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Becky
Becky | Sarah May
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'Spiky, clever, funny' Emma Stonex, author of The Lamplighters 'Brilliant, propulsive . . . A riot' Maddie Mortimer, author of Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies 'A delicious gallop through 90s tabloid London' Sam McAlister, author of Scoops Its peak 90s London. Shoulder pads are out, crimped hair is in, supermodels are known by their first names, and Becky Sharp will do anything to escape her past. From mingling with tabloid millionaires to trading favours and fortunes with royalty, she will stop at nothing to reach the top of the career ladder at the Mercury newspaper. Landing scoop after scoop, Becky ruthlessly carves a place for herself in a society determined to ignore her. These are the biggest stories and scandals of the decade, and she has something to do with every one of them. But Becky may have more in common with the people she writes about than she thinks what takes a lifetime to build takes only a moment to destroy . . .
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keepingupwiththepenguins
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Becky is like if a British Ottessa Moshfegh told the story of the News Of The World phone-hacking scandal, using William Thackeray's Vanity Fair as a template. Full review: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/becky-sarah-may/

CatMS Absolutely love Otessa Moshfegh so will have to give this a try. 14mo
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squirrelbrain
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The next one on my #netgalley list, pub in the UK next week. And yes, I bailed on a book-yay!

It wasn‘t that bad - just not good enough when I have so many other books to read. It‘s an updated Vanity Fair and the MC is supposedly based on Rebekah Brooks, of UK newspaper infamy.

To me it read like a trashy tabloid and there wasn‘t enough to hold my interest. It‘s a long time since I read VF too so it just didn‘t connect as a retelling either.

Caroline2 Meh 😒 that‘s disappointing!! 1y
Blaire Good for you for bailing - I struggle to do this despite my huge TBR with so many great books to get to 1y
squirrelbrain I know @Caroline2 - it‘s one I was looking forward to. I‘m sure it would be fine if you fancied something a bit fluffy, but not for me right now. 1y
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squirrelbrain I‘ve always struggled to bail @Blaire but I‘m getting a bit better at it. It‘s easier if the book is ‘free‘- either a library book or an ARC. 1y
Megabooks All hail the bail!! 🙌🏻👏🏻 1y
rockpools Yay for bailing! I really should dip into NetGalley this week and see if I can clear any out - I find it hard to admit I‘ve bailed on ARCs, so they tend to just sit there half-read😬 1y
Cathythoughts Well done on the bail 👍🏻 1y
jhod Haha! I've been very temped to bail on this but think I'm going to try and power through tonight as I'm over half way... #mustgetbetteratbailing 13mo
squirrelbrain Good luck with that, Jess! @jhod 🤣😬 13mo
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