“No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally (and often more) worth the reading at the age of fifty.” – C. S. Lewis
January – 26
(1-4) Sword of the Rightful King – Jane Yolen
(1-4) The Golden Compass – Philip Pullman
(1-5) Please Save My Earth 14 – Saki Hiwatari
(1-6) The Valley of Fear – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(1-6) GetBackers 12 – Yuya Aoki and Rando Ayamine
(1-6) Pretty Guardian Sailormoon 4 (Japanese, 2nd ed.) – Naoko Takeuchi
(1-8) InuYasha 15 – Rumiko Takahashi
(1-10) Death of an Expert Witness – P. D. James
(1-11) His Last Bow – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(1-11) Revolutionary Girl Utena 1 – Chiho Saito and Be-PaPas
(1-12) The Lake of Darkness – Ruth Rendell
(1-14) The Subtle Knife – Philip Pullman
(1-14) InuYasha 16 – Rumiko Takahashi
(1-17) To Fear a Painted Devil – Ruth Rendell
(1-18) Pretty Guardian Sailormoon 5 (Japanese, 2nd ed.) – Naoko Takeuchi
(1-20) Revolutionary Girl Utena 2 – Chiho Saito and Be-PaPas
(1-21) No Flying in the House – Betty Brock
(1-22) Pretty Guardian Sailormoon 6 (Japanese, 2nd ed.) – Naoko Takeuchi
(1-23) InuYasha 17 – Rumiko Takahashi
(1-24) The Talented Mr. Ripley – Patricia Highsmith
(1-26) And Then There Were None – Agatha Christie
(1-26) Hikaru no Go 6 – Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata
(1-27) Hana-Kimi 10 – Hisaya Nakajo
(1-29) The Amber Spyglass – Philip Pullman
(1-29) Lyra’s Oxford – Philip Pullman
(1-30) Revolutionary Girl Utena 3 – Chiho Saito and Be-PaPas
February – 14
(2-4) The Milkman’s On His Way – David Rees
(2-5) InuYasha 18 – Rumiko Takahashi
(2-6) A Sight for Sore Eyes – Ruth Rendell
(2-8) Strangers on a Train – Patricia Highsmith
(2-8) Basara 16 – Yumi Tamura
(2-11) Revolutionary Girl Utena 4 – Chiho Saito and Be-PaPas
(2-11) Revolutionary Girl Utena 5 – Chiho Saito and Be-PaPas
(2-15) InuYasha 19 – Rumiko Takahashi
(2-17) Rurouni Kenshin 23 – Nobuhiro Watsuki
(2-18) Little Women – Louisa May Alcott º
(2-18) The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(2-19) My Dearest Holmes – Rohase Piercy
(2-22) Pretty Guardian Sailormoon 7 (Japanese, 2nd ed.) – Naoko Takeuchi
(2-26) The Adolescence of Utena – Chiho Saito and Be-PaPas
March – 23
(3-1) Little Men – Louisa May Alcott º
(3-3) A Taste for Death – P. D. James
(3-3) Please Save My Earth 15 – Saki Hiwatari
(3-5) Rurouni Kenshin 24 – Nobuhiro Watsuki
(3-5) The Prince of Tennis 12 – Takeshi Konomi
(3-8) SOS – Hinako Ashihara
(3-9) Jo’s Boys – Louisa May Alcott º
(3-9) InuYasha 20 – Rumiko Takahashi
(3-10) The Hours – Michael Cunningham
(3-11) Pretty Guardian Sailormoon 8 (Japanese, 2nd ed.) – Naoko Takeuchi
(3-12) Flirting with Pride and Prejudice – Jennifer Crusie, ed.
