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Wrong About Japan, by Peter Carey
There was nothing amazingly insightful about this one, but I really love Carey's writing style, and haven't read anything by him in years and years, so I rather enjoyed it.
(82/200)

Y the Last Man: Unmanned, by Brian K Vaughan
New comic (to me)! Good comic! Many other vols already out in trade paper! Happy

maribou!
(83/200)

Stupid Stupid Rat Tails, by Jeff Smith et al
This Bone collaboration lived up to the rest of the series, though in a more-adventure-less-mysticism mode. It was also sidesplittingly funny on a regular basis.
(84/200)

Ella Enchanted, by Gail Carson Levine (unabridged audiobook)
Cinderella, except that Cinderella only puts up with the crap that she does because of a fairy 'gift' (of obedience) given to her at birth. Makes fun of a lot of fairy tale conventions without being harsh about them - rather predictable story, charmingly told, with a very good narrator on the version I listened to.
(85/200)

Richard Wilbur: Collected Poems, 1943 - 2004, by Richard Wilbur
I find Wilbur a difficult poet - I don't have the intuitive affinity for him that I do for say Denise Levertov or Patrick Lane - but I do enjoy his writing very much. And his Opposites and More Opposites are extremely extremely wonderful and sensical nonsense books, not difficult in the least.
(86/200)

Equal Rites, by Terry Pratchett
Finally, an early Discworld book that I have no caveats about liking. Strangely, I didn't actually find it funny, but nor did I mind not doing so. Much better than the first two.
(87/200)

A Castle in the Attic, by Elizabeth Winthrop
A charming kid's fantasy story, with great values. I only like things that are kinda didactic when they are a) otherwise near perfect and b) I don't clash with their didacticism. I borrowed this from

randomdreams; I think I need a copy for myself.
(88/200)

Sable Island, by Marq De Villiers and Sheila Hirtle
Very interesting book which both kept my interest and made me homesick, just what I was aiming for. But the writing has an unfortunate tendency to unnecessary melodrama. The stuff they are talking about is dramatic enough without the implied breathless gasps.
(89/200)

The Serpent on the Crown, by Elizabeth Peters
Really liked it, not my most favorite but a worthy entry in the series. Was very amused by new dog, among other things.
(90/200)

Lions & Tigers & Mares ... Oh, My!, by Gay Balliet
I really like this author, but this press had a much less talented editor working with her than the editor who worked on Lowell the Existential Pig, I would guess. This one was loose and rambly and the transitions were not great. The other one was ever so polished. That said, I still greatly enjoyed her anecdotes and she does have a decent ear.
(91/200)

Shelf Life, by Suzanne Strempek Shea
Novelist works part-time in bookstore, writes interesting non-fiction about it. I'm a sucker for books about books, and this one was refreshingly optimistic in tone.
(92/200)

Janet and Me, by Stan Mack
This is a really touching book about the author's partner's slow death from breast cancer which manages to be surprisingly funny without letting go of its seriousness. It was very good.
(93/200)

Lives of Lesbian Elders, by D. Merilee Clunis et al
Intriguing subject matter and priceless oral history, worth wading through liberal doses of social science jargon.
(94/200)

Shadow of the Giant, by Orson Scott Card
Card still makes me fume over his politics/dumb moral claims, and still writes books I devour and don't want to put down (albeit with occasional sputtering sessions). Whatcha gonna do?
(95/200)