What I Read in 2006
January 04, 2007
In case anyone is interested, here is the list of books that I read in 2006, for a grand total of 198 (mostly children's books, with some adult mysteries and non-fiction thrown in). Next year, I'll get to 200.
Children's and Young Adult Books
- Carl Hiaasen: Hoot. Completed 1/13/06.
- P. B. Kerr: The Akhenaten Adventure. Completed 1/21/06. My review.
- Meg Cabot: All-American Girl. Completed 1/28/06.
- Rick Riordan: The Lightning Thief (on MP3). Completed 1/29/06. My review.
- Meg Cabot: Darkest Hour (The Mediator, Book 4). Completed 1/29/06.
- Suzanne Collins: Gregor The Overlander (Underland Chronicles, Book 1). Completed 2/1/06.
- Peter Abrahms: Down the Rabbit Hole : An Echo Falls Mystery (Echo Falls). Completed 2/3/06. My review.
- Suzanne Collins: Gregor The Overlander And The Prophecy Of Bane (Underland Chronicles). Finished 2/4/06. My review.
- Meg Cabot: The Princess Diaries (The Princess Diaries, Vol. 1). Completed 2/4/06.
- Rick Yancey: The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp (on MP3). Completed 2/8/06. My review.
- Suzanne Collins: Gregor And The Curse Of The Warmbloods (Underland Chronicles). Completed 2/10/06. My review.
- J. M. Barrie: Peter Pan (100th Anniversary Edition) (on MP3). Completed 2/11/06.
- Elise Broach: Shakespeare's Secret. Completed 2/11/06. My review.
- Andrew Clements: Things Not Seen. Completed 2/13/06.
- Annette Simon: This Book Is For All Kids, But Especially My Sister, Libby. Libby Died. (picture book). Completed 2/18/06. My review.
- Annette Simon: Mocking Birdies (picture book). Completed 2/18/06. My review.
- P. B. Kerr: Children Of The Lamp : The Blue Djinn Of Babylon (Children of the Lamp). Completed 3/5/06.
- Gabrielle Zevin: Elsewhere (on MP3). Completed 3/7/06. My review.
- Alan Silberberg: Pond Scum (a prize that I won from Susan at Chicken Spaghetti). Completed 3/11/06. My review.
- Sally Gardner: I, Coriander. Completed 3/12/06. My review.
- Eoin Colfer: The Wish List (standalone), recommended by Kim. (on MP3). Completed 3/17/06.
- Scott Westerfeld: Uglies. Completed 3/23/06. My review.
- Scott Westerfeld: Pretties (second book in series from above). Completed 3/27/06. My review.
- Frank Asch: Star Jumper: Journal of a Cardboard Genius. Completed 4/1/06. My review.
- Dana Reinhardt: A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life. (On MP3). Completed 4/2/03. My review.
- Alex Sanchez: Rainbow High. Completed 4/3/06. My review.
- Ellen Raskin: The Westing Game. Completed 4/12/06. My review.
- Justine Larbalestier: Magic or Madness. Completed 4/13/06. My review.
- Jeanne Birdsall: The Penderwicks : A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (National Book Award for Young People's Literature (Awards)). Completed 4/15/06. My review.
- Nadja Halilbegovich: My Childhood Under Fire: A Sarajevo Diary. Completed 4/16/06 (review copy from Raab Associates/Kids Can Press). My review.
- Chris Abouzeid: Anatopsis. Completed 4/21/06. My review.
- Michael Simmons: Finding Lubchenko. Completed 4/23/06. My review.
- Sue Corbett: Free Baseball. Completed 4/24/06. My review.
- Louise Erdrich: The Birchbark House. Listened on MP3. Completed 4/25/06. My review.
- Edith Nesbit: The Railway Children. Completed 4/29/06 on MP3. My review.
- Charlie Higson: Silverfin - Book #1 : A James Bond Adventure. Completed 4/29/06. My review.
- Garret Freymann-Weyr: Stay With Me. Completed 5/2/06. My review.
- Meg Cabot: Haunted (The Mediator, Book 5). Completed 5/2/06.
- Jennifer Holm and Matthew Holm: Babymouse: Beach Babe. Completed 5/4/06 (advance galley).
- Scott Westerfeld: So Yesterday. Completed 5/6/06. My review.
- Eoin Colfer: Half-Moon Investigations. Completed 5/9/06.
- Susan Taylor Brown: Oliver's Must-Do List. Completed 5/13/06. My review.
- Susan Taylor Brown: Hugging the Rock. Completed 5/14/06. My review.
- Elizabeth Enright: The Saturdays. Completed 5/14/06. My review.
- Justin Richards: Invisible Detective: Double Life. Completed 5/16/06. My review.
