Winter 2006 Reading List

The 37th Hour by Jodi Compton
A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon
Camel Club by David Baldacci
A Change of Heart by Philip Gulley
Chill Factor by Sandra Brown
Cinnamon Kiss by Walter Mosley
The Dwelling Place by Elizabeth Musser
Double Tap by Steve Martini
Dragonrider by Cornelia Funke
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith
Goodnight Nobody by Jennifer Weiner
Hissy Fit by Mary Kay Andrews
Immoral by Brian Freeman
Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
The Interruption of Everything by Terry McMillan
The Interview Room by Roderick Anscomb
Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
The March by E.L.Doctorow
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
One Grave Too Many by Beverly Connor
Predator by Patricia Cornwell
St. Dale by Sharyn McComb (see review at right)
The Sound of Her Name by Mary Morgan
Southern Fried by Cathy Pickens
Sweetwater Creek by Anne Rivers Siddons
Toxic Bachelors by Danielle Steel
Two Trains Running by Andrew Vachss
Until I Find You by John Irving
Vanish by Tess Gerritsen
The Velvet Rage by Alan Downs, PhD
Widow of the South by Robert Hicks
Wisdom's Daughter by India Edghill
Without Mercy by Jack Higgins
The World Is Flat by Thomas Friedman
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
    

Winter 2006

St. Dale
by Sharyn McCrumb

An unlikely group of racing car fans set out on a bus tour of Southern speedways to pay homage to their idol NASCAR champion Dale Earnhart. Among those on this pilgrimage: a dying orphan, an Episcopalian priest, a Nebraskan farmer, and a young couple, hoping to get hitched at their first stop. Whether you're a racing fan or not, you will love the characters Sharyn McCrumb has created for this book.

Spring 2006

Getting Mother's Body
by Susan-Lori Parks

Sixteen, pregnant and in desperate need of money, Billy Beede is convinced her only salvation is a trip from Texas to Arizona to claim jewels owned by her late mother. But Billy has three obstacles to overcome: 1) She has absolutely no moneyfor travel, 2) no way to get there, and 3) she has to dig up her mother’s grave to claim the jewels since they were buried with her mother. How Billy solves her problems makes for a very funny read.

Summer 2006 Reading List

12 Sharp by Janet Evanovich
At Risk by Patricia Corwell
Beach Road by James Patterson
Cold Moon by Jeffery Deaver
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
Digging To America by Anne Tyler
The Europa Conspiracy by Time Lahaye & Bob Phillips
Eye Of Vengence by Jonathan King
Forever Odd by Dean R. Koontz
Fortunate Son by Walter Mosley
Friendly Fire by Julia E. Sweis
The Girl From Charnelle by K. L. Cook
Gone by Lisa Gardner
Hard Truth by Nevada Barr
Home With God by Neale Donald Walsch
Hot Kid by Elmore Leonard
The Husband by Dean R. Koontz
Impostor by Bruce Bartlet
Just Rewards by Barbara Taylor Bradford
Lost Lake by Phillip Margolin
Map Of Bones by James Rollins
The Mighty And The Almighty by Madeleine Albright
No Country For Old Men by Cormac Mccarthy
On, Off by Colleen Mccullough
Pets In America by Katherine C. Grier
S Is For Silence by Sue Grafton
The Serpent on the Crown by Elizabeth Peters
Showdown by Ted Dekker
A Stroke of Midnight by Laurell Hamilton
Terrorist by John Updike
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Two Minute Rule by Robert Crais
Unleash the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig

National Public Radio Summer Reading 2006
   

Summer 2006

Bel Canto
by Ann Patchett

In a small South American country in the vice-presidential palace, a birthday party is being held for the head of Japan’s leading electronics manufacturer. A private performance by the world’s leading soprano, Roxanne Coss has just taken place and the crowd is enthralled. Then chaos erupts as eighteen terrorists storm the palace in search of the country’s president. Thus begins Ann Patchett’s compelling story of a hostage situation gone bad.

Fall 2006 Reading List

Bones to Pick by Carolyn Haines
Brookland by Emily Barton
Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
Eye Contact by Cammie McGovern
The Foreign Correspondent by Allen Furst
The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fford
A Garden of Vipers by Jack Kerley
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
The Island by Heather Graham
The Last Days of Dogtown by Anita Diamont
The Love Season by Elin Hilderbrand
My Struggle with Faith by Joseph Girzone
Night by Elie Wiesel
Night Light by Terri Blackstock
Phantom by Terry Goodkin
The Rapture by Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins
Red Lightening by John Varley
The Second Horseman by Kyle Mills
The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
   

Fall 2006

The Fourth Bear
by Jasper Fford

Fford takes an obvious diversion from the innocent world of nursery rhymes as Det. Jack Spratt and Sgt. Mary Mary track down a psychopathic killer in this second installment of his Nursery Crime series. After reading this book, you¡¦ll never look at nursery rhymes in the same light.