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Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison Contemporary Fiction Quit on 6/26/06 Rating: DNF (Did Not Finish) I decided to put this down aft...

Small Island by Andrea Levy Contemporary Fiction Finished on 6/12/06 Rating: A- (8/10 Very good) Winner of three major literary prizes in t...

A Thousand Days in Venice: An Unexpected Romance * by Marlena de Blasi Nonfiction - Memoir/Travel Essay Quit on 6/16/06 Rating: DNF (Did Not...

Jim the Boy by Tony Earley Contemporary Fiction Quit on 6/14/06 Rating: DNF (Did Not Finish) No interest after over 50 pages.

In a Summer Season by Elizabeth Taylor Fiction Quit on 6/14/06 Rating: DNF (Did Not Finish) Gave up after 60+ pages. Didn't care for an...

Digging To America by Anne Tyler Contemporary Fiction Finished on 6/2/06 Rating: A- (8/10 Very good) I’ve been reading Anne Tyler’s novels ...

The Fractal Murders by Mark Cohen Mystery Finished on 6/2/06 Rating: B+ (7/10 Good) I’d never heard of this book or author and just happene...

Promise Me by Harlan Coben Mystery Finished on 5/17/06 Rating: A (9/10 Terrific!) He’s baaaack! After a 6-year hiatus, Myron Bolitar return...

Secret Prey by John Sandford Mystery (#9 in Prey series) Finished on 5/12/06 Rating: A- (8/10 Very Good) In spite of the weak (and largely ...

Dinner with Anna Karenina by Gloria Goldreich Contemporary Fiction Finished on 5/8/06 Rating: B+ (7/10 Good) This started out to be such a ...

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer Contemporary Fiction Quit on 5/19/06 Rating: DNF (Did Not Finish) I read seve...

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink Contemporary Fiction Quit on 5/19/06 Rating: DNF (Did Not Finish) Read several chapters but couldn't get...

Sudden Prey by John Sandford Mystery Finished on 5/4/06 Rating: A- (8/10 Very good) I’ve had mixed feelings about John Sandford’s “Prey” bo...

Enslaved by Ducks: How One Man Went From the Head of the Household to the Bottom of the Pecking Order by Bob Tarte Memoir Quit on 5/4/06 Ra...

Oh My Stars by Lorna Landvik Contemporary Fiction Finished on 4/29/06 Rating: A+ (Superb!) It seems like it's been a long time since I...

Mind Prey by John Sandford Mystery Finished on 4/25/06 Rating: A- (8/10 Very Good) I enjoyed this so much more than the last Lucas Davenpor...

Summer in Tuscany by Elizabeth Adler Contemporary Fiction Finished on 4/20/06 Rating: A- (8/10 Very Good) What if we went to Italy A suitca...

We Are All Welcome Here by Elizabeth Berg Contemporary Fiction Finished on 4/15/06 Rating: B (6/10 So-so) I’ve been reading Elizabeth Berg...

Night Prey by John Sandford Mystery Finished on 4/12/06 Rating: C (3/10 Ho-hum) Number six in the Prey series and quite disappointing. Sand...

Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult Contemporary Fiction Finished on 4/9/06 Rating: A- (8/10 Very Good) I’ve read over half a doze...