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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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100 books!!

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So here it is - the complete list:

1. The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman
2. The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman
3. The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman
4. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
5. Innocent in Death - J.D. Robb
6. Seven Up - Janet Evanovich
7. Hard Eight - Janet Evanovich
8. Unconditional Parenting - Alfie Kohn
9. To the Nines - Janet Evanovich
10. Tourist Season - Carl Hiaasen
11. The Secret Life of Bees - Sun Monk Kidd
12. Crazy Time: Surviving Divorce and Building a New Life - Abigail Trafford
13. Ten Big Ones - Janet Evanovich
14. Guilty Pleasures - Laurell K. Hamilton
15. The Ruby in the Smoke - Philip Pullman
16. Double Whammy - Carl Hiaasen
17. The Accidental Tourist - Anne Tyler
18. Blood Brothers - Nora Roberts
19. Eleven on Top - Janet Evanovich
20. The Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing - Melissa Bank
21. Zlata's Diary - Zlata Filipovic
22. The Reading Group - Elizabeth Noble
23. Heartburn - Nora Ephron
24. The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls
25. Twelve Sharp - Janet Evanovich
26. Girl, Interrupted - Susanna Kaysen
27. Lean, Mean Thirteen - Janet Evanovich
28. Plum Lovin' - Janet Evanovich
29. The Curious Incident of the Dog in Night-Time - Mark Haddon
30. Skinny Dip - Carl Hiaasen
31. Metro Girl - Janet Evanovich
32. Native Tongue - Carl Hiaasen
33. Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer
34. Morrigan's Cross - Nora Roberts
35. Dance of the Gods - Nora Roberts
36. Valley of Silence - Nora Roberts
37. Strangers in Death - JD Robb
38. The Mermaid Chair - Sue Monk Kidd
39. Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris
40. The Laughing Corpse - Laurell K. Hamilton
41. Flush - Carl Hiaasen
42. The Notebook - Nicholas Sparks
43. Bare Bones - Kathy Reichs
44. Sick Puppy - Carl Hiaasen
45. Plum Lucky - Janet Evanovich
46. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim - David Sedaris
47. Lucky You - Carl Hiaasen
48. Stormy Weather - Carl Hiaasen
49. Necessary Losses - Judith Viorst
50. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See
51. Holidays on Ice - David Sedaris
52. Blue Dahlia - Nora Roberts
53. Black Rose - Nora Roberts
54. Red Lily - Nora Roberts
55. The Little Book of Letting Go - Hugh Prather
56. Twilight - Stephanie Meyer
57. How to Survive the Loss of a Love - Peter McWilliams, Harold H. Bloomfield, and Melba Colgrove
58. New Moon - Stephanie Meyer
59. Mom's House, Dad's House - Isolina Ricci
60. Naked - David Sedaris
61. The Memory Keeper's Daughter - Kim Edwards
62. The Raw Shark Texts - Steven Hall
63. Wicked Nights - Nina Bangs
64. To Bed a Beauty - Nicole Jordan
65. Key of Light - Nora Roberts
66. Pictures of Hollis Woods - Patricia Reilly Giff
67. Ellen Foster - Kaye Gibbons
68. Key of Knowledge - Nora Roberts
69. Key of Valor - Nora Roberts
70. Auriel Rising - Elizabeth Redfern
71. Break No Bones - Kathy Reichs
72. Open House - Elizabeth Berg
73. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier - Ishmael Beah
74. Kafka's Soup - Mark Crick
75. The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver
76. Strip Tease - Carl Hiaasen
77. Death du Jour - Kathy Reichs
78. Charlie Wilson's War - George Crile
79. Bones to Ashes - Kathy Reichs
80. Drowning Ruth - Christina Schwartz
81. Go Ask Alice - Anonymous
82. The Pilot's Wife - Anita Shreve
83. I Love Everybody (and Other Atrocious Lies) - Laurie Notaro
84. Deadly Decisions - Kathy Reichs
85. Fatal Voyage - Kathy Reichs
86. How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk - Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
87. Grave Secrets - Kathy Reichs
88. Rise and Shine - Anna Quindlen
89. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
90. Life of Pi - Yann Martel
91. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers
92. Positive Discipline - Jane Nelsen
93. Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
94. Autobiography of a Fat Bride - Lauri Notaro
95. Nights in Rodanthe - Nicholas Sparks96. Running with Scissors - Augusten Burroughs
97. The Devil in the White City - Erik Larson
98. Confessions of a Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella
99. Siddhartha - Herman Hesse
100. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
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Two to go

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95. Nights in Rodanthe - Nicholas Sparks

I just don't really dig his stuff. I've read two of his books now (this and The Notebook) and the style is just too sappy and too melodramatic for me.

96. Running with Scissors - Augusten Burroughs

A disturbing memoir, but darkly funny. If you think your childhood was rough, read this.

97. The Devil in the White City - Erik Larson

A compelling true account of a serial killer and the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. Fascinating history of the Fair, and of a killer's machinations.

98. Confessions of a Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella

Entertaining light reading.
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Books 91 through 94

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91. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers

A good book, but not a great one. In a way, I finished it just to finish it. It started out very compelling, but as the pages slid by, kind of became tedious.

92. Positive Discipline - Jane Nelsen

A awesome book about parenting and "discipline". I read it to help underscore what I took from "How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk", and ended up writing a few key phrases from this book down to post in my kitchen. I highly recommend this book to anyone who feels the punitive - or corporal - punishment is NOT the way to go.

93. Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen

Loved this book. A great story, with wonderful detail and rich characters. One of those "I can't put it down, so I am tearing through it, but I'm going to be so sad when I actually finish it" books.

