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Books I Love!!!
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items One of my favorite ways to slow down and enjoy life is by reading! Nothing better than being cozy at home with some tea and good book. I love memoirs & fantasy, but I don’t discriminate-I love to read a little bit of everything 💖📚
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Memoirs
Nonfiction
Fiction
Memoirs
I was reading this at the doctors and started sobbing so if you are sensitive like me maybe read from the comfort of your own home. (unless you don’t mind crying in public) Such an impactful story— Michele is an emergency room physician who shares he...
The Beauty in Breaking by Michele Harper, Paperback
Warning! Will probably make you cry
I don’t know why but I love reading memoirs that make me cry. Beautiful storytelling —Patti has lived such an interesting life it felt like such a privilege to take a peak into it. Her relationship with Robert was...
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As a lady who used to work in the restaurant industry I am always drawn to memoirs that have ties to that world. Laurie Woolever was the assistant to Anthony Bourdain and Mario Batali. She talks about coming up in the chaotic world of restaurants, fi...
Care and Feeding: A Memoir by Laurie Woolever, Hardcover
Chloe moves back to the countryside during lockdown and ends up finding a wild newborn hare in her garden. She rescues and it nurses it to health and expects to release it into the wild. The hare ends up just living on the property and having babies ...
Raising Hare: A Memoir by Chloe Dalton, Hardcover
I love Ina so much I was obsessed with watching her in tv when I was little and her recipes were some of the first I made when I was just starting to cook. Her story is so inspiring to me and was exactly what I needed to hear at the time. If you are ...
Be Ready When the Luck Happens a book by Ina Garten
Nonfiction
This book was so interesting it talks about how psilocybin mushrooms have impacted our social development, biology, and psychology.
The Psilocybin Connection: Psychedelics, the Transformation of ...
I started learning about tuberculosis and someone recommended this book to me and I am so glad I picked it up. If you like learning/reading about public health, how disease impacts society, history, medicine, hearing the stories of people whose voice...
The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis
Finished this last month and it has set off this domino effect in my life where I need to learn more and more about Tuberculosis. This book was amazing I would recommend it to literally anyone and everyone. Very approachable for a nonfiction book, wo...
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest ...
Omg astrology girlies you need to read this!! Super straightforward and fun. This mostly focuses on your big three so sun, moon, and rising signs. There were prompts in here for self reflection which I really liked since I love to journal. I feel lik...
You Were Born for This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance
This is a 12 week course that helps you come home to yourself. It is to get back in touch with your creative self, to heal your inner child, and to help you understand the you that you want to become. For my creatives out there who feel overwhelmed b...
The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition by Julia Cameron, Paperback
A historical narrative about the 1854 Cholera epidemic in London and John Snows work in early epidemiology and how his ghost map had an impact on history, public health, and society today. I’ve been really interested in public health and learning abo...
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
Fiction
I read this early 2024 and have not stopped thinking about it since!! I recommend this to anyone who will listen 🤣 you will like if you are a fantasy/dark academia lover
The Will of the Many by James Islington, Paperback
This is about a magical island that is ruled by the elemental spirits. It has kinda a Scottish Isle vibe. There are two clans who live there that do not like each other and they need to come together to solve this mystery where girls are going missin...
A River Enchanted (Elements of Cadence Series #1)
The second book in the “Elements of Cadence” duology! When I finished the first book I immediately tore into this I needed to know what was going to happen!
A Fire Endless (Elements of Cadence Series #2) by Rebecca Ross, Paperback
Just finished a reread of this and boy it did not disappoint! This tells the story of the Owen’s sisters Sally & Gillian who are born into a witchy family. They don’t really want to embrace that part of themselves but some things are just inevita...
Practical Magic (25th Anniversary Edition) by Alice Hoffman ...
I was eagerly awaiting the release of this since I loved The Shepherd King duology so much. The vibe is this is gothic a little spooky and lots of adventure. I love the magic in the world it is so well thought out and cool. The main character is a Di...
The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig, Hardcover
I just finished this and oh my god one of my favorite fiction books this year. This takes place in Puritan New England and wonderfully witchy. Has a folk horror kind of vibe which I really loved. The main character befriends a god and together they c...
Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
This book changed my brain chemistry. 40 women are imprisoned in a cage and they have no recollection of how they got there. They are guarded by men and one day they all run away and the women are able to escape their underground prison.
I Who Have Never Known Men
About a girl who thinks she’s an alien. A sneaky amazing read I haven’t heard anyone talking about this & it was one of my fave books in 2024. This is a story about feeling lonely and longing for connection. The main character believes she is an ...
Beautyland: A Novel
Oh my goodness this book came out of nowhere I did not expect this at all!! I picked this up not knowing what it was about just knowing I enjoy the authors writing a lot. What a story!! The story follows Joan who is one of the first women to join NAS...
Atmosphere: A Love Story (GMA Book Club Pick)|Hardcover