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Saturday, January 01, 2005

2005 Books I Read

Books
Jan: Goodkind, Terry; Soul of the Fire
Jan: Cummings, Joe et al; Lonely Planet Thailand

Friday, December 31, 2004

2004 Books I Read

2004 Books
Jan: King, Stephen; Four Past Midnight
Jan: Posner, Gerald; Cased Closed; Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK
Feb: Gerber, Michael E.; The E Myth Revisited
Feb: House Of Sand And Fog
Mar: Atwood, Margaret; Alias Grace
Mar: The Secret Life Of Bees
Mar: Kennedy, John F.; Profiles In Courage
Mar: Lahiri,Jhumpa; Interpreter of Maladies
Apr: Norwood, Robin; Women Who Love Too Much
June: Irwin, Robert; Find It Buy It Fix It
July: Investing In Condominiums
July: Autistic Boy dog book
July: Sherwood, Ben; The Death And Life Of Charlie St. Cloud
July: Osborn, John Jay; The Man Who Owned New York
Aug: King, Stephen, Hearts In Atlantis
Aug: Haanel,Charles F.; The Master Key
Aug: L'amour,Louis; Haunted Mesa
Sept: Goodkind, Terry; Wizard's First
Oct: Goodkind, Terry; Stone Of Tears
Nov: Goodkind, Terry; Blood Of The Fold
Dec: Goodkind, Terry; Temple Of The Winds

2004 Audio Books
Jan: Flow
Jan: Martini; The Judge
Feb: King, Stephen; On Writing
Feb: Ludlum, Robert; The Sigma Protocol
Feb: Harrison, Colin; After burn
Mar: Berners-Lee, Tim; Weaving The Web
Mar: King, Stephen; Quitters Inc.
Mar: King, Stephen; Mrs. Todd's Shortcut
Mar: Tartt, Donna; The Secret History
Mar: Carlson, Charles B.; Eight Steps To Seven Figures
Mar: Bach, Richard; Illusions
Mar: Groom, Winston; Gump & Co.
Apr: King, Stephen; Thinner
Apr: Clancey, Tom; Op-Centre Mirror Image
Apr: The Tibetan Book Of Living And Dying
May: Jane Roberts; Seth Speaks
May: Castenada, Carlos; A Separate Reality
June: Cayce, Edgar; An American Prophet
June: Wolfe, Tom; Ambush At Fort Bragg
July: Ludlum, Robert; The Bourne Ultimatum
July: Bell;Strieber; The Coming Global Superstorm
July: Stein, Harry, Infinity's Child
July: Darnton, John; The Experiment
Aug: Baldacci, David; The Winner
Aug: Mailer, Norman; An American Dream
Aug: Peters, Tom; Reinventing Work
Aug: The Girl In The Plain Brown Wrapper

Wednesday, December 31, 2003

2003 Books I Read

2003 Books
Jan: Auel, Jean M.: The Shelters of Stone ***
Jan: King, Stephen: The Stand (Complete) ***
Jan: Kolata, Gina: Flu ****
Feb: King, Stephen: On Writing *****
Feb: Bramley, William: The Gods of Eden *****
Mar: Tennant, Patricia, Tunnel Of Light ***
Mar: Adams, Richard, Watership Down ****
April: Kingsolver, Barbara; The Poisonwood Bible ***
May: Davey, Cyril J.; The Story Of Sadhu Sundar Singh **
May: Minstry, Rohinton; A Fine Balance ****
May: Garcia Marquez, Gabriel; Love In The Time Of Cholera ****
June: Castaneda, Carlos, The Power Of Silence ***
June: Minstry, Rohinton; Such a Long Journey ***
June: Brown, Dee; Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee *****
June: Vidal, Gore; Perpetual War For Perpetual Peace ****
June: Barclay, David; Aliens The Final Answer *****
July: The Dancing Wu Li Masters ****
July: Hitler, Adolf: Mein Kampf **
July: Nilus, Sergyei; The Protocols Of The Learned Elders Of Zion: This is the document that was left on the desk of the British museum
July: Marx, Engels: The Communist Manifesto **
July: Bayat & Jamnia, Tales From The Land Of The Sufis ****
July: Parker, John: The Gurkhas **
July: The Rubayyat of Omar Khayyam (Poem) ****
July: Bach, Richard, Writer Ferrets: Chasing The Muse ***
Aug: Paret, Peter; Makers Of Modern Strategy *
Aug: Fynn, Mr God This Is Anna ****
Aug: Constitution For The United States Of America *****
Aug: Robbins, Alexandra: Secrets Of The Tomb *
Aug: Picknett, Prince, Prior; Double Standards *****
Aug: Schauf, Thomas D., Federal Reserve Conspiracy ***
Aug: McFadden, Louis, Federal Reserve Remarks In Congress ***
Sept: Grisham, John; The Runaway Jury: What a great read. Grisham is hilarious. He tells the story of a Jury in a Big Tobacco trial. Everyone is busy bribing and blackmailing and cheating everyone else. You just don't quite know where it's going until the last page. *****
Sept: Sutton, Anthony; America’s Secret Establishment *****
Sept: Vidal, Gore; Dreaming War: ***** This is an incredible book for putting the elements of American History together. The essay that hit me the most was Gore Vidal's piece on the World Trade Center Bombings of 911. Reading his book is like giving yourself a mental shake and waking up to what's happening around you, if only for a short time.
Sept: Martel, Yann; ***** Life Of Pi: Everyone kept saying how awesome this book is, when they saw I was reading it. They were right. It makes little bombs go off in your head long after you finish reading it. It's a love story. It's an heroic story. It's a horror story. It's still blowing my mind...

