What I Read in 2005

This list does not include the hundreds of children’s picture books, zines and magazines I read during the course of the year. The way I distinguished the two types was if my library filed it under the Dewey Decimal System, I considered it non-fiction. If not, it’s fiction. (Most of the fiction tended to be Paranormal Mystery or Romance/Horror, a guilty pleasure I admit to with little shame.)
It's interesting to note what happened to the volume of reading I did when I quit the public library at the end of September. It's a testiment to how shelving the incoming books really sparked my reading tastes and how uninterested I am in the books I currently catalogue.

JANUARY
Non-Fiction
Sugar Busters! Cut Sugar to Trim Fat by H. Leighton Steward (Health)
He’s Just Not That Into You by Greg Behrendt (Relationships/Psychology)
The Accidental Manager by Gary Topchik (Business)
Fiction
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
Cravings by Laurell Hamilton (and three other authors)
Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
Moon Shadows by Nora Roberts (and three other authors)
House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer (Teen)
God Went to Beauty School by Cynthia Rylant (Teen poetry)

FEBRUARY
Non-Fiction
The Perricone Prescription by Nicholas Perricone
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Perfect Wedding by Teddy Lenderman
Be A Loser! Lose Inches Fast by Greer Childers
Fiction
Bite by Laurell Hamilton (and four other authors)
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse by Charlaine Harris

MARCH
Non-Fiction
The Everything Creative Wedding Ideas Book by Jennifer Lata Rung
SuperNanny: How to Get the Best from your Children by Jo Frost
Fiction
Night’s Edge by Maggie Shayne (and three other authors)
Laughing Corpse by Laurell Hamilton
Guilty Pleasures by Laurell Hamilton
The Sun Witch by Linda Winstead Jones
Abby Cooper: Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie
After Twilight by Amanda Ashley (and two other authors)

APRIL
Non-Fiction
8 Minutes in the Morning by Jorge Cruise
Stiff: The Curious Life of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
The Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Book by Walter Reeves
Forever Ours: Real Stories of Immortality and Living from a Forensic Pathologist by Janis Amatuzio
Fiction
Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
Shade by Neil Jordan (only read half…boring.)
Orwell’s Luck by Richard Jennings
The Book Doctor by Esther Cohen

MAY
Non-Fiction
The Hip Chick’s Guide to Macrobiotics: A Philosophy for Achieving a Radiant Mind and Fabulous Body by Jessica Porter
The Artful Cupcake: Baking and Decorating Delicious Indulgences by Marcianne Miller Fiction
Fiction
Faeries by Brian Froud
Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
The Only One by Christine Feehan
Walk Softly, Rachel by Kate Banks
Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life: Volume One by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

JUNE
Non-Fiction
Sweet Gratitude: Delicious Ways to Bake a Thank You for the Really Important People in Your Life by Judith Sutton
Shirley Botsford’s Daddy’s Ties: A Project & Keepsake Book by Shirley Botsford (One of the cheesiest craft books where one can make clothes, toys and decorations from old ties.)
Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl
How She Really Does It: Secrets of Successful Stay-At-Home Moms by Wendy Sachs
7 Minute Cover Letters by Dana Morgan
The Quick Resume and Cover Letter Book by Michael Farr
Let it Rot! The Gardener’s Guide to Composting by Stu Campbell
Fiction
The Moon Witch by Linda Winstead Jones
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
I’m Not the New Me by Wendy McClure

JULY
Non-Fiction
The Secret Life of Nature: Living in Harmony with the Hidden World of Nature Spirits from Fairies to Quarks by Peter Tompkins
Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy, or How Love Conquered Marriage by Stephanie Coontz
Green Living: the E Magazine Handbook for Living Lightly on the Earth by E Magazine
Vegetarian Times Complete Cookbook by Vegetarian Times
Fiction
The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares
Out of this World by J.D. Robb (and three other authors)
Better than Running At Night by Hillary Frank
Wicked Poems by Roger McGough
The Unseen by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

AUGUST
Non-Fiction
Whimsical Bakehouse: Fun to Make Cakes That Taste as Good as They Look by Kaye Hansen and Liv Hansen
Lonely Planet Guide to Experimental Travel
Party Food for Vegetarians by Celia Brooks Brown and Jan Baldwin
Crossworld: One Man’s Journey into America’s Obsession by Marc Romano
Teenage Waistland: A Former Fat Kid Weighs in on Living Large, Losing Weight, and How Parents Can (And Can’t) Help by Abby Ellin
Fiction
Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares
The Ear, the Eye and the Arm by Nancy Farmer
Solos by Kitty Burns Florey
Deal Breakers: When Does Mr. Right Become Mr. Not-On-Your-Life? by Michele Avantario and Maia Dunkel
Eight of Swords by David Skibbins

SEPTEMBER
Non-Fiction
Unraveled: The True Story of a Woman who Dared to Become a Different Kind of Mother by Maria Housden
Pronoia is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings by Rob Brezsny
Free Money to Pay Your Bills by Matthew Lesko
Roots of Desire: the Myth, Meaning and Sexual Power of Red Hair by Marion Roach
The Private Investigator’s Handbook: the Do-It-Yourself Guide to Protect Yourself, Get Justice or Get Even by Chuck Chambers
Paint it Black: A Guide to Gothic Homemaking by Voltaire
What’s the Deal with Wicca?: A Deeper Look into the Dark Side of Today’s Witchcraft by Steve Russo (Just as lame as it sounds)
Fiction
The 100 Best Love Poems of All Time by Leslie Pockell
Good Poems by Garrison Keiler
America’s Favorite Poems: the Favorite Poem Project
The Body Electric: America’s Best Poetry from the American Poetry Review
Wild Ducks Flying Backwards: the Short Writings of Tom Robbins by Tom Robbins

OCTOBER
Non-Fiction
Shelf Life: Romance, Mystery, Drama and Other Page-Turning Adventures from a Year in a Bookstore by Suzanne Strempek Shea
Anglo-American Cataloging Rules by the AACR Committee

NOVEMBER
Non-Fiction
The Rest of Their Lives: Life Without Parole for Child Offenders in the United States by Alison Parker
Fiction
Wicked: the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire

DECEMBER
Fiction
Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris

Three books I mean to finish but didn’t in 2005
The Circus in Winter by Cathy Day
The People of Paper by Salvador Plascencia
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides