last updated December 31, 2006 sdc

2006 Selections

Books reviewed in December

	Next by Michael Crichton Fiction -- Crichton. [Also available in downloadable audiobook, unabridged book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	Rumpole and the Reign of Terror by John Mortimore Fiction -- Mortimore.
	Beyond 9 to 5: Your Life in Time by Sarah Norgate Non-Fiction -- Norgate. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Phony Marine by Jim Lehrer Fiction -- Lehrer.
	A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read Fiction -- Read. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Prairie Suite by Twyla Hansen Poetry -- Hansen. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	First Light: Early Inspirational Writings by Sue Monk Kidd Fiction -- Kidd.
	Brother Odd by Dean Koontz Fiction -- Koontz. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	First Cut by Diane Emley Fiction -- Emley.
	Santa Cruise by Carol Higgins Clark and Mary Higgins Clark Fiction -- Clark. [Also available in Large Print format.]
	A Christmas Secret by Anne Perry Fiction -- Perry. [Also available in Large Print format.]
	Blue Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews Fiction -- Andrews.
	The Drummer Boy: A Christmas Tale by Ted Dekker Fiction -- Dekker. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Yellow Dog, A Man's Head, and Lock14 by Georges Simenon Fiction -- Simenon. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Killer Dreams by Iris Johansen Fiction -- Johansen. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	The Man Time Forgot by Isiah WIlner Non-Fiction -- 070.92 Wil.
	The Best of Mary McGrory: A Half Century of Washington Commentary by Mary McGrory Non-Fiction -- [ On Order ].
	Fire With Fire by Allen Kahane Fiction -- Kahane.
	The Cleanup by Sean Doolittle Fiction -- Doolittle.
	The Ines of My Soul by Isabel Allende Fiction -- Allende. [Also available in Large Print format.]
	The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde Fiction -- Fforde. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	The Expected One by Kathleen McGowan Fiction -- McGowan.

Books reviewed in November

	Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks Non-Fiction -- 956.704 Ric.
	The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld Fiction -- Rubenfeld. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	The Right Attitude to Rain by Alexander McCall-Smith Fiction -- McCall-Smith. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	The Road by Cormac McCarthy Fiction -- McCarthy. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Abundance by Sena Jeter Naslund Fiction -- Naslund.
	The Hounds and the Fury by Rita Mae Brown Fiction -- Brown. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	The Driftless Area by Tom Drury Fiction -- Drury. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Casino Royale by Ian Fleming Fiction -- Fleming.
	For One More Day by Mitch Albom Fiction -- Albom. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	Thunderstruck by Erik Larson Non-Fiction -- 364.152 Lar. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Lisey's Story by Stephen King Fiction -- King. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	Thanksgiving Night by Richard Bausch Fiction -- Bausch.
	Truck: A Love Story by Michael Perry Non-Fiction -- 629.224 Per.
	The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield Fiction -- Setterfield. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	A Trout in the Sea of Cortez by John Salter Fiction -- Salter.

Books reviewed in October

	The Innocent Man by John Grisham Non-Fiction -- 345.05 Gri. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	The Assassins Gallery by David L. Robbins Fiction -- Robbins. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Too Darn Hot by Sandra Scoppetone Fiction -- Scoppetone.
	Close to Home by John Spence Fiction -- Spence. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Stripped by Brian Freeman Fiction -- Freeman.
	Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier Fiction -- Frazier. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	The House: The History of the House of Representatives by Robert Remini Non-Fiction -- 328.73 Rem.
	A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon Fiction -- Haddon. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Whispering in the Giant's Ear: A Frontline Chronicle From Bolivia's War on Globalization by William Powers Non-Fiction -- Powers. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Man Camp by Adrienne Brodeur Fiction -- Brodeur.
	The Alibi Club by Francine Matthews Fiction -- Matthews.
	Back to Bologna by Michael Dibdin Fiction -- Dibdin. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen Fiction -- Quindlen. [Also available in unabridged downloadable audio and book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	The Cinderella Pact by Sarah Strohmeyer Fiction -- Strohmeyer.
	The Prisoner of Guantanamo by Dan Fesperman Fiction -- Fesperman.
	The Second Perimeter by Mike Lawson Fiction -- Lawson.
	Takedown by Brad Thor Fiction -- Thor. [Also available in unabridged downloadable audio format.]
	AWOL: The Unexcused Absence of America's Upper Classes From the Military and How It Hurts Our Country by Kathy Roth-Doguet and Frank Schaeffer Non-Fiction -- 355.223 Rot.
	The Afghan by Frederick Forsyth Fiction -- Forsyth. [Also available in unabridged downloadable audio and book-on-CD formats.]
	Death Without Company by Craig Johnson Fiction -- Johnson.
	On, Off by Colleen McCullough Fiction -- McCullough. [Also available in Large Print format.]