(3-12) InuYasha 21 – Rumiko Takahashi
(3-15) The Mysterious Affair at Styles – Agatha Christie
(3-16) InuYasha 22 – Rumiko Takahashi
(3-17) Ella Enchanted – Gail Carson Levine
(3-18) InuYasha 23 – Rumiko Takahashi
(3-19) InuYasha 24 – Rumiko Takahashi
(3-23) Frankenstein – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
(3-23) Desire – Maki Kazumi and Yukine Honami
(3-26) Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE 8 – CLAMP
(3-27) The Virgin’s Lover – Philippa Gregory
(3-30) The Hero and the Crown – Robin McKinley
(3-30) xxxHOLiC 4 – CLAMP º
April – 23
(4-2) Pretty Guardian Sailormoon 9 (Japanese, 2nd ed.) – Naoko Takeuchi
(4-6) xxxHOLiC 5 – CLAMP
(4-7) The Blue Sword – Robin McKinley
(4-9) Griffin & Sabine – Nick Bantock
(4-9) xxxHOLiC 6 – CLAMP
(4-9) Rurouni Kenshin 25 – Nobuhiro Watsuki
(4-10) Fruits Basket 13 – Natsuki Takaya
(4-13) Sabine’s Notebook – Nick Bantock
(4-16) Basara 17 – Yumi Tamura
(4-16) The Golden Mean – Nick Bantock
(4-18) Devices and Desires – P. D. James
(4-19) Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides
(4-20) Hana-Kimi 11 – Hisaya Nakajo
(4-21) Bridget Jones’s Diary – Helen Fielding
(4-23) Our Everlasting 2 – Toko Kawai
(4-26) Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason – Helen Fielding
(4-27) The Prince of Tennis 13 – Takeshi Konomi
(4-27) The Gryphon – Nick Bantock
(4-28) Alexandria – Nick Bantock
(4-28) The Morning Star – Nick Bantock
(4-29) Fray – Joss Whedon, Karl Moline, and Andy Owens
(4-29) The Darkangel – Meredith Ann Pierce
(4-30) Princess Tutu 1 – Mizuo Shinonome, Ikuko Itoh, and Jun-ichi Satoh
May – 12
(5-7) A Gathering of Gargoyles – Meredith Ann Pierce
(5-10) Princess Tutu 2 – Mizuo Shinonome, Ikuko Itoh, and Jun-ichi Satoh
(5-11) The Pearl of the Soul of the World – Meredith Ann Pierce
(5-14) The Thief – Megan Whalen Turner
(5-16) The Xander Years, Vol. 1 – Keith R. A. DeCandido
(5-16) InuYasha 25 – Rumiko Takahashi
(5-19) The Xander Years, Vol. 2 – Jeff Mariotte
(5-19) Please Save My Earth 16 – Saki Hiwatari
(5-21) Rurouni Kenshin 26 – Nobuhiro Watsuki
(5-27) Possession – A. S. Byatt
(5-27) Rurouni Kenshin 27 – Nobuhiro Watsuki
(5-31) Beauty is the Beast 1 – Tomo Matsumoto
June – 23
(6-2) The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold
(6-5) Beauty is the Beast 2 – Tomo Matsumoto
(6-7) Beauty is the Beast 3 – Tomo Matsumoto
(6-9) The Queen of Attolia – Megan Whalen Turner
(6-10) Basara 18 – Yumi Tamura
(6-12) Book of the Dead – Ashley McConnell
(6-12) xxxHOLiC 7 – CLAMP
(6-13) The Beekeeper’s Apprentice – Laurie R. King
(6-13) Checkers – John Marsden
(6-14) Ouran High School Host Club 1 – Bisco Hatori
(6-16) The View from Saturday – E. L. Konigsburg
(6-17) InuYasha 26 – Rumiko Takahashi
(6-17) Blue – Kiriko Nananan
(6-18) Sanctuary – Jeff Mariotte
(6-20) Tuck Everlasting – Natalie Babbitt
(6-23) Solitary Man – Jeff Mariotte
(6-24) Hikaru no Go 7 – Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata
(6-25) Pretty Guardian Sailormoon 10 (Japanese, 2nd ed.) – Naoko Takeuchi
(6-28) Haunted – Jeff Mariotte
(6-28) Ouran High School Host Club 2 – Bisco Hatori
(6-29) Speak – Laurie Halse Anderson
(6-30) Dealing with Dragons – Patricia C. Wrede
(6-30) Rurouni Kenshin 28 – Nobuhiro Watsuki
July – 17
(7-1) The Prince of Tennis 14 – Takeshi Konomi
(7-2) Fushigi Yûgi 1 – Yuu Watase
(7-7) Searching for Dragons – Patricia C. Wrede
(7-7) The King of Attolia – Megan Whalen Turner
(7-9) Fushigi Yûgi 2 – Yuu Watase
(7-10) GetBackers 13 – Yuya Aoki and Rando Ayamine
