


Masterpiece
*****
Excellent
**** 1/2
Very good
****
Good
**** 1/2
Just okay
***
Not for me
**
Definitely not for me
*

’06 Books

2006

Best (tie)
Gilead – Marilynne Robinson 5
The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho 5

Worst
Plainsong – Kent Haruf
Rating: 0.5 (I HATED this book, and I grew up in that area)

Most Thought-Provoking
The Sparrow & Children of God (sequel) by Mary Doria Russell
Rating: 4 for both

Books Read Dec 06
None–too busy holidaying!

Books Read Nov 06
A Redbird Christmas – Fannie Flagg 4.5
Jayber Crow – Wendell Berry (bookclub pick) 4
Little Children – Tom Perrotta 3
The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho 5
The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop – Lewis Buzbee 4

Books Read Oct 06
Children of God – Mary Doria Russell 4
The Rebel Bookseller – Andrew Laties 3.5
The King’s English – Betsy Burton 4
Evening Class – Maeve Binchy 4
O is for Outlaw – Sue Grafton (bookclub pick) 3
Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafón 3.5
Case Histories – Kate Atkinson 3
Gilead – Marilynne Robinson 5

Books Read Sept 06
Clay’s Quilt – Silas House Rating: 3.5
O Artful Death – Sarah Stewart Taylor 3
The Thirteenth Tale – Diane Setterfield 4
The Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger 4
Parchment of Leaves – Silas House (bookclub pick) 3.5
Red Leaves – Thomas H. Cook 3.5
Plainsong – Kent Haruf Rating: 0.5
The Sparrow – Mary Doria Russell 4

I did read books before September, that’s just when I began keeping track.

1 comment to ’06 Books

  • Ali

    Definitely intend to read the Alchemist, but Gilead was AP required reading and I /hated/ it with a strong passion (which I had until then only reserved for Grapes of Wrath).

    Perhaps my religious (or rather non-religous) views got in the way of my enjoying Gilead. Though, everyone in the class hated it so maybe it is an age thing.

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