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Feb 24, 2023Liked by Pandora Sykes

I think you mean CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS rather than NORMAL PEOPLE.

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I DO! And I’ve spotted two typos. The perils of being my own sub editor

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Thanks for the reco’s too!

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Can't wait to read Yellowface and The Rachel Incident, this is a great list.

Romantic Comedy is already one of my books of the year - and for anyone interested, my bookshop has signed copies to pre-order with silly little Curtis Sittenfeld fangirl keyrings -

I wrote about it here:

https://katieclapham.substack.com/p/i-just-want-it-the-way-i-want-it

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Yellowface was worth the order at 4am on pub day

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The note from Alex, wow wow wow what a man 😍

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Arghhh so excited for Rosewater and intrigued by Romantic Comedy - it is indeed going to be a fabulous year of books. Cannot wait. My pre-order list is long.

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Thank you so much for sharing! Adding a few of these books to my list.

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Two weeks on from publication, and ‘breathing into a paper bag’ is the perfect description! 🙃 And love this - I am adding Yellow Face to my list.

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Congratulations!

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Also loving the articles you shared, especially the white review : there are only girls on the internet.

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So good, isn't it. If you haven't yet read, I really recommend Rebecca's piece for Another Gaze in 2019 on the fixed idea of millennial womanhood

https://www.anothergaze.com/making-millennial-woman-feminist-capitalist-fleabag-girls-sally-rooney-lena-dunham-unlikeable-female-character-relatable/

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Thanks, will read it tonight!

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