Reading, Writing, and Me

Blue Sisters  by Coco Mellors Overview: The Blue sisters are wandering through a landmine of grief one year after their beloved middle sister died. It's now been long enough that the side effects of their more unfortunate coping mechanisms are manifesting into full-on life disasters. Sorting through their individual grief responses and life challenges forces the Blue sisters back together as they return to New York City to pack up Nicky's belongings before their parents sell their childhood apartment in the city. Lucky, the youngest, comes from Paris where her hard partying is interfering with her career. Bonnie, the second oldest, returns from a stint in Los Angeles where she abandoned her boxing career to become a bouncer at a club. And Avery, perfect, oldest Avery, returns to New York from London with her carefully constructed life fully unwound. The Blue sisters have to find a way to come back together to begin healing. Overall: 4.5 Characters: 5  This is a big cast of char

The Anthropologists by Ayșegül Savaș Overview: Lena and Manu are looking to buy an apartment in the city where they now live but aren't from. It feels like home, but it doesn't. Between house hunting and contemplating what makes an adult life, Lena is working on her documentary about everyday life, focused on her favorite park. They're also grappling with their friend groups and the people in their lives, relationship that are always changing and evolving. This is a slice of life novel to the highest degree, set adrift in an unnamed city. Overall: 5 Characters: 5 I loved sitting with Lena and Manu through this short novel. This book isn't about loud characters that explode off the page but rather characters that could be you, your neighbor, your best friend. The city and county is never explicitly specified, and this vagueness continues into the people in this world. There are defining characteristics, but they could also be anyone in the best way possible. Usually, th