"Everything goes. I am working very hard at not thinking about how everything goes." Play It As It Lays was one of the more heartbreaking and tangible reads for me this year. It's the second Didion book I've read and her main character Maria is broken in many ways. The loss of herself and just about everyone around her in the big city of Los Angeles is what makes Maria so frustrating, but her story also so relatable. From the very first line I was hooked and extremely invested in Maria's seemingly messed-up head and damaging thoughts, all the while rooting for her. A must read for women in their twenties frustrated by the banality of life.