100th Post

For my 100th post, I have decided to do things a little differently. I didn't really want to do 100 random things about me, because this whole blog is about random things about me. And as Mrs. Deladubree says, "You can tell a lot about a person by looking at the books on their shelves." Of course, she's a librarian so she might be a bit biased, but I've decided to share with you 100 of the books you can find on my shelves. They might not be the best books or my favorite books (most of them are) but there's something about each of them that makes me keep them rather than taking them to a used book store. My intention is to comment on all of them, but it might take me a couple of days, so even though you don't see a new post, there will probably be new content.

Enjoy!

1. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy** – Douglas Adams - I think this was one of the first books I borrowed from Chandy (a friend from college). His mom sends him books all the time so his library has got to be huge! Of course in true fashion, I spilled kool-aid all over it so I was afraid to return it. Then one day after a couple of months of me holding it hostage, while he was in our apartment, he found it and took it back. Amazingly he still let me borrow tons of books afterwards. Anyways, good book, the trilogy is awesome. Don't see the movie though, you'll be sadly disappointed. That said Mos Def does an awesome job of Ford Prefect.
2. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe** – Douglas Adams - Second book in the trilogy. Very good. Adams does a great job in all his books.
3. Life, The Universe and Everything** – Douglas Adams
4. So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish** – Douglas Adams
5. Mostly Harmless** – Douglas Adams
6. A Treasury of Hans Christian Anderson - My sister bought this book for me. I'm not sure why though. Although in high school I was obsessed with The Little Mermaid (the Disney movie, not the actual story), so that might be it. I've not read all the stories in this book, but I probably will once we have kids.
7. Flowers in the Attic – VC Andrews - I had to read this book during high school. Every month each subject (department) had a book of the month. It was really weird when it was math's turn. Usually the professors just picked some random 100-page teeny-bopper book that wouldn't require a lot of concentration. They were the only department that did this. Anyways for some subject I can't remember we read this book. A bit of a weird selection considering my catholic high school. But my high school BFFs, Jan and Fonz, and I started reading everything VC Andrews afterwards. Now VC Andrews didn't actually write all the VC Andrews books. Her estate decided to cash in on her "ideas" by having a ghost writer write under the trademarked name of VC Andrews. When we found out, we were all crushed. Well I was. I had three different series (five books in each series) at that point (spent my precious allowance on those books!) and I gave them all away. But I kept the first book because it was something that we shared together.
8. The Prodigal Daughter – Jeffrey Archer
9. Shall We Tell the President? – Jeffrey Archer
10. Twelve Red Herrings – Jeffrey Archer
11. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
12. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants – Ann Brashares
13. The Alibi – Sandra Brown
14. Envy – Sandra Brown
15. Fat Tuesday – Sandra Brown
16. Exclusive – Sandra Brown
17. Standoff – Sandra Brown
18. Unspeakable – Sandra Brown
19. Lost Boys – Orson Scott Card
20. I’ll be seeing you – Mary Higgins Clark
21. Pretend You don’t see her – Mary Higgins Clark
22. Where are the children – Mary Higgins Clark
23. Remember me – Mary Higgins Clark
24. While My Pretty One Sleeps – Mary Higgins Clark
25. You Belong To Me – Mary Higgins Clark
26. Harmful Intent – Robin Cook
27. Mutation – Robin Cook
28. The Timewaster Letters** – Robin Cooper
29. Return of the Timewaster Letters** – Robin Cooper
30. Jurassic Park – Michael Crichton
31. The Inferno – Dante
32. The General’s Daughter – Nelson Demille
33. The Memory Keeper’s Daughter – Kim Edwards
34. The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
35. Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert
36. The Lais of Marie de France
37. Carter Beats the Devil** – Glen David Gold
38. Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden
39. Lord of the Flies – William Golding
40. The Other Boleyn Girl – Philippa Gregory - I'd been hearing a lot about this book and author. Also I knew that a movie was coming out soon so one trip across the Atlantic I stopped by W.H. Smith and picked it up. I thought it was good. I saw the movie about a year after I read the book with a friend who's really into this time period. I liked the actors in the movie but I think they tried to smush too much into a 2-hour movie.
41. The Boleyn Inheritance – Philippa Gregory - I bought this book because I enjoyed The Other Boleyn Girl so much. After reading this one though, I decided I wasn't a Philippa Gregory fan and so I stopped here.
42. Mythology – Edith Hamilton
