Perfectionist Wannabe is Launching a New Horror Series on Substack
Perfectionist Wannabe is pivoting. There’s a new horror series coming to Substack.
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Glow 15
If you are a woman looking for a lifestyle that will help you in your 40s and beyond, you should try Glow 15. Glow 15 is packed with information on how you can live a healthy, glowing life from the inside/out. You are introduced to autophagy and how it can help your body rid itself…
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The Year of Less
For those who need the next level of Kon Mari, but with your life…get this book. Cait Flanders year of minimizing her life month after month, saving as much money as she can, and foregoing shopping for a year (with the exception of certain items like food, toilet paper, etc.) will leave you inspired. I…
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This is Me Letting You Go
When you are trying to find meaning to why your heart was broken…read this. This will help you see past what hurts and let go of that person you love(d).
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How to Fix a Broken Heart
For those looking for an answer on how to mend your broken heart, read this book. It will help you. Guy Winch shares his expertise as a psychologist. Using case studies ranging from a pet dying to that guy that ghosted you, he helps you move from heartbreak to moving on.
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The Other Side of the Bridge
After losing his entire family in a deadly car accident, Dave Riley is lost, trying to find meaning to life itself. On the other side of the country, Katie Connelly discovers a new story in the building of the Golden Gate Bridge. Both people are suffering from the loss of family member(s). Before Dave’s wife…
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Wizard for Hire
This book is unlike any other YA book I’ve read in the past few years. We live in a world where we leave the fairy tales in the books or up on the movie screens. But what if magic was real in the world around us? After Ozzy’s parents are kidnapped, he is left to…
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The Abundance Project
For those who feel stuck in a moment, Derek Rydall shows you how to get out of it. Sometimes when you are feeling like nothing is going right. Or maybe you are lost and need to find a way out. Wherever you are in your life, Rydall will teach you how to tap back into…
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The Great Gatsby
Before reading Gatsby, I began with “The Art of X-Ray Reading.” This book highlights 25 great works of literature, starting with Gatsby. I decided to read each of the works mentioned in X-Ray after reading each chapter. In the Gatsby chapter, he talks about the use of color and use of certain words that foreshadows…
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Anansi Boys
In curating my library, there is one thing that is certain, Neil Gaiman’s stories are ones that are meant to be kept in hardcover and never given away. In his epic novel, “American Gods,” we are introduced to Anansi (the spider god). In Anansi Boys, we are introduced to the trickster’s sons: Fat Charlie and…
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Skylight Confessions
A haunting tale of love, destiny and regrets. When Arlyn’s father dies, she decides to test fate by casting her own spell into the universe and declares that the next man that comes up the road is the man she is destined to marry. A young man, John, shows up at her home, lost. He…
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Potion Masters: The Eternity Elixir
From the publishers that brought us the incredible FableHaven series by Brandon Mull comes a new YA series about a young potion master caught between the forces of good and evil. Gordy Stitser has many natural talents that are uncommon to most children, let alone elixirists. He is well advanced in his potion making skills,…
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Anna and the Swallow Man
When I started reading this book, it reminded me a lot of “The Book Thief.” I read the letter from the publisher and understood why. The editor for “Anna and the Swallow Man” is the same person that edited “The Book Thief.” What did that tell me? I was in for a heartbreaking, but incredible…
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The Tuner of Silences
When I interviewed Kim Thúy (author of Ru and Mãn), she referenced Mia Couto’s “The Tuner of Silences” in her interview (“it feels like their organ to dream had been amputated from them.”). I immediately ordered the book. The only reason why is because Thúy wrote so beautifully and saw the beauty in words. I…
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You are a Badass at Making Money
As a followup to Jen Sincero’s “You are a Badass,” she dives further into the concept of generating more money by bringing us “You are a Badass at Making Money.” This is the book I started 2018 reading. What I learned from this book is exactly what I’m seeing repeated in every book I’ve read…
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You are a Badass
Stop what you are doing and get this book. This book will help you get your shit together and believe in yourself. You will learn how to reconnect with yourself (and a higher power) to bring greatness into your life. It all starts with you and how you think and believe. This was the last…
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Cirque du Freak: Tunnels of Blood (Book 3)
As we go further into this series, we start to learn more about the secretive vampire Mr. Crepsley. An old friend of Crepsley’s stops by the Cirque to deliver a message…there’s a bad vampire killing people in his hometown. He packs things up and brings Darren and Evra (the snake boy) with him. For Darren…
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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant (Book 2)
In Book 2 of the Cirque du Freak series, Darren Shan is trying to adjust to being a half-vampire (and hating every moment of it). The thought of drinking blood sickens him. The thought of drinking human blood repulses him. But if he is to survive, he must eventually drink human blood or he will…