We have come to the end of what promised to be a better month in a better year. In addition to watching a televised attempted insurrection and a subsequent inauguration, I finished the following books.
- LA noir with some good twists. Kirkus starred review.
2. A black queer YA manifesto. Confession: I bought it accidentally, but parts of it were interesting especially all the stuff about Abe Lincoln being a racist.
3. A female vet, a meth lab, and a small Pacific Northwest town. PW starred review.
4. Confessions of a Christian pop princess. Being pregnant made her want to have sex four times a day.
5. A reimagined Six Degrees of Separation with some TMI sex scenes. Beautifully written, though.
6. A whiny memoir by a woman who may have inspired Anne Hathaway’s character in The Devil Wears Prada.
7. A short primer in fascist techniques. Trump’s name came up a lot.
8. A Manhattan father tries to save his daughter from a cult. Good twist ending.
9. A mostly silly manifesto with nothing new to say. Not sure why it’s controversial in France.
10. The first BLM novel. Loved most of it.
11. A charming short essay about finding your place in life. Loved it.
Books Smitten 