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January 15, 2007
2006 Book Readings
My book reading was not satisfactory this past year for a few reasons. First, I think I missed a few in this list, as I wasn't keeping track as well as I should have been. Second, even so, I didn't get through as much I was hoping to. Around about August I fell into a big slump. And third, of course, is that I spend so much time reading for work and reading the various periodicals I get on the Metro, that at night sometimes I don't feel like doing much beyond watching Fresh Prince (see previous post).Of the list below, I think my favorite was Omnivore's Dilemma.
1001 Nights of Snowfall by Bill Willingham - 3.5
The Last Light of the Sun by Guy Gavriel Kay - 3.8
The Perfect Thing by Steven Levy - 4.5
Saving Graces by Elizabeth Edwards - 4.2
A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe - 4
It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis - 4.5
[draft manuscript] by S. Vitale
[undisclosed] by [undisclosed] - 3.5
A History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage - 3.25
Down Came the Rain by Brooke Shields - 3.8
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan - 4.6
An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore - 5
Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating by Jane Goodall - 4
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriett Beecher Stowe - 4.25
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge - 4.25
Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay - 3.8
Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control and ... Reproductive Health by Toni Weschler - 4.25
The Number by Lee Eisenberg - 2.25
The Party's Over: Oil, War, and the Fate of Industrial Societies by Richard Heinberg - 4.75
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote - 3.5
Spin by Robert Charles Wilson - 3.5
You're in Charge - Now What? by Neff & Citrin - 3.75
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler - 3.8
Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay - 4.25
Cyanide Canary by Hilldorfer and Dugoni - 3.5
Metaphors We Live By by Lakoff and Johnson - 4.8
Close Range by Annie Proulx - 4
Why I Hate Saturn by Kyle Baker - 2.9
The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay - 4.25
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson - 4
Serenity: The Official Visual Companion - by Joss Whedon - 3.85
The Rebel Angels (1st of the Cornish Trilogy) by Robertson Davies - 3.75
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott - 3.5
Forty Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson - 2.75
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke - 4
Smart Couples Finish Rich by David Bach - 4
I Am Spock by Leonard Nimoy - 3.6
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion - 3.75
Your Money or Your Life by Dominguez & Robin - 3.8
6 Comments --
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Posted by: Medley on January 15, 2007
I really loved The Omnivore's Dilemma. Out of this set, I also enjoyed In Cold Blood and Your Money or Your Life (which feel like they should be about the same thing, given their titles...).
Posted by: dan on January 16, 2007
I really think you should have given [undisclosed] by [undisclosed] a higher rating.
Posted by: Katxena on January 17, 2007
I totally didn't keep any sort of track of the books I read in 2006. Maybe this year will be different. I did read several issues of "Real Simple" magazine, which I have now decided is just "Martha Stewart Living" repackaged for the young n' wealthy moms crowd. But its creative use of origami assemblages gets it a solid 3.0 rating on the 5-point scale of total magazine enjoyment. Its pages will also make excellent collage material.
As for books, I am saving valuable time by having my husband read "Smart Couples Finish Rich" and summarize it for me. I think I can figure out the system, though. Step 1: Earn a living wage. Not earning a living wage? Stop buying stupid self-help books.
Posted by: JenB on January 17, 2007
Real Simple magazine is the *best* for collage material. All those wonderful colors, and the superlatives all spelled out in attractive fonts. It rocks. My second favorite magazine for this purpose is O.
Posted by: Katxena on January 18, 2007
Great book list this year! I read Taking Charge of Your Fertility too, and I loved it. If only more women *really* knew about their cycles.
btw, have you heard of LibraryThing? I'm addicted. It's an online catalog for books you own and/or have read. What's cool is it gives you suggestions based on what people who liked the same books as you have also enjoyed.
Posted by: Kelly on January 15, 2007