last updated January 9, 2006 sdc

2005 Selections

Books reviewed in December

	The Divide by Nicolas Sparks Fiction -- Sparks. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	The Assassin's Gate: America in Iraq by George Packer Non-Fiction -- 956.704 Pac.
	Temple Stream, a Rural Odyssey by Bill Roorbach Non-Fiction -- Roorbach. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich Fiction -- Erdrich. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith Fiction -- McCall-Smith. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	Voices of the American West, Volume 1: The Indian Interviews of Eli S. Ricker 1903-1919 edited and with an introduction by Richard E. Jensen Non-Fiction -- Jensen. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Voices of the American West, Volume 2: The Settler and Soldier Interviews of Eli S. Ricker 1903-1919 edited and with an introduction by Richard E. Jensen Non-Fiction -- Jensen. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Dying in Style by Elaine Viets Fiction -- Viets.
	Death's Little Helper by Peter Spiegelman Fiction -- Spiegelman.
	The Martha Rules: 10 Essentials for Achieving Success as you Start, Manage or Grow a Business by Martha Stewart Non-Fiction -- 658.11 Ste.
	Ordinary Heroes by Scott Turow Fiction -- Turow. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	The Camel Club by David Baldacci Fiction -- Baldacci. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	In the Shadows of the Sun by Alexander Parsons Fiction -- Parsons. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]

Books reviewed in November

	My Detachment by Tracy Kidder Non-Fiction -- 959.704 Kid [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	The Blood-Dimmed Tide by Rennie Airth Fiction -- Airth.
	The J.A.P. Chronicles by Isabel Rosa Fiction -- Rosa.
	Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin Non-Fiction -- Larkin. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books by Maureen Corrigan Fiction -- 028.9 Cor.
	Everyone Worth Knowing by Lauren Weisberger Fiction -- AUTHOR. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	The Traitor by Guy Walters Fiction -- Walters. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Double Cross Blind by Joel N. Ross Fiction -- Ross.
	The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion Non-Fiction -- 155.937 Did.
	The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly Fiction -- Connelly. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	Ditched by Dr. Right and Other Distress Signals from the Edge of Polite Society by Elizabeth Warner Non-Fiction -- Warner. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt by Anne Rice Fiction -- Rice. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	School Days by Robert B. Parker Fiction -- Parker. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	The Singing and Dancing Daughters of God by Timothy Schaffert Fiction -- Schaffert.

Books reviewed in October

	The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt Non-Fiction -- 914.531 Ber. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	The Solitude of Self: Thinking About Elizabeth Cady Stanton by Vivian Gornick Non-Fiction -- B St25g.
	Appaloosa by Robert B. Parker Fiction -- Parker. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	The Smoke Room by Earl Emerson Fiction -- Emerson.
	On Beauty by Zadie Smith Fiction -- Smith. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	This is Not the Tropics: Stories by Ladette Randolph Fiction -- Randolph.
	Wild Ducks Flying Backwards: The Short Writings of Tom Robbins by Tom Robbins Non-Fiction -- 818 Rob. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Mr. Muo's Traveling Couch by Dai Sijie Fiction -- Dai. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	The March by E.L. Doctorow Fiction -- Doctorow. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	History: Poems by Stephen C. Behrendt Poetry -- 811 Beh.
	The Black Angel by John Connolly Fiction -- Connolly.
	The Colonel and Little Missie: Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley and the Beginning of Superstardom in America by Larry McMurty Biography -- B C6366m.
	Lipstick Jungle by Candace Bushnell Fiction -- Bushnell.
	The Inside Ring by Michael Lawson Fiction -- Lawson.
	Rococo by Adriana Trigiani Fiction -- Trigiani. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut Fiction -- Vonnegut.
	The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow Fiction -- Winslow.
	Nebraska: An Illustrated History [2nd ed. - 2005] by Frederick C. Luebke Non-Fiction -- 978.2 Lue.

