The Friday 56, The History of Food

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of Storytime With Tonya and Friends.
*Post a link along with your post back to Storytime With Tonya and Friends.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

The book this week is The History of Food by Maguelonne Toussaint-Samat. It is a big heavy book that I plan to read a little at a time and hope I can finish by the end of the year. This sentence comes under the heading 'Teonanacatl, the Divine Mushroom of the Aztecs'.

The sentence:

Others foresaw that they would be convicted of adultery, and their heads crushed for that offence; others that they would commit theft, and be executed. And there were many further visions too.

My advice? DON'T EAT THE MUSHROOMS! That doesn't sound divine to me.

'Salem's Lot Movie vs. Books vs. Movie

‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
‘Salem’s Lot with David Soul
‘Salem’s Lot with Rob Lowe

In short, the book and both movies are about a small town being taken over by vampires.

In the Rob Lowe movie you can see who all the characters correspond to in the book but they are all very different. Ben’s girlfriend is less innocent and their relationship is less sweet. The doctor is not as nice a man. Ben is not just a little known author but a controversial one. Matt is not as friendly and is critical of Ben. There is never really a friendship between them that you see n the book. The priest is less a man who had a lapse in faith but a believer in redemption and more a lost man. Mark is a trouble kid instead of a quiet outsider. Most of the characters are a lot less likable in the movie. The movie also adds elements that seem unnecessary and, in my opinion, detract from the story. Eva has a past with the vampire. When Ben tells the story of his first trip into the Marsten house he sees so much more than he does in the book, more supernatural things. The ending is completely different in the movie. There are less loose ends left and, partly due to that but also due to the nature of the ending, it is less creepy.

In the David Soul movie a lot of things are cut out or truncated. There is no Dub or dump, there is only one trip to the house instead of two near the end of the book. Some of the characters seem to be melded together. Mark and the priest play much smaller roles. Also Mark is not as strong a character and less believable as some one who would be out hunting vampires. There is no sense of a team among the people who know about the vampires that you get in the book and the other movie. The vampire was reduced to an inarticulate monster. It makes him less insidious and also makes it impossible for the personal threats that the vampire makes in the book. The ending is closer to the book but of course not the same.

In both movies, of course, the descriptive language that is a large part of the book is lost. And things tend to develop more quickly so it is less a creeping evil that can establish itself before anyone is aware. There is also more that is explicitly shown in the movies, people being turned into vampires instead of them getting sick and turning and you just knowing that their vampire friends must have come for them in the night. It leaves less to the imagination.

Since I didn’t like most of the people in the Rob Lowe movie I had trouble enjoying the movie very much. It was alright but nothing spectacular. The David Soul movie I liked better. But that is because I like vampire movies and if you just watch it as a vampire movie and forget that it is based on the book I think it can be a lot of fun. But, as is almost always the case when I read the book and watch the movie, I liked the book best. It is a much more intricate story and a much creepier tale.

Postcards from a Dead Girl

Ummm... Well I'm not sure about that myself but if you are interested you should head on over to Dan's Journal where he is giving away a copy of Postcards from a Dead Girl by Kirk Farber. You can enter by leaving a comment expressing your interest. If you are a follower or become one you get another entry and if you are a subscriber or become one you get two more. Make sure you leave an email address too or all your efforts will be for nothing. This contest ends on Monday, February 15, 2010. It is open to U.S. residents only and no P.O. boxes. The book will be shipped directly from Harper Collins

Shades of Grey

Jasper Fforde fan? Want to read his new book Shades of Grey? Well, get in line. Behind all of us you have already entered to win an ARC copy over at Back to Books. You have to be a follower of Back to Books to enter and then just leave your email address and you have a chance to win. For more chances you can blog or tweet about the giveaway and for one more chance you can share what color you would want to be able to see if you could only see one color while everything else was grey. Please try to put all your entries in one comment. You have until February 5th to get your entries in. This one is open to the US and Canada.

Try Darkness

Want to give darkness a try? Then head on over to A Sea Of Books where you can enter to win one of three copies of Try Darkness by James Scott Bell. To enter leave a comment that includes your email address. Want more entries? Well you can get them by being or becoming a follower or subscriber of A Sea of Books, blogging about the contest, tweeting about the contest, or you can Stumble it, Digg it, or Technorati Fave it. But make sure you leave a separate comment for each entry. You have until February 19th to enter. This contest is open to the US and Canada, no PO boxes.

