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2006: #99 – The English Assassin (Daniel Silva); #100 – Final Target (Iris Johansen); #101 – Vital Signs (Robin Cook); #102 – A Death in Vienna (Daniel Silva); #103 – Velocity (Dean Koontz); #104 – A Stroke of Midnight (Laurell K. Hamilton); #105 – Amber Beach (Elizabeth Lowell); #106 – A Place Called Wiregrass (Michael Morris)

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The good news is, I’ve passed the 100 book mark! Bad news is, this is going to be a doozy of an entry because I’ve been slacking. Book #99 was The English Assassin, the 2nd book in Daniel Silva’s Gabriel Allon series. The back of the book reads: Gabriel Allon had done much in his lifetime. A sometime Israeli spy by trade, an art restorer

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2006: #96 – When the Sacred Ginmill Closes (Lawrence Block); #97 – The Kill Artist (Daniel Silva); #98 – A Dangerous Fortune (Ken Follett)

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Book #96 was When the Sacred Ginmill Closes, the first book in Lawrence Block’s Matthew Scudder series. The back of the book reads: In the dark days, in a sad and lonely place, ex-cop Matt Scudder is drinking his life away — and doing “favors” for pay for his ginmill cronies. But when three such assignments flow together in dangerous and disturbing ways, he’ll need

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2006: #94 – A Child Called

Book #94 was A Child Called “It”, by Dave Pelzer. The back of the book reads: This book chronicles the unforgettable account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who played tortuous, unpredictable games–games that left him nearly dead.

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2006: #93 – Why Girls are Weird (Pamela Ribon)

Book #93 was Why Girls are Weird, by Pamela Ribon. The back of the book reads: She was just writing a story. When Anna Koval decides to creatively kill time at her library job in Austin by teaching herself HTML and posting partially fabricated stories about her life on the Internet, she hardly imagines anyone besides her friend Dale is going to read them. He’s

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