Books reviewed in September

	The Summer He Didn't Die by Jim Harrison Fiction -- Harrison.
	Speciment Days by Michael Cunningham Fiction -- Cunningham. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	The Indian Agent by Dan O'Brien Fiction -- O'Brien. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Homeward Bound by Harry Turtledove Fiction -- Turtledove.
	When the Mississippi Ran Backwards: Empire, Intrigue, Murder and the New Madrid Earthquakes by Jay Feldman Non-Fiction -- 973.51 Fel.
	Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie Fiction -- Rushdie.
	Satisfied with Havoc by Jo McDougall Fiction -- McDougall. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Behind the Lines: Powerful and Revealing American and Foreign War Letters -- and One Man's Search to Find Them by Andrew Carroll [ed.] Non-Fiction -- 973 Car.
	An Atomic Romance by Bobbie Ann Mason Fiction -- Mason.
	No Accident by Aaron Anstett Poetry -- Anstett. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks Fiction -- Twelve Hawks. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Dark Harbor by David Hosp Fiction -- Hosp. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]

Books reviewed in August

	Everything Bad is Good For You... by Steven Johnson Non-Fiction -- 306 Joh.
	The Wonder Spot by Melissa Banks Fiction -- Banks. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Homefront by Chuck Logan Fiction -- Logan.
	The Sign of the Book by John Dunning Fiction -- Dunning.
	John Brown, Abolitionist by David Reynolds Non-Fiction -- B B811r.
	Crusader's Cross by James Lee Burke Fiction -- Burke [M]. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD formats.]
	The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova Fiction -- Kostova. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	One For My Baby by Tony Parsons Fiction -- Parsons. [Also available in unabridged audiotape format.]
	The Dreams by Naguib Mahfouz Fiction -- Mahfouz. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Forever Red by Steve Smith Non-Fiction -- Smith. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Watch Your Back by Donald Westlake Fiction -- Westlake [M]. [Also available in Large Print format.]
	He Who Fears the Wolf by Karin Fossum Fiction -- Fossum. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story by Kurt Eichenwald Non-Fiction -- 364.168 Eic. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Until I Find You by John Irving Fiction -- Irving. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	The Mourning Sexton by Michael Baron Fiction -- Barron [M].

Books reviewed in July

	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling Fiction -- Rowling. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat by Bob Woodward Non-Fiction -- 364.132 Woo.
	Captain Alatriste by Arturo Perez-Reverte Fiction -- Perez-Reverte. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Love Affair With the Americas: A Picture Primer of Travel Memories by Shirley Maly -- Lincoln, NE author! Non-Fiction -- 917 qMal.
	The Center of Winter by Marya Hornbacher Non-Fiction -- Hornbacher. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Twelfth Card by Jeffrey Deaver Fiction -- Deaver [M]. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD formats.]
	No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy Fiction -- McCarthy. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD formats.]
	Ten Little New Yorkers by Kinky Friedman Fiction -- Friedman.
	Dangerous Ground by Larry Bond Fiction -- Bond. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	The Thames by Jonathan Scheer Non-Fiction -- Scheer. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by David McCall-Smith Fiction -- Smith. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD formats.]
	The History of Love: A Novel by Nicole Krauss Fiction -- Krauss.
	Light of Day by Jamie M. Saul Fiction -- Saul.
	Exact Revenge by Tim Green Fiction -- Green.
	Velocity by Dean Koontz Fiction -- Koontz. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	Rage by Jonathan Kellerman Fiction -- Kellerman. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	Ya-Yas in Bloom by Rebecca Wells Fiction -- Wells. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	1776 by David McCullough Non-Fiction -- 973.3 McC. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	The Lost Journals of Sacajawea by Debra Magpie Earliwebpac.lincolnlibraries.orgn-Fiction -- Earling. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]

Books reviewed in June

	Prairie Dog Empire: A Saga of the Shortgrass Prairie by Paul Johnsgard Non-Fiction -- [ On Order ].
	The Sex Doctors in the Basement by Molly Jong-Fast Fiction -- Jong-Fast. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	One Shot by Lee Child Fiction -- Child. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Corrupts Absolutely by Alexa Hunt Fiction -- Hunt.
	Is Bill Cosby Right...or Has the Black Middle Class Lost its Mind? by Michael Eric Dyson Non-Fiction -- 305.8 AfrYd
	When the Bough Breaks by Matt Mason Poetry -- Mason. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Closers by Michael Connelly Fiction -- Connelly. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	The Breaking Point: Hemingway, Dos Passos and the Murder of Jose Robles by Stephen Koch Non-Fiction -- Koch. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Breakdown Lane by Jacquelyn Mitchard Fiction -- Mitchard. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	You -- The Owner's Manual by Michael F. Roizen Non-Fiction -- 613 Roi.
	The Thirty-First of March by Horace Busby Non-Fiction -- Busby. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Portable Prairie: Confessions of an Unsettled Midwesterner by M.J. Andersen Non-Fiction -- Andersen. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Hot Kid by Elmore Leonard Fiction -- Leonard. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD formats.]
	Standing Next to History by Joseph Petro Non-Fiction -- Petro. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Portuguese Irregular Verbs by Alexander McCall-Smith Fiction -- McCall-Smith. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD formats.]
	At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances by Alexander McCall-Smith Fiction -- McCall-Smith. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD formats.]
	The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs by Alexander McCall-Smith Fiction -- McCall-Smith. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD formats.]

