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Books and Words I LOVE
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items Some of my favorite books! This year has been the year of getting back into reading. The ones I've listed have made an impact on me in some way or another. Enjoy a variety of nonfiction and fiction stories, memoirs, and self love and growth books.
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Growth and Self-Love
Finance Reads
Stories About People
Reading Resources on a Budget
Favorite Fiction of 2025
Growth and Self-Love
Amazon version. I return to this book often when feeling stuck or overwhelmed 💕 the power of vulnerability is immeasurable
Daring Greatly: Courage to Be Vulnerable
Bookshop.org version. I return to this book often when feeling stuck or overwhelmed. The writing is addicting and I love how she teaches that the power of vulnerability is immeasurable
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Amazon version. Recovering people pleasers need this book. I had to read it for school but now I have a copy with annotations to really help me grow in my personal and professional life and my relationships.
Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters
Bookshop.org version. Recovering people pleasers need this book. I had to read it for school but now I have a copy with annotations to really help me grow in my personal and professional life and my relationships.
Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
This book encourages women to use one of our natural resources - fear - to our advantage to say safe. It touches on societal expectations to be quiet and not make a scene. It is a must read for every woman, and really any person, who wants to learn t...
The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals
Finance Reads
The book gave me real actionable strategies and taught me that it’s absolutely fine to have your own values with your money! I loved the case study examples pulled from real world experiences. I highly recommend grabbing a copy of this book to help w...
Amazon I Will Teach You to Be Rich, Second Edition: No Guilt. No Excuses. ...
This is one of my favorite finance books. I've listed it here, on Bookshop.org as well, for those who want to support a small bookstore operation!
Bookshop.org I Will Teach You to Be Rich: No Guilt. No Excuses. Just a 6-Week Program That Works (Second Edition)
Habits habits habits! This book helps immensely with the foundational aspects of personal finance, and breaking the bad habits that may prevent you from reaching your goals
Amazon Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transform
Your Money or Your Life changed the way I look at money. It taught me how to track my spending, align it with my values, and realize that money is for saving AND spending, in a way that brings joy. Because of this book, I started spending more intent...
Bookshop.org Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence: Fully Revised and Updated for 2018
Stories About People
Amazon version. The queen of comedy! I can read this in her voice and it had me laughing, smiling and wanted to rewatch everything she’s ever been in.
Yes Please - Poehler, Amy: Books
Bookshop version. The queen of comedy! I can read this in her voice and it had me laughing, smiling and wanted to rewatch everything she’s ever been in.
Yes Please! Amy Poehler Autobiography
Reading Resources on a Budget
Libby is the best. This app makes books accessible to anyone for free who has a library card. You connect your library card to it, and have access to all of their e-books, audiobooks, even magazines and other media. It's an AMAZING resource.
Libby App - Check out e-books and audiobooks from the library
Don’t forget to get your library card! Did you know your library has so much besides books? Classes, sewing machines, a notary, printing, internet, kid’s programs, the list goes on and on!
Veterans Memorial St. Cloud Library
Favorite Fiction of 2025
Outstanding writing and thrilling story about a scientist whose biggest project comes back to haunt her…
The Echo Wife
Historical, beautiful, nostalgic writing of the high times of the Flagler railroad and a woman who has to travel to her destiny, an arranged marriage.
The Last Train to Key West
When a white movie star icon passes and leaves her estate to 3 black sisters, questions are raised…how did life in the segregated south affect Kitty’s raise to stardom and what secrets were hiding?
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?: A Novel
I adored this story of love in a beautiful place, and hard decisions that have to be made like choosing your husband or your childhood love.
The Paper Palace (Reese's Book Club): A Novel