Category: Bookish
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‘Pretending’ by Holly Bourne
★★★★★/5 stars Published by Hodder & Stoughton! April just wants her happy ending. She wants to meet a man, somehow miraculously get past date number five and forget everything that came before. When yet another date turns sour, though, and her previous trauma looks to well and truly get its claws into her, April hatches…
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‘No Big Deal’ by Bethany Rutter
★★★★/5 stars Published by Macmillan! Emily is fat. She doesn’t have a problem with it, so why should anyone else? What’s more, there are a billion and one other things that make up who she is besides her body type. For instance, Emily is always wearing something cute, her make-up is killer, with an eclectic…
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5 Feminist Non-Fiction Reads Every Girl Needs
Since my degree and dedicating a small part of my soul to the not-so-easy-feat of writing a dissertation (something I’m sure I’ve rambled on about quite enough on these parts), I’ve had a far keener interest in exposing myself to more non-fiction, particularly around the topic of women — everything from sexuality to race, gender…