Top Ten Novels Read in 2012
I was intrigued by the storytelling. Shriver is da bomb.
About a high school shooting, it is a dark indictment of American mores.
Stepping into this novel is like stepping on a hot plate with set to slow burn fuck up.
4. Don Delillo. White Noise. 310 pp. 1985
Written over twenty years ago, this novel may be too ironic to still matter.
Southern family, a house, sibling rivalries – and the death of parents!
Very clever novel about how to overcome boredom and to think for oneself.
Ho Ho Ho. Death cracks me up. An alternative Christmas story for sure.
Child murderer(s), bullying, girl vampire, pedophilia and Sweden. Chilling.
9. Joyce Carol Oates. Zombie 1995. 181 pp.
The ending is fucked up. Pair it up with Shriver’s Kevin and Trevor’s Felicia.
It’ll make for good CGI film-making and the time travel makes sense. Sorta.
Honorable Mentions
The names are fun. And maps! Surprisingly easy to follow.
Gaiman wants us to like his villains. I don’t mind.
I was not stunned by this mess.
Don’t hate me but Allan Ball does a better job.
Neil Gaiman.Neverwhere 1996. 370 pp.
Great concept: a world under London. Feels like Pullman. It isn’t.
Sorry. I was not liking this paranoid regurgitation. Not Dick’s best.
Phillip K. Dick. Paycheck and Other Classic Stories 1952. 432 pp.
The one about the robots and the dude who builds a replica of his hometown are the best of the stories.
I’d rather a story about the Masai then Gray and her failed trysts.
The book is lackluster and I’d suggested Homer instead.
Too bad I read this book from left to right first! Duh. Read it from right to left.
Great set of books: I loved the description of food. I hear there is a Hunger Games cookbook.