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I would love a third installment. I bonded with the characters.

So-so read for me, some parts I found interesting, others not so much. Sometimes, I had problems following the story, trying to remember who is who...
A lot of small dramas in this book, a lot of drugs too, with characters making what seems to me to be very bad decisions...

This #graphicmemoir wasn‘t what I thought it was going to be. Quarter of the way in, I wasn‘t sure I was going to like it. However there‘s a lovable, misfit cast of characters that grows on you.

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Book 54/90 2/7/19

Really trying to finish this before I 😴. #WhatAreYouReadingWednesdays

I ❤️ roxy music and I ❤️ this book

Big, fat 2nd volume to Pond‘s lightly fictionalized operatic memoir in comics format about working in an Oakland diner in the 70s. In a Jezebel interview, it was noted that the first part, Over Easy “is one big party, and then this book is like the hangover.” There are consequences to all of the drugs, sex & alcohol. Sweet, hand-drawn artwork washed in retro blue-green; memorable characters; accomplished storytelling; and so much warm humour. 💕

I‘ve entered a parallel universe, inhabited by men with pinkie rings, bear-like bikers, one-eyed Chinese men, and topless cocaine waitresses. If I tried to tell it, no one would believe me.

“I‘ve just seen too many people get fucked up and give drugs a bad name.”

This memoir is set in about 1980, when I also drove a maroon Mercury Marquis. Mine had no front grill and no dashboard buttons. The radio station changed every time I hit a pothole. I had purchased the car for $1.

“Thing One and Thing Two‘ll be here shortly. They had to go score some coke. Where do you think they get all that energy?”

Madge finds herself in some sketchy situations when she tries to help out her friends. Train wrecks that become humorous on retelling.

There are some great lines in this memoir. (And I‘m not talking about the extensive use of cocaine.)

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#LetsGetGraphicWeeklongMarathon 😁

So this happened.Went to the library,and this book just called to me. I Have not read her previous one Over Easy.Takes place in late 70‘s though most can relate to being young, foolish , and hoping you can achieve your dreams in the confusion of young adulthood.Great ,gritty ,Oakland vibe.

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#TBT Meeting Mimi Pond at her book release party in Chattanooga & barreling through THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS WRONG in three days. I️ laughed. I️ cried. I️ adore Mimi.

Excellent book dealing with difficult issues - and quite an ending.

Has anyone felt this way when reading #thecatinthehat ? I don't remember that!

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Pond's writing & illustrations are both great! Such expressive characters

Excited to be starting this! I really enjoyed

neglected work to churn through this one today. i haven't read anything that captures the mundanity and melodrama of waitressing quite like this one. i loved it, and the ending smashed my heart right up.