What am I doing?

Okay, so I started out Reading the 100 from the list but have derailed, I am pretty sure I am going to end up reading 100 books but I am not sure if they will be the ones on the list.

Books I have read since starting my journey on the Challenge 100, that are not on the list:
1. The Sugar Queen, by Sarah Addison Allen: ****: I enjoyed this book because it reminded me of things that happened in my life. Okay not the woman in the closet, but the wild hair, the bad temper as a child, the sneeking of candy, etc.
2. Real Murders, by Charlaine Harris. ***: I loved reading the Sookie Stackhouse novels, so I decided to try her Aurora Teagarden series. It is okay but it is another mystery novel, except in this book the deaths that occur are based on real murders, Lizzie Bordon, etc. The detective by default is Aurora Teagarden and a mystery novelist Robin Crusoe, she is also being romanced by Arthur Smith a police officer. I read many mystery novels to take a break from other books. It is also my favorite read on vacations. I liked the book, but did not love the book. However, having said that I did pick up the second in the series just to see how it goes. If I continue with the series I will make one final note at the end.
3.White Elephant Dead: Carolyn Hart, ***1/2: Okay this is another mystery in the series Death on Demand. I like the concept of the woman who solves the mysteries owns her own mystery book store. Makes me want to open one since I like mysteries. Okay why not 4 or 5 stars, mainly because I
read many mysteries and sometimes I get mystery brain jammed. That is why I usually read about three and then start other books.
4. Folded Earth, by Anuradha Roy, ****: This was a really good tale because it brought in the history of India and the remote villages in the Himalayas. Maya is the central character whose husband dies on the mountain. So she moves closer to the mountain and would really like to figure out what happned to her husband but she will not even open the backpack that was sent back to her. In the meantime, she is befriended by Diwan Sahib and his "nephew" seems to be infatuated with Maya. MAya is a school teacher at the catholic church in town, where she finds a friend in Charu. Charu is a young girl with many troubles at home and who does not want to be married off to just anyone her grandmother sees fit.
The problem I had with the book is that I wanted more detail into what happens to Charu, we are kind of left hanging. I wanted to see the meeting of her with her romantic interest. There were several instances where myself and the book club would have liked the writer to delve deeper or finish off the story in a more satisfying way. But it was a good read.

There have been others but, I have a list of books next to read or I am in the middles of reading:
1. Alchemist, by Paul Coehlo
2. Yes Chef, by Marcus Sammuelson
3. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein
4. How to Cook Like a Man, A Memoir of Cookbook Obsession, by Daniel Duane
5. A Bone to Pick, by Charlaine Harris
6. Sugarplum Dead, by Carolyn Hart

So that should take me through November. I will have finished the Alchemist which is on the 100 list and will be starting another book on that list in December. I should also make a list of books I have already read on that list with a brief commentary.
My reading list versus the 100 challenge books. Hmm