Worst Books I Read In 2016

Good Morning Fellow Readers :)


Now That Blogmas is over, I'm going to be working really hard to get my blog back on a regular three times a week posting schedule.

Blogmas was definitely a lot of fun, but also quite a bit of work, and very time consuming, so it may take me a few days to get everything back in order again.

I hope you guys all had a great Christmas! Ours just finished last night, as we celebrated with my dad yesterday, and I definitely feel like I've hit a food wall. It was a really fun few days, but I'm definitely ready for some down time, and healthier eating again.


I know that Christmas is now officially over, but I do still plan on sharing a couple of more "Christmassy" themed posts in the next week or so, including "What I Included In My TBTB Santa box", "what I Received For Christmas This Year", and also possibly a DITL of my various Christmas celebrations." 

However, for today's post I want to move on into 2016 wrap ups, and that's why I'm here to share the worst books I read in 2016 with you all.


I want to first off post a disclaimer that these are all just my personal opinions. Just because I strongly disliked a book, doesn't mean I discourage anyone else from giving it a try. As well, I love hearing differing opinions from mine on various books as it's so interesting to see the different ways that people look at novels, and diversity is what makes the world go around.

If any of you guys loved any of these books, I'd love to hear it! As well, if you had similar opinions to myself on these books, I'd love to hear that too!


Here's my List:

10) Lady Of Magick by Sylvia Izzo Hunter:

There's seriously very few things I hate more than completely loving the first book in a series, only to be blatantly disappointed in the second, as was the case here. 

The Midnight Queen was so fabulously written, and I loved the spunk that existed in Sophie's character, and the beginnings of her friendship with Gray. As well, there were numerous plot twists that I never saw coming, and my only complaint with the first one was that it took my quite awhile to finish, due to it being slightly hard to understand. However, this second book did a complete 180, and I literally had to force myself to finish. All of the spunk I loved in the character's in the first book, was non existent in this one, the plot was extremely predictable, and I actually only found myself enjoying the parts about Sophie's younger sister.

I haven't fully decided if I will be reading the third book in this series or not, but honestly, I'm leaning more towards the not at this point.


9) Red Girl Blue Boy by Lauren Baratz-Logsted:

I have previously really enjoyed the novels in the If Only series, and this one's premise, about the children of the political opponents running against each other for the American presidency, had me extremely intrigued. However, If I could describe this novel in just one word, it would be unrealistic. While I understand that Katie's character had been privately tutored and was a tad out of touch with the real world, I highly doubt that she wouldn't have known what a home phone was, and also, that she truly believed that you should break out in song to express your feelings to your crush because High School Musical told her to. I will definitely still continue reading the next books in these series, since I loved the previous ones so much, and also, since they're all written by different authors, but I'd definitely think twice about picking up a book from this author again in the future.


8) Tell Me Again by Michelle Major:

I really liked the synopsis of this one when I received it from Netgalley, and a romance novel was definitely what I was in the mood for. However, as I listed in my original review of this novel here, I couldn't bring myself to like this novel because of the main male character. Throughout the course of this book, Trevor shows so many abusive tendencies towards Sam, including slut shaming her, becoming jealous every time she talks to another male, and insisting she'll be a horrible influence on his teenage daughter. I went through this whole book waiting to see a change in his behavior, and in my opinion, it never happened, and I couldn't begin to understand what Sam could possibly see in him. 


7) Frostfire by Amanda Hocking:

I remember being really excited to start reading the spin off series to Amanda Hocking's Trylle trilogy, and then being massively underwhelmed after I'd finished it. I really found the writing to be all over the place with this novel, and that it jumped all over the place, neither of which I'm a fan of. I also found Bryn's character to be so wishy washy, and she was massively starting to grate on my nerves. I do have the next two books in this series currently on my bookshelf, and I will definitely get to them eventually, they're just not a high priority for me at the moment.

