Meet Johanna Morrigan: 14 and English, with her family dependent on the benefits. Johanna is just trying to find herself. Who is she? Goth? Poet? Everyday teenager growing up in the 1990s? Aware that she is an overweight, loser bookworm from an uncultured, working-class town, Johanna is ready to change all that. How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran is about Johanna’s transition from friend-less virgin to sex goddess and ultimate rock and roll critic.

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Grab yourself a nice hot drink, a blanket, and make yourself cozy because you’re going to want to read this mystery in one sitting.

Bless Her Dead Little Heart by Miranda James is the story of two prominent, elderly sisters in the small town of Athena, Mississippi. The sisters are cat-sitting a Maine Coon, affectionately named Diesel, for their librarian friend, Charlie Harris, when they receive an unexpected visitor. Their afternoon turns to chaos when old acquaintance, Rosabelle Sultan, barges in, hysterical that someone is trying to kill her, and not just anyone, but a member of her own family.

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