Mimi

Title character is a druggy, tattooed detective who steals pills from the medicine cabinets of her friends and strangers and who barely survives this installment. Loved it. Going back to read the first one now.

Was going to read just a few pages this morning, but ended up reading the whole book. Because who doesn't like Alex Trebek? And it's surprisingly current, wrapping up with life in COVID-19 quarantine.

Haha. Yes, they do. Romantic arc went on a bit too long, I thought, but I would definitely go to this yarn store. :-)

Recommended by Roxane Gay, who has never steered me wrong.

Eels. Quirky and unexpectedly interesting.

I read this in the 90s, and still like it. I forgot, though, that I now have to read the sequel!

Clever handling of so many interesting characters.

Loved this book. Who knows, though, when we'll get to swim again?

Comfort reading.

Loved the format, the writing, the stories. If Ivan Coyote is ever in the vicinity, I would love to see them.

I liked the premise at first, with one of the main characters being a reference librarian and the other dead. But then it became all about twenty-somethings in Brooklyn.

A lot of creepiness only somewhat offset by the many mundane details of a family trying to maintain a decaying manor. I do like Sarah Waters.

Listened to the audiobook, and so feel I have been immersed in an English village for weeks. Loved it, though. On to Persuasion.

Insightful at times, but mostly annoying and dull. Read it on the heels of [b:A Room of One's Own 18521 A Room of One's Own Virginia Woolf https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327883012l/18521.SY75.jpg 1315615], which is neither annoying nor dull.

Read this after seeing the review in the NY Times. I don't know anything about the author, but the story feels so real that I wonder how much of it is autobiographical.

flight home

good airplane reading

Third or fourth reading? Love this book. It struck me this time that it's what The Goldfinch (a DNF for me) was trying to be. And, that's number 100 for 2019.

Loved these short pieces, which were written weekly for a year. Each one is right on.

Even better than the first.

For the challenge category of an #ownvoices book set in Oceania. Fictional, satirical, sometimes humorous, but also a little depressing.

Appropriately recognized as one of the best memoirs ever. There are funny stories, of course, but also chilling memories, such as when Harpo finds himself in Germany six months after Hitler comes into power and sees the terror of the Jews. A great book.

Clever, fairly entertaining. My favorite story was “Freya's Unusual Wedding,” in which Loki gets to repeatedly say, “Shut up, Thor.” For the “book of mythology or folklore” category.

For the “comic by an LGBTQIA creator” category. So much to love in this collection.

Quirky book with a pretty unbelievable plot, but I enjoyed it. Another author with a link to Midsomer Murders and Doctor Who–maybe that explains why.