- Eleanor Cameron: The Court of Stone Children. Completed 5/18/06.
- James Patterson: Maximum Ride : The Angel Experiment. Completed 5/22/06. My review.
- Mike Lupica: Travel Team. Completed 5/25/06.
- Jeanne Duprau: The Prophet of Yonwood (Book of Ember). Completed 5/28/06, on MP3. My review.
- Ned Vizzini: It's Kind of a Funny Story. Completed 5/28/06. My review.
- Leo Lionni: Swimmy. Completed May 29, 2006.
- Cynthia Lord: Rules. Completed June 1, 2006. My review.
- Stephanie Meyer: Twilight. Completed June 6, 2006. My review.
- Scott Westerfeld: Specials (Uglies Trilogy). Completed June 7, 2006. My review.
- Meg Rosoff: How I Live Now. Completed June 6, 2006.
- Gary D. Schmidt: Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy. Completed June 7, 2006. My review.
- Peter Abrahams: Behind the Curtain : An Echo Falls Mystery. Completed June 14, 2006, on MP3. My review.
- Sue Corbett: 12 Again. Completed June 16, 2006. My review.
- Elizabeth Enright: The Four-Story Mistake. Completed June 16, 2006. My review.
- Nancy Springer: The Case of the Missing Marquess: An Enola Holmes Mystery. Completed June 16, 2006. My review. Completed June 16, 2006.
- Anna Dale: Dawn Undercover. Completed June 16, 2006. My review.
- Sharon Creech: Ruby Holler. Completed June 17, 2006. My review
- Jane Yolen: The Devil's Arithmetic. Completed June 17, 2006. My review.
- E. L. Konigsburg: The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place. Completed June 17, 2006. My review.
- Jane Langton: The Diamond in the Window. Completed June 17, 2006. My review.
- Jenny Nimmo: Charlie Bone And The Hidden King. Completed June 17, 2006. My review.
- Michele Dominguez Green: Chasing the Jaguar. Completed June 18, 2006. My review.
- Markus Zusak: The Book Thief. Completed June 18, 2006. My review.
- Tamora Pierce: Wild Magic (Immortals). Completed June 20, 2006. My review.
- Markus Zusak: I Am the Messenger. Completed June 23, 2006. My review.
- Kenneth Oppel: Airborn. Completed June 26, 2006. My review.
- Arthur Ransome: Swallows and Amazons. Completed June 30, 2006. My review.
- Michael Ende: The Neverending Story. Completed July 2, 2006. My review.
- L. M. Montgomery: Anne of Ingleside (Anne of Green Gables, No. 6). Completed July 3, 2006.
- Stephen Cole: Thieves Like Us. Completed July 8, 2006. My review.
- Tanya Lee Stone: A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl. Completed July 9, 2006. My review.
- Eva Ibbotson: The Star of Kazan. Completed July 11, 2006. My review.
- Maryrose Wood: Sex Kittens and Horn Dawgs Fall in Love. Completed July 12, 2006. My review.
- Mary E. Pearson: A Room on Lorelei Street. Completed July 16, 2006. My review.
- Justin Richards: Invisible Detective: Shadow Beast. Completed July 17, 2006. My review.
- Rick Riordan: Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters - Book Two . Completed July 18, 2006 (on MP3).
- Pete Hautman: Rash. Completed July 19, 2006. My review.
- Patrick Carman: The Dark Hills Divide: The Land of Elyon, Book 1. Completed July 23, 2006. My review.
- Michael Buckley: The Sisters Grimm: The Fairy-Tale Detectives - Book #1. Completed July 24, 2006. My review.
- Chris Lynch: Inexcusable. Completed July 24, 2006. My review.
- Jennifer Roy: Yellow Star. Completed July 25, 2006. My review.
- Tad Hills: Duck and Goose. Completed August 4, 2006.
- Celia Rees: Pirates!. Completed August 9, 2006. My review.
- Gail Gauthier: Happy Kid!. Completed August 12, 2006. My review.
- Diane Duane: Wizards at War. Completed August 18, 2006. My review.
- Shannon Hale: The Goose Girl. Completed August 20, 2006. My review.
- Wayne Thomas Batson: The Door Within: The Door Within Trilogy - Book One. Completed August 23, 2006. My review.
- Avi: Crispin: The Cross of Lead. Completed August 24, 2006. My review.
- Avi: Crispin: At the Edge of the World. Completed August 27, 2006. My review.
- Mitali Perkins: Monsoon Summer. Completed September 1, 2006. My review.
- Michael Buckley: The Sisters Grimm: The Unusual Suspects - Book #2. Completed September 2, 2006. My review.
- Marilyn Sachs: Lost in America. Completed September 3, 2006. My review.
- Paul Acampora: Defining Dulcie. Completed September 4, 2006.
