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The May House: Sister Drama + Bookish Conversations

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Your book besties are back and this week we’re diving into messy families, beach houses, sister dynamics, and one fictional mother that we absolutely could not stand.

We’re talking time jumps, family trauma, pacing issues, and whether The May House really needed to be quite that long… plus book-to-screen adaptations, upcoming releases, and romance tropes we would absolutely not survive in real life.

Buddy Read Chat
  • The May House by Jillian Cantor

    • This week we’re talking:

    • sister dynamics and family dysfunction
    • multiple timelines (and whether there were maybe too many)
    • pacing issues and plot holes
    • emotionally unavailable parents
    • and characters we struggled to fully connect with

      • Including:

      • Ocean Avenue/Yellowcard discourse
      • audiobook narration struggles
      • and Amanda’s conspiracy theory about Veronica’s actual father

        • Final ratings:

        ⭐️ Kat: 3.5 stars
        ⭐️ Amanda: 4 stars

        What's On Our Shelf
        • Wreck by Catherine Newman
        • Dom-Com by Adriana Anders
        • On Looking by Alexandra Horowitz
        • The Inn at Thistledown Hollow by Devon Yates
        • Thinky Thoughts by Gwenda Bond
        • Till Summer Do Us Part by Meghan Quinn
        • Is This a Cry for Help? by Emily Austin
        • The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
          • New Releases This Week
          • Fever Dream by Elsie Silver
          • Murder at the Hotel Orient by Alessandra Ranelli
          • A Sprinkle of Sweet Serendipity by Rachel Linden
          • Score by Kennedy Ryan
          • The Shippers by Katherine Center
          • The Ballad of Falling Dragons by Sarah A. Parker
          • The Player’s Club by Rachel Mills
          • The Burning Side by Sarah Damoff
          • Safari Murder Party by Rachel Moore
            • Bookish News & Adaptations

            This week we’re also talking about:

            • Margot’s Got Money Troubles getting renewed for season two
            • our thoughts on the Remarkably Bright Creatures adaptation
            • Netflix vs theatrical releases
            • and one adaptation that actually did the book justice
              • A Fun Question For the Week

              Which romance trope would you absolutely not survive in real life?

              Because apparently:

              • Kat would cry if grumpy/sunshine were her IRL
              • and Amanda says “touch her and die” sounds significantly less romantic outside of fiction

                • Whether you’re here for the books, the chaos, or the unfiltered opinions- we’re glad you’re here.

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