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