the not so lucky books: the ones i've started but could get through

COULDN'T GET THROUGH THE FIRST CHAPTER - but may try again someday
- just bc it's on this list doesnt mean it suxs, so I just wasnt in the mood for at the time, if not labeled otherwise (bad writing etc), could eventually go back to like labeled (slow, or not in mood) etc

sorry if i offend anyone. just my taste : )


COULDN'T GET THROUGH THE FIRST CHAPTER - but may try again someday
- just bc it's on this list doesnt mean it suxs, some I just wasnt in the mood for at the time, if not labeled otherwise (bad writing etc), could eventually go back to like labeled (slow, or not in mood) etc

sorry if i offend anyone. just my taste : )
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*after life by jaron lee knuth – used the word “feel” 4x in 2 sentences, always has to talk about everyone by their name everrrrrrry time they are mentioned – never he/she/they

*after the end by bonnie dee – zombies, corny, stereotypical

*armageddon's children (the genesis of shannara, bk 1) by terry brooks – 8-yr-old shooting accurately w a gun, everyone in family dies in first few pgs, zombies and demons, corny/unrealistic

B

*blindness by jose saramago – written in giant paragraphs w little punctuation and no indication of

where 1 person starts talking and another starts etc, tried reading 2x now but cant get into it

*blood music by greg bear – first few pages just too boring

C

*califia's daughters by leigh richards

*change (bk 1 of series) by s.m. stirling – “d&d is cool” writing

*clade by mark budz

D

*day by day armageddon by j.l. Bourne – zombies, journal that “happens” to start right before the plague, not my thing

*day of sacrifice by s.w. benefiel – immaturely written, spoon-feeding the reader

*deathlands (series) by james axler – doom helix – weird confusing sci-fi

*dying to live: a novel of life among the undead by kim paffenroth – bad writing

E

*everlost by neal shusterman – a bit confusing and not in mood at time, could revisit

*eden by matthew c plourde – weirdly written, couldn't get into, kept skipping people actually walking from point A to point B, set in mexico, premise of bk sounded dumb anyway

*epitaph road by david patneaude - “kid sister,” “he gave that someone a name: pig,” bad writing

*eternity road by jack mcdevitt – fantasy, corny fantasy names like “karik” and stuff like that

F

*far north by marcel theroux – the dude's name is “makepeace”...

*free will flux by sage kalmus – uses the wrd “hullabaloo” on pg 1, seems very sci-fi

G

*go-go girls of the apocalypse by victor gischler – “d&d is cool” writing

*grant pass: a post-apocalyptic anthology by jay lake etc – dont normally like anthology/short stories, the forwards by the 2 main authors were so corny and over-explaining I couldn't imagine what the writing inside would be like

*gulf of the plains by derek a murphy – doesn't explain anything, says rapes and murder w no detail yet randomly throws in that she'd had enough of rape “in thailand when she was enslaved by a rich guy” and carries an ak-47 – need I say more?

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*hollowland by amanda hocking – zombie blood is “hella gross”

*hunter -after the fall (bk 1) by john phillip backus – corny, poorly written, spoon-feeding

I

*into the forest by jean hegland – bad + lesbian/incest sister sex after rape (from amazon review)

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*koolaids by rabih alameddine

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*life as we know it by susan beth pfeffer

*lights out by david crawford – bad writing; lists peoples' heights, “even though he held a black belt in karate, he looked like a computer nerd.”

*lilith's brood by octavia e butler

*lucifer's hammer by j.e. Pournelle – “d&d is cool” writing

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*mara and dann by doris lessing – a bit confusing and not in mood at time, could revisit

*moonlight by keith knapp – poor writing, starts w “fuck” and uses the word “moniker” instead of name

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*remembering green by lesley beake – not enough of a sample to commit to buying, written for very young kids like 5^th grade

*resurrection planet by lucas cole – not into space travel/alien planets

S

*shard mountain by joseph mitchell – poorly written, prisoners, sci-fi

T

*tea from an empty cup by pat cadigan – weirdly written

*the book of dave by will self

*the children of men by p.d. James

*the fall of eden by richard michaels – corny title, “still haunts me to this day” w/in the first few pgs, talks about MILFs, story premise shaky at best

*the kin of ata are waiting for you by dorthy bryant – couldnt find the post apoc in it

*the jakarta pandemic by steven konkoly – jumps right in w pandemic, too explain-y, a lot of fakey science talk

*the line by teri hall – too young a reading level for me to get into

*the pelbar cycle (the breaking of northwall) by paul o williams – too many weird names, weird unexplained fantasy things, seemed very ren faire/d&d is cool

*the postman by david brin – poor writing

*the raggedy edge by michael turnlund – boring, spoon-feeding the plot in large paragraphs

*the things that keep us here by clara buckley – talking about stuff i couldnt handle at the time, could revisit

*the walk by lee goldberg – compares everything to a movie, “this is bad” after a huge earthquake

*the war after armageddon by ralph peters – god god god

*the world made by hand by james howard kunstler – just wasnt in mood, will revisit

*three mokes east by philip revene – got far in the long sample but it was rather boring unfortunately

*tomorrow by philip wylie (also: triumph) – odd intro, but who knows

*tooth and nail by craig dilouie – poorly written

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*wastelands: stories of the apocalpyse by john joseph adams – just not in mood

*what so proudly we hailed by james howard – rip off of alas, babylon, too prepared for supposedly not being prepared, really into god

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