listen, ms huang gives me the classic wattpad vibes i need okay!! were there many issues? yes. were there problematic statements or references? also yes. (why did they reference krav maga ??? so unnecessary and distasteful) did i have fun though? yes, yes i did.

p.s. he should have been blonde!!!

p.p.s. the playlists still suck

i think this is the type of story you should go into blind, but unfortunately this was a mash potato moment for me - read your tbr folks!!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this eArc!

“Life on earth is a transcription of falling.”

Groceries is a poetry collection about life, the meaning of our existence, grief, and the joy of normalcy. Miller gives us the things she wants to note and the things we should too: the things we need, the essentials, things to remember - life is worth it.

Miller states that "Life on earth is a hammer with nails" and follows this with a wish that "life could be like oatmeal" illustrating how life is something that sustains and comforts us, but hurts us devastatingly all the same. Only living could save us from the horrors of this existence.

I really appreciated how Miller played with form in the collection and how that lends to the poems themselves. They too are making the shape of meanings, not just with their contents.

I feel that, for the most part, poetry is something that either gels with you or doesn't and is a very personal thing between reader and poem. Unfortunately I didn't really resonate with the collection as a whole and found myself dragging through it despite having a few sparkling moments .