Vocabulary

Once again it is time to reveal my ignorance. Ready?


‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King

Crepitate: To make a crackling or popping sound; crackle

Pernicious: causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful

Ossification: the act or process of ossifying

Ossify: to convert into or cause to harden like bone

Tenebrous: dark; gloomy; obscure

Plangent: resounding loudly, esp. with a plaintive sound, as a bell


Wrath of Alexander the Great by Terry McCarthy

Machicolation: an opening in the floor between the corbels of a projecting gallery or parapet, as on a wall or in the vault of a passage, through which missiles, molten lead, etc., might be cast upon an enemy beneath

Ferrules: a ring or cap, usually of metal, put around the end of a post, cane, or the like, to prevent splitting

Uxorial: of or pertaining to a wife; typical of or befitting a wife


Devlin Diary by Christi Phillips

Lucubration: laborious work, study, thought, etc., esp. at night

Alembics: a vessel with a beaked cap or head, formerly used in distilling
2. anything that transforms, purifies, or refines


Mistress Shakespeare by Karen Harper

Hoyden: a boisterous, bold, and carefree girl; a tomboy

Recusant: refusing to submit, comply


Free for All by Don Borchert

Boulevardier: a person who frequents the most fashionable Parisian locales

Vitriol: Chemistry. any of certain metallic sulfates of glassy appearance, as copper sulfate or blue vitriol, iron sulfate or green vitriol, zinc sulfate or white vitriol, etc


Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea

Ashram: a secluded building, often the residence of a guru, used for religious retreat or instruction in Hinduism

Que onda?: (Spanish) What’s up?

The Friday 56, Unfallen Dead

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
*Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

The book this week is Unfallen Dead by Mark del Franco. It's the third in the Connor Grey series. I like these books. They make me laugh.

The sentence:

Uniformed officers kept the human normal crowd back.

Human normal as opposed to the fey, druids and faeries and such. Being kept back from a crime scene.

Win Wondrous Strange

The Book Butterfly is giving away a copy of Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston. All you have to do to enter is leave a comment with your email address. If you want an extra entry link the contest to any social network. It all ends February 15th. It is open internationally. Good luck!

Any Given Doomsday Review

Any Given Doomsday by Lori Handeland

(from shelfari.com) Elizabeth Phoenix once used her unique skills as a psychic to help in the Milwaukee Police Department’s fight against injustice. But when Liz’s foster mother is found viciously murdered—and Liz is discovered unconscious at the scene—her only memory of the crime comes in the form of terrifying dreams...of creatures more horrific than anything Liz has seen in real life. What do these visions mean? And what in the world do they have to do with her former lover, Jimmy Sanducci? While the police question Jimmy in the murder, Jimmy opens Liz’s eyes to a supernatural war that has raged since the dawn of time in which innocent people are hunted by malevolent beings disguised as humans. Only a chosen few have the ability to fight their evil, and Jimmy believes Liz is among them. Now, with her senses heightened, new feelings are rising within Liz—ones that re-ignite her dangerous attraction to Jimmy. But Jimmy has a secret that will rock Liz to her core…and put the survival of the human race in peril.



This is a fast, light read but I was unimpressed. I felt it was just fair. There was nothing really special about it. There were some graphic sex scenes that I could have done without but being a romance I shouldn’t have been surprised. I would have preferred more doomsday in the book though. There was a plethora of creatures, beings, monsters and powers introduced in the story, one following right after the other and though I understand the desire to have all sorts of cool powers and monsters I don’t know that the story was strong enough to support them all. They were all just introduced without being explored. Maybe that will happen in the following books but this book doesn’t make me want to bother to find out. There was a lot of talk about doomsday and people dying but it seemed most of it took place somewhere else when we weren’t looking. Phoenix did have to battle a few bad guys but a lot of the time she was locked up in a building while the mayhem was happening outside and we missed it all. I never had a feeling that the world was in trouble or that the bad guy was as menacing as he should have been to be worthy of all the hype he got. The book never made me believe in any of the danger so I never really got involved in the story.

The Friday 56, Romeo's Ex

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
*Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

The book this week is Romeo's Ex by Lisa Fiedler.

The sentence:

'Twas only after I'd acknowledged her courge that I noticed her beauty, and dear God, what beauty it was!