Sept: Love,Stanley G; Genesis Cannot Be The Word Of God:** Stan Love was my father-in-law at one time. He has spent years researching the Bible. He hasn't managed to find a publisher for his book but he certainly has done a lot of work. I find his book argumentative and although he makes some interesting points, he tends to end up saying that because you couldn't possibly fit all those animals in one boat the story must be untrue. I find myself wanting to know the answer to the question he keeps leaving alone:If the Bible is made up, who fabricated it and why?

Sept: Diamond, Jared; Guns, Germs, And Steel **
Nov: Cranston, Sylvia; H. P. B.: The Extraordinary Life and Influence of Helena Blavatsky
Oct: Loewen, James W.; Lies My Teacher Told Me
Nov: Albom, Mitch; The Five People You Meet In Heaven
Nov: Vidal, Gore; Lincoln
Dec: Lamb, Wally; She's Come Undone
Dec: Lamb, Wally; I Know This Much Is True

2003 Audiobooks
Jan: Verne, Jules; Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
Jan: Clancy, Tom; Red Rabbit
Jan: Clancy, Tom; Rainbow Six
Jan: Cussler, Clive; The Mediterranean Caper
Feb: The Millionaire Next Door
Feb: Douglas Adams; Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy
June: Creighton, Michael; Prey
June: Vidal, Gore; The Golden Age
June: Ludlum, Robert; The Cassandra Compact
July: Broad, Miller, Engelberg; Germs: Biological Weapons
July: Alder, Ken: The Measure Of All Things
July: Voigt, Cynthia; The Runner
July: King, Stephen; Everything’s Eventual
Aug: Sherwood, Ben; The Man Who Ate The 747
Aug: Patterson, James; The Jester
Sept: Creighton, Michael; Airframe: I'm hot and cold on Creighton. This one was totally absorbing. A great listen.*****
Sept: Gods and Generals: It was well done. It just didn't take me anywhere new. Suddenly the story ended and I felt ripped off.**
Sept: Tennant, Mike; Radio Spots
Sept: King, Stephen; Blood & Smoke: He reads this one himself and it's fun to hear him reading his own stuff. I loved his first story about the man going to meet his wife and her lawyer about a divorce. What happens next is totally bizarre. He also brings an amazing element to his story about Room 1408, told about a phony ghost investigator who gets more than he bargained for when he stays overnight. ****
Sept: World War II Europe
Sept: Power Failure
Oct: Cannell, Stephen J.;Runaway Heart
Oct: Flynn, Vince; Separation Of Power: What's really interesting about this novel is that it has a plot about going into Baghdad and raiding a secret installation that houses three atomic bombs that are in production. This is George W. Bush's plan come to life. The novel was released in 2001; two years before the Iraq War. The only difference between fantasy and reality is that in the book they found the weapons. It's a good listen. ****
Oct: Ivins,Molly and Dubose,Lou; Bushwacked
Oct: Shaara,Jeffrey M.; Rise To Rebellion
Oct: Memoirs Of A Geisha
Oct: George Bernard Shaw; Pygmalion
Nov: London, Jack; The Call Of The Wild
Nov: Winchester, Simon; The Map That Changed The World
Nov: Clancey, Tom; Net Force A very entertaining listen but just one thing...that place in Idaho is pronounced 'Core-dah-lane' not 'Core-dah-leen!!!'
Nov: Potshot
Dec: One Minute Millionaire
Dec: Browne, Sylvia; Book Of Angels
Dec: What Should I Do With The Rest Of My Life
Dec: Christmas Present

Tuesday, December 31, 2002

2002 Books I Read

2002 Books
June: Saramago, Jose’: Blindness *****
June: Jin, Ha: Waiting ****
June: Bohjalian, Chris: Midwives ****
June: Ludlum, Robert: The Bourne Identity ****
July: Auel, Jean M.: Clan of the Cave Bear *****
Aug: Auel, Jean M.: The Valley of The Horses ****
Sept: Auel, Jean M. :The Plains of Passage ****
Oct: Auel, Jean M.: The Mammoth Hunters *****
Nov: Rivers, Francine: Redeeming Love ****
Dec: Lahaye, Tim; Jenkins, Jerry B. :Left Behind ***
Dec: Sylvia Browne; Life On The Other Side ****
Dec: Altea, Rosemary: The Eagle and The Rose*

2002 Audio Books
Verne, Jules; Journey To The Center Of The Earth ****
Clancy, Tom; Red Rabbit
Star Trek: The Valiant
Star Trek: Kahless
Nemesis
I Know What You Need
Sherlock Holmes: Adventure of the...
King, Stephen; Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger
King, Stephen; Insomnia (incomplete)
Clancy, Tom; Rainbow Six
Cussler, Clive; Floodtide
King, Stephen; The Bogeyman
Critchton, Michael; Timeline

Oct: Anthony Robbins; Personal Power II ***
November: Anthony Robbins; Get The Edge ***