This week Alice and Kim talk about beauty pageants, Girl Scouts, '90s nostalgia through essays, and books for Mental Health Month. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot's subscription service offering Tailored Book Recommendations for readers of all stripes, Write the World, publishers on Writers of Earth, and Libro FM. Subscribe to For Real using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. For more nonfiction recommendations, sign up for our True Story newsletter, edited by Alice Burton. New Books Troop 6000 by Nikita Stewart Miss World 1970 by Jennifer Hosten In Praise of Walking by Shane O’Mara Weird But Normal by Mia Mercado How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster Mental Health Month Happier at Home by Gretchen Rubin Burnout by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski Brave, Not Perfect by Reshma Saujani The Power of Meaning by Emily Esfahani Smith Reading Now We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices