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Time for the sequel to "Be Gay Do Crimes"

Protagonist is an anxious mess and I worry she's staying in a murder house

I know it is six one way, half dozen another but I do like rereading this more after W&T

Never read a CoHo book before so not sure what to expect. The thrillers my mom server suggests always seem to have murder, so probably that?

Blastswords are definitely... something

Getting close to finally finishing my December library checkouts. Am behind on reading on my kid though...

Ok yeah, it's PTSD

So uhhhh there's a whole half book left as Frankie leaves Vietnam; is it PTSD repercussions

Always a little scared when one of Frankie's friends leave that they'll die on they way back, so it's a relief when they write to her from stateside

Oh, this'll be cute, and I love how it already starts with not fully knowing your heritage language and the struggle understanding your elders

Ok, I definitely think this works better *after* Wind and Truth which is good news for my spouse

Got through H before H declared she was all done, so we will resume tomorrow.

War! Huh! What is it good for? (Absolutely nothin')

I thought each book was going to have first person perspective for the titular crew member, but the Mell chapter was in third while Varic's is in first

Chapter 3 was on taste hierarchy, considering popularity of cuisines determined to be foreign vs ethnic (French is an example of foreign because there isn't a huge ethnically French population relative to the popularity of its food in higher end spaces), as well as how perception of the populations goes into it (thinking about the "you love our food but don't love us" aspect of anti-Asian racism)

Fey'lya continues to be the worrrrrrrrst New Republic person

Heh- Evie mentions her mom learned how to cook via the Charleston Receipts cookbook and that's another one I've acquired but haven't cracked open

Gavin's not even 20? He's such a babyyyyyyy

Chapter 2 was an interesting comparison of two South Asian restaurants in New York City, along with thoughts about the history of Indian restaurants in the city (how they are classified/categorized, menu homogenization or trend chasing across cuisines, the kinds of names entrepreneurs use to attract customers who may or may not be regular with the culinary concept).

Got through Summer and Autumn, then H said "The End!" when we got to the Winter chapter so... I guess that's another night.

Ok, so this is after Zahn's Thrawn trilogy