Once again I am using a book I'm not actually reading. This one is on my TBR pile and just happened to be handy. I don't know who is talking or who he is talking about but it sounds very romantic. I hope this story has a happier ending that Romeo and Juliet's.

Peeking Between the Pages Giveaways

Peeking Between the Pages is giving you a chance to win some great stuff.

For Shanghai Girls by Lisa See go here. Winners will be drawn January 31st. Open to the US and Canada.

For Holly's Inbox by Holly Denham go here. Winners will be drawn January 31st. Open internationally.

For Try Darkness by James Scott Bell go here. Winners will be drawn February 6th. Open to the US and Canada, no PO boxes.

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Mini Reviews

Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska

The story follows Manolo as he tries to grow up in the shadow of his famous father. Beautifully written so that you can feel the pressures, the worries and all the fears that Manolo has to go through. You also get a look into the world of bullfighting. And although you may want to flip to the glossary in the back once in a while it never leaves you lost nor do the unfamiliar terms interrupt the flow of the narrative. It is a unique and touching coming of age story.


Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger

This isn’t for everyone. This isn’t for me. The book is all dialogue and description. Which isn’t inherently a bad thing but in this instance it didn’t really do anything for me. There are a few interesting exchanges, mostly between Zooey and his mother, but mostly I just found it all uninteresting. I didn’t feel as if anything had happened. Or that anything had been explained or resolved. Nor did I think it was filled with insightful revelations. Zooey talks and talks and then finally stops. That’s it.

Bookin' With Bingo Giveaways

Bookin' With Bingo is giving away a bunch of stuff so you should get over there and check it out.

For Rion by Susan Kearney go here. Ends January 16th. Open to the US and Canada, no PO boxes.

For How To Be Famous by Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt go here. Ends January 17th. Open to the US and Canada, no PO boxes.

For Cowboy and Wills by Monica Holloway go here. Ends January 18th. Open to the US only, no PO boxes.

For Ace of Cakes by Duff Goldman and Willie Goldman go here. Ends January 19th. Open to the US only, no PO boxes.

For Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez go here. Ends January 19th. Open to the US only, no PO boxes.

For The Sleep Lady's Good Night, Sleep Tight by Kim West with Joanne Kenen go here. Ends January 20th. Open to the US only, no PO boxes.

For The Pioneer Woman Cooks by Ree Drummond go here. Ends January 21st. Open to the US only, no PO boxes.

For Living Oprah by Robyn Okrant go here. Ends January 31st. Open to the US and Canada, no PO boxes.

Make sure you read the rules of each giveaway to find out how to enter.

For a full list of Bingo's giveaways go here.

The Friday 56, Transition

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of Storytime With Tonya and Friends.
*Post a link along with your post back to Storytime With Tonya and Friends.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

The book this week is Transition by Vonda N. McIntyre.

The sentence:

But she was scared, and being watched by a phalanx of recording devices did not help her nerves.

I just started this book on the train ride into work this morning and though it seemed like an eternity to me it was not long enough to get to page 56. So I'm not sure what's going on but I wouldn't want to be watched by recording devices either.

I think it is a first contact type of story. I also think that there is a book that comes before this and I might have missed something. But I have not read enough to really form an opinion about it yet.

Win The Girl With Glass Feet

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Do-Over Review

Do-Over! by Robin Hemley

From the book jacket:

Robin Hemley’s childhood made a wedgie of his memory, leaving him sore and embarrassed for more than forty years. He was stepped on in kindergarten and picked on at camp. He forgot his only line in a play in second grade and had completely lost his way by sixth. Now a middle-aged father, he’s haunted by his youth’s flops and failures, from the prom for which he was dateless to the fraternity that lost his membership.

But if kids have the luxury of calling “do-over!” when things go wrong, why can’t he? Why not return to his youth with an adult’s wisdom, perspective, and giantlike size?

At age forty-eight, a married college professor and a father of three, Robin sets out to face his formative challenges a second time. He becomes a kindergartner for a week, during which his classmates don’t understand why he gets a ride from his wife instead of his dad; plays his second-grade part, complete with angel wings and halo, in The Littlest Angel; returns to summer camp and confronts the swimming test one more time; samples fraternity life and redefines fortysomething frat boy; sleeps over at a childhood home, where his room still exists; and even finally gets another chance to go to the prom – at his actual former high school and with his former crush!

