The Silent Partner Finally Speaks

Okay, so I've had my name on this blog since the beginning of the year but have yet to actually post any of the books that I've read. Lest anyone think that I haven't been doing my share of reaching our audacious goal, I am finally breaking my silence. Don't get me wrong -- I am also sorefully behind schedule but, pollyanna that I am, cannot curb the belief that the elusive 100 will be attained. Here is my first half (almost), for now, without comment:

1. The Gift of Nothing, Patrick McDonnell
2. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Dave Eggers
3. Till We Have Faces, C.S. Lewis
4. Lilith, George MacDonald
5. Something Rotten, Jasper Fforde
6. The Best American Essays 2005, ed. Susan Orlean
7. The Valkyries, Paulo Coelho
8. The Fifth Mountain, Paulo Coelho
9. The Best American Poetry 2005, ed. Paul Muldoon
10. Atonement, Ian McEwan
11. Veronika Decides to Die, Paulo Coelho
12. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, Marina Lewycka
13. Unveiled, Francine Rivers
14. The DaVinci Code, Dan Brown
15. Searching for God Knows What, Donald Miller
16. A Generous Orthodoxy, Brian McLaren
17. Squids Will Be Squids, Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith
18. Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden
19. Shadows of Ecstasy, Charles Williams
20. The Golden Key, George MacDonald
21. Financial Peace Revisited, Dave Ramsey
22. Post Secret, Frank Warren
23. We Share Everything, Robert Munsch
24. Summerland, Michael Chabon
25. Where’s My Cow, Terrry Pratchett
26. Uncle John’s Ahh-Inspiring Bathroom Reader, Bathroom Reader’s Institute
27. The DaVinci Code: A Quest for Answers, Josh McDowell
28. How Soccer Explains the World, Franklin Foer
29. The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell
30. Blindness, Jose Saramago
31. The Princess and Curdie, George MacDonald
32. About Time, Jack Finney
33. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
34. Power Evangelism, John Wimber
35. Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll
36. Sold!, Zana Muhsen
37. The Emperor of Notting Hill, G.K. Chesterton
38. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling
39. More Ready Than You Realize, Brian McLaren
40. The Big Over Easy, Jasper Fforde
41. Eleven Minutes, Paulo Coelho
42. A Million Little Pieces, James Frey
43. Truth Comes Out, Nancy Heche
44. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
45. The Beatrice Letters, Lemony Snicket
46. The Bad Beginning, Lemony Snicket
47. The Reptile Room, Lemony Snicket