Books Read in 2006

 
January 2006
Out of the Silent Planet...C.S. Lewis...intriguing
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate...Alexander McCall Smith...always entertaining to read

February 2006

The Lord of the Rings...Tolkien...  classic
The Fellowship of the Ring...Tolkien...good, but the Hobbit will always be my favorite

March 2006

April 2006
The Country of Pointed Firs...Sarah Orne Jewett...wonderful
Excellent Women...Barbara Pym
     tried:  Quartet in Autumn...Pym
               Lucky Jim
The Last Templar...Michael Jecks...historical fiction...fairly good

May 2006
Blue Shoes and Happiness...Alexander McCall Smith...love this series

June 2006
E. B. White...biography...great writer...not that great life
Things Fall Apart...Chinua Achebe...interesting but ultimately depressing

July 2006
The Hunter's Tale...Margaret Fraser..medievel series mystery...very good
A Coffin for Dimitrios...Eric Ambler...classic crime mystery
The Big Sleep...Raymond Chandler..classic crime mystery
Espresso Tales...Alexander McCall Smith...enjoyable read
The Moonstone...Wilkie Collins...loved, one of my favorites...very romantic and suspenseful
Strong Poison...Dorothy Sayers...classic mystery
The Maltese Falcon...Dashiell Hammett...classic mystery

August 2006
Gaudy Night...Dorothy Sayers...new favorite
Busman's Honeymoon...Dorothy Sayers...play adapted to novel...doesn't work for me
Nine Tailors...Dorothy Sayers...another new favorite
Murder Must Advertise...Dorothy Sayers...good
Lord Peter...Dorothy Sayers...good
The Innocence of Father Brown...G.K. Chesterton...very enjoyable story of priest detective

September 2006
The Wisdom of Father Brown...G.K. Chesterton...enjoyable

October 2006
The Tiger in the Smoke...Margery Allingham..classic mystery
A Right Attitude to Rain...Alexander McCall Smith

November 2006
Flowers for the Judge...Margery Allingham...good
Police at the Funeral...Margery Allingham...good
The Fashion in Shrouds...Margery Allingham...good

December 2006

The Widow's Tale...Margaret Fraser..medievel mystery series...well written

Love of Reading

This blog will be my online record of books I have read in the last five years.  I find it helps me to remember books I've enjoyed and where my interests have been since 2005.

June 2005
Confederates in the Attic... Tony Horowitz...Fascinating!
Because of Winn-Dixie...Kate DiCamillo
Death Comes for the Archbishop...Willa Cather...Excellent, Loved
For the Good of Earth and Sun...Georgia Heard
Empire Falls...Richard Russo...okay
Old School...Tobias Wolff... well written
The Beekeeper's Apprentice...Laurie King...annoying

July 2005
Reading Essentials...Regie Routman...valuable for professional reading
Blood of My Blood...Marjorie Rawlings..riveting
One of Ours...Willa Cather...well-written
My Antonia...Willa Cather...weird, didn't finish
Twilight Comes Twice...Ralph Fletcher...beautiful picture book
Hello, Harvest Moon...Ralph Fletcher...beautiful picture book

August 2005
Birds of a Feather...Ngaio Marsh...slightly dated mystery
Enter a Murderer...Ngaio Marsh
Lost Treasure...Janet S. Anderson... interesting juvenile fiction
Night at the Vulcan...Ngaio Marsh
Death of a Peer...Ngaio Marsh...best so far
Mrs. Presumed Dead...Simon Brett...light reading
Crossing to Safety...Wallace Stegner...good

September 2005
Shepherds Abiding...Jan Karon...okay

October 2005
Maigret's Christmas...Georges Simenon...excellent mystery
Maigret and the Wine Merchant...Georges Simenon...enjoyable mystery
Maigret and the Gai Moulin...Georges Simenon...good mystery

November 2005
Artists in Crime...Ngaio Marsh...okay mystery
The Beckoning Lady...Marjory Allingham...very difficult to keep at reading, mystery

December 2005
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies Alexander McCall Smith...loved, as usual
The Moving Finger...Agatha Christie...mystery