Books reviewed in May

	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Fiction -- Adams [SF]. [The entire five-volume series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is available in various different editions, including formats such as Book-on-Tape, Book-on-CD and radio-play adaptations. Check the library catalog under "Adams, Douglas" (author search) for full details.]
	Zorro by Isabel Allende Fiction -- Allende. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and Large Print formats.]
	Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishigiro Fiction -- Ishigiro. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Lost in the Forest by Sue Miller Fiction -- Miller. [Also available in Large Print format.]
	This I Believe: An A to Z of a Life by Carlos Fuentes Biography -- Fuentes. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Blue Water Creek and the First Sioux War, 1854-1856 by R. Eli Paul Non-Fiction [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Me & Emma by Elizabeth Flock Fiction -- Flock.
	The Well of Stars by Robert Reed -- Lincoln, NE author! Fiction -- Reed [SF].
	Last Night by James Salter Fiction -- Salter. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Shrink Rapt by Andrea Rouda Fiction -- Rouda. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Good Guys by Bill Bonanno Fiction -- Bonanno. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Wolves Eat Dogs by Martin Cruz Smith Fiction -- Smith. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and Large Print formats.]
	Swing by Rupert Holmes Fiction -- Holmes. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Heir to the Glimmering World by Cynthia Ozick Fiction -- Ozick.
	The Girl Who Married a Lion by Alexander McCall-Smith Fiction -- McCall-Smith. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD formats.]

Books reviewed in April

	The Forgotten Man by Robert Crais Fiction -- Crais [M]. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD formats.]
	My Life So Far by Jane Fonda Non-Fiction -- 791.432 Fon.
	One House: The Unicameral's Progressive Vision for Nebraska by Charlyne Berens Non-Fiction -- 328.782 Ber.
	Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer Fiction -- Foer. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Saturday by Ian McEwan Fiction -- McEwan. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD formats.]
	Saving Cascadia by John J. Nance Fiction -- Nance. [Also available in unabridged audiotape format.]
	The President's Assassin by Brian Haig Fiction -- Haig [M].
	Bleedout by Joan Brady Fiction -- Brady.
	Cold Service by Robert B. Parker Fiction -- Parker [M]. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	The Dark Eye by William Bernhardt Fiction -- Bernhardt [M].
	The Death Collectors by Jack Kerley Fiction -- Kerley [M].
	The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon Fiction -- Moon [SF].
	Before the Frost by Henning Mandell Fiction -- Mandell [M].
	Rosa by Jonathan Rabb Fiction -- Rabb [M].
	Standing Bear is a Person: The True Story of a Native American's Quest for Justice by Stephen Dando-Collins [ On Order ]
	Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott Non-Fiction -- 248 Lam. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Alvin Turner as Farmer by William Kloefkorn Poetry -- 811 Klo.

Books reviewed in March

	The Ha-Ha by Dave King Fiction -- King.
	Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakmi Fiction -- Murakami.
	The Law of Bound Hearts by Anne LeClaire Fiction -- LeClaire.
	Harbor by Lorraine Adams Fiction -- Adams. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	French Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano Non-Fiction -- 613.25 Gui. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld Fiction -- Sittenfeld.
	The Stranger at the Palazzo d'Oro and Other Stories by Paul Theroux Fiction -- Theroux.
	Frank Lloyd Wright by Ada Louise Huxtable Non-Fiction -- LT 720.924 WriYh. [Available only in a Large Print edition.]
	Queen of the South by Arturo Perez-Reverte Fiction -- Perez-Reverte. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	The Finishing School by Muriel Spark Fiction -- Spark. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Reading With Oprah: The Book Club That Changed America by Kathleen Rooney Non-Fiction [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]

