After crossing the 100 book mark twice in the last two years I try to read another 100 books in 2009!

Here are the first few:
1. Rattenfänger by Bernd Rothe

Rating 4/5

2. Ihr persönliches Indianerhoroskop: Wolf by Kenneth Meadows

Rating 4/5

3. Chinesisches Horoskop: Hund by Kwok Man-Ho

Rating 4/5

4. Sherlock Holmes Criminal Bibliothek - Band 04 - Das Geheimnis des Geigers by Alisha Bionda

Rating 4/5

5. Edgar Allen Poes phantastische Bibliothek - Band 08 - Der dünne Mann by Alisha Bionda

Rating 4/5

6. Frankenstein: Original Text: The Graphic Novel (Classical Comics) by Mary Shelley

Rating 5/5

7. H R Giger's Vampirric by HR Giger

Rating 4/5

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8. Der Moloch und andere Visionen by Helmuth W. Mommers

Rating 4.5/5

C1. Sandman Dream Hunters #3 by Neil Gaiman

Rating 5/5

C2. The Stand: Captain Trips #4 by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

Rating 5/5

9. Just After Sunset: Stories by Stephen King (Audio)

Rating 4/5

C3. Dark Tower Treachery #4 by Robin Furth

Rating 4/5

10. Fables Vol. 7: Arabian Nights (and Days) by Bill Willingham

Rating 5/5

11. The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy by Mike Ashley

Rating 4.5/5

12. Selected Shorts: Readers & Writers by Symphony Space (Audio)

Rating 5/5

13. The Accidental Sorcerer (Rogue Agent) by K. E. Mills

Rating 5/5

14. Pain Killers: A Novel by Jerry Stahl

A 90 year old man surfaces in a Prison in California claiming to be Dr. Josef Mengele, the infamous Nazi Doctor. Manny Rupert, former cop and drug addict, is hired to verify if the German is the real deal or an impostor. But when Manny sees his ex-wife meeting the head of the Aryan brotherhood things start to slip his grip and slowly he starts to wonder what the real motivations of the guy who hired him to ID Mengele were...
A surreal ride featuring intriguing discussions about morals in science, high speed chases and innumerable strange encounters.

Rating 4/5

15. Modern Magic by Anne Cordwainer

An intriguing story set in modern times with sorcerers living amongst ordinary people and yet dealing with their own sort of problems. The main characters are the siblings John, a highly gifted magician, and Liz, who doesn't have any magical talent at all, and they regularly exchange the role as first person narrator. This gives the reader some interesting insights into the dilemma that can arise when two world views and the truths they take for granted clash. The book is split into different episodes, which are often set months or up to a year apart, which allows us to see how John and Liz react to the changing world around them and how they try to deal with the different crises that always seem to spring up where they are. Interesting till the last page and well worth a read if you want to discover an alternative to Harry Potter's magical world.

Rating 4.5/5

16. Master's Choice Volume 1 by Lawrence Block (Audio)

Rating 3/5

17. Fables Vol. 8: Wolves by Bill Willingham

Rating 4.5/5

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Hi, pratchettfan!
You are doing great with your reading challenge!
--BJ

Hi Billiejean, thanks a lot!

18. M-Commerce: Technologies, Services, and Business Models by Norman Sadeh

19. The Last Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko

Rating 5/5

20. Fables Vol. 9: Sons of Empire by Bill Willingham

Rating 5/5

21. Monty Python's Tunisian Holiday: My Life with Brian by Kim Howard Johnson (Audio)

Rating 3.5/5

C4. Sandman Dream Hunters #4 by Neil Gaiman

Rating 5/5

22. Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Book 1) by Laurell K. Hamilton

Rating 4/5

23. Breathers: A Zombie's Lament by S. G. Browne

Rating 4.5/5

C5. Dark Tower Treachery #5 by Robin Furth

Rating 4/5

24. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (Audio)

Rating 5/5

25. Elsewhere by William Peter Blatty

A haunted house story with a twist. Trying to sell a famously haunted house real-estate agent Joan Freeboard assembles a team of spiritual experts to spend a week in the house and prove that there are no ghosts. However, the idyllic place does have a gruesome past and they soon start seeing signs that not everything is as it seems. An intriguing story which has many interesting twists and turning points.

