Currently reading
A London Family, 1870-1900: A Trilogy
The Cellist of Sarajevo
Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
All the Names
A History of the World in 100 Objects
Down the Garden Path
Virtue Betray'd, Or, Anna Bullen
Year of Wonders
Swallows and Amazons
Illusion in java
First, I have to say she's very brave to choose this title. I picked this up in a gift store in Port Townsend expecting it to be a collection of hilariously bad old poems, a la Bulwer-Lytton, but it's actually her own poems and snappy little bombs of sarcasm and wit they are. My husband and I laughed over some of them together and then I read the rest by myself later, a little bit at a time. They're funny, but cynical enough that I could only read about 10 at a time. I wouldn't say she has the finesse of Dorothy Parker, to whom she is compared, but if she put out another book, I'd probably read it. Here is an example of a short one: --Unfortunate Cookie--
You will soon meet someone
who will bring you much joy and love.
Eventually they will devour your soul
like it's a hot dog eating championship.
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