Short Story Saturday: No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July

I've reviewed stories from No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July several times since I bought the book.  Here, here, here, here, and here.  I've been reading the stories a few at a time, one or two about every six weeks, to stretch out the book.

Ms. July's stories are fragile things, based on strange ideas that hit unexpectedly and uncomfortably close to home.  I suspect Ms. July knows my secrets but likes me anyway, which makes her happy to share hers with me.  I have the same feeling with Haruki Murukami, who is probably her secret brother.

So, I wanted to love the last four stories which I'd been saving for a wintry day.  I didn't.  Maybe they're not as good; maybe I shouldn't have read them all at once.  If you haven't read Miranda July, I think you should.  I think she's wonderful, when she's wonderful.  Read "The Swim Team," "Majesty," "This Person," and "It Was Romance."  But please consider my advice--don't read too many at once.