Books set in L.A. – Equal Opportunity Reader

[REVIEW] The Eyes Are The Best Part, by Monika Kim

The Kindle cover of The Eyes Are the Best Part depicts a wriggling eyeball held in a pair of silver chopsticks. The Kindle lays on a colorful paisley bedspread.

[You can buy this book here.] This book is so gross. It’s also creepy, unsettling, and really really smart. Ji-Won is a college freshman living at home with her younger sister Ji-Hyun and their fragile, anxious Umma(mother), a first-generation Korean immigrant who works in a grocery store. Ji-won’s father has recently left the family forContinue reading “[REVIEW] The Eyes Are The Best Part, by Monika Kim”

[REVIEW] Milk Fed, by Melissa Broder

In front of a half gallon and a gallon container of plant-based milk, the Kindle cover of Milk Fed is propped up. It depicts a dear God is that a nipple? I just realized that's an art deco nipple!

(Buy this book here.) Rachel is a non-religious queer Jewish woman in L.A. By day she works for a talent agency. By night, she’s a stand-up comedian. She dresses well, goes to therapy, is politically progressive, and is probably the coolest person a lot of her friends know–at least until you factor in her toxicContinue reading “[REVIEW] Milk Fed, by Melissa Broder”