(7-11) Pretty Guardian Sailormoon 11 (Japanese, 2nd ed.) – Naoko Takeuchi
(7-13) Ouran High School Host Club 3 – Bisco Hatori
(7-14) Feed – M. T. Anderson
(7-15) Calling on Dragons – Patricia C. Wrede
(7-16) Hana-Kimi 12 – Hisaya Nakajo
(7-18) An Unsuitable Job for a Woman – P. D. James
(7-21) Talking to Dragons – Patricia C. Wrede
(7-21) Fushigi Yûgi 3 – Yuu Watase
(7-27) The Other Side of Silence – Margaret Mahy
(7-28) Monster 1 – Naoki Urasawa
(7-30) Please Save My Earth 17 – Saki Hiwatari
August – 11
(8-2) The Skull Beneath the Skin – P. D. James
(8-5) The Secret Adversary – Agatha Christie
(8-6) Pretty Guardian Sailormoon 12 (Japanese, 2nd ed.) – Naoko Takeuchi
(8-7) GetBackers 14 – Yuya Aoki and Rando Ayamine
(8-8) Fruits Basket 14 – Natsuki Takaya
(8-9) Beat to Quarters – C. S. Forester
(8-11) Ouran High School Host Club 4 – Bisco Hatori
(8-18) Breakfast on Pluto – Patrick McCabe
(8-25) A Man Lay Dead – Ngaio Marsh
(8-26) Pretty Guardian Sailormoon Short Stories 1 (Japanese) – N. Takeuchi
(8-30) Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE 9 – CLAMP
September – 15
(9-1) Ship of the Line – C. S. Forester
(9-2) Fushigi Yûgi 4 – Yuu Watase
(9-2) Original Sin – P. D. James
(9-6) Basara 19 – Yumi Tamura
(9-7) Party Princess – Meg Cabot
(9-9) Pretty Guardian Sailormoon Short Stories 2 (Japanese) – N. Takeuchi
(9-9) Monster 2 – Naoki Urasawa
(9-12) Beauty is the Beast 4 – Tomo Matsumoto
(9-13) The Prince of Tennis 15 – Takeshi Konomi
(9-15) Ouran High School Host Club 5 – Bisco Hatori
(9-19) GetBackers 15 – Yuya Aoki and Rando Ayamine
(9-20) Flying Colours – C. S. Forester
(9-21) Please Save My Earth 18 – Saki Hiwatari
(9-28) Sunshine – Robin McKinley
(9-29) Full Moon o Sagashite 1 – Arina Tanemura
October – 4 (Sad!)
(10-1) The Murder on the Links – Agatha Christie
(10-3) A Certain Justice – P. D. James
(10-5) Sweet Sixteen Princess – Meg Cabot
(10-22) A Stitch in Time – Andrew J. Robinson
November – 19
(11-3) Death in Holy Orders – P. D. James
(11-5) Commodore Hornblower – C. S. Forester
(11-8) Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE 10 – CLAMP
(11-10) The Murder Room – P. D. James
(11-10) Fushigi Yûgi 5 – Yuu Watase
(11-10) The Bad Beginning – Lemony Snicket
(11-10) Fushigi Yûgi 6 – Yuu Watase
(11-12) The Reptile Room – Lemony Snicket
(11-12) Fushigi Yûgi 7 – Yuu Watase
(11-14) The Castle in the Attic – Elizabeth Winthrop
(11-16) The Battle for the Castle – Elizabeth Winthrop
(11-16) The Wide Window – Lemony Snicket
(11-18) The Miserable Mill – Lemony Snicket
(11-19) The Austere Academy – Lemony Snicket
(11-21) Enter a Murderer – Ngaio Marsh
(11-21) The Ersatz Elevator – Lemony Snicket
(11-22) Fushigi Yûgi 8 – Yuu Watase
(11-23) Hikaru no Go 8 – Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata
(11-26) The Vile Village – Lemony Snicket
December – 13
(12-2) Fushigi Yûgi 9 – Yuu Watase
(12-3) The Lighthouse – P. D. James
(12-3) A Kiss for My Prince 1 – Hee-Eun Kim
(12-7) The Hostile Hospital – Lemony Snicket
(12-7) Fushigi Yûgi 10 – Yuu Watase
(12-18) The Moonstone – Wilkie Collins
(12-19) The Carnivorous Carnival – Lemony Snicket
(12-24) Fushigi Yûgi 11 – Yuu Watase
(12-24) Fushigi Yûgi 12 – Yuu Watase
(12-24) Fushigi Yûgi 13 – Yuu Watase
(12-25) Fushigi Yûgi 14 – Yuu Watase
(12-28) Fushigi Yûgi 15 – Yuu Watase
(12-31) The Devil in the White City – Erik Larson
2006 Yearly Goal: 250, with at least 100 (40%) “real books.”
2006 Outcome: 200
Novels/Nonfiction: 98 (49%)
Manga/Comics: 102 (51%)
º = reread
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