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Living A Thousand Lives - one page at a time
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items I’m pretty harsh on my book ratings, check out my Goodreads and you’ll see very few books have 5 star ratings. So this list isn’t just a list of books I kind of liked, or every single one read - it’s a list of stories that had me invested,, pondering...
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Memoirs 🧍🧍🏽♀️🧍🏿♂️
Fantasy 🐉🧜🏽♀️🧞♂️
Thriller/Crime 🔪
Feel-Good 😊
Historical Fiction 📜
Memoirs 🧍🧍🏽♀️🧍🏿♂️
We can learn much listening to others tell their stories. Below are a few that I either related to, or left my worldview forever changed.
The first memoir I I ever read - a moving story that about resilience and overcoming poverty, instability, and complicated family relationships to create a brighter future for oneself.
The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
My English teacher recommended this book to me in highschool and I still think about this book to this day. The author grows up in the South living in poverty with an alcoholic father. As someone who has had a loved one struggle with alcoholism I fou...
Change Me into Zeus's Daughter: A Memoir
Jeannette McCurdy shares her life as a child star and the pain and pressure that comes with it - challenging Hollywood and how they handle child actors. Her narration reads as if you are having a face to face conversation and I feel I can pick up on ...
I'm Glad My Mom Died|Paperback
Trigger Warning as there is abuse of all types described in graphic details -
Truly a heartbreaking story. I’m not one to cry when reading, but this one had me teared up. This story left me feeling so many emotions, sad, angry, and motivated to wan...
The Girl in the Green Dress eBook by Blair-West
Fantasy 🐉🧜🏽♀️🧞♂️
Fantasy books are my core childhood memory. I love getting lost in other worlds and fueling that imagination. Below are a few I wish existed in real life.
LGBTQ+ friendly
This was 4.5 ⭐️ I’ve never appreciated fictional children as much as I appreciated these ones!!
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
Thriller/Crime 🔪
My favorite genre by far, below are my top page turners that will keep you up late at night!
I finished this book in two days! Fast-paced, with eerie illustrations, shocking twists that combines heart and suspense! My first introduction into Jason Rekulak and I was impressed!
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
I love reading about hidden family secrets and this one did not disappoint! Sinister, chilling, and page turning, this book was easily a 5 star rating
Keep It in the Family by John Marrs
I loved the twist on the killer being part of the jury. This added a refreshing change from the typical thriller/crime main character perspectives.
Thirteen (Eddie Flynn Series #3)|Paperback
Feel-Good 😊
Sometimes we need just that book that is light hearted and leaves us feeling better about humanity at the end - these are my personal faves!
Eleanor is such a quirky character you can’t help but love her! Humor meets emotional resonance creating a heartfelt piece on how kindness and healing changes life in unexpected ways.
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: Novel
This might fall under memoir, but this was such a warm heartfelt story of a little Quail named Robert who changed the lives of people around him. Beautifully written to keep his legacy going 60 plus years later.
That Quail, Robert Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Historical Fiction 📜
If we don’t learn from history, we are bound to repeat it. Below are some of my favorite picks that challenge issues we currently face today.
This was an amazing read. While the 1950s perfect housewife etiquette is no longer an aspiration the historical narrative carries into the modern society regarding gender roles, medical response regarding women’s pain, and the difference of putting o...
The Mad Wife: A Novel|Paperback
Historical fiction, but this could fall under my feel-good category. Chemist Elizabeth Zott is kicked out of the science world for simply being a female. Zott unexpectedly becomes the host of a TV cooking show. Zott incorporates chemistry as a metaph...
Lessons in Chemistry (B&N Exclusive Edition)|Large Print