Okay. Below you’ll find the list of books I read this year. But first I want to give you my top 10, in no particular order, along with the very best and the very worst.
If you’re an author, and would like me to read your book this coming year, hit me up. For indies I ALWAYS leave a review on Amazon and wherever else you want it. That’s a guarantee.
On the right of the screen you’ll see my reading list, so far, for this year. I’m doing a re-read of the Narnia books and a couple of Stephen Kings. I’ll also be going through Meg Gardiner’s books, purely because I’ve missed a few, and it’s been a while. So I’ll start off with China Lake and go from there.
At some point I’ll hit a few Michael Chabon, too, before going onto his new one: Telegraph Avenue. There’s a few Chabon I’ve not read yet.
Okay.
TOP 10 BOOKS I READ IN 2012
The Girl With The Long Green Heart by Lawrence Block
Plunder of the Sun by David Dodge
Superbia by Bernard Schaffer
Thinner by Richard Bachman
Infected by William Vitka
Money Shot by Christa Faust
2001: a Space Odyssey by Arthur C Clarke (Re-read)
Shadow of a Dead Star by Michael Shean
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien (Re-read)
Strangers by David K. Hulegaard
THE VERY BEST BOOK I READ IN 2012
Superbia by Bernard Schaffer
This book was a revelation to me. I thought “this is how you write a novel.” It changed my own approach to writing forever, and added to that the story of Superbia was hard-hitting, truthful, bad mouthed…and ultimately heartbreaking. Most of all it was human, and that’s what struck me the most. Schaffer wrote this from personal experience, and it shows. Should top any list of 2012.
THE WORST BOOK I READ IN 2012
Metal Gear Solid (Novelisation) by Raymond Benson
Ugh. Not what I expected. Benson’s writing is fine…it’s just that he take a fantastic game (and storyline) and his efforts to dramatize it just fall flat. I quit halfway through. It was just a waste of time.
2012 READING LIST
Grifter’s Game by Lawrence Block
Infected by William Vitka
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien (Re-read)
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (Re-read)
The Vengeful Virgin by Gil Brewer
Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian (GAVE UP)
3001: The Final Odyssey by Arthur C Clarke (Re-read)
2061: Odyssey Three by Arthur C Clarke (Re-read)
2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C Clarke (Re-read)
2001: a Space Odyssey by Arthur C Clarke (Re-read)
Metal Gear Solid (novelization) by Raymond Benson
Shadow of a Dead Star by Michael Shean
Thinner by Richard Bachman
The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
Story by Robert McKee
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
The Lost Fleet: Dauntless by Jack Campbell
The Magnificent Guns of Seneca 6 by Bernard Schaffer
Choke Hold by Christa Faust
Formatting For Kindle And Nook In 10 Easy Steps by Bernard Schaffer
Strange Kisses by Laurie Laliberte
Fear of the Dark by Laurie Laliberte
Strangers by David K. Hulegaard
Noble by David K. Hulegaard
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Elements of Style by Strunk and White
Plunder of the Sun by David Dodge
Money Shot by Christa Faust
Killing Castro by Lawrence Block
The Girl With The Long Green Heart by Lawrence Block
Distant Machines by Simon John Cox
Superbia by Bernard Schaffer
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