Best Tutorials Books for Learning ASP.NET 2.0 And Visual Web Developer

I wanted to help anyone out there, who may have a similar skill set, find quality books to guide you on your way to learning ASP.NET 2.0 and Visual Web developer. When I first fell in love, I bought 5 ASP.NET books. Yep, count em' 5! That's because I'm crazy like that. Now, to help you avoid making any mistakes like I did, and purchasing 5 very expensive programming books, here's the run down on the books I bought and who they're for, in order of **My favorites!*** to ***My least Favorites***. Now, my favorites may not necessarily be your favorites.

Sams Teach Yourself ASP.NET 2.0 in 24 Hours, Complete Starter Kit (Sams Teach Yourself)

This was my absolute favorite because it started from the very beginning and explained everything thoroughly. While, I did have to skip the first 4 chapters, I still liked the way everything was explained. That's because I'm the type of person who does not skim, normally, I read programming books from top to bottom, so I don't miss anything and so I don't have to get confused later and come back.
Who's it for?

You know PHP a bit, and understand MySQL Databases. Never used Visual Web Developer before, but want to get started, head first, right now. You may need a little explanation of the whole concept behind the languages, and want to be walked through the process of creating your first ASP.NET 2.0 website app. from beginning to end.

Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 Databases: From Novice to Professional

This made my second pick for books because it covered the database concept for ASP.NET 2.0 and Visual Web Developer, from top to bottom. If you're building web applications with ASP.NET, than the database part is probably the most important concept to grasp completely. You'll build databases starting in the 2nd chapter, and start to understand everything about them by the end of the book.

Who's it for?

From novice-pro Visual Web Developer people. From Novice-Medium ASP.NET 2.0 people. From Novice-Medium MySQL people will ALL find this reference helpful.

ASP.NET 2.0 Illustrated (Microsoft .NET Development Series)