Brief thoughts on all the books I read this month! Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2022
essays / food writing / history / nonfiction / review
Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America by Mayukh Sen
Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America by Mayukh Sen was a true disappointment. The idea is great and I like the women they chose to focus on but the writing is poor and convoluted. It reminded me a lot of the work I’ve read by high school students. Lots of sources, mostly … Continue reading
FAME-ISH: My Life at the Edge of Stardom by Mary Lynn Rajskub
FAME-ISH was a wild ride. I learned too much about her ex-partner’s sex life but I did learn a lot about the finances of a character actor/comedian. I am always curious about how being a side character in a big show works and how people who aren’t big names or are working continuously handle finances. … Continue reading
Find Me by Alafair Burke
Find Me by Alafair Burke was a weird mess. It was definitely presented as a standalone book when I asked for and was rejected for a galley but it contains a character, Ellie Hatcher, who is the main character of Burke’s long-running Ellie Hatcher series. I haven’t read that series (only Burke’s standalone novels) so … Continue reading
Crushing: An Illustrated Misadventure in Love and Loneliness by Sophie Burrows
I’ve been on a big graphic memoir kick lately! I read eight in a single week in December and am trying to make a real effort to keep up with graphic novels. There are so many good ones written by women out there! I loved Crushing! It’s not a memoir but a sort of sad-sweet … Continue reading
The Lifeguards by Amanda Eyre Ward
I’ve read Amanda Eyre Ward’s books for nearly 20 years and was so disappointed by The Lifeguards. I didn’t love her last book but it was better than this one. I used to count on her to deliver a book about women and some sort of contemporary issue in an interesting, thoughtful way. I didn’t … Continue reading
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