2006 Reviews: Index by Rating

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

4: worth reading multiple times (buy it)

Thriving on Vague Objectives by Scott Adams

Dawn by Octavia Butler (Xenogenesis, book 1)

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

Identity Crisis by Brad Meltzer and Rags Morales

Odd Girl Out by Rachel Simmons

The Geography of Girlhood by Kirsten Smith

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

The Strictest School in the World by Howard Whitehouse

Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny

3.5: worth reading, parts worth re-reading (borrow or buy it)

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

Permutation City by Greg Egan

Prayers for the Assassin by Robert Ferrigno

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

3: worth reading once (borrow it from a library)

Flatland by Edwin Abbott

The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov

Hugging the Rock by Susan Taylor Brown

Adulthood Rites by Octavia Butler (Xenogenesis, book 2)

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

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

Ida B by Katherine Hannigan

The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones

Anne Freaks Volume 1 by Yua Kotegawa

In the Land of the Lawn Weenies by David Lubar

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

Sold by Patricia McCormick

Saturday by Ian McEwan

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

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (Twilight series, book 1)

The Complete Strangers in Paradise Volume One by Terry Moore

Blindness by José Saramago

Skipping Towards Gomorrah by Dan Savage

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

Funny You Should Ask... Volume 2 from Thomson Gale

Runaways, Volume 1 by Brian Vaughan and Adrian Alphona

Big Fish by Daniel Wallace

2.5: parts of it are worth reading once (borrow it from a library)

The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen by M. T. Anderson

Restoring the Lost Constitution by Randy Barnett

The Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C. Clarke

The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell

2: not worth reading (skip it)

God's Debris by Scott Adams

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

Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke

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

Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech

Against the Giants by Ru Emerson

Soccer Chick Rules by Dawn FitzGerald

Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days Volume 1 by Fumino Hayashi

Do Not Go Naked into Your Next Presentation by Ron Hoff

Dead Men Kill by L. Ron Hubbard

Bad Buster by Sofie Laguna

SWF Seeks Same by John Lutz

On Beauty by Zadie Smith

The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket

The End by Lemony Snicket

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

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

Superman: Birthright by Mark Waid and Leinil Francis Yu

Super Emma by Sally Warner

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World by John Wood

1.5: parts of it are worth reading once (maybe borrow it from a library)

Mindful Politics edited by Melvin McLeod

1: not worth considering (burn it)

Lunch Lessons by Ann Cooper

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich

Sardine in Outer Space by Emmanuel Guibert and Joann Sfar

Don't Think of an Elephant! by George Lakoff

5 Minutes And 42 Seconds by T. J. Williams


Gaming Books

4: useful for any campaign (buy it)

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

3: useful for many campaigns

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

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

2: of use for some campaigns (but not most)

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

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