Merry Christmas! I’m writing this from the past! Ooooh!
I don’t have as many books on my The Bad list as last year, maybe because James and I kind of fell behind at our book club.
Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James
If I try to succinctly tell you how much I hated this book, it will just be a scream of inarticulate rage, so you should probably just check out my tumblr on the subject. The writing? The plotting? The characters? The terrible gender dynamics? All will be mocked in time. But even updating two or three times a day, it’s still going to take a while to get out all my hate on this subject.
Fifty Shades Darker by E. L. James
Blah blah blah self-insert Twilight fanfic
Fifty Shades Freed by E. L. James
Reading this was hard because I knew that some people weren’t immediately repulsed by Christian Grey and the way his internal monologue is indistinguishable from a serial killer’s. That’s probably why my response was to hate-vomit all over tumblr.
We’ll Be Here for the Rest of Our Lives by Paul Shaffer
We talked about why this one sucked before–still don’t want to ban it, though.
Boyfriends with Girlfriends by Alex Sanchez
This book had good intentions, about showcasing different types of relationships and navigating the dating scene when you’re not sure about your sexuality. Too bad every page was just a conversation pulled straight from a handbook about How To Talk To Troubled Teens.
Heavenly Hijinks by Ashley Ladd
The constellation Leo takes human form to seduce a hot lady psychic. You can pretty much judge everything about this book by its cover.
I either read fewer terrible books this year, or just got less picky.