94. Autobiography of a Fat Bride - Lauri Notaro

Love her sense of humor and writing style. She and David Sedaris are my heroes :)
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And then there were 10

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89. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini

As much as I enjoyed The Kite Runner, I enjoyed this book more. It was just meatier, and had a lot more to grab and keep my interest.

I've started to grow very preoccupied with Afghanistan and it's past, present and future. The zeal of the religious extremists there (and, frankly, everywhere) is overwhelming in both factual and fictionalized accounts of life there, and it makes me believe two things: one, the zealotry must end for the average Afghani, and especially for Afghan women, to have any hope at a good life; and two, the United States is going about our "war" on terror in a very wrong way.

Personal preoccupation aside, this book presents a compelling and heart-wrenching story, told with rich detail and a sympathetic voice.

90. Life of Pi - Yann Martel

The prelude to this book promises "a story that will make you believe in God." Perhaps it's my own atheism that muted the story's ability to make a believer out of me, but regardless, I found the story a thoroughly enjoyable fable.
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12 to go ...

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1. The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman
2. The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman
3. The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman
4. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
5. Innocent in Death - J.D. Robb
6. Seven Up - Janet Evanovich
7. Hard Eight - Janet Evanovich
8. Unconditional Parenting - Alfie Kohn
9. To the Nines - Janet Evanovich
10. Tourist Season - Carl Hiaasen
11. The Secret Life of Bees - Sun Monk Kidd
12. Crazy Time: Surviving Divorce and Building a New Life - Abigail Trafford
13. Ten Big Ones - Janet Evanovich
14. Guilty Pleasures - Laurell K. Hamilton
15. The Ruby in the Smoke - Philip Pullman
16. Double Whammy - Carl Hiaasen
17. The Accidental Tourist - Anne Tyler
18. Blood Brothers - Nora Roberts
19. Eleven on Top - Janet Evanovich
20. The Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing - Melissa Bank
21. Zlata's Diary - Zlata Filipovic
22. The Reading Group - Elizabeth Noble
23. Heartburn - Nora Ephron
24. The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls
25. Twelve Sharp - Janet Evanovich
26. Girl, Interrupted - Susanna Kaysen
27. Lean, Mean Thirteen - Janet Evanovich
28. Plum Lovin' - Janet Evanovich
29. The Curious Incident of the Dog in Night-Time - Mark Haddon
30. Skinny Dip - Carl Hiaasen
31. Metro Girl - Janet Evanovich
32. Native Tongue - Carl Hiaasen
33. Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer
34. Morrigan's Cross - Nora Roberts
35. Dance of the Gods - Nora Roberts
36. Valley of Silence - Nora Roberts
37. Strangers in Death - JD Robb
38. The Mermaid Chair - Sue Monk Kidd
39. Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris
40. The Laughing Corpse - Laurell K. Hamilton
41. Flush - Carl Hiaasen
42. The Notebook - Nicholas Sparks
43. Bare Bones - Kathy Reichs
44. Sick Puppy - Carl Hiaasen
45. Plum Lucky - Janet Evanovich
46. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim - David Sedaris
47. Lucky You - Carl Hiaasen
48. Stormy Weather - Carl Hiaasen
49. Necessary Losses - Judith Viorst
50. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See
51. Holidays on Ice - David Sedaris
52. Blue Dahlia - Nora Roberts
53. Black Rose - Nora Roberts
54. Red Lily - Nora Roberts
55. The Little Book of Letting Go - Hugh Prather
56. Twilight - Stephanie Meyer
57. How to Survive the Loss of a Love - Peter McWilliams, Harold H. Bloomfield, and Melba Colgrove
58. New Moon - Stephanie Meyer
59. Mom's House, Dad's House - Isolina Ricci
60. Naked - David Sedaris
61. The Memory Keeper's Daughter - Kim Edwards
62. The Raw Shark Texts - Steven Hall
63. Wicked Nights - Nina Bangs
64. To Bed a Beauty - Nicole Jordan
65. Key of Light - Nora Roberts
66. Pictures of Hollis Woods - Patricia Reilly Giff
67. Ellen Foster - Kaye Gibbons
68. Key of Knowledge - Nora Roberts
69. Key of Valor - Nora Roberts
70. Auriel Rising - Elizabeth Redfern
71. Break No Bones - Kathy Reichs
72. Open House - Elizabeth Berg
73. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier - Ishmael Beah
74. Kafka's Soup - Mark Crick
75. The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver
76. Strip Tease - Carl Hiaasen
77. Death du Jour - Kathy Reichs
78. Charlie Wilson's War - George Crile
79. Bones to Ashes - Kathy Reichs
80. Drowning Ruth - Christina Schwartz
81. Go Ask Alice - Anonymous
82. The Pilot's Wife - Anita Shreve
83. I Love Everybody (and Other Atrocious Lies) - Laurie Notaro
84. Deadly Decisions - Kathy Reichs
85. Fatal Voyage - Kathy Reichs
86. How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk - Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
87. Grave Secrets - Kathy Reichs
88. Rise and Shine - Anna Quindlen.

More Kathy Reichs

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84. Deadly Decisions - Kathy Reichs
85. Fatal Voyage - Kathy Reichs

Two more Kathy Reichs books down. I've really come to enjoy the forensics in her books; admittedly, that was always the draw, but I am just a knowledge whore at heart and cannot get enough of forensic anthropology, and just the plain old anthropology thrown in for perspective and crime solving.

Here's the wiki page on Reichs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Reichs - she sounds like someone who would be absolutely fascinating to have dinner with.
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