the good "trashy" novel.

by trashy i mean the books was written in a hurry, has a fugly cover, and the cheapest copy some lame-o could come up with for the blurb in the back. the kind of book you see dangling in a metal bookrack at your local liquor store (not that i would know anything about liquor stores mind you).

i've picked up plenty of these while waiting in line at the liq...er, grocery store. some of the best are...

1. phantom by susan kay. i dunno if it's outta print but i do know it's good enough to have a sorta cult following to it.
2. most books by christopher pike. granted some of his stuff is still in print but his writing is often sloppy enough that i call his stuff "good trash." i liked the midnight club, witch, the season of passage, monster, see you later, and others...
3. sins of fathers and the beast within by jane jensen. i picked these up after playing the gabriel knight mysteries' video games. her writing improves from book to book and i'm hoping to read her stand alone novel millenium sometime soon.
4. a cry in the night by donna ball. i know for sure this one is outta print. ptooey.