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#girlbooks part 15: diverse reads

These are mostly YA. Girls (and boys) from all walks of life.

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BookishFeminist 😭😭😭😭 WHEN WILL IT END 8y

Marchpane @BookishFeminist Soon, Sarah, soon. I can't keep this up forever (OR CAN I? 😈) 8y

BookishFeminist 😂😂😂 if publishing has its way you probably can keep it up forever ::cringe:: 8y

Moray_Reads Part 15?! It's far, far worse than I imagined... 8y

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The Girl from Everywhere | Heidi Heilig

#girlbooks part 14: young adult

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Paper Girls Vol. 1 | Brian K. Vaughan

#girlbooks part 13: comics & graphic novels 🗯💥🐿

Plenty of heroic (or anti heroic) girls in this genre!

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Rat Girl: A Memoir | Kristin Hersh

#girlbooks part 12: memoirs

Also, shoutout to Kim Gordon's Girl in a Band, which I remembered after creating this collage.

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Girl in a Band

Lidia OMG you're in part 12! I hadn't realized the vast amount of books with girl in the title 😮 8y

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Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America | Lillian Faderman

#girlbooks part 11: non-fiction

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PatienceFortitude Another good one

Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars

Marchpane @PatienceFortitude that is a good one! Thank you 😊 8y

Reviewsbylola The Girls Who Went Away is so good. 8y

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The Girl Before | J.P. Delaney

#girlbooks part 10: mysterious girls

Yes, there's more.

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BookishFeminist 😳😳😳 MAGGIE. 8y

Marchpane @BookishFeminist bwahahaha 😈😂 8y

TheLondonBookworm 🎤🎤🎤I wanna get close to youuuu🎤🎤🎤 8y

Marchpane @TheLondonBookworm I was waiting for it! 😂😂😂 8y

TheLondonBookworm @Marchpane 😂😂😂😂😂 had to be done 8y

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St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves | Karen Russell

#girlbooks part 9: short story collections

Short story collections call for long titles.

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akfreeborn Really great collections here! 8y

lynneamch Really interesting! Thank you. Marketing was mentioned in our earlier discussion. That is such a huge part of how a title is chosen. Publishers hope to feed off of a book that was successful. Other examples: The so-and-so's Daughter(s) Death by . . . The Man Who . . . 50 Shades of . . . Seems like titles with Bookstore are trending now. 8y

Marchpane @lynneamch So true! Another popular one is The Book of . . . 8y

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If I Was Your Girl | Meredith Russo

#girlbooks part 8: modern girls

Bringing it back to the 21st century, golden age of the Girl.

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BookishFeminist 😩😩😩 you're killing me here, Maggie 😂 (edited) 8y

Marchpane @BookishFeminist just between us... I'm only about halfway done... 8y

BookishFeminist @Marchpane oh shit 😯 you're on a girl book escapade 8y

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Marchpane @BookishFeminist I took a deep dive 😂😂😂 8y

BookishFeminist ::braces self:: 8y

RealLifeReading Wow just wow 8y

RealLifeReading Oh! Also another Singapore-related "girl" book is

Sarong Party Girls: A Novel

Marchpane @RealLifeReading I think I remember hearing about that one when it came out. It's got bits of Singlish in it, yes? Have you read it? 8y

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl | Harriet Jacobs

#girlbooks part 7: 19th century girls

Going back even further...

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merelybookish These collages are great! 8y

Marchpane @merelybookish I'm so glad you're enjoying them! 8y

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Girls at War and Other Stories | Chinua Achebe

#girlbooks part 6: 20th century girls

Not as numerous, but last century had its share of girlbooks too.

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daena Is one of my favorite books

The Post-Office Girl

cathysaid Have you read The Post Office Girl? 8y

merelybookish I thin Muriel Spark is the one for me! 8y

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Marchpane @cathysaid I haven't read that one, only just discovered it when putting these posts together! Now I really want to, just have to track down a copy. 8y

Marchpane @daena good to know! I'm really keen to read that one! @merelybookish hope you love it! 8y

Daisey So, when I saw the first of these that you created, I thought I had my challenge book chosen. Now I'm wondering if there will be a few in next year's reading list. Thanks so much for sharing! 8y

Marchpane @Daisey so happy that you found a few to interest you! I'm adding a ton to my own TBR... 8y

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