2006 Reviews: Alphabetical Index

71 books read and reviewed this year. The order is by author then by title, with the gaming books in a separate section at the end. The number in parentheses is the rating.


Flatland by Edwin Abbott (3)

God's Debris by Scott Adams (2)

Thriving on Vague Objectives by Scott Adams (4)

The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen by M. T. Anderson (2.5)

The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov (3)

Restoring the Lost Constitution by Randy Barnett (2.5)

Justice League Unlimited: Jam Packed Action - Volume 1 by Stan Berkowitz and J. M. DeMatteis (2)

Hugging the Rock by Susan Taylor Brown (3)

Adulthood Rites by Octavia Butler (Xenogenesis, book 2) (3)

Dawn by Octavia Butler (Xenogenesis, book 1) (4)

Imago by Octavia Butler (Xenogenesis, book 3) ((3)

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon (3.5)

Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke (2)

The Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C. Clarke (2.5)

Teen Titans: Jam Packed Action - Volume 1 by Rick Copp, Tom Pugsley, and Greg Klein (2)

Lunch Lessons by Ann Cooper (1)

Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech (2)

Permutation City by Greg Egan (3)

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich (1)

Against the Giants by Ru Emerson (2)

Prayers for the Assassin by Robert Ferrigno (3.5)

Soccer Chick Rules by Dawn FitzGerald (2)

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin (3)

Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (2)

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (4)

Sardine in Outer Space by Emmanuel Guibert and Joann Sfar (1)

Ida B by Katherine Hannigan (3)

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days Volume 1 by Fumino Hayashi (2*)

Do Not Go Naked into Your Next Presentation by Ron Hoff (2)

Dead Men Kill by L. Ron Hubbard (2)

The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones (3)

Anne Freaks Volume 1 by Yua Kotegawa (3)

Bad Buster by Sofie Laguna (2)

Don't Think of an Elephant! by George Lakoff (1)

In the Land of the Lawn Weenies by David Lubar (3*)

SWF Seeks Same by John Lutz (2)

The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni (I Promessi Sposi translated by Bruce Penman) (3)

Sold by Patricia McCormick (3)

Saturday by Ian McEwan (3)

Mindful Politics edited by Melvin McLeod (1.5)

Identity Crisis by Brad Meltzer and Rags Morales (4)

New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (Twilight series, book 2) (3)

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (Twilight series, book 1) (3)

The Complete Strangers in Paradise Volume One by Terry Moore (3)

Blindness by José Saramago (3)

Skipping Towards Gomorrah by Dan Savage (3)

Odd Girl Out by Rachel Simmons (4)

The Geography of Girlhood by Kirsten Smith (4)

On Beauty by Zadie Smith (2)

The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket (2)

The End by Lemony Snicket (2)

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (4)

King Kobold Revived by Christopher Stasheff (The Warlock Series, book 2) (2)

The Warlock in Spite of Himself by Christopher Stasheff (The Warlock Series, book 1) (3)

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (3.5)

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (2)

Funny You Should Ask... Volume 2 from Thomson Gale (3)

Runaways, Volume 1 by Brian Vaughan and Adrian Alphona (3)

The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell (2.5)

Superman: Birthright by Mark Waid and Leinil Francis Yu (2)

Big Fish by Daniel Wallace (3)

Super Emma by Sally Warner (2)

The Strictest School in the World by Howard Whitehouse (4)

5 Minutes And 42 Seconds by T. J. Williams (1)

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World by John Wood (2)

Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny (4)


Gaming Books


Tome of Battle by Richard Baker, Matthew Sernett, and Frank Brunner (4)

Complete Psionic by Bruce Cordell and Christopher Lindsay (2)
Rating - 3: useful for many campaigns

Weapons of Legacy by Bruce Cordell, Kolja Liquette, and Travis Stout (2)

Complete Mage by Skip Williams, Penny Williams, Ari Marmell, and Kolja Raven Liquette (3)

Magic of Incarnum by James Wyatt, Frank Brunner, and Stephen Schubert (3)