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An Eclectic List of Books Worth Adding to Your Shelf
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items I’m one of those readers who hops between genres, one week it’s a memoir, the next it’s romance, and somehow a cookbook or poetry collection always sneaks in too. This list is a mix of books I’ve loved, across moods, styles, and categories. Whether y...
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My tops picks!
Self Love and Spiritual Growth
My tops picks!
A collection of my top picks from recent reads to all time favorites.
Great story. The writing really captured my attention. I was so sucked in and felt like I was a character in the book watching lives unfold. It was full of joy, heartbreak, sorrow and felt like and authentic telling of the full human experience.
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, Paperback
This book broke my heart and pieced it together, then broke it again. A must read on all counts. It is on my list of yearly re-reads.
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
This book is so beautifully written. N K Jemisin weaves you into the lives of her characters in such an immersive way. The story in intriguing and the way she toes it all together in the end leaves you wanting to jump right intothe next book immediat...
The Fifth Season (Broken Earth #1) by N.K. Jemisin
Loved this book. It was a slow burn but so enjoyable. The character development was amazing and the story was woven together so well.
The Nightingale: A Novel - Hannah, Kristin: Books
This story had me wanting to dig into the history of Shakespeare and dig up everything I could find. It reinforced my desire to read even more books written by women exploring the complexities of being a woman in a male dominated world. It was also v...
By Any Other Name: A Novel by Jodi Picoult
Another great book by Kristin Hannah. It had me in it grip from the first page to the last. So well written with beautiful twists and turns. Unpredictable and enjoyable.
The Women: A Novel - Hannah, Kristin: Books
Took me a while to really get into this book. The main character made me so furious but was also loveable in her own way. The evolution of the story and the twist in the final few chapters was worth sticking through the first few.
Jodi Picoult · Wish You Were Here (2021)
This book was such an amazing read. I loved how the story between the main characters evolved. The twist at the end will leave you staring at the book wondering what just happened. Definitely a favorite!
Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang
A must read for V E Schwab fans. The story was slow and sweet but not in a slow butn type of way. It had great twists and kept me hooked.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Another great read from V E Schwab. I found this to be a great palate cleanser after reading some heavy literature. Light read with great storytelling.
City of Ghosts by V E Schwab
Every now and then I find a book that leaves me pacing in silence with a mental storm raging in my mind. This book was one of them. It had me pacing my kitchen reflecting and piecing things together in my mind that I knew to be true but had never kn...
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
I wish I could go back to before I consumed this book, or maybe it consumed me.
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle
Small but deadly. It took me FOREVER to get through this book because it brought so many things to light that I would never have thought to address within myself. It opened me up to addressing the cycles of shame, guilt, suppressed joy and fear that...
All About Love: Bell Hooks
This book was a worthwhile read and yet it made me so angry. The story is well written and Chinua Achebe does a great job of leading you through the life of Okonkwo. You will me angry, you will cry, you will reflect, at the end of it all...you will s...
Things Fall Apart: A Novel by Chinua Achebe
I was skeptical at first but quickly enjoyed Malcolm Gladwell's style of story telling and how he brought together so many stories from so many different walks of life. He came across as compassionate and empathetic to the people whose stories he tel...
Outliers: The Story of Success: Gladwell, Malcolm
Self Love and Spiritual Growth
This is a collection of books that helped me fall back in love with myself and work on my spiritual growth while pulling myself out of postpartum depression and a life time of anxiety.
This book helped me to learn what meditation truly is and navigate the mental blocks I kept coming up against. While I still experience some of these blocks, I bow have the tools to recognize them and work through them in a more healthy way.
Becoming Supernatural: How Common People Do Uncommon
This book was such an unexpected find for me. I loved the practical tools and learning from Danielle's lived experience. Her background in mental health coupled with her own spiritual journey is a pleasant intersection.
Shadow Work by Danielle Massi
Learning to control my mind was something I never knew I needed to do. I pickes this book up out of sheer curiosity and came away with a ton of knowledge and great tools to better manage my mind.
The Silva Mind Control Method