Almost forgot to do one of these for a second 😅
I didn’t read a whole lot in 2019. I only read 50 books, in the end I did not complete my 2019 reading challenge. Which is fine. So it was hard making this list, especially for the worst books I read in 2019 because I didn’t read that many bad books. So spots 10, 9, and 8 or so may be ‘meh’ reads or 3 star rating reads. I’ll actually indicate that.
So here are the books:
Worst 10
10. George by Alex Gino ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Pay this spot no mind. This book was okay. I don’t have any interest in reading middle grade books which this is. I only read it to try and complete my reading goal.
9. The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I thought this was really funny. I’m not a fan of Tiffany or her acting but this audiobiography I enjoyed. It did get a little boring in the second half and ending. I also thought that there wasn’t really much to this book, not much happens and she doesn’t talk or go into depth on a lot of material.
8. The Baby-Sitters Club: Kristy’s Big Day by Gale Galligan ⭐️⭐️⭐️
This wasn’t a bad story, I thought the message was okay but it was a nose dive from the last graphic book in the series.
7. Bad Moonlight by R. L. Stine (no rating)
Ooooooo-kay. What just happened? This book started off promising and interesting despite the fact that I have no interest in reading books about werewolves, but the ending of this book was ridiculous. It made a turn for the worst and Mr. Stine sometimes does that to the ending of some of his Fear Street books, where the ending just gets crazy. I lost hope and interest when I saw where the book was going. It got stupid by the end.
6. B-More Careful by Shannon Holmes ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Where do I start with this one? This was a reread. I first read it when I was about 16 and loved it, considered it a favorite. This is not a book for a 16 year old to be reading. This book is riddled with sex, drugs, violence, there is even a brutal rape scene. The writing is tragic and there are a lot of spelling and grammatical errors. Was this in a rush to get published? It’s still an entertaining story but definitely not a favorite anymore.
5. The Mind Reader by R. L. Stine (no rating)
Very boring and not memorable. I’m already starting to forget what happened in this story even though I read it last month.
4. Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I’m confused by my rating here (I read this book in the beginning of 2019) because I don’t have really good thoughts about this now. Probably because I’m tired of reading narratives about black teens and police brutality.
3. Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark ⭐️⭐️
This would probably be interesting for readers who follow and listen to these authors and their podcasts. I didn’t know them and I didn’t care for what they had to say. Also didn’t find any of this funny. Waste of my time.
2. Binti by Nnedi Okorafor (no rating)
Honestly, I can’t even tell you what this was about. I was hardly paying attention to the audiobook. It was boring, though but I also don’t care for Sci-Fi and Fantasy. I wouldn’t have read this if I wasn’t rushing, trying to complete my yearly reading goal.
1. Hot Comb by Ebony Flowers ⭐️⭐️
This was all over the place. Hard to read due to the bad graphics and drawings in this graphic novel. None of the stories seemed to relate to one another. Ugh.
Best 10
10. All-Night Party by R. L. Stine ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I really enjoyed this story. It reminded me of my love for these kinds of stories when I was a teenager reading Fear Street Books. I like it when Mr. Stine does Fear Street books like this one. I would have really loved this if I was 16 and reading this.
9. Saga Vol. 8 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I really loved this one. Unfortunately, I don’t remember why...
8. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I cried some tears. This was good like everybody says. I don’t have any interest for slam poetry but I did and do want to read this author’s works. So this was surprisingly good.
7. It’s Not You by Sara Eckel ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Whoa. This one came out of nowhere. I picked it up for a challenge prompt because it counted and was on my TBR but I didn’t know this book was going to have ME written all over it. I related to everything this author talked about in this book. And reading this was such a relief because I felt so assured by this. I need to buy and own this.
6. The Baby-Sitters Club: Dawn and the Impossible Three by Gale Galligan ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I’m blown away at how great of a message was told in this graphic novel. It put a few tears in my eyes, this is the best one in the series.
5. And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I read this because I figured it was a good place to start with Backman’s work and it was recommended by Booktuber Merphy Napier... and it didn’t disappoint. I started reading this in a Barnes and Noble cafe and had to stop because I wasn’t about to shed anymore tears in that place. Highly recommend.
4. A Separate Peace by John Knowles ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Sigh* What a classic. I had to read this book in 10th grade and I recalled really liking it. I don’t know why, there is something about this book that stays near and dear to my heart. I reread it this year to see if I still feel the same... and I do. I think I really like the friendship between the main characters and I love tragedies.
3. The Handmaid’s Tale: The Graphic Novel by Renée Nault and Margaret Atwood ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I’m speechless. I was left stuck after completion. This was soooo good. The artistic work was beautiful. I haven’t read this classic novel yet but this solidifies my interest.
2. Friends and Lovers by Eric Jerome Dickey ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
My favorite book by this author currently. I loved this story and the romance between Shelby and Tyrel.
1. The World of Normal Boys by K.M. Soehnlein ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Nobody ever talks about this book and it makes me saaaad. This was a reread. I read this years ago and loved it at the time but in 2019 I was wondering if I still felt the same. So I picked it up and didn’t know it was possible to love a book even MORE after loving it the first time. It’s official. I would highly recommend this book on my YT channel if I ever had the energy to make videos again. This is top 3 favorites of all time we’re talking here. Like, if I had to take three books on an island this is one of them. There is just so many dynamics and layers to the story here and it’s gay. This is everything. Such a great debut. Don’t read the sequel, though, because that’s trash.
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