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Books I Loved Reading That You Might've Heard Of (my list of little treasures wrapped in big ideas)

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Joonie Mae

I double-dare you to check out these books and not change your mind by the end of the book(s). This challenge isn't for the faint-of-heart 💘 💖.

I wish this book existed for me when I was still going to college. I agonized for years over how to combine multiple personal interests with marketable skills into a paying career that wouldn't completely suck the soul out of me. I've always understo...

Hacking College: Why the Major Doesn't Matter

I read this when I was stuck holding tension in my body that refused to leave. I wanted to cry but I couldn't because I was sad but not enough to cry. You go into this book accepting that what you'll read will probably be obvious, but these obvious r...

How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay

If you're ever stuck in a rut with journaling or wanting to get back into journaling, this book is perfect for this. I thoroughly enjoyed how the prompts were demonstrated by a journal entry from the person who created the prompt. Because some of the...

The Book of Alchemy: Creative Practice

I've always had an active imagination but quite a pessimistic one. But this read comes off the tail of another book called ‘The Power of Real Optimism’ where I was introduced to using visualization as a tool for manifestation. This book, ‘Imaginable’...

Imaginable: How to See the Future Coming

Definitely a great read for someone who is trying to understand the mechanics of manifestation in a practical way. Besides one chapter teaching a method of how to use visualization to manifest, this book didn't introduce new concepts to me; however, ...

The Power of Real Optimism: Science-Based Guide

I remember flipping through this book and reaching a chapter title named ‘The Art of Mooching’ and jokingly thought “hey, why not learn something to use?” and was then captivated by some artist's tenacity for art and the steadfast support of their fa...

Making Art and Making a Living: Funding Creative Life

“Why don't you write me, you bum.” Page 43. This book isn't so much as just a collection of letters as it is in part a love letter to letter writing and a ‘how-to’ guide. As an enthusiastic letter writer with no reciprocal penpals, I adored this book...

The Healing Power of Korean Letter Writing

Satya claims the midlife crisis is a quarterlife crisis handled too late. Quarterlife felt like it touched upon the exact problem I was facing my whole….well, quarterlife. I learned that I am a Meaning type person; that I naturally start from the phi...

Quarterlife: Search for Self in Early Adulthood

Honestly, anyone missing the old MCU movies and saga, this is the book for you. I loved reading this hefty book and how it dived into the behind-the-scenes and decisions that made some of the older films and TV series come to life as they are.

MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios

Yeah this book and the chapter about ‘morning pages’ paired with the ‘Book of Alchemy’ got me back into journaling every day, which I've not missed a day since reading both these books.

Flourish: Building Meaning, Joy & Fulfillment

Such a cute, cozy book to help you understand your cat's, sometimes, mindboggling, crazy behaviors (RIP all you willing orange cat owners, they're so funky but outrageous sometimes🤣)

What Cats Want: Illustrated Guide to Cats

I think we can agree that a city is made by it's people and that New York City has people from everywhere. Some stories are short, some are long, some are heartbreaking, some are heartwarming, some are angry, some are sad, some are happy and some are...

Dear New York a book by Brandon Stanton - Bookshop.org US

Normally, recommending poetry is a little hard because poetry is the kind of art where people will either like it or not, similar to fine art painting styles. But this collection has such soulful stories that felt like someone was writing about my ow...

You Better Be Lightning a book by Andrea Gibson - Bookshop.org US

Another poetry book that reflects the state of one's soul back at them. It's said that art is a mirror to yourself and I find that Brianna Wiest does what Iain S. Thomas' poetry did for me, which was helping me reflect on where I am now and mostly wh...

The Pivot Year - Brianna Wiest