper Fforde (377 p.)
• UNDER ORDERS by Dick Francis (308 p.) (Well, let's encourage the guy after a 6-year hiatus)
• LOCKED ROOMS by Laurie R. King (485 p.)
• THE THIRTEENTH TALE by Diane Setterfiel (406 p.)

NON-FICTION:

• THE GRAND IDEA by Joel Achenbach (300 p). I wrote all about this book on January 5th.
• THE CHILDREN'S BLIZZARD by David Laskin (271 p).
• TWO SIDES OF THE MOON by David Scott and Alexei Leonev (390 p.)
• 102 MINUTES by Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn (276 p.)
• KNITTING RULES by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (218 p.)
• FIRST AMERICAN by H.W. Brands (716 p.)
• CESAR'S WAY by Cesar Millan (275 p.) (Though, I still prefer clicker training)
• LEARNING TO BOW by Bruce Feiler (312 p.)
• MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS: THE QUEST OF DR. PAUL FARMER, A MAN WHO WOULD CURE THE WORLD by Tracy Kidder (301 p.)
• THREE CUPS OF TEA by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (331 p.)
• FOR THE LOVE OF A DOG by Patricia McConnell (288 p.)
• ANIMALS IN TRANSLATION by Temple Grandin (308 p.)
• DIVIDED BY GOD by Noah Feldman (251 p.)
• INGENIOUS PURSUITS by Lisa Jardine (386 p.)
• FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS by H.G. Bissinger (367 p.)

And to recap the monthly lists themselves:

• January
• February
• March
• April
• May
• June
• July
• August
• September
• October
• November
• December

Comments

[minnie]

i finally got knitting rules for christmas, and i adore it. the funny part, is i'm so used to reading the harlot's blog, that i want to type responses to everything! however the bit about having someone who doesn't tell you to "get a grip" when confronted with your stash was very close to home. i did marry him, lol.

oh, and something you'll find particularly funny. i had my sock yarn laid out on the bed to take a picture of it for the limenviolet sock marathon, and mark took one look at it and said "i could say one of two things." and that was? "well, i could say that that pile of yarn is very representative of you" "an eclectic mix of fibers and colors?!?" "or get it off the bed." i started picking it up, lol.

[Kristi aka Fiber Fool]

And to think I was happy with my measly 68 books! How do you read that many books and still spin and knit as much as you do????

[Jennifer]

Wow! I thought I read a lot. I'm so impressed. I've been keeping an Excel spreadsheet for years - my Book Log - it's great fun. I especially like that you note the number of pages. Great idea. I like your system as part of your blog. I think I'll have to check some of these out.

[Laura]

That's a lot of books read, gf. I don't know when you have time to knit and spin, but you manage those, too. You rock!