2005 Book Report

Here’s my 2005 book report. Once again, most of the books I read were from libraries, though my number of library visits, 14 to Renton and 3 to the King County Library, was a little smaller than in prior years. Via the Internet, I did buy a few books, new and old, but I bought more from the Half Price Books sale rack. Three of the books I bought were on my list of reading favorites from last year.

The number of books I read was just a little over half of the number for prior years, and many of the books I checked out I did not finish reading. Especially on political subjects I have been doing much more of my reading over the Internet. Though the quantity of books read diminished, the diversity of subjects expanded.

Without any ranking, here is a list of a dozen books I considered either excellent or very good:

Atonement - a novel
Mornings on Horseback - biography
God, a Biography - religion
Writing Life Stories - a memoir writing guide
Homegrown Democrat - a memoir
Gifts Differing - personality analysis
Please Understand Me - personality analysis
John Adams - biography
Exporting America - political economics
Big Russ - memoir
Nickel and Dimed- political economics
Miracle at Philadelphia - history

I have no particular plans for reading topics this year and will probably just go where my interests take me. What did you read in 2005 that you would recommend?