A Year Of Reading

In 2005, I managed to read a measly 69 books, a depressing number compared to previous years. Here is a compilation of the best books I read and the worst.

Best:
Hissy Fit by Mary Kay Andrews
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2151607

Carrie Pilby by Caren Lissner
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/776154

White Hot by Sandra Brown
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2191641

Blood Sucking Fiends by Christopher Moore
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2184908

The Third Victim by Lisa Gardner
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2299513

Wanderlust by Chris Dyer
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/1750776

Bait by Karen Robards
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2434701

The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2452171

Kill The Messenger by Tami Hoag
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2311675

Mother Of The Bride by Lynn Michaels
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/1667144

The Next Accident by Lisa Gardner
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2299535

Key Of Knowledge by Nora Roberts
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/1358916

The Ex Files by Jane Moore
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/1931417

The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2461911

Answered Prayers by Danielle Steel
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2476039

Every Move She Makes by Robin Burcell
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2418724

If Only It Were True by Marc Levy
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2532499

Light In Shadow by Jayne Ann Krentz
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/1512701

The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2270514

Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/1209045

The Sinner by Tess Gerritsen
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2418737

The Killing Hour by Lisa Gardner
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2186462

Just One Look by Harlan Coben
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2725008

The Sweetest Taboo by Carole Matthews
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/1931412

Tales Of A Drama Queen by Lee Nichols
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2171528

Body Double by Tess Gerritsen
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2786836

The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2569121

Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/1626397

Every Boy's Got One by Meg Cabot
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2402182

Eleven On Top by Janet Evanovich
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2988729

Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2831995

Dead As A Doornail by Charlaine Harris
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2831991

Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/3045087

Breakfast At Stephanie's by Sue Margolis
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/1931431

No Second Chance by Harlan Coben
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2810901

Seize The Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2335376

Undead And Unappreciated by MaryJanice Davidson
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/3141595

Turning Thirty by Mike Gayle
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2258605

Sense Of Evil by Kay Hooper
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/1822893

Honeymoon by James Patterson
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2569156

4th Of July by James Patterson
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2832002

Ready Or Not by Meg Cabot
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/3206935

The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2971660

Wedding Season by Darcy Cosper
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/1915992

Alone by Lisa Gardner
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2461899

Kill The Competition by Stephanie Bond
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/1192289

Conspiracy In Death by J.D. Robb
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/1014140

Stolen by Kelley Armstrong
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/3136466

Rosie Dunne by Cecelia Ahern
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2480877

The Givenchy Code by Julie Kenner
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/3045093

The Ex Factor by Andrea Semple
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2490387

Sins Of The Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2971664

Superstition by Karen Robards
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2855217

The Other Woman by Jane Green
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2840332

Worst:
Let's Meet On Platform 8 by Carole Matthews
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/1086272

December's Book Review

In December as with the majority of 2005, my reading was sorely diminished. I read 4 books for the month. Wait a minute! That can't be right! 4???? Just 4??? How can that be? Sadly, it is just 4.

Sins Of The Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon - 10/10
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2971664

Superstition by Karen Robards - 8/10
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2855217

The Other Woman by Jane Green - 9/10
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2840332

The Trials Of Tiffany Trott by Isabel Wolff - 6/10
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2333531

Happy New Year!

Another year over and a new one beginning and once again, I'm starting the new year off sick. Every flipping year at this time, I am sick. Is it a cold? Is it allergies? Is it valley fever? Who the hell knows! After living in Arizona for over 18 years, the damn doctors sure as hell don't know. It really is a "medical practice." Home treatments do very little for the symptoms so I will be making my trek to the doctor to pay out the big bucks for an office visit and probably an antibiotic that doesn't work either. Most colds are viral and antibiotics are useless with viral infections.

Don't mind me...I'm usually bitchy and cranky when I don't feel good. Anyway, despite the getting sick part, 2006 made its arrival very quietly in my life. I spent it with Lee and MaryAnn watching movies and eating "New Years Food" which is nothing more than snacks and finger foods.

The upside to the New Year is that 2005 is FINALLY over! That year has gone down in the record book as the worst year of my life and I have been so ready for it to be over and to begin a new and hopefully much improved year.