I started to see how my peers were experiencing the same books and critiquing writing by South Asian women.

He mentioned reading just before bed instead of endlessly scrolling Twitter and in the morning avoiding the dopamine surge of social media and getting daylight exposure in the first hour after waking up.

Her humour and wit comes across and I thoroughly enjoyed reading 'Bad Influence' flying through it in a matter of days.

I even sat my final A-level at the back of the exam room with question papers printed on huge paper across two desks. I think the fact that talking about books acts as a vehicle to talk about ourselves and the world, unselfconsciously. If you can't tell, I'm feeling slightly pumped up writing this review but nevertheless, the points still stand.

When I started university, thankfully I’d been given some contact lenses that made things somewhat better and I was able to see normally when I had them in but they irritated my eyes so much that I only had them in for the minimum time I could get away with. Whilst we discussed books, we shared experiences and navigating our dual identities amongst other things. Whilst my siblings were engrossed in the Harry Potter books, I had no greater want than to be outside riding my bike. But also because I was keen to get a window into the world of influencing through the eyes of someone who has genuinely come of age online.

It’s the best kind of book - one where you immediately feel at home with the author, you root for them - through their highs and lows, and realise as you turn the final page that you’ve learnt a lot without even noticing you were being taught. In Bad Influence, Oenone candidly recounts her journey to becoming an influencer and the pressures of navigating your late teens and twenties in the public eye. But it seems that the generation before her own is “fixated” on that “heroin-chic physique” and fashions of the late 90s and early 2000s, leading her to wonder if diet culture has not disappeared, but has become more “insidious” instead. Her Instagram account started off as a fitness and wellness page but has since evolved into a warm and welcoming hub for other 20-somethings navigating this uncertain time in their lives. As I got older, I started to suffer from vision problems and I found myself having to squint to see things a mere centimetres away from me, I realised things were getting really bad.Forbat believes we all have a “joint responsibility” to mediate the content we consume online, yet it’s also about “education. You can read more about the purposes for which we and our partners use cookies and manage your cookie settings by visiting our Cookie Policy. I found parts of it very relatable and while you’re learning about Oenone’s life, and how that translates into her life online, you also find yourself reflecting on your own relationship with social media and what it all means to you.

It's my absolute pleasure to be the host and chair of such an exciting new prize that seeks to champion rising authors and unmissable stories – something I'm really passionate about. it’s such an interesting insight into the author’s life and it’s written in a way that’s fun, fast paced, interesting and in places very vulnerable and emotive. I also didn’t find it defensive at all for what it’s worth and I thought she very eloquently acknowledged privilege and some potentially inaccurate perceptions about the industry. The BTS of influencing is often forgotten and here, it is highlighted with just the right amount of shading.Read books you know you will enjoy not because they are popular – you are likely to read more and finish a book if you know you will enjoy it. Her PhD is looking at migration and psychosis risk and experience using mixed-methods to look at population datasets to explore psychosis risk in migrants and collecting primary qualitative data about migrants experiences of psychosis. I’d read book club recommendations, ask my followers on Twitter for recommendations and lifestyle books that resonated with my mental health experiences.