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My 6 Top Book Picks For Summer 2016

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My 6 Top Book Picks For Summer 2016
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1. "Radical Self Love: A Guide to Loving Yourself and Living Your Dream"


Have you ever imagined having the best life ever? I'm talking about utter happiness, full of good laughs, constant smiling and more! With this book, you will discover what makes you amazing. Darling provides you with the tips, tools, and techniques to make your life as great as possible. She even provides homework exercises for you to complete at the end of each chapter! This will help you fall head over heels with yourself. You will learn how to treat every day like a celebration and begin to feel magical once and for all.

2. "Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear"

This book takes the plunge into the creative process from the perspective of Elizabeth Gilbert. You will read about some of the greatest insights for inspiration and how to embrace your own curiosity. You will gain skills on how to tackle your fears and embrace dreams that you desire most. Lastly, we will be able to unlock anything that is hiding inside of us waiting to come out.

3. "Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner"

This book is great for anyone interested in practicing Wicca. It guides you through everything you need to know without anything being explained in a complex way. It teaches you how to attune with the God and Goddess, how to use magic, how to build an altar and so much more. Cunningham shows us how to be connected to the Earth and how to utilize nature. He also provides his Book of Shadows as a guide to creating your own.

4. "Impulse"

This book follows the lives of three very different individuals. However, they are all going to the same location known as Aspen Springs, which is for those who have tried to commit suicide multiple times. You meet the characters Vanessa, Conner and Tony who all decided they have had enough with their own personal suffering. One grabs a blade, another a gun and the last one grabs a bottle. They are all given a second chance to clean up and have a better life, especially with the help of each other. Hopefully they can all face their inner demons together and end it once and for all.

5. "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher

Before the events in this book take place, a girl named Hannah committed suicide. Before she died she left behind a series of cassette tapes which all described the reasons why she killed herself. Each tape involves some sort of mistreatment, whether it was cruel or guilty, all revolving around the students at her school. (P.s. this will be a movie soon starring Selena Gomez).

6. "Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children"

The story follows a boy named Jacob who looked up to his grandfather. His grandfather has a history of living in an orphanage, fighting in wars and battling monsters that follow him. Jacob's grandfather shows him a wide variety of vintage photographs that he has collected from the orphanage, but these are not ordinary photos. The photos include strange things, such as a girl who can float, an invisible boy and a mysterious head master. After his grandfather passed away, Jacob decides to go to the Welsh orphanage for clues about his grandfather's life. After arriving Jacob goes to the orphanage, only to find similar photographs like his grandfather's. Soon Jacob began to uncover more clues and meet some peculiar people on his journey.

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