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items Reading is one of my hobbies that I tend to let fall to the waist side but then these random books will come into myself that change everything for me and then I can't put them down. From cookbooks I use on the regular for a dish that just makes sens...
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CookBooks
Romance Books
Mental Health/ Helpful Readings
Aesthetically Pleasing and Good Reads
Just A Good Book
CookBooks
When it comes to cooking I have some skill in this area and I'm always working on new ideas. I love feeing people, lots of people to just my husband or even making the dogs food for them. (They aren't picky though.)
If you are a baker like me then you NEED this book in your life. If you are just starting out on your baking journey or have been doing it for a hot minute now, like me, it's a necessity!
Flour Water Salt Yeast: Artisan Bread & Pizza
I love this book so much. It's sweet, it's simple to read and use and it makes lovely meals for the family.
Homestead Kitchen: Stories and Recipes from Our Hearth to Yours: A Cookbook, (Hardcover)
There's something about Martha's Vineyard that has always sparked my interest that this cookbook has given me some idea of what it would be like to be, cook and eat there. Which I'm still desperate to get to one day but for now this cookbook is my ve...
The Beetlebung Farm Cookbook: Year on Martha's Vineyard
From cookies, cakes and biscuits to cornbread, panna cotta, and pies this book has everything you could ever need to be baking like a southern grandma, and believe me not one person is gonna be mad about it if you're sharing
The Good Book of Southern Baking: Biscuits & Cakes
Because I am an Auntie Em this cookbook felt like a "Duh purchase" when I saw it in the store one day. Then I started really going through it and fell in love. You have to make the Thin and Crispy Chocolate Chip Cookies. They are requested from me of...
Auntie Em's Cookbook: Musician's Breakfast Guide
This is more than a cookbook but a book about the local farming community and how and why they keep going strong here in SoCal. But also the recipes are everything you'd expect.
Community Table: Recipes for Ecological Food
This book is just… ::chefs kiss:: perfect! From the recipes to the time spent getting to read and put some new ideas into practice this “cookbook” is worth the read.
On Rising: Recipes and Rituals for Joyful Mornings - Deborah Johnson
If you’re looking for how to make traditional Italian pasties and baked goods then this is the book you should be starting with!
The Italian Bakery: Recipes with Silver Spoon
Romance Books
I LOVE a romance novel. I need them in a series and mostly they are by Nora Roberts. But I'm branching out with my authors so as I find them I will be adding them right in here.
I love a romance novel and this trilogy is all about the love lives of women who work and operate an inn.
Nora Roberts' The Inn Boonsboro Trilogy eBook
Buy all 4. Read all of them. Cry, laugh and if you're like me wish you could get married all over again so you can relive your fairly tale, and maybe take some of these women's ideas. Or go into the flower business likeI considered during book Book 2...
Savor the Moment - (Bride Quartet) by Nora Roberts (Paperback)
As a quilter myself this story about a girl named Emma (the Emily knock off) goes back to her families home country of Scotland and obviously there is sewing, words I needed to look up (which thankfully they have a cheat sheet in the front of the boo...
To Scotland With Love (Kilts and Quilts Series #1)|Paperback
Mental Health/ Helpful Readings
Because everyone needs some helpful reminders on how to feel a little better or some more legit non therapy related help. **Please if you are in therapy consider bringing these books to your therapist first so you don't mess with the program they may...
If your like me you have a large enough pure to have a purse book. Not only is this book the perfect size for most purses but also it's a simple read with wonderful insights from a US Navy Veteran who has the most incredible stories about simply push...
Make Your Bed : Little Things That Can Change Your Life... and Maybe the World - by William H. McRaven (Hardcover)
I know, I know, I know... 7 weeks is not a long enough time to fully correct and manage depression and anxiety but this book is something you can always refer back to even after you've finished the workbook part of it.
Retrain Your Brain: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in 7 Weeks - (Retrain Your Brain with CBT) by Seth J Gillihan (Paperback)
In connection to the 7 Step Workbook that I also have in this list this book gives you more details into the tools they show you in the workbook. I read them side by side and the advice and strategies I received have impacted me in a positive way. Pl...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Made Simple - (Retrain Your Brain with CBT) by Seth J Gillihan (Paperback)
This linguist writes finally a self help book! **Snap for Amanda! Well maybe not self help but a book that really makes you think about why, how come, and wtf of it all. Everyone needs to read this. Hmm maybe I should put this in my gifts list too......
The Age of Magical Overthinking
Aesthetically Pleasing and Good Reads
Using books as decoration and a fun and simple read is always the perfect moment to me. All white binding, blue writing, small chapters about little ways to improve your life, home, or crafting abilities is ::chefs kiss:: to me.
I've had this book for a few years now and I keep referring back to it in times a need. When I need to relook at some design choices to when I need to remember the "spaces" I want to create and cultivate in my home. Having a home of simple, warm and ...
The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living|Hardcover
I love a book that gives me a year of things to do and plan around by the season. (And the fact that it matches my whole little set of white books also helps a lot) From Spring to Winter there is a reason to find joy in every season in these pages. P...
The Happiness Year: How to Find Joy in Every Season|Hardcover
If you haven't caught my vibe yet, little white books that tell me what to do are my favorite. This book is full of the BASIC skills you need to have to do the best homemaking you could think of. Believe me I thought I had it down but this book remin...
The Little Book of Cottagecore: Traditional Skills for a Simpler Life|Hardcover
The amount of little bookmarks I have in this book is a bit extra even for me. A huge desire, goal, wish for me is to have a home that people and community can gather and feel a place of peace and joy. My desire to share my home and give to and feed ...
Holy Hygge: Creating a Place for People to Gather and the Gospel ...
I don't know about you but as a homemaker I need reminders sometimes to just relax and live in my projects. From the "Oh yeah I need to clean lamps shades", to the "That's a good reminder I needed to hear right now." Have the cup of tea, sit in the g...
Art of Homemaking book by Daryl Hoole
I love the Danish style of living. I mean I absolutely love it and try to mimic it in so many ways, other than the bulky sweater because SoCal doesn't get as cold as it would need to get for me to dress like that. BUT, decorating, meal ideas, and jus...
North: How to Live Scandinavian
It's the Readers Digest form you want and it doesn't seem to be sold in stores anymore but look for this cover and you'll be in the right place. To "Learning How to Deal with Your Tensions" to "The Calculated Risks of Prayer" this collection of short...
The Art of Living
Just A Good Book
A book that will make you laugh, cry and feel all of the awes you can't help but feel this Mitch Albom makes this book feel all too short at the end. Wishing it would continue and loving the ending this book is a forever yes for me and probably one a...
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Reprint) (Paperback) by Mitch Albom