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93. The String in the Harp by Nancy Bond. I re-read this probably every year. So good.

94. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed. I guess this is being made into a movie and that's why it ended up on my radar. I really enjoyed it.

95. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. Wanted to read this before the movie came out. Very glad I did. Hoping to see the movie this coming weekend. :-)

96. Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin. Amazingly beautiful writing.

97. It Starts With Food by Melissa and Dallas Hartwig. Ehhhh. It was okay but I don't feel like it was a life-changer or anything.

98. The Children's Hour by Lillian Hellman. I should probably see the movie again now that I've read the play.

82. American on Purpose by Craig Ferguson. Surprisingly good.

83. sTORI Telling by Tori Spelling. Interesting. I watched 90210 fairly regularly but didn't know much about Tori Spelling or her dad. This told me a lot. It stopped after she married her second husband and had her first baby; I'd read a second book that picked up where this one left off.

84. The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to recognize it and how to respond by Patricia Evans. Meh. I grabbed it because I'm always reading self help type books for character development purposes, but this one wasn't great. Okay, but not great.

85. Under the Overpass: A Journey of Faith on the Streets of America by Mike Yankoski. I don't know how this book ended up on my radar but it was pretty interesting and I didn't find the underlying Christianity at all difficult.

86. Women Who Try Too Hard: Breaking the Pleaser Habits by Dr. Kevin Leman. Meh.

87. Living Green: A Practical Guide to Simple Sustainability by Greg Horn. Reasonably well written, though not particularly informative. I don't think I was the target audience.

88. The Wedding Girl: A Novel by Madeleine Wickham. This is the other name Sophie Kinsella writes under, and I think the first book under this name I've read. I would read more although this one wasn't near the top of my list of favorites.

76. Vegan With a Vengeance by Isa Chandra Moskowitz. Got this one from the library. Some of the recipes seemed interesting and it had some good info but I wasn't inspired enough to try anything.

77. Columbine by Dave Cullen. Heavy.

78. Tell Me Lies by Jennifer Crusie. Good.

79. Say Hello, Candy by Bianca Bradbury. This book was published in 1961 and I loved it as a teen in the early 80s. Bought it on ebay so I could read it again. Still pretty enjoyable by my standards.

80. Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella. Hooray for used book stores with cheap books. I hadn't read this one before. Liked it.

81. Savage Love: Straight Answers from America's Most Popular Sex Columnist by Dan Savage. Ehhhhh. At least I didn't pay much for it? Anyone want to comment on this guy?

My son goes back to school tomorrow -- 7th grade! -- so today we're trying to get things together for that. He finished his summer work ages ago; it's mostly a matter of finding all his supplies and packing his bag, etc. He got new sneakers the other day.

The other day I picked up Blood Ties the complete series for an irresistible $6, so I've started re-watching it. It's a bit cheesy in places but the three leads are solid actors and there's chemistry and a sense of humor, so it's fairly easy on the eyes. I'm enjoying it overall.

Haven't been doing a lot of baking lately but I'm hoping to get back into it as the weather cools down. We don't have A/C so baking when it's hot is less than pleasant!

Does anyone want to share what they're feeling fannish about at the moment? I'm really missing being super into a fandom.

59. Invincible: The Ultimate Collection Vol. 1 by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker, and Ryan Ottley. Read this because I love The Walking Dead (and I think someone recommended it? Although I don't remember who.) and I liked it well enough. Didn't LOVE it, but it's good. If I were a super hero person I think it would have worked better for me.

60. Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find and Keep Love by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller. Ehhhh. Not a completely unreasonable theory, but I'm not sure it works for me.

61. Altared: Bridezillas, Bewilderment, Big Love, Breakups, and What Women Really Think About Contemporary Weddings edited by Colleen Cullan. Cool collection of essays. Very good.

62. Other People's Dirt: A Housecleaner's Curious Adventures by Louise Rafkin. Re-read. I find this book fascinating.

63. Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner. I really like Jennifer Weiner's writing. This isn't my favorite of her novels, but it's a solid good.

64. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich. I've read this many times. Good.

This book is a sequel to The Square Peg.

The Broken Triangle!


Vin's a hot Goth, tattooed and pierced and the most popular bartender at the Square Peg. Want to date him or buy him a drink? Sorry. Vin's body is a temple and he's barely been kissed. His heart belongs to Riley, the guy he crushed on in high school and can't forget.

How about Vin's BFF Patrick? He'd let you buy him a drink and have your wicked way with him in the men's room (shh, don't tell Shane or Ben, the bar owners!) Okay, maybe Vin needs to loosen up and Patrick needs to calm down, but they're set in their ways.

Enter Riley, looking for Vin, and suddenly everything changes. Vin's handed a happy ending on a plate and Patrick's free and easy lifestyle loses its glitter as he sees what Vin has.

But does Vin really have his dream guy or does he just have Riley? Maybe they're not the same thing, after all.


The Broken Triangle! Click here for more info or to order from Loose Id.

It's just one of those days -

The artwork of Jenny Parks, who has made illustrated cat versions of The Avengers, Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, etc.

Love Meow, a blog for cat lovers. Lots of photos of adorable cats and kittens, with great stories, and they all have happy endings.

The Oatmeal's Seventeen Things Worth Knowing About Your Cat.

41. John Dies at the End by David Wong. Love this book. Found the movie very enjoyable, too. Good stuff. Crazy, funny.

42. Crazy Little Thing by Tracy Brogan. Cute, fluffy comedy-romance story. If you like Jennifer Crusie's books, this is sort of Crusie-Light. Fast read.

43. Fodor's England 2013. Some parts of it were helpful. Basically like all the other Fodor's books.

44. A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham. Gorgeous.

45. Magic's Pawn by Mercedes Lackey. Book 1 in the series. Read this series many times as a young adult, decided it was time to read them again. They aren't brilliant but they have so much heart.

46. Magic's Promise by Mercedes Lackey. Book 2 in the series.

Is there such a thing as a tank top or cami that has a PADDED, NON-SHELF bra built into it? For someone in the D cup category? Please link me if you know of any! Or can recommend anything similar! :-)

36. Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks. Interesting! A bit more dry than I had expected, but good.

37. The Chrysalids by John Wyndham. Apparently everyone read this when they were kids except me. Glad I finally did.

38. The Kind Diet: A Simple Guide to Feeling Great, Losing Weight, and Saving the Planet by Alicia Silverstone. Meh. Some of the recipes look good, though.

39. Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth About Guilty Pleasure TV by Jennifer L. Pozner. This is SO GOOD. For real, everyone should read it. It's smart and has a sense of humor. READ THIS.

40. Fashionable Food: Seven Decades of Food Fads by Sylvia Lovegren. So entertaining! You, too, can now relive the fascinating decades in which gelatin and marshmallows were U.S. obsessions.