Books reviewed in September

	Chuck Hagel: Moving Forward by Charlyne Berens Non-Fiction -- B H117b.
	Native America, Discovered and Conquered: Thomas Jefferson, Lewis & Clark, and Manifest Destiny by Robert J. Miller Non-Fiction -- Miller. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Friend Who Got Away by Jenny Offill and Elissa Schappell Non-Fiction -- 158.25 Off.
	Shadow Man by Cody McFayden Fiction -- McFayden.
	Doc Holliday: The Life and the Legend by Gary L. Roberts Non-Fiction -- B H718r.
	I Die, But My Memory Lives On by Henning Mankell Fiction -- Mankell. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Field Notes From a Catastrophe by Elizabeth Kolbert Non-Fiction -- 363.738 Kol.
	The Whole World Over by Julia Glass Fiction -- Glass. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Love in the Present Tense by Catherine Ryan Hyde Fiction -- Hyde.
	The Death of Achilles by Boris Akunin Fiction -- Akunin. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End by Peter W. Galbraith Non-Fiction -- 956.704 Gal.
	What is Mine by Anne Holt Fiction -- Holt.
	Vanishing Point by Marcia Muller Fiction -- Muller. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]

Books reviewed in August

	The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by Gordon Dahlquist Fiction -- Dahlquist.
	The General and the Jaguar: Pershing's Hunt for Pancho Villa: A True Story of Revolution and Revenge by Eileen Welsome Non-Fiction -- Welsome. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Joy of Doing Things Badly by Veronice Chambers Non-Fiction -- 305.242 Cha.
	Big Muddy Blues by Bill Lambrecht Non-Fiction -- 978 Lam.
	Never Fear by Scott Frost Fiction -- Frost. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Black Panther is an African Cat: Poems of Exploration and Testimony by Wopashitwe Mondo Eyen we Langa Poetry -- we Langa. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Crime Scene: The Definitive Guide to the World Behind the Yellow Tape by Richard Platt Non-Fiction -- Platt. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Organized Crime: An Inside Guide to the World's Most Successful Industry by Paul Lunde Non-Fiction -- Lunde. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Ultimate Spy by H. Keith Melton Non-Fiction -- 327.12 qMel.
	The Ultimate Special Forces by Hugh McManners Non-Fiction -- 356.16 qMcM.
	Pegasus Descending by James Lee Burke Fiction -- Burke. [Also available in Large Print format.]
	Angels Fall by Nora Roberts Fiction -- Roberts. [Also available in Large Print format.]
	The Poe Shadow by AUTHOR Fiction -- AUTHOR. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Citizen Vince by Jess Walter Fiction -- Walter.
	Wolves in Chic Clothing by Carrie Karasyov Fiction -- Karasyov.
	Indians and Emigrants: Encounters on the Overland Trails by Michael L. Tate Non-Fiction -- Tate. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]

