• marilyn monroe - the passion and the paradox
• to kill a mockingbird - harper lee
• mein kampf - hitler
• the picture of dorian grey - oscar wilde
• the colour purple - alice walker
• what is the what - dave eggers
• american born chinese - luen yang and lark pien
• tyrell - coe booth
• kaffir boy - mark mathabane
• the great gatsby - f. scott fitzgerald
• little women - louise may alcott
• the help - kathyrn stockett
• i know why the caged bird sings - maya angelou

reference

• "push yourself to get up before the rest of the world - start with 7am, then 6am, then 5:30am. go to the nearest hill with a big coat and a scarf and watch the sun rise."
• "push yourself to fall asleep earlier - start with 11pm, then 10pm, then 9pm. wake up in the morning feeling re-energized and comfortable."
• "erase processed food from your diet. start with no lollies, chips, biscuits."
• "get into the habit of cooking yourself a beautiful breakfast. fry tomatoes and mushrooms in real butter and garlic, fry an egg, slice up a fresh avocado and squirt way too much lemon on it. sit and eat it and do nothing else."
• "stretch. start by reaching for the sky as hard as you can, then trying to touch your toes. roll your head. stretch your fi...