Despite being bigger and taller now, Robin learns that the bullies haven’t gone away. But more surprising are the old friends that pop up in unexpected places, and the old places that look different but feel just like home. By physically embedding himself in his youth, Robin retraces his life’s trajectory and learns what’s most important: simple pleasures, second chances, and the forgotten joys of recess.



Robin Hemley went on a mission to get a second chance at some of the things he messed up, or he thought had been messed up for him, the first time around. It is an interesting idea, to see if you can go back and “fix” those mistakes. But when a 48 year old goes back to kindergarten there are also going to be some laughs. His conversational tone, the fact that he can see the absurd and share it with us, and his whole approach to the project and the people he meets or remeets make it a lot of fun to read. He doesn’t take himself too seriously and doesn’t mind making a joke at his own expense. But it isn’t just a joke either. He does get serious sometimes as he explores his past and tries to see if he can change the way he thinks about the things he finds there and in turn change his outlook about his present. It does end up a learning experience for him, sometimes unexpectedly. It’s interesting to see how he has different memories of an experience than someone else who shared the experience with him; or how people reacted (it was amazing how supportive people were) to his project and the reaction and acceptance of the kids of various ages to his presence; or his reaction as an adult to some of the things that the children were taught, (a classroom repeating in unison “Different is great!” looks different from an adult perspective); and to see how things have changed and how they have stayed the same over the years. It is a very entertaining read that is both funny and thought provoking. I liked how he worked both the serious and the absurd sides, not only into the book, but into the entire project. And Robin Hemley tells a good story. In the end I think that is what made the project come alive and made the journey with Hemley a trip you wanted to go on.

Escape into Knife by R. J. Anderson

Escape into Books is giving away Knife and Rebel by R.J. Anderson. There will be 2 winners. The first will get both books and the runner up with get a copy of Knife. To enter you do have to be a follower of Escape into Books. Come on, sign up. You know you want to. After that just leave a comment with your email address. For extra entries blog about the give (+2), follow Escape into Books on Twitter (+1), and Tweet about the give (+2). This give is open internationally. You have until midnight January 30th to get your entries in.

Books and Needlepoint Giveaways

Books and Needlepoint is having a bunch of giveaways.

For Hearing From God Each Morning by Joyce Meyer go here. Ends January 19th. Open to the US and Canada, no PO boxes.

For When Will There be Good News by Kate Atkinson go here. Ends January 20th. Open to the US and Canada, no PO boxes.

For the audiobook Dear John by Nicholas Sparks go here. Ends January 21st. Open to the US and Canada, no PO boxes.

For the audiobook Cleaving by Julie Powell go here. Ends January 22nd. Open to the US and Canada, no PO boxes.

For A Christmas Carol - Special Edition by Charles Dickens go here. Ends January 22nd. Open to the US only.

For The Survivor's Club by Ben Sherwood go here. Ends January 25th. Open to the US and Canada, no PO boxes.

For The One Day Way by Chantel Hobbs go here. Ends January 25th. Open to the US only.

For The Black Tie Affair by Sherrill Bodine go here. Ends January 26th. Open to the US and Canada, no PO boxes.

For Seduced by a Rogue by Amanda Scott go here. Ends January 27th. Open to the US and Canada, no PO boxes.

For Sleep No More by Susan Crandall go here. Ends January 28th. Open to the US and Canada, no PO boxes.

Books Off the Shelf Challenge

One more challenge for 2010. This one I also found on Librarything. This one is to read books that you have on your shelf already, all those books you keep meaning to read and then don't. I have lots of them so I thought this was a good way to actually get myself to read them. For the purposes of this challenge I am only going to use books that I owned before December 1st 2009. You got to pick any number you wanted so I went with 25. Which works out nicely since between the 25 books for this challenge and the 50 for the library challenge it adds up to the 75 for the 75 book challenge. I wish I could say that had been my plan but it was just more of a coincidence. I'll be happy to reach my stated goal of 25 but I hope to read even more and will list all books read off my shelf until the end of the year and see how far I get.

