My mom has been reading this series since before I was born.   They’ve always been on our shelf, but it wasn’t until now, when I’m 24 and don’t live at home, that I finally read one.  Logically, I started with “A.”  I think I appreciated this much more that I’ve put in a few good years of murder-solving TV shows. 

Here’s what I liked:

1. Short. I love being able to tear through a book.  They definitely get longer from here on out, but they’re also pretty easy reads.  Me likey.

2. Awesome 80s.  It’s more fun that the setting is in the 80s.  No cell phones, not a lot of computers.  That means good, hard investigating with card catalogs, message services, and newspapers and shit. 

3. Characters.  Kinsey Milhone is a badass.  She’s tough, she smart, and she’s witty.  And she’s perfectly fine with living alone and doing her own thing.  Plus she’s a private detective.  Equals badass.  Note: my mom named her dog after Kinsey’s landlord Henry cause she liked his character so much.

I’m excited to continue this series.  Every time I go home I’ll have to switch out for the next couple of letters.  Also, since my mom has been reading them since they came out, she has the original copies like the one above.  All awesomely 80s.

Let’s just hope Sue Grafton makes it to “Z.”