Oh gorgeous humans - the girls are back and they are COVID free! (Note: there is still a slight sinus infection within the group but that's not what we're here to talk about is it?!)

What we are we're here to talk at length about Bonnie Garmus's luminous "Lessons in Chemistry" and man alive we have much to say

Points of note include:

• Respect = Love. You can't have one without the other
• The idea of being with someone and never running out of something to talk about is goals
• A writing style and tone that treats inequality as the farce it is - more effective than a thousand angry monologues
• Judgement and how it becomes a habit.
• Internalised migogyny turning women against each other
• Elizabeth having no one to lean on
• People are so much more than their trauma, and Elizabeth is kind of the president of that place
• Closet allies and non-human hero allies (we can't handle how much we love Six-Thirty)
• The hate you catch when you find joy and live joyously on your own terms

Tangents you ask? Oh they were plentiful. Including, but not limited to:

• LC's holiday to Gran Canaria has weirdly reminded the girls that they'll be out of their teens soon. No we don't know how that happened either
• Talking about BTS's upcoming break to work on solo projects led to some weird ass conspiracy theories we were NOT prepared for...
• Chloe low-key bullying Sarah because she does Multimedia and not Science (Chloe has since apologised)
• Chloe coins the phrases "You can't beat a bit of Regency Ridin" and "Queen to Queen Combat". You're all welcome

Lessons in Chemistry is available at all reputable booksellers - YOU NEED IT IN YOUR LIFE