Books reviewed in July

	The First Men In: U.S. Paratroopers and the Fight to Save D-Day by Ed Ruggero Non-Fiction -- Ruggero. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Can't Wait to Get to Heaven by Fannie Flagg Fiction -- Flagg. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	Espresso Tales by Alexander McCall-Smith Fiction -- McCall-Smith. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Walking Zen: Discovering Cosmic Space and Time Along the Prime Meridian by Chet Raymo Non-Fiction -- Raymo. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	We Are All Welcome Here by Elizabeth Berg Fiction -- Berg. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	The Wrong Hostage by Elizabeth Lowell Fiction -- Lowell. [Also available in Large Print format.]
	Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen Fiction -- Gruen.
	The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril by Paul Malmont Fiction -- Malmont.
	The Broidered Garment: The Love Story of Mona Martinsen and John G. Neihardt by Hilda Neihardt Petri Non-Fiction -- Petri. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	12 Sharp by Janet Evanovich Fiction -- Evanovich. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	The Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson Fiction -- Berenson.
	Nebraska Doppelganger by Thomas J. Morrow Fiction -- Morrow. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	This Book Will Save Your Life by A.M. Homes Fiction -- Homes.
	Circle of Grace by Penelope J. Stokes Fiction -- Stokes. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and Large Print formats.]
	Theft: A Love Story by Peter Carey Fiction -- Carey.
	White Shadow by Ace Adkins Fiction -- Adkins.
	The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard Biography -- B R67m.
	A Strong West Wind: A Memoir by Gail Caldwell Non-Fiction -- 070.924 Cal.

Books reviewed in June

	Chew on This by Eric Schlosser [ On Order ]
	Telegraph Days by Larry McMurtry Fiction -- McMurtry. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	The Man of My Dreams by Curtis Sittenfeld Fiction -- Sittenfeld. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and format.]
	The Husband by Dean R. Koontz Fiction -- Koontz. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	Falling in Love With Nastassia by Anna Monardo Fiction -- Monardo.
	A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby Fiction -- Hornby. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Kingfish by Richard D. White Jr. Non-Fiction -- White. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Terrorist by John Updike Fiction -- Updike.
	A Writer's Life by Gay Talese Non-Fiction -- 070.924 Tal.
	Badwater by Clinton McKinzie Fiction -- McKinzie. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Cobraville by Carsten Stroud Fiction -- Stroud.
	Angels of Wrath by Larry Bond Fiction -- Bond. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Blown by Francine Mathews Fiction -- Mathews. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Digging to America by Anne Tyler Fiction -- Tyler. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	Everyman by Philip Roth Fiction -- Roth. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	A Travel Guide to the Plains Indians Wars by Stan Hoig Non-Fiction -- Hoig. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Oh, What a Slaughter: Massacres in the American West, 1846-1890 by Larry McMurtry Non-Fiction -- 97802 McM.
	Charmed Thirds by Megan McCafferty Juvenile Fiction -- j McCafferty.

Books reviewed in May

	Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall-Smith Fiction -- McCall-Smith. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	La Malinche by Laura Esquivel Fiction -- Esquivel.
	Gone by Lisa Gardner Fiction -- Gardner. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Blood Hunt by Ian Rankin Fiction -- Rankin.
	Writing to Change the World by Mary Pipher Non-Fiction -- 808.02 Pip.
	The Big Bamboo by Tim Dorsey Fiction -- Dorsey.
	Abide With Me by Elizabeth Strout Fiction -- Strout.

Books reviewed in April

	American Theocracy by Kevin Phillips Non-Fiction -- 322.1 Phi.
	The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Fiction -- j Zusak.
	Lost by Michael Robotham Non-Fiction -- Robotham. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	The Two Minute Rule by Robert Crais Fiction -- Crais. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	First in Thirst: How Gatorade Turned the Science of Sweat Into a Cultural Phenomenon by Darren Rowell Non-Fiction -- Rowell. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean Fiction -- Dean.
	A Hilltop in Tuscany by Stephanie Grace Whitson Fiction -- Whitson.
	A Godly Hero by Michael Kazin Non-Fiction -- B B83k.
	Love Walked In by Maria de los Santos Fiction -- de los Santos. [Also available in downloadable audio format.]
	Orbit by John Nance Fiction -- Nance.
	The Old Wine Shades by Martha Grimes Fiction -- Grimes. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	Scotty: James B. Reston and the Rise and Fall of American Journalism by John F. Stacks Non-Fiction -- 070.92 Sta.
	Tin God by Terese Svoboda Fiction -- Svoboda. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]