1. The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
2. The Firebrand by George Challis
3. By the Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie
4. Transition by Vonda McIntyre
5. Omega by Patrick Lynch
6. Tarzan Triumphant by Edgar Rice Burroughs
7. Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
8. Off the Mangrove Coast by Louis L'Amour
9. The Voyage of Argo by Apollonius of Rhodes
10. Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
11. Dead and Buried by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
12. The Dangerous Days of Daniel X by James Patterson
13. The Firm by John Grisham
14. The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs
15. The People That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs
16. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
17. Out of Time's Abyss by Edgar Rice Burroughs
18. Shylock's Daughter by Mirjam Pressler
19. What's So Funny by Donald Westlake
20. Nobody's Prize by Esther Friesner
21. The Return of Captain Conquer by Mel Gilden
22. Under the Western Acacia by Christian Jacq
23. Dracula by Bram Stoker
24a. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
24b. Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
25. Cruel and Unusual by Patricia Cornwell
26. The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry
27. One Of Us Is Wrong by Samuel Holt (aka Donald Westlake)
28. Murder Mirage by Kenneth Robeson
29. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
30. Appointment With Death by Agatha Christie
31. Princess Bride by William Goldman
32. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
33. Dead Pan by Gayle Trent
34. The Bait and the Trap by George Challis
35. Prostho Plus by Piers Anthony
36. Discoveries: Writing by Georges Jean
37. The Journals of Lewis and Clark
38. The History of Food by Maguelonne Toussaint-Samat
39. Tarzan and the City of Gold by Edgar Rice Burroughs

...

Books Finished in December

Any slowness this month I'm blaming on all the time I put into The Stones of Summer by Dow Mossman. You'll notice it does not appear on this list. It may not even make it to the January list. But I'm determined now that it will make the list someday. But now for the books I did manage to finish...

Immortals: The Crossing by Joy Nash
If I were a fan of romances I think I would have liked this a lot more. But being that I'm not it was just okay. I did think the plot had potential.

Salem's Lot by Stephen King
For some reason I never really gave Stephen King a chance but I like vampire books so I thought this one would be a good start. I was surprised by how much I liked it.

Devlin Diary by Christi Phillips
A story that takes place in the past and the present. I think it was heavy on the past which was fine with me because that was a more interesting story in my opinion. I liked reading about the medicine of the time. Good historical fiction with a lot of mystery thrown in.

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Second in the Hunger Games series. These were recommended to me by a friend and I'm glad they were. They are full of interesting characters and situations. I think there is just one left to go and I can't wait to read it.

The Questory of Root Karbunkulus by Kamilla Reid
This was actually a reread. I gave it to the above mentioned friend for Christmas and got the urge to read it again myself. I love the way Reid uses language, great descriptions and vivid characters. And who can resist a good story about magic and adventure.

The Awakening by Kelley Armstong
This is also the second in a series. The first one ended a bit abruptly so I wanted to find out what happened. It's a fun fast read about kids with supernatural powers. I will probably read the next one because I do want to see how it all ends but it's something I can wait for.

Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene
I saw the movie and wanted to give the book a try. It was funny. Funnier than I expected. But it is also tragic in many ways. I really enjoyed it.

The Music of Reason by Theoni Pappas
Basically a book of quotes about math. Some are interesting, some are not. I think you really have to be interested in mathematics to fully appreciate it.

75 books in 2010 Challenge

Along with my other challenges I also joined the 75 book challenge on Librarything. I did the 50 book challenge last year and managed to read quite a few more than that so I thought I should go a little higher this year.

