The Last Book Of 2019! Clocking In At 104 Books Read!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                   So impressed was I by Zink's "Doxology," that I was curious about her earlier work, and people had especially recommended "Nicotine to me."

                                     It is a big come down from "Doxology," but if you have more skill than I at maintaining objectivity, it may surprise you.

                                      Penny Baker is the only conformist in a family of non-conformists.  Her father, who was 35 years older than her mother, was part of a Satanic cult, her mother was not much, and her two brothers--or half siblings--are losers.  Nicotine refers to a house in Jersey City--the Bakers live in Morristown, NJ,--and Penny, homeless and jobless lives in there, where she becomes involved with a group of squatters, who are also activists of various sorts.

                                        That is all their is.  Zink makes pithy cultural references, and gives Penny an arc the reader can follow, but "Nicotine" is not the satisfying work, by any means, that "Doxology" was.  After reading it, I am sure if I want to read any more Zink.

                                           Pity the Book Year of 2019 went out with a whimper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!