43. The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne - I didn't really like this book but we had to read it Junior year in my Honors English class. The best part of that class was that my high school BFFs, Jan, She and Fonz were in this class with me. It was the only class all four years that all four of us were in. Sadly it was also one of the last classes that Jan and I had a together. Senior year we had no shared classes, after three years of being in at least two or three classes with each other each semester.
44. Good News Bible - Yes this book is always filed under H for Holy Spirit. Ten years of theology class and that's the one thing I hold on to. When I was in the 3rd grade we all had to buy a bible from the school (no other edition/copy/version was accepted). My parents decided that I should pay for it out of my own pocket so this might be the first book I ever bought. I've had lots of bibles since then (all lost over the years) but somehow this one has stuck around
45. New American Bible
46. The Iliad – Homer
47. Italian Phrase Book**
48. Into Thin Air** – Jon Krakauer
49. The Key to Midnight – Dean Koontz
50. Mr. Murder – Dean Koontz
51. Twilight Eyes – Dean Koontz
52. She’s Come Undone – Wally Lamb
53. To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
54. Wicked – Gregory Maguire
55. Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier
56. Perfect – Judith McNaught
57. Paradise – Judith McNaught
58. Remember When – Judith McNaught
59. The Mwindo Epic
60. The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women
61. Metamorphoses – Ovid
62. The Song of Roland
63. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – J.K. Rowling
64. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – J.K. Rowling
65. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – J.K. Rowling
66. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – J.K. Rowling
67. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – J.K. Rowling
68. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J.K. Rowling
69. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J.K. Rowling
70. Empress – Shan Sa
71. The Blackstone Chronicles: An Eye for An Eye: The Doll – John Saul
72. The Blackstone Chronicles: Twist of Fate: The Locket – John Saul
73. The Blackstone Chronicles: Ashes to Ashes: The Dragon's Flame – John Saul
74. The Blackstone Chronicles: In the Shadow of Evil: The Handkerchief – John Saul
75. Nightshade – John Saul
76. Punish the Sinners – John Saul
77. Shadows – John Saul
78. A Midsummer-Night’s Dream – William Shakespeare
79. Romeo and Juliet – William Shakespeare
80. Rage of Angels – Sidney Sheldon
81. The Stars Shine Down – Sidney Sheldon
82. Frankenstein – Mary Shelley
83. Bergdorf Blondes – Plum Sykes
84. The Debutante Divorcee – Plum Sykes
85. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowhip of the Ring – J.R.R. Tolkien - I bought this book on a whim one day. I knew the movie was coming out soon and so I wanted to read it before the movie "ruined" it for me. I only got through 30 pages though before I put it down. I haven't felt the compunction to pick it back up again. I've seen all three movies though, I think they're awesome. One day I might read it, so for that reason I've not gotten rid of it.
86. The Romance of Tristan and Iseult
87. The Aeneid – Virgil
88. Candide – Voltaire
89. The Age of Innocence – Edith Wharton
90. Quidditch through the Ages – Kennilworthy Whisp
91. To the Lighthouse – Virginia Wolfe
92. Women in the Old Testament
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94. Design and Layout
95. HTML 4
96. Norah’s Ark* – Judy Baer - I really wanted to like this book. It's about a Christian woman finding love while sticking to her beliefs and morals. But come on! Three of the (small) town's hunkiest men all fall in love with some chick who dresses like a scrub and has the frizziest hair ever? Maybe I'm just a cynic and not able to see beyond the package, but I wasn't impressed with this one. My friend B lived a better story about a Christian woman finding love while sticking to her beliefs and morals.
97. Something Blue* – Emily Giffin
98. Baby Proof* – Emily Giffin
99. The Constant Princess* – Philippa Gregory - I guess I'm a sucker for pain because in a moment of weakness I got this book at my last trip to the library. It's now the only book (of my library books) I haven't read so I need to decide if I'm going to read it or if I'm just going to return it. I mean, I've read about the later wives I might as well read about the first, right?
100. The Time-Traveler's Wife* – Audrey Niffenegger - This book saved my sanity this past Christmas. It was the book I brought over with me when I went to visit the ILs and escaping into this book helped me through this dark period. :) I want to re-read it so I keep renewing it at the library. I think I might just have to buy it. Also, I had just seen the Doctor Who episodes Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead so I was really interested in the whole concept.

*Technically these are library books, but they're sitting on my bookshelves right now so they count.
**These are actually Kevin's books, but I've read them and liked them (we have very different tastes on which books we'll read) so I put them on my list.