Books reviewed in March

	Manhunt: The Twelve Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson Non-Fiction -- 364.152 Swa.
	Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster Fiction -- Auster.
	Death of a Dreamer by M.C. Beaton Fiction -- Beaton. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	Nothing But Trouble by Michael McGarrity Fiction -- McGarrity.
	One Part Angel by George Shaffner Fiction -- Shaffner.
	A Necessary Evil by Alex Kava Fiction -- Kava.
	Fifty Degrees Below by Kim Stanley Robinson Fiction -- Robinson.
	America Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville by Bernard-Henri Levi Non-Fiction -- Levi. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Best People in the World by Justin Tussing Fiction -- Tussing.
	Weed 'Em and Reap by Roger Welsch Non-Fiction -- 641.562 Wel.
	Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights by Kenji Toshino Non-Fiction -- Toshino. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Usual Mistakes by Erin Flanagan Fiction -- Flanagan. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Cinnamon Kiss by Walter Mosley Fiction -- Mosley. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	Cell by Stephen King Fiction -- AUTHOR. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and format.]
	The World According to Mimi Smartypants by Mimi Smartypants Fiction -- Smartypants. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]

Books reviewed in February

	Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey Into Manhood and Back Again by Norak Vincent Non-Fiction -- [ On Order ].
	Dean & Me (A Love Story) by Jerry Lewis Non-Fiction -- 791.092 Lew. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and format.]
	S is for Silence by Sue Grafton Fiction -- Grafton. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	Canaan's Tongue by John Wray Fiction -- Wray.
	The Good Life by Jay McInerny Fiction -- McInerny.
	Through a Howling Wilderness: Benedict Arnold's March to Quebec, 1775 by Thomas A. Desjardin Non-Fiction -- Desjardin. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Facing Rushmore by David Lozell Martin Fiction -- Martin. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Da Vinci Diet by Stephen Lanzalotta Non-Fiction -- Lanzalotta. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Rain Dogs by Sean Doolittle Fiction -- Doolittle.
	Single Woman of a Certain Age edited by Jane Ganahl Fiction -- Anthology. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Marley & Me by John Grogan Non-Fiction -- 636.752 Gro. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Pomegranate Soup by Marsha Mehran Fiction -- Mehran.
	Why Geography Matters: Three Challenges Facing America by Harm de Blij Non-Fiction -- 909.83 Deb.
	Europe Central by William T. Vollmann Fiction -- Vollmann.
	Mighty Fitz: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Michael Schumacher Fiction -- Schumacher. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Curse of the Narrows by Laura R. MacDonald Fiction -- MacDonald. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Purity of Blood by Arturo Perez-Reverte Fiction -- Perez-Reverte.

Books reviewed in January

	Arthur and George by Julian Barnes Fiction -- Barnes.
	Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire Fiction -- Maguire. [Also available in unabridged audiotape format.]
	Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire Fiction -- Maguire. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Forever Odd by Dean Koontz Fiction -- Koontz. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	These Trespasses by Jim Reese Poetry -- Reese. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	13 Steps Down by Ruth Rendell Fiction -- Rendell [M]. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Remains Silent by Michael Baden and Linda Kenney Fiction -- Baden [M].
	Adored by Tilly Bagshawe Fiction -- Bagshawe. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD formats.]
	How to Be Lost by Amanda Eyre Ward Fiction -- Ward.
	Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan Fiction -- Tan. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	Dog Days by Ana Marie Cox Fiction -- Cox.
	The Lighthouse by P.D. James Fiction -- James [M]. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	Nelson's Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the World by Roy Adkins Non-Fiction -- Adkins. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Raising Less Corn, More Hell: The Case for the Independent Farm and Against Industrial Food by George Pyle Non-Fiction -- Pyle. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Sea by John Banville Fiction -- Banville.

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