{"id":19678,"date":"2026-04-16T18:35:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T22:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=19678"},"modified":"2026-04-15T18:35:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T22:35:56","slug":"the-books-of-twenty-years-ago-favorite-mysteries-comics-non-fiction-from-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/19678","title":{"rendered":"The Books of Twenty Years Ago: Favorite Mysteries, Comics, & Non-Fiction from 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"

As noted previously, I had a lot going on in 2006 (and 2007, really) so a lot<\/em> of things fell to the wayside; I only read one book in November of 2007, which should give you some idea of how busy I was.<\/p>\n

~ Frontlist ~ <\/h3>\n

Mystery<\/h3>\n

\"When<\/a> ~ When Gods Die<\/em> ~ C.S. Harris<\/a><\/strong> (Sebastian St. Cyr #2) 8\/10
\nAvg Rating 8.0 | read 3X | Historical<\/p>\n

This barely made the cut as frontlist, as I didn’t read it until November 2007. <\/p>\n

Because I really had a lot<\/a> going on in 2006<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Comics<\/h3>\n

\"1001<\/a><\/p>\n

~ 1001 Night of Snowfall<\/em> ~ <\/a> Bill Willingham et al<\/strong> (Fables<\/a>) 9\/10
\nAvg Rating 9.0 | read 2X | Fantasy
\n~ Arabian Nights (and Days)<\/em> ~ Bill Willingham et al (Fables<\/a> Vol 7) 6\/10 | Fantasy
\n~ Wolves<\/em> ~ Bill Willingham et al (Fables<\/a> Vol 8) 7\/10 | Fantasy <\/p>\n

Even when I didn’t love individual volumes in the Fables series, I adored the series as a whole, and eagerly awaited each new graphic novel.<\/p>\n

\n

\"Innocence<\/a><\/p>\n

~ Innocence Lost<\/em><\/a> ~ Craig Kyle et al<\/strong> (X-23<\/a>) 9\/10
\nAvg Rating 9.0 | read 2X | Superhero<\/p>\n

~ Wannabe<\/em><\/a> ~ Joe Quesada et al<\/strong> (NYX<\/a>) 9\/10
\nAvg Rating 9.0 | read 2X | Superhero<\/p>\n

X-23 might be my favorite Marvel character, and it annoys me we haven’t gotten more stories about her.<\/p>\n

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\"Agatha<\/a><\/p>\n

~ Agatha Heterodyne and the Circus of Dreams<\/em> ~ Phil & Kaja Foglio<\/strong> (Girl Genius<\/a> Vol 4) 8\/10 | Steampunk!<\/p>\n

This is a delightful series. The problem is it published slowly, and the stories can be kind of complicated, so once I fell behind, I never got caught up.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

~ Escape to New York<\/em> ~ Brian K Vaughan<\/a> et al (Runaways<\/a> Vol 5) 7\/10 | Superhero<\/p>\n

~ Parental Guidance<\/em> ~ Brian K Vaughan<\/a> et al<\/strong> (Runaways<\/a> Vol 6) 8\/10 | Superhero<\/p>\n

~ Marvel 1602<\/em><\/a> ~ Neil Gaiman<\/a>, Andy Kubert, Richard Isanove<\/strong> | 8\/10 | Superhero, Historical<\/p>\n

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~ Backlist ~ <\/h3>\n

Comics<\/h3>\n

\"Digger<\/a> ~ Digger<\/em><\/a> ~ Vol. 2 by Ursula Vernon<\/strong> | 8\/10 | Fantasy<\/p>\n

Ursula Vernon is also T. Kingfisher. <\/p>\n

This is a comic series about a wombat.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Do you really need to know anything else?<\/p>\n

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Non-Fiction<\/h3>\n

\"Passionate<\/a> ~ Passionate Minds: Emilie du Chatelet, Voltaire, and the Great Love Affair of the Enlightenment<\/em><\/a>\u00a0~ David Bodanis<\/strong> 8\/10 | History, Biography, Science & Math<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mystery<\/h3>\n

~ The Guilt of Innocents<\/em><\/a> ~ Candace Robb<\/a><\/strong> (Owen Archer #9) 8\/10
\nAvg Rating: 8.3 | read 2X<\/p>\n

~ The Naming of the Dead<\/em><\/a> ~ Ian Rankin<\/a><\/strong> (Inspector Rebus #16) 8\/10 <\/p>\n

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As noted previously, I had a lot going on in 2006 (and 2007, really) so a lot of things fell to the wayside; I only read one book in November of 2007, which should give you some idea of how busy I was. ~ Frontlist ~ Mystery ~ When Gods Die ~ C.S. Harris (Sebastian […]<\/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":[1119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-looking-back"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pefxA-57o","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19678","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=19678"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19747,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19678\/revisions\/19747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}