125. "Secret Ceremonies" by Deborah Laake

124. "Village of the Ghost Bears" by Stan Jones

Village of the Ghost Bears" by Stan Jones

123. "Black Seconds" by Karin Fossum

122. "Tyrannosaur Canyon" by Douglas Preston

Tyrannosaur Canyon is entertaining fluff, but Douglas Preston and his frequent co-author Lincoln Child are definitely better together than apart.

122. "Birth Marks" by Sarah Dunant

Birth Marks is a sort-of-noir novel with the stereotypical wisecracking, commitment-phobic narrator, who is a reasonably likable but not very bright private investigator. I figured out a major plot point about 100 pages before she did, which is frustrating--when a character goes in circles and chases her tail in the pursuit of something that's obvious to the reader, you may have good comedy, but that's all.

121. "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" by Ann Brashares

I didn't necessarily expect to like The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, and there were parts that pleasantly surprised me as a result. I definitely did not expect to shed copious amounts of tears, but did--over two of the four main characters' summers. The stories of the other two, coincidentally or not, dealt primarily with romance and first love in ways I found sometimes vague and often asinine. But the plot lines I found moving were satisfying, sad, and cathartic.

120. "Hard Aground" by James W. Hall

Hard Aground by James W. Hall

118-120. Books that shall not be named

Blooding by Joseph Wambaugh--

This one (Eragon) isn't necessarily bad, but it's not so compelling that i think it's worth my time and attention right now.

The Killers Next Door by Joel Norris, PhD, not up to his usual standard, even though i read the whole book. Think he died during the writing, thus the disordered, often chaotic and even incorrect writing--reads like a draft but not a final, in light of his other work.

117. "Twelve" by Jasper Kent

"Twelve" by Jasper Kent

116. "Dust and Shadow" by Lindsay Faye

Dust and Shadow by Lindsay Faye
doesn't seem true to HOlmes to me despite accolades from his estate

115. "Johannes Cabal the Necromancer" by Jonathan Howard

Johannes Cabal the Necromancer

114. "Love You Forever" by Robert Munsch

113. "The Impaler" by Gregory Funaro

111-112. New baby books

Berenstein Bears New Baby
Mercer Mayer the New Baby

110. "Llama Llama Mad at Mama"

109. "The Romanov Resurrection" by Greg King and Penny Wilson