Books Read in 2006 (Part 1)
Explore the first part of my 2006 reading journey with this curated list of books I read that year. Discover titles, genres, and insights from my literary adventures in 2006.
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Exquisite Corpse
by Poppy Z. Brite
From the acclaimed author of Lost Souls, Drawing Blood, and Wormwood comes the provocative and thrilling serial killer novel that #1 New York Times bestselling author Peter Straub calls âa guidebook to hell.â To serial slayer Andrew Compton, murder is an art, the most intimate art. After feigning his own death to escape from prison, Compton makes his way to the United States with the ambition of bringing his art to new heights. Tortured by his own perverse desires and drawn to possess and destroy young boys, Compton inadvertently joins forces with Jay Byrne, a dissolute playboy who has pushed his own art to limits even Compton hadnât previously imagined. Together, Compton and Byrne set their sights on an exquisite young Vietnamese American runaway, Tran, whom they deem to be the perfect victim. Swiftly moving from the grimy streets of Londonâs Piccadilly Circus to the decadence of New Orleansâs French Quarter, Poppy Z. Brite dissects the landscape of torture and invites us into the mind of a killer. With âintelligence, sweep, nerve, knowledge, and deeply unsettling erotic powerâ (Dennis Cooper, author of Frisk), Exquisite Corpse is a novel for those who dare trespass where the sacred and profane become one.
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Fantasy Lover
by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Will the love of sex therapist Grace Alexander be enough to free love-slave Julian of Macedon from a two-thousand-year-old curse?
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Drawing Blood
by Poppy Brite
Escaping from his North Carolina home after his father murders their family and commits suicide, Trevor McGee returns to confront the past, and finds himself haunted by the same demons that drove his father to insanity.
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The Corset Diaries
by Katie Macalister
âReality TV has never been more entertaining than here as the wickedly funny MacAlister has her heroine record her hilarious experiences with a quirky cast of characters and her passionate encounters with Max in a laughter-laced diary that is a saucy, sexy delight.ââBooklist No woman in her right mind would consent to wearing a corset for a month. Especially a âskinny-challengedâ woman like Tessa. But dreams of being debt-free dance in her head when she gets an offer to appear in a reality TV show. A Month in the Life of a Victorian Duke is about real people pretending to live on an English estate, circa 1879. And Tessa's leading manâa real-life Dukeâis so handsome she can barely breathe, with or without the corset...
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If Angels Burn
by Lynn Viehl
Alexandra Keller is Chicago's most brilliant reconstructive surgeon. Michael Cyprien is New Orleans' most reclusive millionaireâand in desperate need of Dr. Keller's skills.
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Avoiding Prison and Other Noble Vacation Goals
by Wendy Dale
From salsa dancing in a rum-induced haze and struggling to exercise in Colombia (âthe guerillas were using the track again todayâ), to crossing international borders unconventionally and dodging bombs in Lebanon (âthe good news was that they were âsmall bombsââ), Wendy somehow manages to find herself in the midst of hysterical, adventurous, and often illegal situations. Case in pointâevery time she heads to Costa Rica, she is forced to visit another prison. Although a jail may not be everyoneâs idea of a place to ?nd a date, Wendy soon falls in love with a man, a country, and its people and risks everything she has to clear his name. Avoiding Prison and Other Noble Vacation Goals is a bumpy and hilarious ride in which Wendy discovers that a successful vacationâmuch like that elusive thing, happinessâcan be found in some of the most unlikely places imaginable.
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Hard Eight
by Janet Evanovich
Hired to find a missing child, Stephanie soon wonders if she's working on the right side of the law. And complications have arisen in her relationship with Morelli.