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7 Books That Healed My Mind and Heart (Emotional Growth and Healing)
Well, my dears, let’s talk about the gifts that are books. No, not in the sense of a physical gift. Yet, heck, I’m not at all complaining if someone fancies bestowing some lovely new hardbacks (or paperbacks) upon my person!I am, of course, talking about the books that come into your life when you need them most. These books gently rearrange your brain and heal the little cracks in your heart. If you’re very lucky, they give you the emotional recovery you didn’t even know you needed. So, settle in with a cup of something strong (because let’s face it, we could all do with a bit of calm, right?) and…
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My Favourite Reads of 2024 (and Vow to Read More in 2025)
Ah, 2024 – a year of unexpected twists, lessons learned, and – I hate to admit it- far fewer books read than I would have liked. If you told me back in January of this somewhat tumultuous year that I would only read a meagre 25 books, I would have snorted in disbelief and eyed my overflowing TBR shelves with a smirk, sure I was going to conquer those towers. Don’t get me wrong, 25 books is still a respectable amount, but I’m used to devouring books like bags of crisps – one after the other, barely pausing to breathe. (Exactly how it should be!) In 2024, though, something shifted.…