6) The One And Only by Emily Giffin:

I first read Emily Giffin's Something Borrowed and Something Blue about two years ago, and I loved them. I was really looking forward to reading more of her books afterwards, but unfortunately, I just haven't found myself enjoying them, and this one was definitely the worst of the worst. I am not what anyone would call a sport's fan. It's just not my thing, and yet I've been able to fully enjoy many others books written about sports in the past. However, the same could not be said about this one. This whole book revolves around football, and I just couldn't force myself to get into it. It felt like it dragged on and on, and I also couldn't connect with the main character at all. Add that to the fact that I found the romance element plain weird, and that the whole father factor was slightly strange, and this book was just not for me.


5) One Day by David Nicholls:

I can't even count how many times I had this novel recommend to me by fellow book lovers who knew I enjoy romance books. Unfortunately, I'm sad to say it massively fell short in my eyes. I loved the idea of it being about two friends who stay connected over 20 years, before realizing what they had all along, but instead I felt like I got 20 years of watching Dex treat Em like a dish towel, and she just kept coming back for more. I honestly couldn't stand Dex's character, and the way he relied over and over again on Em without giving her anything in return. And just when I thought the story might be getting better, the ending came along, and left me wondering why on Earth I'd just invested as much time in this novel as I did. 


4) Fire Study by Maria V Snyder:

As I've stated quite a few times before on my blog, I have a love/hate relationship with this series. While I loved the idea behind the series, and enjoyed some of the other characters like Valek and such, overall, I found Yelena to be a tad obnoxious, and the plot of this particular book to be such a let down from the first novel. I had heard so many people say that the first book in the spin off series was so much better, and so I took a chance on that one, only to end up feeling the exact same way. I don't foresee myself finishing this series in the future. 
3) Winning by Lara Deloza:

I reviewed this one fully on my blog earlier this year, which you can find here, and this one honestly came closer to being the Number 1 worst book I read this year. While I understand that this book was supposed to be a humorous mean girls type of novel, it left me feeling quite upset with the way the main character's relationship with her mother was mocked and made fun of by the whole town. Child neglect is an issue that's near and dear to my heart after studying many case studies of it during my years as a sociology undergrad student, and I can't stand how novels make light of this situation so often. While I completely understand that Alexandra was a horrible person, and I couldn't stand her character, I couldn't tolerate the way that everyone knew the horrible home life she was living in, and yet no one did anything to help correct it. 


2) The Art Of Wishing by Lindsay Ribar:

Sigh this book had such potential. I'd never personally read a YA novel about genie's before, and I was so excited when I found out about this book. However, I found the plot line didn't work at all, the writing was slightly choppy, and the ending was so unbelievable I thought for sure my copy must have been missing pages. Add that to the fact that I really didn't like the way she represented certain things within the genie culture, and this book was just a no go for me. 

1) Kill The Boy Band by Goldy Moldavasky:

And finally we come to the worst book I read in 2016, and honestly one of the worst books I've read ever. It's very rare that I give a book a one star rating, as I always try and find at least one redeemable aspect that will bump it up to two starts, but that was just not possible here. I'm going to disclaimer this by saying that I don't really get satire or slapstick comedy, which is mainly what Goldy Moldavasky's debut novel feels like, with a dash of darker humor thrown in for the fun of it. I expected this to be a book that would have me laughing out loud at the antics, and enjoying an a sort of outside perspective on the fangirl culture. However, I found this only to be offensive, as the fat shaming and slut shaming grated on my nerves, as did the references to fan girls basically all being total idiots. Not the slightest bit funny, as I literally didn't laugh once. And poorly written in the sense that it felt like a really badly written fan fiction, and that's not me insulting fanfiction as there's some pretty amazing ones out there. I have no clue who this novel's intended audience was, but I can definitely tell you it wasn't me. I actually felt slightly disgusted after finishing this at some of the points that were intended to be funny, and I really wish I hadn't wasted my time on reading it in the first place. I'm extremely grateful that I borrowed this one from the library, rather than running out to buy it like I'd planned in the first place, as it would definitely have been donated to someone else.



And that's my list of the top ten worst books I read in 2016. I promise my next wrap up will be a turn away from the negativity of today's post, as I'll be talking about the best books I read in 2016.


Thanks so much for reading guys. I'd love to hear what books you disliked that you read in 2016!


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