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Only @dabbe and I get to complain about the heat !Or Death Valley people or other Phoenicians! Note 100 at 11 pm. This is WTF heat
This is nearly impossible for me to rate. Most of these are perfect examples of noir. They are gritty, dark, and hopeless. I can‘t fault the writing in 75% of the stories. But, and this is big, I‘ve never read a collection that left me feeling as despondent as this one. I wish I could bleach my brain and remove all remnants of these stories. I can‘t fault them but I wish I‘d never had to experience them.
Picked up my book for July‘s #titlesandtunes today. I even managed not to buy anything else!
Why Phoenix people read more in the summer 🙄
I had no ideas at 5 PM. Three hours later, I had four pairings and could not decide between them. 🤦🏻♀️ I started with the songs and backed into books. Hotel California beat out Led Zeppelin‘s Immigrant Song, Creedence Clearwater Revival‘s I Put a Spell on You, and Concrete Blonde‘s Bloodletting simply because I think Los Angeles Noir is my best book fit, but I‘m still waffling. #titlesandtunes #sexdrugsandrocknroll #sexdrugsandrockandroll
This was a pretty good collection of stories set in Baltimore. I especially liked the ones that take place in areas I‘m familiar with. Very detailed and well written.
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I enjoyed it. Took me a while to get into. Don't think I was concentrating early doors and was finding it hard to keep track of thw characters.
Next read . . . Off to Finland for an unusual sounding thriller. Finland is one of the best places I've been 🇫🇮
√“Phoenix heat experts expect 2024 to break the record for hottest summer in history.“
√“At Sky Harbor Airport, NASA found the pavement to be around 140 degrees.“
√“This year, we‘ve already had 23 days of excessive heat, meaning we will outpace previous records.“
Plus, humidity AND high dew points but ZERO rain, unlike our monsoons of old, which would bring some respite. It's frickin' hell here. 🔥
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