Ellen Isaacs: Ellen's books read in 2006

Ellen's book list
This is a list of all the books I read in 2006, along with my ratings. (On the left are links to the rest of the books I've read since 1988, when I first started keeping track.) The "Buy" links take you to that book on Amazon (the paperback version) and the author links take you the Amazon page that lists all of that author's books. My -4 to +4 ratings scale is explained below the list.

Books Read in 2006

No. Author Title Finished Rating
(-4 to +4)

10 Brenda Rickman Vantrease The Illuminator [Buy] current -

9 Richard P. Feynman Surely You Must Be Joking, Mr. Feynman [Buy] May +3

8 Ann Packer The Dive From Clausen's Pier [Buy] May +2

7 Diana Gabaldon A Breath of Snow and Ashes [Buy] Apr +1

6 Po Bronson Why Do I Love These People? [Buy] Apr +2

5 Jared Diamond Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed [Buy] Mar +3

4 Emma Donoghue Slammerkin [Buy] Mar +1

3 Richard Russo Nobody's Fool [Buy] Feb +3

2 John Irving Until I Find You [Buy] Feb 0

2005 books

Rating Scale

-4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4

All-time worst Hated it, struggled through it Annoyingly bad Sorry I read it Could take it or leave it Okay, enjoyable enough Good book, enjoyed it Great book, loved it All-time favorite