#readingchallenge2021 (my extra books!)

Reading Notaro’s earlier novels, I couldn’t get enough; I enjoyed her attitude, her brassness, her ability to reflect on observations in life that should get us down, but she makes them enjoyable (i.e struggles with weight, being gross at times, being messy)- though the last few and I didn’t connect- they felt like her attitude was ‘trying too hard’, there was no point to some stories, and it all seemed very scattered.

Reconnecting with her writing, through reading Housebroken, I had a bit of the same aversions. Though this novel had some relatable stories, and produced a few chuckles, I felt the flow jumped around too much- At times the stories felt ‘too dramatic’, the crassness was fine-but it was almost as if she had one funny punchline, should have let that hit and moved on, but instead she beat it to death.

A quick quirky read-ranting and raving, but none of it made me laugh too hard.