The Sorting Hat sorted some of my books today – these classics became Hufflepuffs “…where they are just and loyal. Those patient Hufflepuffs are true and unafraid to toil.” These books stand the test of time, they stand true to their age, and represent in all of us an age of youth, growth, and self…

 ❤️❤️❤️❤️  For some reason unknown to me, Wordbirds by Liesl Schillinger is listed as a “reference” book. Given that the title includes the word “irreverent”, I am not sure how it became classified as such. It is most assuredly a “humour” book. That cleared up, this beautiful little book is full of gorgeous aviary illustrations,…

❤️❤️❤️ The Happiness Project started as one woman’s goal to spend a year trying to be happier. To enjoy her life more, to snap at her kids less, to appreciate your husband, and became a glasslike phenomenon. I picked up the book while in the midst of a difficult pregnancy, while mothering a *slightly* difficult…

❤️❤️💔  This cute little volume is edited and compiled by American Dictionaries. While it does contain 100 words, there are probably about 10 that most people wouldn’t know. If you are looking to remind yourself about fun words like “egregious” or “quixotic”, then by all means, pick it up, as the book also contains sentences…

 ❤️❤️💔  British Army Officer Levison Wood’s travelogue reads like an adventure novel. Wood writes that he has often felt that he was born 100 years too late, as he enjoys exploring, climbing, meeting new peoples and immersing in new cultures. One of several walks that Wood has done, including the Nile, Madagascar and Iraq. The…

 ❤️❤️❤️❤️  She’s Come Undone is Wally Lamb’s bestselling book about Delores Price, a depressed, overweight teen, living in her mother’s rooming house/apartment building. Life is difficult for Delores, and depression and anxiety run as a theme throughout. Readers will be drawn to Delores, while at equal measures surprised and occasionally repulsed by her life. The…

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❤️❤️❤️💔 Sex and the City is by now a show with a following the world over. An entire generation of women had their views of themselves, how they viewed each other, what their goals would be, but before Sarah Jessica Parker stepped in her Manolos, Bushnell created these characters, based off of herself, and her…

❤️❤️❤️ Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (the Notorious RBG) is enjoying a surge in popularity for the last several years as a liberal, feminist icon, simply for following her instincts and beliefs. RBG is a biography of her personal life, legal career and boundary pushing life. Readers soon learn that while Ginsburg was the…

 ❤️❤️❤️  If you don’t know who Nora Ephron was, it is time to go back to 1980s romantic comedies. She wrote classics like When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle and Silkwood. This book is a collection of short essays by Ephron, mostly dealing with her personal experience as a woman aging in America. Her…