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I'm quite sick at the moment (I get a little sick every year after I return from the music festival in England), so didn't update yesterday. Anyway, today I'm going to do the challenges for day 4 and 5.

Day 4 challenge

If not this, then that

Basically this means: if you like such-and-such an author or type of book, then try this

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I'm going to stick with what I'm currently reading and recommend Fleishman Is In Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-akner as I absolutely love it. I would recommend it for people who enjoy a character-driven story and who like to think a little deeply. It would also work for those who like to think outside the normal confines of society and question. Okay, that's a bit vague, so I'll say for fans of Jonathan Franzen and Margaret Atwood.

Day 5 challenge

I Want This Book!

I don't watch much T.V. and if I do it tends to be of a non-fiction variety, but there's this crime-drama T.V. show that I love called Animal Kingdom. It's about a very dysfunctional crime-family. Mostly it's about their screwed-up relationships with one another, but occasionally they pull jobs to bank-roll their lifestyles. It'd make a great character-driven book with just enough action to keep things interesting.

I also think James O'Brien's podcast on LBC would make a hilarious novel if it was dramatised.