100 Books--Third Time's a Charm

I think a book update is way past due. I love to see what people are reading. So maybe you'll be interested in seeing what I've read on my way to 100 books this year. I've got 22 left--I'm starting to hunt in the library for short books!

1. The Cold Moon, Jeffery Deaver--mystery--pretty good
2. Born Standing Up, Steve Martin--memoir--excellent
3. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman--very entertaining
4. Too Busy Not to Pray, Bill Hybels--non-fiction--good
5. The Darkangel, Meredith Ann Pierce--YA fantasy--bleak, but interesting
6. Find Me, Carol O'Connell--mystery--really bad
7. Abhorsen, Garth Nix--YA fantasy--re-read
8. I Heard That Song Before, Mary Higgins Clark--mystery--frustrating
9. Garden Spells, Sarah Addison Allen--fiction--derivative
10. The Scarlet Pimpernel, Baroness Orczy--classic--re-read

11. The Mysterious Benedict Society, Trenton Lee Stewart--YA/children--not near as good as the Series of Unfortunate Events
12. Dead Beat, Jim Butcher--urban fantasy--pretty good
13. Funeral Music, Morag Joss--mystery--unremarkable
14. Song of Albion #1, Stephen Lawhead--fantasy--surprisingly hard to get through
15. Strange Blood, Lindsay Jayne Ashford--mystery--totally forgettable, literally
16. Falling, Christopher Pike--mystery--creepy and a little icky
17. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen--classic--re-read, always enjoyable
18. Change of Heart, Jodi Picoult--fiction--not my favorite
19. Smoke and Mirrors, Neil Gaiman--fantasy--got rid of it
20. IT, Stephen King--horror--got rid of it too

21. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Jean-Dominique Bauby--memoir--poignant
22. Greywalker, Kat Richardson--fantasy--not half-bad
23. Two of a Kind?, Greg Cox--Alias tie-in--guilty pleasure, with a high-speed camel chase
24. Book of the Dead, Patricia Cornwell--mystery--dark and bleak and cliff-hangery
25. Keeping Faith, Jodi Picoult--fiction--re-read, still my favorite
26. Song of Susannah, Stephen King--horror--intense
27. The Trouble With Poetry, Billy Collins--poetry--re-read, lovely
28. Proven Guilty, Jim Butcher--urban fantasy--fun
29. The Girl Who Stopped Swimming, Joshilyn Jackson--fiction--kind of disappointing
30. Dispatch, Bentley Little--mystery--complete waste of time

31. Second Glance, Jodi Picoult--fiction--re-read, wonderful
32. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer--YA fantasy--good things and bad things
33. The Bone Garden, Tess Gerritsen--mystery--very good
34. The Third Angel, Alice Hoffman--fiction--incredible
35. Edge of Evil, J.A. Jance--mystery--blah
36. Wolves of the Calla, Stephen King--horror--horrifying but some great moments (out of order because I couldn't remember exactly when I finished it)
37. Grave Secrets, Kathy Reichs--mystery--a bit disappointing
38. Sweet Revenge, Diane Mott Davidson--mystery--beginning to strain credibility
39. Darkhenge, Catherine Fisher--YA fantasy--okay
40. American Gods, Neil Gaiman--fantasy--ick

41. Not the End of the World, Kate Atkinson--short stories--re-read, impressive
42. Whale Season, N.M. Kelby--fiction--re-read, very good
43. The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury--science fiction--re-read, beautiful
44. Airhead, Meg Cabot--YA--hilarious
45. Wit's End, Karen Joy Fowler--fiction--lots of depth
46. T is for Trespass, Sue Grafton--mystery--wow
47. The Somnambulist, Jonathan Barnes--fantasy--awesome
48. The Way Through the Woods, Colin Dexter--mystery--hard to follow
49. New Moon, Stephenie Meyer--YA fantasy--really boring in the middle
50. The Genius, Jesse Kellerman--mystery--disappointing

51. Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen--classic--re-read, fun
52. The Wheel of Darkness, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child--mystery--delicious
53. The Front, Patricia Cornwell--mystery--a couple of hours I would like back
54. Secret Asset, Stella Rimington--mystery--engaging
55. Village Affairs, Cassandra Chan--mystery--entertaining
56. Murder at the Bad Girl's Bar and Grill, N.M. Kelby--fiction--great
57. Broken Angel, Sigmund Brouwer--science fiction--kind of derivative
58. The Spellman Files, Lisa Lutz--mystery--really great
59. White Night, Jim Butcher--urban fantasy--fun, but longer than it had to be
60. The Sugar Queen, Sarah Addison Allen--fiction--really great

61. I Love You, Beth Cooper, Larry Doyle--YA fiction--hilarious but dirty
62. Hide Your Eyes, Alison Gaylin--mystery--okay
63. Interred With Their Bones, Jennifer Lee Carrell--fiction--so cool
64. Walking on Water, Madeleine L'Engle--non-fiction--heavy
65. Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer--YA fantasy--SO not the next J.K. Rowling
66. The Dark Tower, Stephen King--horror--not my favorite, but the ending worked
67. Beastly, Alex Flinn--YA fantasy--not all that great
68. The Shack, William P. Young--fiction?--should not have been written as a novel
69. Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Jeff Lindsay--mystery--fun and creepy
70. Now and Forever, Ray Bradbury--science fiction/fantasy--WEIRD

71. Dearly Devoted Dexter, Jeff Lindsay--mystery--also fun and creepy
72. The Musical Illusionist and Other Tales, Alex Rose--fiction--odd and intriguing
73. Shells, Craig Arnold--poetry--re-read, short book
74. Picnic, Lightning, Billy Collins--poetry--re-read, not quite as short
75. Ballistics, Billy Collins--poetry--new! and great
76. Curse of the Spellmans, Lisa Lutz--mystery--super fun
77. Illegal Action, Stella Rimington--mystery--interesting
78. The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco--mystery--re-read, not as good as I remembered

That's it so far! Right now, I'm pushing through The Host, by Stephenie Meyer (which is better than her Twilight books, by the way, but not super--she writes like someone who isn't much of a reader). And I have a pile of library books to work on. I will get there! I have two and a half months!