{"id":19185,"date":"2025-08-11T17:07:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T21:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=19185"},"modified":"2025-08-12T21:22:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T01:22:27","slug":"books-of-2005-front-list-reads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/19185","title":{"rendered":"Books of 20 Years Ago: Front List Reads (2005)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I didn’t start my end of the year round-ups until 2008, so I’ll just divide 2005 into front list and back list reads.<\/p>\n

First up, front list (of course)<\/p>\n

Frontlist (Read in 2005-2006)<\/h4>\n

Series<\/h4>\n

\"Hex<\/p>\n

Cast in Shadow<\/em><\/a> (2005) Michelle Sagara<\/a><\/h5>\n

(Cast #1\/19 -ongoing) [Rating: 9<\/span>] (Fantasy)<\/p>\n

The last book I read in this series was Cast in Chaos<\/em> (2010). I have later books in the series, but wanted to do the reread I’d need to get back into the series.<\/p>\n

Nightside by Simon R. Green<\/a><\/h5>\n

Hex and the City<\/em><\/a> (2005) (#4\/12) [Rating: 8<\/span>], Paths Not Taken<\/em><\/a> \u00a0(2005) (#5\/12 -complete) [Avg Rating: 6.5<\/span>]<\/p>\n

(reread 3x<\/span>) (Supernatural Mystery)<\/p>\n

As previously mentioned, I haven’t read the last book in this series, but I WILL. Someday. Up until that last book I was reading them as soon as they were published.<\/p>\n

Dead as a Doornail<\/em><\/a> (2005) Charlaine Harris<\/a><\/h5>\n

(Sookie Stackhouse #5\/13 -complete) [Rating: 8<\/span>] (Paranormal)<\/p>\n

— was reading the Sookie books as soon as they came out until I got completely fed up and quit the series after 2009’s Dead and Gone<\/em>. Every single male characters falling in love with Sookie was just… ugh.<\/p>\n

\"Seventy<\/p>\n

Kitty and the Midnight Hour<\/em><\/a> (2005) Carrie Vaughn<\/a><\/h5>\n

(Kitty Norville #1\/16 -complete) (reread) [Avg Rating: 7.5<\/span>] (Urban Fantasy)<\/p>\n

This was another series I pre-ordered and read as soon as it came out–until the final book, which I put off reading for several years.<\/p>\n

Seventy-Seven Clocks<\/em><\/a> (2005) Christopher Fowler<\/a><\/h5>\n

(Bryant and May #3\/18) [Rating: 7<\/span>] (Mystery, Police)<\/p>\n

I picked this up on a whim and then went back to read the earlier books. Grandmom quite enjoyed these books.<\/p>\n

For Camelot\u2019s Honor<\/em><\/a> (2005) Sarah Zettel<\/a><\/h5>\n

(Paths to Camelot #2\/4 -complete) (reread) [Avg Rating: 7<\/span>] (Historical Fantasy)<\/p>\n

I loved the first book so much that the second ended up being a little bit of a let down.<\/p>\n

\"Wheres<\/p>\n

The Good, The Bad, and the Undead<\/em><\/a> \u00a0(2005) Kim Harrison<\/a><\/h5>\n

(Rachel Morgan #2\/18 -ongoing) [Rating: 7<\/span>]<\/p>\n

Michael kept up with this series longer than I did; I dropped off in 2008, not because it was bad, but more there were other things I wanted to read more.<\/p>\n

Dead Beat<\/em><\/a> (2005) Jim Butcher<\/a><\/h5>\n

(Dresden Files #7\/18 -ongoing) [Rating: 7<\/span>] (Supernatural Fantasy)<\/p>\n

I dropped this series completely when I heard the next book ended in a major character death. I realized this was one of those series where the main character just gets stronger and stronger and stronger. I don’t mind characters learning and become more talented, but I dislike it when characters suddenly have more power to deal with problems rather than using wit and teamwork.<\/p>\n

Cold Service<\/em><\/a> (2005) Robert B. Parker<\/a><\/h5>\n

(Spenser #32\/39) [Rating: 6<\/span>] (Mystery, PI)<\/p>\n

This series is being continued by another author, but I’d already kinda dropped back on keeping up about this time.<\/p>\n

Stand Alone<\/h4>\n

\"Zorro\"<\/p>\n

Zorro<\/em><\/a> (2005) Isabel Allende<\/a> translated by Margaret Sayers Peden<\/h5>\n

[Rating: 8<\/span>] (Historical)<\/p>\n

This book started off a search for the Zorro book that I read as a teen.<\/p>\n

Where\u2019s My Cow?<\/em><\/a> (2005) Terry Pratchett<\/a><\/h5>\n

(Discworld) [Rating: 9<\/span>] (reread) (Fantasy)<\/p>\n

The Discworld picture book of Sam Vimes reading Where’s My Cow<\/em> to little Sam.<\/p>\n

\u201cChildren\u2019s Winner of the Ankh-Morpork Librarians\u2019 Award. OOK!\u201d<\/p>\n

Across the Wall<\/a><\/em> (2005) Garth Nix<\/a><\/h5>\n

[Rating: 7<\/span>] (Fantasy Anthology)<\/p>\n

This is a collection of short stories, some set in the world of Sabriel<\/em>, some not.<\/p>\n

Comics<\/h4>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

Fables<\/a> by\u00a0 Bill Willingham<\/a><\/h5>\n

Vol 5: The Mean Seasons<\/em><\/a> (2005) [Rating: 7<\/span>], Vol 6: Homelands<\/em><\/a> (2005) [Rating: 9<\/span>] ( \/22 -complete) (Urban Fantasy\/Folktale)<\/p>\n

At this point I was avidly and eagerly awaiting each new volume, and would do so for the next ten years.<\/p>\n

Ex Machina by Brian K. Vaughan<\/h5>\n

The First Hundred Days<\/em><\/a> (2005) [Rating: 7<\/span>], Vol 2: Tag<\/a> (2005)\u00a0 [Rating: 7<\/span>] ( \/10 -complete) (Science Fiction)<\/p>\n

I picked this up because it intrigued me, and kept reading for the same reason.<\/p>\n

Runaways<\/a>: Vol 4<\/em>: True Believers<\/em><\/a> (2005) Brian K Vaughan, Adrian Alphona, Craig Yeung<\/h5>\n

[Rating: 7<\/span>] (Marvel Superhero)<\/p>\n

I loved the first seven books of this series, then got mad after a writer change and stopped reading.<\/p>\n

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I’m simply going to note these last two, with no links or further commentary<\/p>\n

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince<\/em> (2005) J.K. Rowling<\/p>\n

Anansi Boys <\/em>(2005) Neil Gaiman (reread)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I didn’t start my end of the year round-ups until 2008, so I’ll just divide 2005 into front list and back list reads. First up, front list (of course) Frontlist (Read in 2005-2006) Series Cast in Shadow (2005) Michelle Sagara (Cast #1\/19 -ongoing) [Rating: 9] (Fantasy) The last book I read in this series was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-reading"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pefxA-4Zr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19185"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19258,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19185\/revisions\/19258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}