end of may--top ten, bottom five

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 It is that time of the month again where I update you on what my best and worst books of the year have been! Rereads are included. 

WORST FIVE:

5. Pretty Boy by Jett Masterson

Look. I've been experimenting with reading erotica. This was omegaverse. I did not know. I did not want it to be. Also the writing wasn't great. Another self-pub'd one, which doesn't feel great, but, ehh.

4. The Red Labyrinth by Meredith Tate

Wanted to be The Maze Runner SO BAD.

3. The Nameless by Ramsey Campbell

Also boring! You would think a book with child murder would at least be shocking if nothing else but it WASN'T.

2. Art is the Lie by Courtney Cooke Hopp

Boring. Boring boring boring. Wanted to be Twilight SO BAD.

1. Call of the Cherokee by F Gardner

Like, I don't like to stereotype self-published books, because I self-publish books, and there are a helluva lot of great self-published work out there... this, uh. The grammar alone is terrible.

BEST TEN:

10. Charming Young Man by Eliot Schrefer

So good I bought his sci-fi release, and I am NOT a sci-fi person.

9. Black Iris by Leah Raeder

A re-read. Beautifully written book. Devastating.

8. Under the Dome by Stephen King

I just love the town books, okay.

7. Briardark by SA Harian

Survival horror, I am quickly realizing, is one of my favorite sub-genres. Give me an environment that will kill you!

6. The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

Fight me, this was great.

5. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

My first full-length Shirley Jackson and it did NOT disappoint.

4. The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly

Fuck it, this is as good as everyone was saying in 2013.

3. And then They were Gone by Judy Bebelaar

Poignant, deeply cutting story about the teenagers that died in Jonestown from an educator who had them when they were in California. As a true crime nut and as a teacher, this is a great one.

2. The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

This was so tragic and so beautiful and I did NOT see that end coming.

1. Needful Things by Stephen King

It's one of the greats!

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