95 Books In 2006, George W. Bush read 95 books. We will do better.

1. The Reef (Nora Roberts)

contains a witch, sex,
shark attacks, pirate’s treasure,
romantic drivel

2/5

2. Congo (Michael Crichton)

well researched story
but the character with the 
most depth was the ape

4/5

3. Clockfire (Jonathan Ball)

fun yet scary book
my favourite play was one
called ‘acknowledgements’

5/5

4. A Dry Spell (Susie Moloney)

an intelligent
read, characterization
is top notch, encore!

5/5

5. Child of God (Cormac McCarthy)

a disturbing tale
of a sociopathic
corpse-fucking redneck

4/5

6. Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)

a tedious start
a captivating middle
a heartbreaking end

4/5 

7. The Almost Moon (Alice Sebold)

the murder of an
old woman who has shit her
pants does not allure

1/5 

8. The Pilot’s Wife (Anita Shreve)

a dead pilot with
two wives and a double life
who would have guessed it

3/5 

9. Remember Me (Mary Higgins Clark)

secret passageways
and mental illness do not
a good story make

2/5 

10. Hidden Riches (Nora Roberts)

can a romance book
be good with a leading man
named jedidiah?

2/5 

11. Cities of Refuge (Michael Helm)

it went on and on
this novel really should have
been a novella

3/5 

12. Forgotten (Mariah Stewart)

unoriginal
crappy imitation of
silence of the lambs

2/5

13. Puppet Master (Jan Coffey)

a fast-paced thriller
with too many characters
but quite compelling

4/5

14. Body Movers: 3 Men and a Body (Stephanie Bond)

a witless floozy
fancies herself a private
investigator

1/5

15. Betrayal (Karin Alvtegen)

infidelity
leads to getting in bed with
a comatose mom

4/5 

— Handy Mandy