Dec
2005 SGBC Awards
Tomorrow is 2006, so it is as good of a time as any to reflect on books read during 2005. Again, these books are not the best books of 2005, but the best books I read during 2005. I will be interested to see if the other Snotty Girl will post her 2005 favorites soon.
I read 41 books in 2005 and looking at my list, a few stand out and just thinking about them, they make me smile, even though its been months since I’ve read them. A truly good book is priceless and I am always amazed by what I can learn, or how I can be drawn into a carefully woven story.
The Best Book I read in 2005:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Honorable Mentions for 2005:
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan’s Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe by Laurence Bergreen
Julie and Julia : 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen by Julie Powell
It would be easy to pick either the western or mystery I read for the Summer Reading program at the library for the worst book of 2005 honors. But pretty much I don’t like genre novels like that, so the books should hardly suffer for my snottiness.
Therefore, the Worst Book I read in 2005:
The Master Quilter: An Elm Creek Quilters Novel by Jennifer Chiaverini
for its repetitiveness, ridiculous mystery and silly one dimensional characters (and so many of them!)
One of my New Year’s resolutions? Read more.
Here is to another year of good books!
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