106 in 2006: How I Did, Books Category

I broke this out as a separate post because, well, dang. It's a lot of books. The full tally is after the jump; everything's listed in chronological order, with links to books (when I remembered them) and the original entries.

1. Complete Tile -- Jan 9, 06
2. How to Build Walks, Walls and Patio Floors -- Jan 9, 06
3. Mary, Mary, by Jean Kerr -- Jan 17, 06
4. Please Don't Eat the Daisies, by Jean Kerr-- Jan 17, 06
5. Penny Candy, by Jean Kerr-- Jan 17, 06
6. Crimes Against Logic, by Jamie Whyte --  Jan 24, 06
7. The Persistence of Vision, by John Varley --  Jan 24, 06
8. Blue Champagne, by John Varley --  Jan 24, 06
9. The Barbie Murders, by John Varley --  Jan 24, 06
10. The Ophiuchi Hotline, by John Varley --  Jan 24, 06
11. Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World, by Sarah Vowell -- Jan 31, 06
12. The Partly Cloudy Patriot, by Sarah Vowell -- Jan 31, 06
13. I Want That! How We All Became Shoppers by Thomas Hine-- Jan 31, 06
14. Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Kitchen, by Julie Powell -- Feb 7, 06
15. Life Among the Savages, by Shirley Jackson -- Feb 7, 06
16. Limbo: White-Collar Dreams, Blue-Collar Roots, by Alfred Lubrano -- Feb 14, 06
17. The Complete Far Side 1980-1994, by Gary Larsen -- Feb 21, 06
18. Kitsch In Sync: A Consumer's Guide to Bad Taste, by Peter Ward -- Feb 28, 06
19. West of Then: A Mother, a Daughter and a Journey Past Paradise, by Tara Bray Smith -- Mar 7, 06
20. Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the World, by Carl Hiaasen -- Mar 14, 06
21. Lost in a Good Book, by Jasper Fforde -- Mar 20, 06
22. Something Rotten, by Jasper Fforde -- Mar 20, 06
23. A Dirty Job, by Christopher Moore -- Mar 28, 06
24. Beggar's Ride, by Nancy Kress -- April 11, 06
25. Killing Myself to Live, by Chuck Klosterman -- April 11, 06
26. Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader, by Anne Fadiman -- April 18, 06
27. An Incomplete Education (revised), by Judy Jones and William Wilson -- April 26, 06
28. Extraordinary Orgins of Everyday Things, by Charles Panati-- April 26, 06
29. Browser's Book of Beginnings, by Charles Panati-- April 26, 06
30. Browser's Book of Endings, by Charles Panati-- April 26, 06
31. Sacred Origins of Profound Things, by Charles Panati-- April 26, 06
32. A Million Open Doors, by John Barnes -- May 2, 06
33. Earth Made of Glass, by John Barnes -- May 2, 06
34. The Merchant of Souls, by John Barnes -- May 2, 06
35. The Fourth World, by Dennis Danvers -- May 2, 06
36. What We Believe But Cannot Prove: Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty., ed. John Brockman -- May 10, 06
37. Freakonomics, by Steven D. Leavitt, Stephen J. Dubner -- May 24, 06
38. Inconspicuous Consumption, by Paul Lukas -- May 24, 06
39. Treasure Hunt: Inside the Mind of the New Consumer, by Michael J. Silverstein -- May 24, 06
40. Liar's Poker, by Michael Lewis -- May 24, 06
41. The Money Culture, by Michael Lewis -- May 24, 06
42. Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangster and the Birth of the Comic Book, by Gerald Jones -- May 30, 06
43. Comic Book Nation: the Transformation of Youth Culture in America , by Bradford Wright -- May 30, 06
44. Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic, by John de Graaf, et al -- June 8, 06
45. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence, by Paul Feig -- June 13, 06
46. Superstud, or How I Became a 24-Year-Old Virgin, by Paul Feig -- June 13, 06
47. The Other Hollywood: The Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Film Industry , by Legs McNeill -- June 13, 06
48. Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies, by June Casagrande -- June 20, 06
49. Second Nature, by Michael Pollan -- June 28, 06
50. Suburban Safari, by Hannah Holmes -- June 28, 06
51. The Sandman Papers, ed. Joe Sanders -- July 5, 06
52. The Unauthorized X-Men, ed. Len Wein -- July 5, 06
53. Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World, by Lawrence & Nancy Goldstone -- July 19, 06
54. How to Read Literature Like a Professor, by Thomas C Foster -- July 19, 06
55. Red Lightning, by John Varley -- July 26, 06
56. The Wal-Mart Effect, by Charles Fishman -- August 2, 06
57. Bridge of Birds,  by Barry Hugart -- August 9, 06
58. The Story of the Stone,  by Barry Hugart -- August 9, 06
59. Eight Skilled Gentlemen, by Barry Hugart -- August 9, 06
60. Far from the Madding Gerund and Other Dispatches from the Language Log, by  Mark Lieberman and Geoffrey K. Pullum -- August 31, 06
61. Mammoth, by John Varley -- August 31, 06
62. Wrestlecrap: The Very Worst of Pro Wrestling, by R.D. Reynold -- September 7, 06
63. The Ghost in the Little House: A Life of Rose Wilder Lane , by William Holtz  -- September 19, 06
64. Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping, by Judith Levine -- September 20, 06
65. Supermen: Tales of the Posthuman Future, ed. Gardner Dozois -- Septmber 27, 06
66. Tales of Old Earth, by Michael Swanwick -- September 27, 06
67. More than Human, by Theodore Sturgeon -- September 27, 06
68. Counting Heads, by David Marusek -- September 27, 06
69. Who Are You People?, by Shari Caudron -- October 4, 06
70. Weird Like Us: My Bohemian America, by Ann Powers -- October 12, 06
71. Four Past Midnight, by Stephen King -- November 2, 06
72. On Writing, by Stephen King -- November 2, 06
73. The Last Honest Place in America: Paradise and Perdition in the New Las Vegas, by Marc Cooper -- November 30, 06
74. Shopportunity: How to Be a Retail Revolutionary by Kate Newlin -- November 30, 06
75. Ready, Okay! by Adam Cadre -- December 13, 06

Although I did not faithfully read and record a book per week, when you check the numbers, I did manage to average a book every 4.87 days. And that's not counting the re-reads I didn't mention here or the books I abandoned a few chapters in after concluding, "Screw it -- life's too short to slog through a dull book when there are so many interesting ones out there."

So I declare these items knocked off the 106 in 2006 list.

One excellent side effect: knowing that I was responsible for reporting on my reading progress prodded me to keep seeking out new books, then to write them up for y'all. I think I may just make "What I Read Last Week" a mostly-regular site feature.