So many authors gave me hours and hours of reading pleasure this year through their amazing abilities, and I am grateful to each and every one of you. For writing what turned out to be my favorite reads of 2012, I am especially grateful to Ian Ayris, Andrez Bergen, Declan Burke, Wiley Cash, Peter Farris, Sam Hawken, Chris F. Holm (for whom I cheated and counted two books from his Collector Series as one spot on the list), Grant Jerkins, Roger Smith and James Thompson. Thank you. (PS – The only “order” the following are listed in is reverse-chronological by review date.)
vi·cis·si·tude noun \və-ˈsi-sə-ˌtüd, vī-, -ˌtyüd\ 1. the quality or state of being changeable; 2. a favorable or unfavorable event or situation that occurs by chance.
“We are a city of dead women. We feed on our own.”Once a promising boxer, American Kelly Courter found himself
Of course, the problem with being damned is there’s no such thing as a lucky break. – Sam Thornton
When we last saw soul collector
— The Ninth Step was one of my Top 10 Reads of 2012 —
“You do not ease your own burden by
What the hell, maybe Vernon Saul is right: the truth is just the lie you believe the most. – Nick Exley
Nick and Caroline Exley
Brothers will come lookin’ for me because I jumped on this one. Got greedy. Ye don’t just walk away from jumpin’ a score. – Hobe Hicklin
People out in these parts can take hold of religion like it’s a drug, and they don’t want to give it up once they’ve got hold of it.
We weren’t never bad kids, we just didn’t have nothing to hold on to, that’s all. – John Sissons
John Sissons is a working class
My overriding emotion in life thus far had been remorse. My life had been a constant struggle to make up for what I perceived as my failures. –
