For Future, I bent the
rules a little bit and read Go to Hell by Pab Sungenis. Rather than go with the
generic ‘date that has not yet come to pass’ I went for a take on everyone’s
future and read a novel about the afterlife. (Yes that’s a reaching interpretation
but this looked fun.)
Ryan Harper is a high
school jerk that unexpectedly dies and discovers not only is there life after
death, there is also employment. After collecting a cared telling him to go
directly to Hell, Ryan is enlisted to work for the Underworld’s middle
management out in the field.
I enjoyed the metaphors
and some of the incarnations of various beings and wish I could have learned a
little more. There was a brilliant irony in Ryan working for Hell and actually
doing some good in the world. I will don’t want to reveal too much so the only
other I’ll add about the plot is that the monopoly jokes do earn their place in
the story.
It definitely had a
self-published vibe with a few minor typos. It also would have done well to
have some areas of the plot fleshed out more. I thought Ryan came to terms with
his death a little too quickly as well as [SPOILER
ALERT] developed feelings for his love interest.
If you like the concept,
the book is worth a read. It’s fast, easy, and fun. It would also make a nice
gift for that goth kid in your life who is currently enduring the hell that his
high school.
1)
Fiction – A Once Crowded Sky by Tom King
2)
Nonfiction – The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover
Bartlett
3)
Sci-Fi – Redshirts by John Scalzi
4)
Fantasy – The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde
5)
Mystery – Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer
6)
Horror – Call of the Jersey Devil by Aurelio Voltaire
7)
Memoir/Biography – Data, A Love Story by Amy Webb
8)
Chick Lit – Me and Mr. Darcy by Alexandra Potter
9)
Feminist – Commencement by J. Courtney Sullivan
10)
Teen – What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
11)
Holiday
12)
Essays – What Was I Thinking? ed. by Barbara Davilman & Liz
Dubelman
13)
Short Stories – Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman
14)
Library
15)
Animal
16)
Book about Books – Judging a Book By Its Lover by Lauren Leto
17)
New – Pitch Perfect by Mickey Rapkin
18)
Old – Dark and Stormy Knights edited by P. N. Elrod
19)
Pop Science – Why Men Fake It by Abraham Morgentaler, MD
20)
Near – Lust, Lies, and Love Over Lunch by Krista White
21)
Far – Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi
22)
Graphic Novel – Love and Capes: Do You Want to Know a Secret? by
Thomas F. Zahler
23)
Reread – Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
24)
Wild Card – Altared edited by Colleen Curran
25)
Otherworldly Creature – Those Who Fight Monsters edited by Justin Gustianis
26)
Free – Point Your Face at This by Demetri Martin
27)
Noteworthy
28)
Bestseller – How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
29)
Themed Anthology – Red edited by Kris Goldsmith
30)
Steampunk – The Immersion Book of Steampunk edited by Gareth Jones and
Carmelo Rafala
31)
Movie-Book – One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
32)
Media – Doctor Who: Touched By an Angel by Jonathan Morris
33)
Travel – Love with a Chance of Drowning by Torre DeRoche
34)
Food – Spiced by Dalia Jurgensen
35)
Classic – Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
36)
Humor – Sleep Talkin’ Man by Karen Slavick-Lennar
37)
Poetry
38)
Past – Stasiland by Anna Funde
39)
Future – Go to Hell by Pab Sungenis
40)
Dystopia/Post-Apocalyptic – Diverse Energies edited by Tobias Buckell &
Joe Monti
41)
Zombie – FUBAR, Volume 2: Empire of the Rising Dead
42) Sports – Red
Rising by Ted Starkey
Music: The Game Has Changed by Daft Punk
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