- O. T. Nelson: The Girl Who Owned a City. Completed September 6, 2006.
- Stephenie Meyer: New Moon. Completed September 9, 2006. My review.
- Kirsten Miller: Kiki Strike. Completed September 12, 2006. My review.
- Nancy Garden: Endgame. Completed September 13, 2006.
- Polly Shulman: Enthusiasm. Completed September 16, 2006.
- Meg Cabot: How to Be Popular. Completed September 16, 2006. My review.
- Meg Cabot: Twilight (The Mediator, Book 6). Completed September 17, 2006.
- R. K. Mortenson. Landon Snow And the Auctor's Riddle. Completed September 19, 2006.
- Howard Whitehouse: Strictest School in the World, The: Being the Tale of a Clever Girl, a Rubber Boy and a Collection of Flying Machines, Mostly Broken (Mad Misadventures of Emmaline and Rubberbones, The). Completed September 25, 2006. My review.
- Roald Dahl: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Completed September 28, 2006.
- Megan Whalen Turner: The Thief. Completed September 29, 2006. (My review)
- Barry Lyga: The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl. Completed September 30, 2006. (My review)
- Patricia Hermes: Salem Witch (My Side of the Story). Completed October 2, 2006. (My review)
- Ned Vizzini: Be More Chill. Completed October 4, 2006.
- Jennifer Holm: Penny from Heaven. Completed October 5, 2006. (My review)
- Margaret Peterson Haddix: Turnabout. Completed October 11, 2006. (My review)
- Bonny Becker and Abby Carter (illustrator): Holbrook: A Lizard's Tale. Completed October 14, 2006. (My review)
- Margaret Buffie: Out of Focus. Completed October 19, 2006.
- Jennifer Allison: Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator. Completed October 22, 2006. (My review)
- Terry Deary: The Fire Thief. Completed October 23, 2006. (My review)
- Patricia Bennett Wilson (ill. Sharon Bean): I Can't See, But...I Can Imagine. Picture Book. Completed October 25, 2006. (My review)
- The Luster Family (ill. Tina Sedonne): I Can Do Anything!. Picture Book. Completed October 25, 2006. (My review)
- Fumiko Takeshita (ill. Jun Takabatake): Hello, Hello. Picture Book. Completed October 25, 2006.
- Gusti: Half of an Elephant. Picture Book. Completed October 25, 2006.
- Oneones: Happy Birthday Coco. Picture Book. Completed October 25, 2006. (My review.)
- Naomi Kojima: Singing Shijimi Clams. Picture Book. Completed October 25, 2006. (My review)
- Tony Ross: Say Please! (Little Princess Books). Picture Book. Completed October 25, 2006. My review.
- Mark David: Crazy Cars. Picture Book. Completed October 25, 2006. (My review).
- Zai Whitaker (ill. Natarajan): Kali And the Rat Snake. Picture Book. Completed October 25, 2006. (My review).
- Terry Deary: Flight of the Fire Thief (The Fire Thief). Completed October 28, 2006. (My review).
- Paul Fleischman: Seedfolks (Joanna Colter Books). Completed October 28, 2006. (My review).
- William McBride: Entertaining an Elephant: A Novel about Learning & Letting Go. Completed October 29, 2006.
- Sarah Weeks: Jumping the Scratch. Completed October 30, 2006. (My review)
- Jenny Han: Shug. Completed November 2. (My review)
- Mo Willems: Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct. Completed November 4, 2006.
- Kirby Larson: Hattie Big Sky. Completed November 6, 2006. (My review.)
- Cynthia Voigt: Homecoming (Tillerman Series). Completed November 12, 2006.
- John Green: An Abundance of Katherines. Completed November 19, 2006. My review.
- Patricia McCormick: Sold. Completed November 22, 2006. My review.
- Francisco X. Stork: Behind the Eyes. Completed November 23, 2006. My review.
- Stacia Deutsch & Rhody Cohon: Blast to the Past #6: Ben Franklin's Fame. Completed November 25, 2006. My review.
- Darrel & Sally Odgers: Jack Russell: Dog Detective: Dog Den Mystery. Completed November 25, 2006. My review.
- Robin Pulver, illustrated by Chuck Richards: Author Day for Room 3T. Completed November 26, 2006. My review.
- Robin Pulver, illustrated by Tedd Arnold: Axle Annie. Completed November 26, 2006. My review.
- Robin Pulver, illustrated by Layne Johnson: Christmas for a Kitten. Completed November 26, 2006. My review.
- Robin Pulver, illustrated by Tedd Arnold: Axle Annie and the Speed Grump. Completed November 26, 2006. My review.
- T. K. Welsh: The Unresolved. Completed December 7, 2006.
