2005 Books

1. 3/17 Everything Changes by Jonathan Tropper (fun read)
   
   
2. 5/7 If Dogs Could Talk -by Vilmos Csanyi 289pp
   (I'm a dog lover so I liked reading about what might be going on in dogs' minds)
   
   
3. 5/22 The Only Girl in the Car -by Kathy Dobie 228pp
   (memoir. I liked this though it made me sad too)
   
   
4. 6/5 The Friend Who Got Away -Edited by Jenny Offill & Elisa Schappell 288pp
   (collection of anecdotes from people talking about how various friendships ended)
   
   
5. 6/27 The Last Best League -by Jim Collins 263pp
   (liked this one a lot. Talking about the summer college baseball league in Cape Cod. The best college prospects get invited to play in the league and many of the names I recognized as current Major Leaguers.)
   
   
6. 7/3 Reproduction is the Flaw of Love -by Laura Grodstein 224pp (another fun read)
   
   
7. 7/13 Ponzi: The Incredible True Story of the King of Financial Cons -by Donald Dunn 347pp
   (a little part of me can't help admiring the cunning of con artists)
   
   
8. 7/25 Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game -by Michael Lewis 286pp
   (great read. Looks at baseball in a different way)
   
   
9. 8/10 Daughter of Fortune -by Isabel Allende 399pp
   (sweeping novel set in the 1840s in Chile)(?)
   
   
10. 9/? Don't Get Too Comfortable -by David Rakoff 222pp
    (this was a disappointment for me. I adored his first book of essays, Fraud. This one was ok, but didn't excite me)
    
    
11. 11/25 Sneaky People -by Thomas Berger 315pp
    
    
12. 11/27 Slow Man -by J.M.Coatzee 263pp
    (Didn't like this -- is there a better Coatzee book to start with? I had had high hopes for this author)
    
    
13. 12/12 Annapolis Autumn -by Bruce Fleming 274pp
    (teaching English literature at the Naval Academy)
    

Lists of Books Read
2009 (16 books)
2008
2007 (36 books)
2006 (30 books)
2005 (13 books)
2004 (35 books)
1998 to 2003 (113 books over 6 years)

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