All 29 books I read in April 2024.
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The Death of Us by Lori Rader-Day
The plot of The Death of Us isn’t bad idea—the body of woman who may be the birth mother of your not quite adoptive teenage son is found in the quarry behind your house—but the execution was kind of slow. Not much happened for many chapters at a time beyond the main character talking about … Continue reading
What I Read in March 2024
What I thought about all 31 books I read in March 2024 Continue reading
This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life by Lyz Lenz
This American Ex-Wife is another book where I wish it was just a memoir and the author didn’t try to make so many connections to the greater world. I don’t think they worked as well as they could have. Unlike Geraldine DeRuiter, she is a journalist and experienced researcher but it doesn’t help as much … Continue reading
If You Can’t Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury by Geraldine DeRuiter
I wish Geraldine DeRuiter had written a memoir or personal essay collection instead of trying to shoehorn facts into her book of essays. The connection between the topic, the some sort of personal story she’d include and the facts she footnotes was often very tenuous. She does not seem to be an academic, a reporter or … Continue reading
Past Lying by Val McDermid
I listened to all of the Ann Cleeves Vera, Shetland and Two Rivers novels and then moved to the Karen Pirie series by Val McDermid. Some themes, like fatphobia re: the main character are similar and for both Vera and the first book barely mentioned the detective until most of the book was over and … Continue reading
What I Read in February 2024
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The Widow’s Guide to Dead Bastards by Jessica Waite
The Widow’s Guide to Dead Bastards by Jessica Waite Continue reading
Group Living and Other Recipes by Lola Milholland
Group Living and Other Recipes by Lola Milholland Continue reading
Everything I Read in January 2024
My thoughts on all 22 books I read this month. Continue reading