Lose Yourself in the World of Books
The Genius and the Absurdity Self-Help January continues! This book originally came out in November 2017 and I still have an advance reader copy... I've been sitting on it for almost 2 years and decided now was finally the time to read it. I love Iliza, so much so that I decided to use her… Continue reading Girl Logic by Iliza Shlesinger
How to Become a Grown-up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps I've started referring to January as Self-Help Month. I know it's really in the summer, or something like that, but if working in a books store for the last 4 Januarys has taught me only one thing, it's that the best selling section of the store… Continue reading Adulting (Updated Edition) by Kelly Williams Brown
Wisdom of Pooh #1 I have long been intrigued by The Tao of Pooh and decided the holiday season was a good time to read it to try to keep myself settled and focused. Synopsis The how of Pooh? The Tao of who? The Tao of Pooh! ... in which it is revealed that one of the world's great Taoist… Continue reading The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff
The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life My coworker Jennifer picked this book as her staff pick a few weeks ago and I was curious. When it popped up as an available audiobook on my library app, I figured I would give it a try. Synopsis In the rush of modern life, we tend to… Continue reading Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh
#Girlboss has been sitting on my staff pick shelf at the bookstore for ages now. It's not often I recommend a book that I haven't read, and if I do, I generally admit that I haven't actually read it. #Girlboss is an exception. I rarely, if ever, can tell you that I will definitely like a book before… Continue reading #Girlboss by Sophia Amoruso
How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life Funny story. This is one of the top selling books of the year at the bookstore I work at. We're even sponsoring an event with the author in a few weeks in Philadelphia. I did not know this when I started ranting to… Continue reading You are a Badass by Jen Sincero
A Funny Book About Horrible Things I started reading Furiously Happy as soon as I finished Let's Pretend This Never Happened. I love it THAT much. There seems to be only one person who understands my anxiety better than I understand it, and that person is Jenny Lawson. Also, how awesome is a book that when you casually… Continue reading Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson
(But Neither is Anyone Else) There are some advance reader copies (ARCs) that, when sitting in a pile of hundreds of other ARCs on our staff lunch table at work, just call out to me. There are fewer that actually make it to my desk, fewer still that make it home with me, and fewer… Continue reading You’re Not That Great by Elan Gale
A Guide to All the Feels and Learning How to Deal This book was put in my cubby by one of my coworkers when it was still just an ARC about a year and a half ago, prior to its publication. I'm not sure if they were trying to send me a message, or if… Continue reading The Fangirl Life by Kathleen Smith
Celebration of Books 