- T. K. Welsh: Resurrection Men. Completed December 7, 2006.
- Annie Bryant: Worst Enemies, Best Friends (Beacon Street Girls). Completed December 10, 2006. My review.
- Annie Bryant: Lake Rescue (Beacon Street Girls). Completed December 14, 2006. My review.
- Catherine Webb: The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle. Completed December 20, 2006.
- Jordan Sonnenblick: Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie. Completed December 24, 2006.
- Laura Whitcomb: A Certain Slant of Light. Completed December 29, 2006.
Adult Fiction
- Marcia Preston: #1 Perhaps She'll Die. Completed 1/2/06.
- Nelson DeMille: Night Fall. Completed 1/7/06.
- Linwood Barclay: Bad Move. Completed 1/12/06.
- Jacqueline Winspear: Birds of a Feather (second in series). Completed 1/13/06.
- Henning Mankell: Sidetracked (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard). Completed 1/28/06.
- Henning Mankell: The Fifth Woman (A Kurt Wallander Mystery). Completed 2/9/06.
- Jacqueline Winspear: #3 Pardonable Lies : A Maisie Dobbs Novel. Completed 2/18/06. My review.
- Henning Mankell: #6 One Step Behind. Completed 2/23/06.
- Gene Riehl: Quantico Rules. Completed 2/27/06.
- Henning Mankell: #7 Firewall (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard). Completed 3/5/06.
- Henning Mankell: Before the Frost. Completed 3/23.
- Maureen Jennings: Night's Child : A Detective Murdoch Mystery (Detective Murdoch Mysteries). Completed 3/24/06.
- Kazou Ishiguro: Never Let Me Go. Completed 3/30/06.
- Elizabeth George: With No One as Witness (Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers Novels). Completed 4/6/06.
- Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea (Aunt Dimity). Completed 4/8/06. My review.
- Elizabeth Ironside: Death in the Garden. Completed 4/13/06. My review.
- Rhys Bowen: Oh Danny Boy (Molly Murphy Mysteries). Completed 4/16/06.
- Elizabeth Brundage: The Doctor's Wife. Completed 4/20/06.
- Anne Perry: Angels in the Gloom : A Novel (World War One Novels). Completed 4/26/06.
- Jonnie Jacobs: The Only Suspect. Completed 4/30/06, in one day.
- Denise Hamilton: Savage Garden (Eve Diamond Novels). Completed 5/4/06.
- Gary Braver: Flashback. Completed 5/14/06.
- Gary Troup: Bad Twin. Completed 5/19/06, on MP3.
- James Rollins: Map of Bones. Completed 5/27/06.
- Jo Dereske: Bookmarked to Die (Miss Zukas Mysteries). Completed 6/5/2006.
- Jodi Picoult: The Tenth Circle : A Novel. Completed 6/07/06.
- Morag Joss: Funeral Music (Sara Selkirk Mysteries). Completed 6/22/06.
- Richard Barre: Blackheart Highway (Wil Hardesty Novels). Completed 7/1/06.
- Victoria Thompson: Murder on Lenox Hill. Completed 8/7/06.
- Richard Barre: The Ghosts of Morning. Completed 8/9/06.
- Janet Evanovich: Twelve Sharp (Stephanie Plum Novels). Completed 8/18/06.
- Chris Grabenstein: Tilt-a-Whirl. Completed 8/21/06. My review.
- Laurie R. King: The Art of Detection. Completed 8/23/06 (on MP3).
- Susan Wittig Albert: The Tale of Hill Top Farm (The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter). Completed 8/30/06.
- Robert Crais: The Two Minute Rule. Completed 9/5/06.
- Chris Bohjalian: Before You Know Kindness. Completed 9/8/06.
- Jeffrey Deaver: The Cold Moon: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel. Completed 9/14/06.
- Andrea Camilleri: Excursion to Tindari: An Inspector Montalbano Mystery. Completed October 12, 2006.
- Barbara Cleverly: The Last Kashmiri Rose. Completed October 13, 2006.
- Diane Setterfield: The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel. Completed November 4, 2006. My review.
- F. Paul Wilson: Infernal. Completed December 7, 2006.
- Michael Connelly: Echo Park. Completed December 10, 2006.
Adult Non-Fiction
- Maureen Corrigan: Leave Me Alone: I'm Reading. Completed 1/2/06. My review.
- Steve Leveen: The Little Guide to your Well-Read Life. Completed 1/14/06. My review.
- Jason Kotecki: Escape Adulthood. Completed 1/31/06. My review.
- Anne Fadiman: Ex Libris : Confessions of a Common Reader. Completed 2/21/06. Listened on MP3.
- David Brouchard and Wendy Sutton: The Gift of Reading: A Guide for Educators and Parents. Completed 2/27/06.
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