Rating 4/5

C6. The Stand: Captain Trips #5 by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

Rating 5/5

26. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Dover Thrift Editions) by Edwin A. Abbott

A fascinating allegory on Victorian society told with two and three dimensional geographical figures. Even though written in the late 19th century, aspects of the story about people's sometimes limited world views are still relevant today and the moralities of the book shouldn't be lightly dismissed. At only 80 pages it is a quick read which you shouldn't miss.

Rating 4.5/5

27. Amberville by Tim Davys

Rating 4/5

28. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

A small baby barely escapes a murder attempt and finds himself in a Graveyard whose inhabitants (ghosts and a vampire) promptly adopt him and promise to keep him safe. However, the danger still lurks outside and so he grows up isolated from the modern world, facing challenges a normal boy could never even dream of...
The Graveyard Book is a terrific novel full of wonder and adventure. As usual Neil Gaiman's gripping story telling appeals to all ages and Dave McKean's artful black and white illustrations give the story more dimensions than you normally see on paper. A must read!

Rating 5/5

29. Midnight Grinding & Other Twilight Terrors by Ronald Kelly

Midnight Grinding collects short stories set in the Southern States of the US. The stories are quite short, but still offer enough background to make for an intriguing reading. In addition, every story illuminates a different kind of evil or horror and thus the book never got boring. Aficionados of horror and shorter stories should give this collection a go.

Rating 4/5

30. Torpedo Juice by Tim Dorsey (Audio)

Torpedo Juice is a strange book. In parts laugh out loud funny, for example the opening scene where the Narrator is fired, and in parts with an unbelievably convoluted plot. You definitely never know where the story is taking you next. Overall an intriguing book you should give a try if in desperate search for some lightweight humor.

Rating 3.5/5

31. Mr. Punch by Neil Gaiman

A story of remembrance. As a man looks back on his boyhood and the encounters he had with the Mister Punch and Judy shows, he discovers that some secrets better remain undiscovered. A graphic novel lavishly and ingeniously illustrated by Dave McKean and fluidly and intriguingly told by Neil Gaiman. A worthy addition to any library.

Rating 4.5/5

32. A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson

Rating 4.5/5

33. The Realm , Book 1 by Ralph Griffith

Rating 3/5

33. The Time Traveler's Wife: Unabridged Edition by Audrey Niffenegger (Audio)

Rating 5/5

34. Selected Shorts: Whodunit? by Symphony Space (Audio)

Rating 3.5/5

35. Flyte (Septimus Heap, Book 2) by Angie Sage

Rating 3/5

36. The Inhuman Condition by Clive Barker

Rating 4/5

37. Fragile Things: Stories by Neil Gaiman (Audio)

Rating 4.5/5

38. The brotherhood : inside the secret world of the Freemasons by Tim Dedopulos

Rating 4/5

39. The origins of freemasonry : facts & fictions by Margaret C. Jacob

Rating 3.5/5

40. The pocket history of Freemasonry by Fred Lomax Pick

Rating 3/5

41. Those Billington Boys: A Pilgrim Story by Janice Glover

Rating 4/5

42. Stardust by Neil Gaiman (Audio)

Rating 5/5

43. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

Rating 3.5/5

44. Fables Vol. 10: The Good Prince by Bill Willingham

The Good Prince is the tenth installment of Fables, a graphic novel series about characters from various fables which had been exiled from their Homelands by an evil emperor and have found a refuge in modern day New York. Unfortunately, they cannot spend their days in peace as the enemy threatens a total war to annihilate the colony. The stories are full of adventure, humor and strangely believable story lines. In this issue the tale of Prince Ambrose, or as all Fables know him Flycatcher the Janitor, is recounted and how he has to face many perils to finally avenge his family. This book is one of the best so far and an absolute joy to read with an epic story, romance and many surprises. I can highly recommend Fables and The Good Prince to anyone interested in graphic novels and modern fairy tales.

