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101. Eclipse - Stephanie Meyer
102. Split - Suzanne Finnamore
103. Astrid and Veronika - Linda Olsson
104. A Million Little Pieces - James Frey
105. The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club - Laurie Notaro
106. The Eagle's Shadow - Mark Hertsgaard
107. A Long Way Down - Nick Hornby

I'd recommend each of these, for different reasons.

I don't agree with all the hype on the Twilight series - it's not the second coming or anything like that, but it is (to me) enjoyable fluff. And wicked fast/easy reading.

Split is really good if you've gone through a divorce. It's probably not something you should read too close to the divorce, because it's very accurate and hits home a lot.

Astrid and Veronika was a beautifully written story of an unlikely friendship. Just a gorgeous story.

A Long Way Down is about four people who meet, quite unintentionally, on a rooftop after they've each gone up to commit suicide.

A Million Little Pieces ... I know, I know, the guy kinda flubbed parts of this 'memoir'. But I still found it a great read, and actually empathized with the author more than I would have imagined.

Laurie Notaro's stuff is funny and kind of a female version of David Sedaris. Neither Sedaris nor Notaro contributes anything earth-shattering or profound to the world, but they are entertaining.

The Eagle's Shadow was really cool. It's a book about American foreign policy, politics and globalization, and how it affects the rest of the world. It's also a pretty damning criticism of Americans' apathy about the rest of the world, and about our role in it and how our government conducts itself on "our" behalf.
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