What I've Read in 2010

Every January, I set myself a challenge: I will read 100 books this year. Most years, I end up with a list of 60 or 70 titles, but this year I'm actually keeping up with my goals. Here's what I've read so far, with no omissions--not even the most embarrassing supermarket romance novel has been kept off the list. I tend to read four or five books at a time, keeping a balance between literary fiction, romance, young adult fiction, and nonfiction, so that I always have a book to pick up that suits my current mood. Keep in mind that Nora Roberts generally tends to coincide with periods of great stress in my life--I self-medicate with trashy romantic suspense. What have you read lately?

1. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jaqueline Kelly
2. Out of Sheer Rage by Geoff Dyer
3. The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
4. The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy
5. The Ballad of the Sad Cafe by Carson McCullers
6. Song of the West by Nora Roberts
7. Boundary Lines by Nora Roberts
8. Prom Nights from Hell by Meg Cabot, Kim Harrison, Michelle Jaffe & etc.
9. Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner
10. Into the Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halprin
11. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation by M.T. Anderson
12. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
13. Born in Fire by Nora Roberts
14. Born in Ice by Nora Roberts
15. Born in Shame by Nora Roberts
16. Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner
17. The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
18. The LIghtning Thief by Rick Riordan
19. Service Included by Phoebe Damrosch
20. The House on Tradd Street by Karen White
21. Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
22. Any Which Wall by Laurel Snyder
23. A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson
24. Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson
25. The House of the Spirits by Isabella Allende
26. Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
27. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
28. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
29. Hotel Paradise by Martha Grimes
30. A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L’Engle
31. Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts
32. Lord of the Far Island by Victoria Holt
33. Going Bovine by Libba Bray
34. Band Geek Love by Josie Bloss
35. The Handmade Marketplace by Kari Chapin
36. Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner
37. Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
38. Truly, Madly by Heather Webber
39. Runaway by Meg Cabot
40. A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Meg Cabot
41. The Old Man and Me by Elaine Dundy
42. Wild Life by Molly Gloss
43. Genuine Lies by Nora Roberts
44. Geektastic Ed. by Holly Black and Cecil Castelucci
45. Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen by Susan Gregg Gilmore
46. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
47. Commencement by J. Courtney Sullivan
48. Betsy and the Great World by Maud Hart Lovelace
49. An Off Year by Claire Zulkey
50. Betsy’s Wedding by Maud Hart Lovelace