Rating 5/5

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45. What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy by Gregory Maguire

Rating: 3/5

46. Murder Mysteries by Neil Gaiman

Rating: 5/5

47. Slumdog Millionaire: A Novel by Vikas Swarup

Rating 5/5

48. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (Audio)

Rating 3/5

49. The science of Sherlock Holmes by E. J. Wagner

Rating 4.5/5

50. Watch Your Back! by Donald E. Westlake

Rating 3.5/5

51. Mirror mirror by Gregory Maguire

Rating 4/5

52. Blueberry Girl by Neil Gaiman

Rating 4.5/5

53. Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things That Aren't as Scary by Ted Thompson

Rating 4.5/5

54. Watchmen by Alan Moore

Rating 5/5

55. Road Rage by Joe Hill (Audio)

Rating 4/5

56. Black hat : misfits, criminals, and scammers in the Internet age by John Biggs

Rating 4/5

57. Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere by Mike Carey

A wonderful adaption of Neil Gaiman's novel, even though I have to admit that the characters look quite different than I had imagined them. The story has been abridged with care to fit the shorter comic format and all crucial parts have been retained and the things that have changed do not hurt the flow or principle of the story. A must read for every fan of Neil Gaiman and Neverwhere.

Rating 5/5

58. Urban life in the Middle Ages, 1000-1450 by Keith D. Lilley

Rating 3.5

59. V for Vendetta by Alan Moore

Rating 5/5

60. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea by Charles Seife

An intriguing look at the history of a special number, zero. Written in an easily digestible form it gives a great overview over the clash of philosophies which happened around zero and what effects of them we still face today. Not only for science and math buffs!

Rating 4/5

61. His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, Book 1) by Naomi Novik

Rating 4.5/5

62. Coraline by Neil Gaiman (Audio)

Rating 5/5

63. Stranded by Lori Foster (Audio)

Rating 2.5/5

64. The haunter of the dark : and other tales of terror by H. P. Lovecraft

Rating 3.5

65. Nostradamus Ate My Hamster by Robert Rankin

Rating 4.5/5

66. Fairy tales by H. C. Andersen

Rating 4/5

67. Evil Under the Sun: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Mystery Masters) by Agatha Christie (Audio)

Rating 4.5/5

68. Fables, Vol. 11: War and Pieces by Bill Willingham

Rating 5/5

69. WWW: Wake by Robert J. Sawyer (Audio)

A very intriguing story about a blind girl who gains sight of the web and of the real world through an implant. This implant lets her discover an artificial intelligence forming in the world wide web. The story is clearly geared towards a second book and even though the main plot comes to a nice conclusion, some of the sub-plots end a bit abruptly. The audio recording is amazing with multiple narrators and discreet sound effects.

Rating 4.5/5

70. Who Killed Amanda Palmer: A Collection of Photographic Evidence by Amanda Palmer

A fascinating book containing lots of intriguing pictures, lyrics from "Who Killed Amanda Palmer" and a couple of short stories from Neil Gaiman.

Rating 5/5

71. Moonbane by Al Sarrantonio (Cemetary Dance Book Club 2008)

Rating 4.5/5

72. Romance and reality of the Puritan coast; with many little picturings authentic by Edmund Henry Garrett

An old piece of travel literature written before the start of the twentieth century. The author writes about his excursions with a bicycle along the puritan coast, starting from Boston. The book is wonderfully illustrated with very detailed drawings. It is very intriguing to see which things stayed the same (Salem already had a lot of antique shops back then) and learn about some of the old legends.

Rating 4/5

73. Firmin by Sam Savage

Rating 3.5/5

74. Night Cage by Andrew Harper (Cemetary Dance Book Club 2008)

After a rather slow start this creepy thriller becomes a real page-turner towards the end. The book masterfully entwines one into the inner workings of an old asylum for the criminally insane and what can go wrong if a patient is released into the world too early.

