Books Read In 2006 - The Final List

Submitted by aaliyah16 on Sat, 01/07/2006 - 07:14
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  1. The King of Torts - John Grisham (3/5)
  2. Your Own Worst Enemy - Ken Christian (5/5)
  3. Next Man Up: A Year Behind the Lines in Today's NFL - John Feinstein (4/5)
  4. Mutual Funds for Dummies - Eric Tyson (4/5)
  5. Life on the Color Line - Gregory H. Williams (4/5)
  6. Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson (3.5/5)
  7. Light on Snow - Anita Shreve (3.5/5)
  8. Souls of My Brothers - Dawn Daniels & Candace Sandy (4/5)
  9. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon(4.5/5)
  10. Don't Cry Now - Joy Fielding (3.5/5)
  11. A Lesson Before Dying - Ernest J Gaines (3.5/5)(fiction)
  12. Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now - Maya Angelou (4/5)(nonfiction)
  13. Everyday Grace - Marianne Williamson (3.5/5)(nonfiction)
  14. What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day - Pearl Cleage (4/5)(fiction)
  15. Unless - Carol Shields (3.5/5)(fiction)
  16. Rich Dad's Prophecy: Why the Biggest Stock... - R. Kiyosaki and S. Lechter (4/5)(nonfiction)
  17. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan - Sophie Kinsella (4/5)(fiction)
  18. Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog - John Grogan (5/5)(nonfiction)
  19. Lucky - Alice Sebold (5/5)(nonfiction)
  20. Diagonally-Parked in a Parallel Universe - Signe A. Dayhoff (4.5/5)(nonfiction)
  21. Natural Relief for Anxiety - Edmund J. Bourne (4/5)(nonfiction)
  22. Saying Yes to Life (Even the Hard Parts) - Ezra Bayda, et al (4/5)(nonfiction)
  23. 277 Secrets Your Dog Wants You to Know - P. Cooper & P. Noble (3.5/5)(nonfiction)
  24. I Shudder at Your Touch: 22 Tales of Sex and Horror - Michele B. Slung (Ed.)(4/5)(fiction)
  25. 20-Something, 20-Everything: A Quarter-life Woman's Guide to Balance and Direction - Christine Hassler (5/5)(nonfiction)
  26. Small Town Girl - LaVyrle Spencer (3/5) (fiction)
  27. Conquering Your Quarterlife Crisis - Alexandra Robbins (4/5) (nonfiction)
  28. Rubyfruit Jungle - Rita Mae Brown (3.5/5)(fiction)
  29. Managing Your Emotions - Joyce Meyer (4/5)(nonfiction)
  30. Who Cares What You're Supposed to Do - V. Dickerson & C. Fine (3/5)(nonfiction)
  31. Heart Full of Lies: A True Story of Desire and Death - Ann Rule (3.5/5)(nonfiction)
  32. The Last Juror - John Grisham (3/5)(fiction)
  33. A Woman's Place - Barbara Delinsky (4/5)(fiction)
  34. If Loving You is Wrong - Gregg Olsen (4.5/5)(nonfiction)
  35. Angel on My Shoulder: An Autobiography - Natalie Cole (4/5)(nonfiction)
  36. Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living - Angel K. Williams (4.5/5)(nonfiction)
  37. Calming Your Anxious Mind - Jeffrey Brantley (4/5)(nonfiction)
  38. Shopaholic Ties the Knot - Sophie Kinsella (3.5/5)(fiction)
  39. 10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace - Wayne W. Dyer (4/5)(nonfiction)
  40. A Love Story - D. Millner & N. Chiles (3/5)(fiction)
  41. Being In Balance - Wayne W. Dyer (4.5/5)(nonfiction)
  42. The Darkest Child - Delores Phillips (4.5/5)(fiction)
  43. A Walk on the Beach: Tales of Wisdom From an Unconventional Woman - Joan Anderson (4/5)(nonfiction)
  44. The Rainmaker - John Grisham (4/5)(fiction)
  45. An Unfinished Marriage - Joan Anderson (4/5)(nonfiction)
  46. A Hand Guide to Me - Denzel Washington (3/5)(nonfiction)
  47. The Glass Lake - Maeve Binchy (4/5)(fiction)
  48. There Is Nothing Wrong with You - Cheri Huber (5/5)(nonfiction)
  49. Get A Financial Life - Beth Koblinger (4.5/5) (nonfiction)
  50. The End of The Dream - Ann Rule (3.5/5) (nonfiction)
  51. Mama Made the Difference - T.D. Jakes (4/5) (nonfiction)
  52. The Broke Diaries - Angela Nissel (4/5) (nonfiction)
Author Comments: 

+re-read
1 = waste of time
3 = average
5 = loved it

My favorite book I read this year was “Marley and Me”. As clichéd as it sounds, I laughed and cried through that book. That book also made me glad that I didn’t adopt a golden retriever when I had the chance. I always dreamed of having one. Now I know how much space and work is involved. I’m glad I adopted my corgi/beagle mix.

The longest book award goes to "The Glass Lake". It was over 700 pages! It took me about a month to read it and it wasn’t that great. Heh.

The best self help/spiritual book was "There Is Nothing Wrong with You" even though it isn't helping me right now...

The best non-spiriutual self help book was "Get A Financial Life".

"The Darkest Child" was the best fiction I read this year by far.

To be honest, I didn’t read a lot of great books this year. I don’t know why. I didn’t go to the library as much. I relied mostly on booksfree.com, paperbackswap.com and used book stores.