Books read in 2005

Submitted by professorowl on Fri, 03/11/2005 - 07:48
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  1. Mario Puzo, _The Last Don_ (this was the very last one. I will try to get a note linked here later).
  2. His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler, MD, _The Art of Happiness at Work_ (http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/12/booknote-art-of-happiness-at-...)
  3. Isabel Allende, _La Ciudad de las Bestias_ (http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/12/booknote-la-ciudad-de-las-bes...)
  4. Pablo Neruda, _A la Orilla Azul del Silencio_ (http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/12/booknote-la-orilla-azul-del-s...)
  5. Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, _The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, vol.2_ (http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/11/booknote-league-of-extraordin...)
  6. Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone, _Warmly Inscribed: The New England Forger and Other Book Tales_ (http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/11/booknote-warmly-inscribed.html)
  7. Omar Khayyam, The Rubaiyat_ (http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/11/booknote-rub225iy225t.html)
  8. Katsuhiro Otomo, _Hipira_ (http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/11/booknote-hipira.html)
  9. Fernando Vallejo, _La Virgen de los Sicarios_ (http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/11/booknote-la-virgen-de-los-sic...)
  10. Frederick Pohl, ed., _The SFWA Masters, vol. 1_ (http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/11/booknote-sfwa-masters-vol1.html)
  11. Neil Gaiman, _Marvel 1602_ (http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/10/booknote-marvel-1602.html)
  12. Barbara Fine Clouse, _265 Troubleshooting Strategies for Writing Nonfiction_ (http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/10/booknote-265-troubleshooting....)
  13. Joseph McCabe, ed., _Hanging out with the Dream King: Conversations with Neil Gaiman and his Collaborators_ (http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/10/booknote-hanging-out-with-dre...)
  14. Paulo Coehlo, _La Quinta Monta~na_. This is available in English as _The Fifth Mountain_ (http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/09/booknote-la-quinta-monta241a....)
  15. Mike Ashley, ed., _New Sherlock Holmes Adventures_ (http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/09/booknote-new-sherlock-holmes....)
  16. Juan Gelman, _Pais que fue sera_ (http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/09/booknote-pa237s-que-fue-ser22...)
  17. Ana Maria Araujo Freire and Donaldo Macedo, _The Paulo Freire Reader_ (http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/08/booknote-paulo-freire-reader....)
  18. Charles Schultz, _The Complete Peanuts: 1955-1956 (vol.3)_ (http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/08/booknote-complete-peanuts-195...)
  19. Trudi E. Jacobson and Lijuan Xu, _Motivating Students in Information Literacy Classes_ (http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/08/booknote-motivating-students-...)
  20. Luiz Inacio da Silva (Lula), _Tengo Un Sue~no_ (http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/08/booknote-lula-tengo-un-sue241...)
  21. Daniel Pennac, _Better than Life_ (http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/07/booknote-better-than-life.html)
  22. Reymundo Sanchez, _My Bloody Life: The Making of a Latin King_ (http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/07/booknote-my-bloody-life.html)
  23. Brad Meltzer et. al., _Identity Crisis_ (http://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/12/booknote-identity-crisis....)
  24. Morgan Spurlock, _Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Super Sizing of America_ (http://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/12/booknote-dont-eat-this-bo...)
  25. Josh Peter, _Fried Twinkies, Buckle Bunnies and Bull Riders: A Year Inside the Professional Bull Riders Tour_ (http://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/12/booknote-fried-twinkies-b...)
  26. Joseph Romain, _Marijuana For Dopes: A Pop Culture History of Cannabis_ (http://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/12/booknote-marijuana-for-do...)
  27. Cecilia Konchar Farr, _Reading Oprah: How Oprah's Book Club Changed the Way America Reads_ (http://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/11/booknote-reading-oprah.html)
  28. Daniel Moulthrop et. al., _Teachers Have It Easy: The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of America's Teachers_ (http://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/11/booknote-teachers-have-it...)
  29. Kyle Jarrard, _Cognac: The Seductive Saga of the World's Most Coveted Spirit_ (http://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/09/booknote-cognac-seductive...)
  30. Horacio Verbitsky, _Confessions of an Argentine Dirty Warrior_ (http://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/09/booknote-confessions-of-a...)
  31. Lewis Black, _Nothing's Sacred_ (http://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/08/booknote-nothings-sacred....)
  32. Ken Tucker, _Kissing Bill O'Reilly, Roasting Miss Piggy: 100 Things to Love and Hate about TV_ (http://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/07/booknote-kissing-bill-ore...)
