The year 2010 saw my total number of books read drop again for another year, and I really don’t have much excuse for it. Video games have something to do with it, as does an inconsistent work schedule, but one factor that shouldn’t go ignored is the simple fact that I’ve simply become a pickier reader throughout the last few years. Tired am I, of the repetitive drivel from authors that are Korean, British, gay, over-the-top chick-lit, or any combination of the above. I still don’t have much interest in collections of short stories, nor have I been financially capable of going to Borders and taking random leaps of faith with books with questionable reputation this year. All this being said, I still completed 17 books in 2010, but looking back at the list of things I read, I’m a little disappointed in some of the things I’ve allowed myself to waste my time reading. Nonetheless, as is the norm, bringing in the new year, is the list and brief reviews and overall rating of all the things I read in the previous year.
Word Made Flesh
by Jack O’Connell
LOSS – This book was absolute rubbish. It started off hauntingly and captivating, but it was all downhill from there. This has the dubious task of being the oldest of the books I read this year, meaning the least freshest on my memories, but it’s basically about a former cop-now-taxi driver, who does a lot of bullshit, while people are getting skinned and/or murdered around what is I guess a transitional time period in the New England area. Without question, this was one of the most difficult books I’ve ever had to struggle through in my entire life. Already in a pile of books prepared to be donated (read: gotten the fuck out of my house).