Rating 4/5

75. Pyramids by Terry Pratchett (Audio)

Rating 5/5

76. Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? (Deluxe Edition) by Neil Gaiman

Rating 5/5

77. Jingo by Terry Pratchett (Audio)

Rating 5/5

78. Stephen King's Dark Tower: Treachery by Robin Furth

Rating 4.5/5

79. Halloweenland by Al Sarrantonio

Rating 4.5/5

80. Beowulf by Chris Ryall

Rating 4/5

81. Sun of Suns: Book One of Virga by Karl Schroeder (Audio)

Rating 3/5

82. A Supremely Bad Idea: Three Mad Birders and Their Quest to See It All by Luke Dempsey

If Bill Bryson suddenly started to get extremely interested in Birds he might have written this book ;). "A Supremely Bad Idea" is a very entertaining account of three bird fanatics and the adventures they had traveling all over the US trying to find rare birds. Even though I had never felt a fascination for the past this book could wake the interest in me. Nature helped a bit too, on the day I started reading the book we were staying in Ohiopyle, PA when bats started to crawl out of the woodwork and fly around our heads! To summarize, if you like tales in the style of Bill Bryson and could imagine learning more about birds, then this book is for you.

Rating 4.5/5

83. Priestess of the White (Age of the Five Trilogy, Book 1) by Trudi Canavan

Rating 5/5

84. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Rating 3/5

85. Other Earths by Nick Gevers

Rating 4/5

86. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (Audio)

Rating 5/5

87. Witch Way to the Mall by Esther Friesner

A wonderful short story collection about modern worlds with magic. Every single story is a delight to read.

Rating 5/5

88. Witches Incorporated (Rogue Agent) by K.E. Mills

Rating 4/5

89. Die große Erzferkelprophezeiung. Nimmerzwerg by Christian von Aster

Das Ende der Zwerge ist nah und der Schicksalszwerg auf dem Weg zu den Entzwergten in der Hoffnung dass diese Ihnen helfen können das Schlimmste abzuwenden...

Der dritte Teil der Grossen Erzferkelprophezeihung ist einiges düsterer als die Vorgänger da sich das Schicksal immer mehr gegen die Protagonisten stellt, in Form von Piraten, Trollen und technischem Fortschritt. Trotzdem, ist es Christian von Aster gelungen interessante und vor allem auch amüsante Fakten in die Geschichte einzuweben, welche die Stimmung für den Leser zwischendurch auflockern. Während der ganzen Lektüre wird die Spannung hoch gehalten, und es fiel mir schwer das Buch zur Seite zu legen, bevor ich das Ende wusste.

Die Aufdeckung der Identität des Nimmerzwergs führt zu faszinierenden Spekulationen über die Mythologie und den Ursprung der Zwerge. Aber ich will hier ja nicht zu viel verraten!

Ein durchwegs gelungener Abschluss einer erfrischend anderen Zwergen-Geschichte, die kein Fantasy-Liebhaber verpassen sollte.

Rating 5/5

90. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (Audio)

Rating 4.5/5

91. Spirit Of America by Peter Lik

Rating 5/5

92. The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition by Lewis Carroll

Rating 4.5/5

93. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown (Audio)

Rating 4/5

94. Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett

Rating 5/5

95. The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss

Rating 3.5/5

96. Bilderbuchboy: Denn in deutschen Bärten ist kein Platz für Schuppen. by Christian von Aster

Rating 5/5

97. The Woods Are Dark by Richard Laymon

Rating 4/5

98. The Anomalies by Joey Goebel

Rating 5/5

99. Carpet People: Illustrated Edition by Terry Pratchett

Rating 4.5/5

100. A Cosmic Cornucopia by David Langford

Rating 4/5

101. Commonwealth by Joey Goebel

Rating 4/5

102. Metaphorical Journey by Vladimir Kush (Out of Order; forgot when I read it)

Rating 4/5

103. And Another Thing ...: Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Eoin Colfer

Rating 4/5