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The book 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think is a gamechanger especially if you are someone who is seeks to enhance and develop personal being more. This new collection of Brianna Wiest’s published writings includes essays on why you should pursue purpose over passion, how to accept negative thinking, see the wisdom in everyday routine, and how to recognize the cognitive biases that shape your perspective. You will get hooked on its first couple of pages. This book shares that living in the present moment is very important to gain something that you want in your life. Some of these works have never been seen before, while others have been read by millions of people worldwide. Regardless, each will leave you thinking, "This transformed my life." So, go give it a try!
GENRES: ROMANCE NOVEL, PSYCHOLOGICAL & HISTORICAL FICTION
GENRES: CAREERS, SELF-HELP, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
“The things you love about others are the things you love about yourself. The things you hate about others are the things you cannot see in yourself.”
“When you realize you can tell someone your truth, when you can show yourself to them, when you stand in front of them bare and their response is ‘you’re safe with me’- that’s intimacy.” A book vast now on social media reviews, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo follows an old Hollywood actress named Evelyn Hugo as she gives her life story over to a small-time journalist with whom she seems to have a connection. She narrates the story of her seven husbands and then discloses who her one true love is. It makes a huge commentary on women owning their sexuality and their bodies. Also, documents the life of people in abusive relationships and people in LGBTQ+ relationships during the late 1900s. It makes a very poignant conversation about power and how it can cause you to lose more than you gain, and forces you to focus on what matters in life. This book is the definition of going after what you want and then realizing that maybe that thing is not what you truly wanted. Be prepared to be heartbroken and to connect to a character so fictional yet so real.
GENRES: ROMANCE NOVEL, HISTORICAL FICTION, LGBTQ+ LITERATURE
ave you ever found yourself in a situation where you are wondering if the world that you are living in right now is enough for you? Waking up and doing the same routine every day makes life boring for most people. Finding something that will truly set your soul on fire is a goal that a person must achieve for them to get a grasp of how good it is to be able to live in a world that they design. Have you read a book? Or tried reading one but eventually gave up because just seeing its pages makes you sluggish? Maybe you just need to find a book that will get you out of your reading slump, and so, this list of titles would be the right ones for you. Come let’s all take the escape route from reality and find a new home even just for a short time.
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“I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way, his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the
If you are a fan of history, mythology, poetry, or romance you will die to read Madeline Miller’s portrayal of Greek hero Achilles and his companion Patroclus. The Song of Achilles is a queer love story set during the events of the siege of Troy. Miller’s writing is short, concise, and lyrical in a way you’ve never seen outside of a poem. Some people swear that this is the best book that they have read while others think that it just doesn’t live up to the hype. That being said, the best way to enjoy this book is to just read it without any expectations. This deserves your attention and it will not waste a single moment of your time but please ready yourself on the last couple of pages, you don’t want to just stare at the ceiling for hours wondering what happened.
