Books 2004

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For anyone who cares, here's the list of books I've read this year along with my ratings of them.  I've been nerdy and have kept track of what I read in a journal since 1999.   Who knows, you might come across something that sounds interesting and can put it on your reading list.


Rating System
*=Why did I bother?
**=Okay
***=Good
****=Great
*****=Excellent

1. "Mirror, Mirror" by Gregory Maguire ***
2. "Not Since Carrie: 40 Years of Broadway Musical Flops" by Ken Mandelbaum *****
3. "How to be Good" by Nick Hornby *****
4. "Ava's Man" by Rick Bragg *****
   
5. "A Portrait in Sepia" by Isabel Allende *****
6. "A Day Late and a Dollar Short" by Terry McMillan *****
7. "Dreamcatcher" by Stephen King * 1/2
8. "When God Was a Woman" by Merlin Stone *****
9. "Headlong" by Michael Frayn ***
10. "Entering Normal" by Anne D. LeClaire ****
11. "The Bonesetter's Daughter" by Amy Tan *****
12. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey *****
13. "The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger" by Stephen King ***
14. "The Drawing of the Three" by Stephen King ****
15. "The Waste Lands" by Stephen King *****
16. "Wizard and Glass" by Stephen King ***
17. "Wolves of the Calla" by Stephen King *** 1/2
18. "The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey" by Spencer Wells *** 1/2
19. "The Lions of Al-Rassan" by Guy Gavriel Kay *** 1/2
20. "The Age of Bronze: A Thousand Ships" by Eric Shanower ****
    
21. "Still Life with Woodpecker" by Tom Robbins ****
22. "The Anubis Gates" by Tim Powers *** 1/2
23. "Frontera Street" by Maria Barrientos *** 1/2
24. "Gringa Latina: A Woman of Two Worlds" by Gabriella de Ferrari ***
25. "Guilty Pleasures" by Laurell K. Hamilton **
26. "Mysteries of the Alphabet" by Marc-Alain Ouakin **
27. "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card ***
28. "La Doctora: The Journey of an American Doctor Practicing Medicine on the Amazon River" by Linnea Smith, M.D. ***
29. "Cupid and Diana" by Christine Bartolomeo ** 1/2
30. "To Reign in Hell" by Steven Brust ***
31. "The Palace: A Novel of Undying Desire" by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro ***
32. "'Surely You'e Joking, Mr. Feynman': Adventures of a Curious Character" by Richard P. Feynman *** 1/2
33. "Named of the Dragon" by Susanna Kearsley ** 1/2
34. "Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal" by Christopher Moore *****
35. "Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates" by Tom Robbins *****
36. "Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind" by Suzanne Fisher Staples ***
37. "Song of Susannah" by Stephen King ** 1/2
38. "The Dark Tower" by Stephen King **
39. "Holes" by Louis Sachar ***
40. "The Pleasure of Finding Things Out" by Richard P. Feynman ***
41. "High Fidelity" by Nick Hornby *****
42. "The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dreams" by Paolo Coelho ****
43. "Sabriel" by Garth Nix ***
44. "Lirael" by Garth Nix ****
45. "Abhorsen" by Garth Nix ****