1. The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
2. The Firebrand by George Challis
3. By the Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie
4. Company of Liars by Karen Maitland
5. Transition by Vonda McIntyre
6. Stones of Summer by Dow Mossman
7. Romeo's Ex by Lisa Fiedler
8. Unfallen Dead by Mark del Franco
9. Shambling Towards Hiroshima by James Morrow
10. Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow
11. Huckleberry Finished by Livia J. Washburn
12. Omega by Patrick Lynch
13. Godmother by Carolyn Turgeon
14. Tarzan Triumphant by Edgar Rice Burroughs
15. The Dust of 100 Dogs by A. S. King
16. Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
17. Off the Mangrove Coast by Louis L'Amour
18. House of Wolves by Matt Bronleewe
19. The Voyage of Argo by Apollonius of Rhodes
20. Dull Boy by Sarah Cross
21. Rampant by Diana Peterfrund
22. Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
23. Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston
24. The Book of Joby by Mark J. Ferrari
25. Dead and Buried by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
26. Dino Vicelli by Lori Weiner
27. The Dangerous Days of Daniel X by James Patterson
28. Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
29. The Firm by John Grisham
30. The Corpse at St. Andrew's Chapel by Melvin Starr
31. Agents of Light and Darkness by Simon Green
32. Hawk by Brian Neary
33. The Time of Terror by Seth Hunter
34. The Pencil by Henry Petroski
35. Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing With Fire by Derek Landy
36. "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" by Richard P. Feynman
37. The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs
38. The People That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs
39. Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
40. Out of Time's Abyss by Edgar Rice Burroughs
41. Shylock's Daughter by Mirjam Pressler
42. Skulduggery Pleasant: The Faceless Ones by Derek Landy
43. What's So Funny? by Donald Westlake
44. Hold the Enlightenment by Tim Cahill
45. Something Missing by Matthew Dicks
46. Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey
47. Flight of Shadows by Sigmund Brouwer
48. The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie King
49. Unperfect Souls by Mark Del Franco
50. Nobody's Prize by Esther Friesner
51. The House Without a Key by Earl Derr Biggers
52. The Return of Captain Conquer by Mel Gilden
53. The Man Who Ate the World by Jay Rayner
54. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
55. Under the Western Acacia by Christian Jacq
56. Dracula by Bram Stoker
57. My French Whore by Gene Wilder
58. Gun, With Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem
59a. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
59b. Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
60. Cruel and Unusual by Patricia Cornwell
61. The Woman Who Wouldn't by Gene Wilder
62. Dog Days by John Levitt
63. The White Mary by Kira Salak
64. Another Faust by Daniel And Dina Nayeri
65. Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
66. The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry
67. Skin Deep by Mack Del Franco
68. The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan
69. One Of Us Is Wrong by Samuel Holt (aka Donald Westlake)
70. Epic: The Story God Is Telling and the Role That Is Yours to Play by John Eldredge
71. The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong
72. 99 Coffins by David Wellington
73. Vampyre: The Terrifying Lost Journal of Dr. Cornelius Van Helsing
74. Walking Through Walls by Philip Smith
75. Murder Mirage by Kenneth Robeson
76. Wicked Plants by Amy Stewart
77. Frenchman's Creek by Daphne Du Maurier
78. The Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
79. Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
80. Generation Dead by Daniel Waters
81. Appaloosa by Robert B. Parker
82. The Passing of the Third Floor Back by Jerome Jerome
83. Impostor's Daughter by Laurie Sandell
84. Poison by Chris Wooding
85. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
86. Roma by Steven Saylor
87. The Reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell
88. Silver: My Own Tale As Written by Me with a Goodly Amount of Murder by Edward Chupack
89. Monster Planet by David Wellington
90. Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
91. Appointment With Death by Agatha Christie
92. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
93. Fragment by Warren Fahy
94. Jennifer Government by Max Barry
95. Princess Bride by William Goldman
96. Donegal: Irish Justice by James Lower
97. Weight by Jeanette Winterson
98. Blue Girl by Charles de Lint
99. Bloody jack by L.A. Meyer
100. Arizona Free by Doug Martin
101. Vampire Zero by David Wellington
102. Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 by David Peterson
103. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
104. 2% of 2% of All the World's Stories
105. Sky Burial by Xinran
106. Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 by David Peterson
107. The Front Porch Prophet by Raymond Atkins
108. Dead Pan by Gayle Trent
109. The Bait and the Trap by George Challis
110. The Pets by Bragi Olafsson
111. Prostho Plus by Piers Anthony
112. Resolution by Robert Parker
113. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jaqueline Kelly
114. Discoveries: Writing by Georges Jean
115. The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey by Walter Mosley
116. The Journals of Lewis and Clark
117. Black and White by Jackie Kessler and Caitlin Kittridge
118. The History of Food by Maguelonne Toussaint-Samat
119. Sir Quinlan and the Swords of Valor by Chuck Black
120. Outlaw The Legend of Robin Hood by Tony Lee
121. Dragonbreath by Ursula Vernon
122. Sons of Liberty by Alexander Lagos
123. Tarzan and the City of Gold by Edgar Rice Burroughs
124. Rebecca the Rock 'n' Roll Fairy by Daisy Meadows
125. Boots and Pieces by Emily Ecton
126. The Help by Kathryn Stockett