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Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe

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3.0

My fav chapters were the first and the last: Bill Koch gets scammed by fake wine and a profile on Anthony Bourdain 3🏴‍☠️

NB I love survivor but fuck Mark Burnett.

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Orlando by Virginia Woolf

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  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Virginia Woolf really said ‘trans rights’. Endlessly quotable. Orlando’s just a gal who really loves nature and her dogs 3🐕 

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Not Now, Not Ever: Ten years on from the misogyny speech by Julia Gillard

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3.0

Diverse collection of essays & reflections from activists, journalists, politicians & academics. Fav chapter was the last: What do next-generation activists think? In conversation with Chanel Contos, Caitlin Figueiredo & Sally Scales which interviews young feminist activists 3🪞

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Lord of the Flies by William Golding

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  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Atavistic mode activated. Justice for Piggy! About to wack these dumb kids with a conch 2🐷

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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Great writing, super nerdy 3 👾 TLDR woman does all the work and gets 0 credit… typical 

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Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Loved the characters but the storyline was meh (Carrie Soto being a cunt was literally my favourite part) 2🏄‍♀️

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Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton

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4.0

Paris’ experience at ‘reform school’ is on par with POW and Guantanamo Bay inmates. She’s lucky to be alive. Party on Paris, stay sliving 4🪩

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My Dream Time: A Memoir of Tennis & Teamwork by Ash Barty

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3.0

I cried when Ash won the Aus Open. Story/writing isn’t as good as the fictional Carrie Soto, but she’s real and one of us - go Ash! 3🐯
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee

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2.0

I thought this would be funny but it was just sad 2⚰️

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Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman

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4.0

Very different from the Netflix show: more dark, cultish & sad. I thought it would be like Fiddler on the Roof but it was more Handmaids Tale 😢 These Hasids make the Amish look progressive 4📖

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