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An Introduction to Coping with Anxiety, 2nd Edition by Lee Brosan, Brenda Hogan

hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

💫This is a good book, which includes different techniques + methods to help cope with anxiety and how to change perspective of anxiety. The exercises help you think about anxiety, assess your thinking and worries..they were very helpful.

The Summer Seekers by Sarah Morgan

adventurous funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

💫I really enjoyed this book, I resonated with all 3 of the main leads..making me kinda emotional sometimes. It made me think about life differently and reflect. 

💫I loved it alternated between all 3 leads, it showed the background, the present and their each development. I also loved the humour and sarcasm.

📈Though sometimes I did lose interest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Death, Infidelity

The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella

inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

💫This book focuses on the importance of having a work life balance, as a hard worker I can relate to the main female lead. 

💫I loved to seeing the transformations and development of the Samantha..I also think this added humor to the book.

📈Sometimes Samantha's character was really annoying, her decisions made me frustrated.

📈I lost my intrest sometimes and sometimes it felt a bit rushed. 

📈I wished there was more scenes of chemistry between Samantha and her lover. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent

Cat Poems by William Carlos Williams, Charles Baudelaire, Elizabeth Bishop, Ezra Pound, Stevie Smith, Amy Lowell, W.B. Yeats, Rainer Maria Rilke
Did not finish book. Stopped at 66%.

I initially was interested by this book as a cat lover, although some lines were good...I didn't understand most of the poetry, it felt random. It slowly became a chore to read this book🤷‍♀️

Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong by Elizabeth Day

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

💫I have no bad words to say about this book, it is an amazing book which has made me see things in a different perspective, gave me a clear idea on what I need to work on and understand my relationship with failure more better. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide attempt

Byron Passionate Romantic (Illustrated Poetry Anthology) by Lord Byron, O.B. Duane

informative medium-paced

3.75

💫📈I decided to read this book because it was different to my usual read. Although I enjoyed some of the poetry..I struggled to understand the lines due to the use of old English language., because of that I felt it dragged.

Love Poems by Carol Ann Duffy

informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

3.5

💫📈I found this book interesting, it's something different to my usual read. Some of the poems were nice. However I felt that these would be good for if you wanna do poetry analysis but not for a general read.

Swimming Lessons: Poems by Lili Reinhart

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

💫📈 I liked some of the poetry in this book, others lost my interest. I think this is an okay book, some of the ones I liked made me feel very happy and even blush..I wish there was more of those ones. 

The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

💫I have read The Folk of the Air series, so this book had me excited. I enjoyed the storyline and the diversity e.g. LGBTQ. 

💫Another fearless female hero

📈I wishe  there was more witty lines and more display of characters personalities..sometimes it felt rushed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Flourish: Practical Ways to Help You Thrive and Realize Your Full Potential by Cico Books

informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

This is an amazing book that has some great tips, information and advice on ways to reach your potential mindset wise and physically. I learnt new methods to tackle issues and made me think differently even ask questions to myself that I haven't asked before.