We're venturing deep into East London this week to peruse the library of journalist and author Lauren Bravo. Lauren recently released What Would The Spice Girls Do? a joyous and energetic celebration of girlhood, friendship and pop culture. A wide ranging discussion covered the use of wee in James Joyce, Colin Firth in your pencil case, upsetting Ali Smith and an extraordinarily accurate Psammead impression.BOOKS (CLICK FOR MORE)Daisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodLauren Bravo - What Would The Spice Girls Do?Emer McLysaght & Sarah Breen - Oh My God What a Complete AislingNora Ephron - Wallflower at the OrgyGabrielle Fernie - LushTara Westover - EducatedJames Joyce - UlyssesThomas Hardy - Tess of the d’UrbervillesNancy Mitford - The Pursuit of LoveEF Benson - Mapp and LuciaBarbara Pym - Excellent WomenJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceJudy Blume - ForeverJudy Blume - Starring Sally J Freedman as HerselfJudy Blume - DeenieViv Albertine - To Throw Away UnopenedNoel Streatfeild - Party FrockNoel Streatfeild - Ballet ShoesNoel Streatfeild - The Bell FamilyHelen Fielding - Bridget Jones’s DiaryHelen Fielding - Bridget Jones Edge of ReasonHelen Fielding - Bridget Jones's BabyHelen Fielding - Olivia Joules and the Overactive ImaginationRuby Ferguson - Jill’s Pony TrekJane Shaw - Susan at SchoolJane Shaw - Susan Rushes InJane Shaw - Susan’s Helping HandLucy Mangan - BookwormEnid Blyton - Malory TowersAnne Digby - First Term at TrebizonAna Sampson - She is FierceNina Stibbe - Love NinaNina Stibbe - Paradise LodgeNina Stibbe - Man at the HelmElena Ferrante - My Brilliant FriendCharles Dickens - A Christmas CarolCharles Dickens - Bleak HouseVarious - Norton Anthology of PoetryOvid - MetamorphosisJilly Cooper - MountGeoffrey Chaucer - The Riverside ChaucerBarbara Kingsolver - The Poisonwood BibleBarbara Kingsolver - The LacunaDonna Tartt - The Little FriendOlivia Laing - CrudoMeena Kandasamy - When I Hit YouAli Smith - How To Be BothCarson McCullers - The Member of the WeddingCarson McCullers - The Heart is a Lonely HunterFrancoise Sagan - Bonjour TristesseToni Morrison - JazzIsabel Allende - House of the SpiritsToni Morrison - BelovedHeather Havrilesky - How to be a Person in the WorldSloan Crosley - I Was Told There’d be CakeHelen MacDonald - H is For HawkBarbara Trapido - Brother of the More Famous JackBarbara Trapido - Frankie and StankieBarbara Trapido - Temples of DelightBarbara Trapido - JugglingE Nesbit - Five Children and ItE Nesbit - The Story of the Treasure SeekersGeorge & Weedon Grossmith - Diary of a NobodyRebecca Reid - Perfect LiarsLouise Rennison - Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.