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Books I want to read in 2005

David F's list of books to read in '05:

X = a book I'd like to read soonest.

Adult NF

An Old Wife's Tale: My Seven Decades in Love and War.
RC 55808.
by Midge Decter.

x The Search for the Panchen Lama.
RC 56058.
by Isabel Hilton.

Toward Commitment: A Dialogue about Marriage.
RC 56116.
by Diane Rehm and John B. Rehm.

xx Remarkable Changes: Turning Life's Challenges into
Opportunities.
RC 56224.
by Jane Seymour.

xChoices: Taking Control of Your Life and Making It Matter.
RC 56391.
by Melody Beattie.

x Route 66 A.D.: On the Trail of Ancient Roman Tourists.
RC 56790.
by Tony Perrottet.

A Treasury of Great American Scandals: Tantalizing True Tales of
Historic Misbehavior by the Founding Fathers and Others Who Let
Freedom Swing.
RC 56899.

Absolute Beginner's Guide to eBay.
RC 57024.
by Michael Miller.

A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative
Democrat.
RC 57170.

The Funny Thing Is....
RC 57179.
by Ellen DeGeneres.

The Best American Recipes, 2003-2004.
RC 57235.
edited by Fran McCullough and Molly Stevens.

The Best American Essays, 2003.
RC 57238.
edited by Anne Fadiman.

The Best American Science Writing, 2003.
RC 57239.
edited by Oliver Sacks.

A Dab of Dickens and a Touch of Twain: Literary Lives from
Shakespeare's Old England to Frost's New England.
RC 57266.

x In The Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and How It
Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture.
RC 57270.

x Choosing Naia: A Family's Journey.
RC 57277.
by Mitchell Zuckoff.

x Bittersweet: The Story of Sugar.
RC 57299.
by Peter Macinnis.

Sweet Recovery: A Young Woman's Emotional Ride with Diabetes,
Vision Loss, and Food Addiction...to Health and Freedom.
RC 57322.

xxx Solo Suppers: Simple Delicious Meals to Cook for Yourself.
RC 57326.
by Joyce Goldstein.

The Breast Reconstruction Guidebook: Issues and Answers from
Research to Recovery.
RC 57339.

xxx Pain-Free Arthritis: A Seven-Step Program for Feeling Better
Again.
RC 57341.

My Jihad: The True Story of an American Mujahid's Amazing Journey
from Usama Bin Laden's Training Camps to Counterterrorism with the
FBI and CIA. RC 57346.

xxx A Royal Duty.
RC 57361.
by Paul Burrell.

Stillness Speaks.
RC 57365.
by Eckhart Tolle.

x Fish! Tales: Real-Life Stories to Help You Transform Your
Workplace and Your Life.
RC 57384.

x If I Live to Be One Hundred: Lessons from the Centenarians.
RC 57408.
by Neenah Ellis.

The Queen of Clean Conquers Clutter.
RC 57420.
by Linda Cobb.

Just Hand Over the Chocolate and No One Will Get Hurt.
RC 57443.
by Karen Scalf Linamen.

Tycho and Kepler: The Unlikely Partnership That Forever Changed Our
Understanding of the Heavens.
RC 57485.

x A Daily Dose of the American Dream: Stories of Success, Triumph,
and Inspiration.
RC 57501.

Fiction

xxWicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West.
RC 55810.
by Gregory Maguire.

Have Space Suit, Will Travel.
RC 55814.
by Robert A. Heinlein.

The Little Friend.
RC 55856.
by Donna Tartt.

The Losers' Club.
RC 56010.
by John Lekich.

An Act of Love.
RC 56225.
by Nancy Thayer.

x Coming to My Senses.
RC 56381.
by Pam Rice.

Come Home, My Heart.
RC 56383.
by Phyllis Campbell.

xx Matchstick Men.
RC 56384.
by Eric Garcia.

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection.
RC 56499.
edited by Gardner Dozois.

A Simple Habana Melody (from When the World Was Good).
RC 56641.
by Oscar Hijuelos.

The Piano Tuner.
RC 56648.
by Daniel Mason.

Summer of Pearls.
RC 56653.
by Mike Blakely.

ssGreen Angel.
RC 56667.
by Alice Hoffman.

xx Maggie Needs an Alibi.
RC 56795.
by Kasey Michaels.

Sign-Talker: The Adventure of George Drouillard on the Lewis and
Clark Expedition.
RC 56803.

Bangkok Eight.
RC 56818.
by John Burdett.

xx Long for This World.
RC 56889.
by Michael Byers.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
RC 56893.
by Mark Haddon.

One Night of Scandal.
RC 56896.
by Teresa Medeiros.

xx The Sky So Big and Black.
RC 57086.
by John Barnes.

Talon of the Silver Hawk: Conclave of Shadows, Book I.
RC 57087.
by Raymond E. Feist.

For Love and Glory.
RC 57106.
by Poul Anderson.

xx Beneath a Southern Sky.
RC 57150.
by Deborah Raney.

Lord John and the Private Matter.
RC 57169.
by Diana Gabaldon.

xx Season of Blessing.
RC 57255.
by Beverly LaHaye and Terri Blackstock.

xxx Once More with Feeling.
RC 57333.
by Emilie Richards.

Love.
RC 57353.
by Toni Morrison.

The Future Scrolls.
RC 57364.
by Fern Michaels.

The Beast.
RC 57388.
by Walter Dean Myers.

Hunting in Harlem.
RC 57500.
by Mat Johnson.

If I Could.
RC 57519.
by Donna Hill.

Getting Mother's Body.
RC 57528.
by Suzan-Lori Parks.

Key of Light: Key Trilogy, Book 1.
RC 57639.
by Nora Roberts.

xx Pompeii.
RC 57646.
by Robert Harris.

Almost a Wife.
RC 57651.
by Eva Rutland.

Key of Knowledge: Key Trilogy, Book 2.
RC 57678.
by Nora Roberts.

YA

The Electoral College.
RC 56385.
by Martha S. Hewson.

A Face First.
RC 56357.
by Priscilla Cummings.

The Rope Trick.
RC 56361.
by Lloyd Alexander.

Hannah, Divided.
RC 56374.
by Adele Griffin.

xx Kaiulani: The People's Princess.
RC 57440.
by Ellen Emerson White.

xx Casting the Gods Adrift: A Tale of Ancient Egypt.
RC 57471.
by Geraldine McCaughrean.