  33. Gary Indiana, _Schwarzenegger Syndrome_ (http://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/07/booknote-schwarzenegger-s...)
  34. Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, _Freakonomics_ (http://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/07/booknote-freakonomics.html)
  35. Elaine K. McEwan, _How to Deal with Parents Who Are Angry, Troubled, Afraid, or Just Plain Crazy_ (http://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/05/booknote-how-to-deal-with...)
  36. Michael C. Ruppert, _Crossing the Rubicon: the Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil_ (note here: http://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/07/booknote-crossing-rubicon...)
  37. Kevin J. Anderson, ed., _Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina (Star Wars)_ (see note here: http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/07/booknote-tales-from-mos-eisle...)
  38. Vicki Gill, _The Ten Commandments of Professionalism for Teachers_ (short note here: http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/07/booknote-ten-commandments-of....)
  39. Julia Alvarez, _The Woman I Kept to Myself_ (short review here http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/06/booknote-woman-i-kept-to-myse...)
  40. Carlos Fuentes, _En Esto Creo_ (short review here: http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/05/booknote-en-esto-creo.html)
  41. Mario Benedetti, _Inventario Tres_ (short review here: http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/05/booknote-inventario-tres.html)
  42. Kevin J. Anderson, ed., _Tales from Jabba's Palace (Star Wars)_ (short note here: http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/06/booknote-tales-from-jabbas-pa...)
  43. Kevin J. Anderson, ed. _Tales of the Bounty Hunters (Star Wars)_ (short note here:http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/05/booknote-tales-of-bounty-hunters-star.html )
  44. Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion_ (2002)(note here: http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/05/booknote-house-of-scorpion-20...)
  45. Arturo Perez-Reverte, _El Club Dumas_ (1992)(note here: http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/05/booknote-el-club-dumas-1992.html)
  46. Nathan McCall, _What's Going On_ (1997)(note here: http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/04/booknote-whats-going-on-1997....)
  47. Harry G. Frankfurt, _On Bullshit_ (2005)(note here: http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/04/booknote-on-bullshit-2005.html)
  48. Niccolo Machiavelli, _The Prince_
  49. Sandra Benitez, _A Place Where the Sea Remembers_ (1994)
  50. Agatha Christie, _The A.B.C. Murders_
  51. Celia Cruz, _Mi Vida_
  52. Neil Gaiman, _The Sandman: Endless Nights_
  53. Daryl Cagle and Brian Fairrington, eds., _The Best Political Cartoons of 2005_
  54. H.G. Bissinger, _Friday Night Lights_ (1990)
  55. Ruben Dario, _Cantos de Vida y Esperanza_ (there is a nice bilingual edition edited by Derusha and Acereda. English title _Songs of Life and Hope)
  56. Charles Schultz, _The Complete Peanuts_, vol. 2.
  57. Mario Vargas Llosa, _Diario de Irak_ (2003)
  58. Agatha Christie, _Cards on the Table_
  59. Larry Winget, _Shut Up, Stop Whining, and Get a Life_
  60. Richard Roeper, _Schlock Value_
  61. Jorge Ramos, _The Latino Wave_ (2004)
  62. Jean-Ives Leloup, translator, _The Gospel of Philip_
  63. Larry Cuban, _The Blackboard and the Bottom Line: Why Schools Can't Be Businesses_ (2004)
  64. Anthony Swofford, _Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles_ (2003)
  65. Charles Schulz, _The Complete Peanuts_, vol. 1
  66. Miguel A. De La Torre, _Santeria_
  67. Nicanor Parra, translated from the Spanish (or rather antitranslated) by Liz Werner, _Antipoems: How to Look Better and Feel Great_
  68. Gabriel Zaid, _So Many Books_
  69. Ilan Stavans, with illustrations by Lalo Alcaraz, _Latino USA: A Cartoon History_
  70. Anonymous, _Imperial Hubris_
  71. Lalo Alcaraz, _Migra Mouse: Political Cartoons on Immigration by Lalo Alcaraz_
  72. Octavio Paz, _El Laberinto de la Soledad_
  73. Lou Fournier, _What's So Funny About Education?_ (2003)
Author Comments: 

This list can include books in English as well as in Spanish, since I read in both languages. A lot of these I picked up at work as they came in (I work at a library, so the librarians get to see the new books first). Anyhow, I think it makes a somewhat varied list since I read all over, so to speak. Most recently read are listed first. I recently started a blog. One of the things I do with it is make notes on books I read. I have included links to blog entries which people can cut and paste to their browser if they wish to read a note about a book. As for older books, I may make notes as time allows.