71. Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars

Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars. Kai Cheng Thom. 2016.

Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars. Yes, I know I swore off memoirs a few months ago after a series of mediocre to terrible ones, but I saw this recommended on Kieran's FB wall and decided to read it. It is described as a memoir, which I typically count as non-fiction in my quest to alternate between fiction and non-fiction, but this quirky book probably ought to be considered fantasy as it weaves stories that appears to be plausible in with dreams, tall tales, and imaginations such that it is not possible to tell where exactly the memoir fades into fiction. The stories about savings mermaids and killing a cop whose body is swallowed up by a ghost of a murdered trans woman in a fountain were obviously (maybe) imagined, but other vignettes were harder to deconstruct. I say maybe because I felt like I was sucked into the narrator's world where bees can fly into your mouth and nose to take up residence and a gang of trans women vigilantes protect each other on a Street of Miracles.I know I am on a roll here, but this is another recommend. I was in a rut there for a while, but am happy to report that things have been looking up on the book front lately. RECOMMEND.  

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Comments
Chris: I don't recall seeing them on your wall, but what were the string of mediocre to terrible memoirs. Which ones should I avoid?
Me: 7, 9, 11, 23, 53, & 64.
Chris: OMG. I lost track of what was happening in this thread. You should probably morph this into an e-book.
Me: I was thinking about a searchable blog, but haven’t had the time to look into how to do that!

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