Democracy is messy — especially when it’s trying to find the bottom. (No comments about current American politics, please.) I hope that the changes in the voting mechanics — i.e., moving the monthly votes to quarterly events instead of all at the end of the year — helped your sanity and personal equilibrium.
Presenting the worst ten covers featured in 2023, as voted by your own bleeding eyeballs!
#10:
The Adventures of Atomic Weiner Dog: The Good Sammy (The Atomic Daushund Chronicles Book 1)
(originally posted December 3, 2023)
#9:
Pantisoka Thongo & The Slavers of Alsoran: The Erotic Parody
(originally posted December 6, 2023)
#8:
(originally posted February 14, 2023)
#7:
It’s All Up To Us (The Brian Connelly Trilogy Book 1)
(originally posted May 21, 2023)
#6:
(originally posted February 6, 2023)
#5:
The Tale of Peter Rabbit illustrated
(originally posted September 12, 2023)
#4:
WALL PILATES WORKOUTS: 30-day Pilates workout plan to Maximize, Strengthen, Tone, and Stay Energize
(originally posted October 6, 2023)
#3:
How My Slave Girl Found Me: A Kinky Erotic Rom-Com
(originally posted February 21, 2023)
#2:
The Village of Nigger-Nigga: A Trilogy on Race and Power
(originally posted March 20, 2023)
#1:
(originally posted September 24, 2023)
To make the victory of the #1 slot even sweeter, Mr. Woerner had an entry come in at #9 last year, which just proves that the American dream is alive and well.
This one…this one is really really hard. I am struggling to decide what’s worse and it ain’t easy. The Jerry LEE Lewis one? The kid taking the lightning dump (and wondering what her parents were thinking???); the town of NN; Wall Pilates, which SURELY deserves some sort of standalone award…I’m gonna have to think about this one seriously. It’s…hard. Too many world-class Lousy Contenders. Dang.
Congratulations (?) to all the “winners.”
Moreover, Pat Powers (“winner” of the #3 and #9 slots this year) also “won” a Lousy Award (slot #3) two years ago for The Great Chase and placed in the final ballot (though he didn’t “win” any awards, Collar Dread and The Slave Girl Diet did make it to the final ballot and did get a fair number of votes) one year ago.
It’s a shame Pat Powers hogs the spotlight, but clearly the, er…dregs do settle to the bottom…that is the opposite of “cream rises to the top” yeah?
The only thing lower than the bottom of the barrel is the comment section!
As our esteemed host has long been telling us, the barrel has no bottom!
It’s so low down here I saw Lassie carrying a pitchfork.
“What’s that you say, girl? Little Timmy has fallen into the Lake of Fire?”
Hooray for the weiners!
The worst of the wurst!
I think I figured out “… WORKOUT … Transform Your Body …”
The author refused to pay the cover artist’s asking price, so before submitting the final PDF the artist did a little extra transformation for free.That’s my theory.
On the other hand, Amazon reviewers pan the book for reading like someone asked Artificial Intelligence “produce a book on wall palates workouts”. ChatGPT has produced legal briefs thrown out of court for containing citations of totally made-up prior decisions. Soon AI will be drivng our cars and flying our airplanes.
“The Tale of Peter Rabbit” continues the unfortunate tradition of great works hitting public domain and being ripped off by reprinters with no added value. A true fan of Beatrix Potter would not treat Peter Rabbit like rhat. [Cue: the sad animal rescue commercial.]
As someone who writes books on the Rock & Pop music of yesteryear, I’m delighted to see the Jerry (Lee) Lewis book here!
Every one of these covers is a miracle.
“Junkies From Heaven” — an adult thriller with a little girl on? One for Joe Biden?
It would be, but it’s false flagging; the actual characters in the book are all teenagers or older.
It’s simply impossible to argue against this order of finish. Wow, Nathan, you really managed some DOOZIES for The Fourth Annual Lousies. Authentic and remarkable Doozies. WOW.