Books reviewed in February

	Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 by John Ferling Non-Fiction -- 324.8 EleYf 1800. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD formats.]
	The Society of Others by William Nicholson Fiction -- Nicholson. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Devil in the Details: Scenes From an Obsessive Childhood by Jennifer Traig Non-Fiction -- 616.852 Tra. [ Currently available from the Lincoln City Libraries only in audiotape format ]
	The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency [series] by Alexander McCall-Smith Fiction -- McCall-Smith. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD formats.]
	The Sunday Philosophy Club [series] by Alexander McCall-Smith Fiction -- McCall-Smith. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	Bicycle: The History by David V. Herlihy Non-Fiction -- Herlihy. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	A Salty Piece of Land by Jimmy Buffett Fiction -- Buffett.
	At Risk by Stella Rimington Fiction -- Rimington.
	Blues of a Mumbling Train by Charles Fort Non-Fiction -- Fort. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Charles Fritz -- An Artist With the Corps of Discovery by Bob Frazier Non-Fiction -- Frazier. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Quilt That Walked to Golden by Sandra Dallas Non-Fiction -- 746.46 Dal
	In the Night Room by Peter Straub Fiction -- Straub. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Magic Seeds by V.S. Naipaul Fiction -- Naipaul.
	The Broker by John Grisham Fiction -- Grisham. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	Shoulder the Sky by Anne Perry Fiction -- Perry. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]

Books reviewed in January

	Poetry Home Repair Manual by Nebraska poet Ted Kooser [ Poet Laureate of the U.S./Pulitzer Prize Winner ] Non-Fiction -- 808.5 Koo
	I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe Fiction -- Wolfe. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD formats.]
	The Turk and My Mother by Mary Helen Stefaniak Fiction -- Stefaniak.
	Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell Non-Fiction -- 153.44 Gla.
	After the Rain by Chuck Logan Fiction -- Logan.
	Twisted by Jonathan Kellerman Fiction -- Kellerman. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	State of Fear by Michael Crichton Fiction -- Crichton.
	Had a Good Time: Stories From American Postcards by Robert Olen Butler Fiction -- Butler.
	The Queen of Dreams by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Fiction -- Divakaruni.
	Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders by John Mortimore Fiction -- Mortimore.
	Villages by John Updike Fiction -- Updike. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	It Seemed Important at the Time: A Romance Memoir by Gloria Vanderbilt Non-Fiction -- B V2786.
	The Godfather Returns by Mark Winegardner Fiction -- Winegardner. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Runaway: Stories by Alice Munro Fiction -- Munro. [Also available in unabridged audiotape format.]
	Cheat and Charmer: A Novel by Elizabeth Frank Fiction -- Frank.
	BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR My Life by Bill Clinton Running With the Bulls: My Years With the Hemingways by Valerie Hemingway The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History by Joseph H. Marshall III Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION The Lord of the Rings: 50th Anniversary Edition by J.R.R. Tolkien HISTORY Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI: 1933-34 by Bryan Burrough Shadow Divers: The True Adventures of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II by Robert Kurson Reagan and Gorbachev: How the Cold War Ended by Jack F. Matlock, Jr. MYSTERIES/THRILLERS Case Histories by Kate Atkinson Death of a Poison Pen by M.C. Beaton Almost Midnight: An American Story of Murder and Redemption by Michael W. Cuneo The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Destination: Morgue! by James Ellroy Hot and Sweaty Rex by Eric Garcia Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen In the Night Room by Peter Straub NOVELS Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler True North by Jim Harrison Eventide by Kent Haruf War Trash by Ha Jin The Falls by Joyce Carol Oates Gilead by Marilynne Robinson The Plot Against America by Philip Roth An Unfinished Life by Mark Spragg Villages by John Updike The Last Crossing by Guy Vander-Haege The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon POETRY What is This Thing Called Love? by Kim Addonizio Cowboy Poetry: The Reunion, edited by Virginia Bennett Beautiful Trouble: Poems by Amy Fleury The Mountain Poems of Meng Hao-0jan, translated by David Hinton Delights and Shadows by Ted Kooser The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems by Pablo Neruda Strike Sparks: Selected Poems 1980-2002 by Sharon Olds One Thousand Years: Poems About the Holocaust by David Ray Conversation by Ann Slegman Danger on Peaks by Gary Snyder The Man Who Sleeps in My Office by Jason Sommer SHORT-STORY COLLECTIONS The Book of Ten Nights and a Night: Eleven Stories by John Barth The Complete Stories of Truman Capote by Truman Capote The Circus in Winter by Cathy Day Runaway: Stories by Alice Munro Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2 by Annie Proulx

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