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In this first episode of SHE Reads, the ladies discuss who they are, how they met, and why SHE Reads exists! Also, we talk about books, a lot of books.

What we are reading this week:

• Jasper Fforde’s Shades of Grey
• Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology
• Claire Fuller’s Swimming Lessons
• Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove
• The Betches’ I Had a Nice Time and Other Lies…: How to Find Love & Sht Like That*

Other books we mentioned:

• rupi kaur’s milk and honey
• Zoe Whittall’s The Best Kind of People
• L. M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables
• Tina Fey’s Bossy Pants
• Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
• Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns
• Stephen King’s The Green Mile
• Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven
• Dave Eggers’ What is the What
• Jo Jo Moyes’ The Girl You Left Behind
• Miriam Toews’ All My Puny Sorrows
• Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air
• Anthony Doerr’s All The Light You Cannot See
• Heather O’Neill’s Lullabies for Little Criminals
• Heather O’Neill’s The Lonely Hearts Hotel
• Ian McEwan’s Atonement
• Jeffrey Eugenides’ The Virgin Suicides

Podcasts we mentioned, and love:

• The Book Riot Podcast
• Call your Girlfriend
• Who? Weekly

Books in the News:

• Chick Lit articles:
  • “Taking back ‘Chick Lit’: With Babe, Petra Collins joins the ranks of women owning their point of view”
  • “Gloria Steinem: Women Have ‘Chick Flicks.’ What About Men?”
• André Alexis wins Windham-Campbell Prizes
  • “Toronto author André Alexis awarded one of world’s richest literary prizes”

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