This week, Vanessa recommends two books set in academia: a sapphic work of gothic meta fiction and a story about a fixer and the one problem she just can't fix.

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Books Discussed:

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

My Flawless Life by Yvonne Woon

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