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Calling Out My Reading List

By NataliePosted on June 8, 2020June 8, 2020
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I took a look at my reading list so far this year to see how many books I’d read by Black authors. I’ve read 42 […]

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Have you read Untamed yet?

By NataliePosted on April 27, 2020April 27, 2020
  • Books

Our women’s group had a book club discussion last week on Glennon Doyle’s Untamed. I read her book immediately after hearing BrenĂ© Brown’s podcast interview […]

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25 Books

By NataliePosted on April 3, 2020April 3, 2020
  • Books
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We’re a quarter into a new year of reading! I set my goal lower this year to 100 books (the 168 last year was fun, […]

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Ziggy, Stardust & Me

By NataliePosted on March 16, 2020March 16, 2020
  • Books

I read a lot of books I love. But occasionally I read a book that I not only love, but I wish I’d written. Ziggy, […]

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Losing Sleep For The Right Reasons

By NataliePosted on January 17, 2020January 17, 2020
  • Books

I lost sleep last night. But for one of the best reasons: staying up too late finishing a book. It reminds me of my best […]

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Everything Is Figureoutable

By NataliePosted on January 10, 2020January 10, 2020
  • Books
  • Habits & Goals

This is the kind of mantra I need right now. I wasn’t familiar with Marie Forleo before listening to her book Everything Is Figureoutable (tagline: […]

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168 Books: 2019 Year in Review

By NataliePosted on January 2, 2020January 2, 2020
  • Books

I ended 2019 logging 168 books on Goodreads. 88 were physical books; 80 were audiobooks. The split between fiction and non-fiction was roughly the same, […]

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Writing Update: Comp Titles

By NataliePosted on December 3, 2019
  • Books
  • Writing

One of my beta readers, Katie (who is an incredible editor), was kind enough to give me comp titles with her initial editorial letter for […]

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Goals vs. Systems

By NataliePosted on November 4, 2019
  • Books
  • Happiness

I started reading Atomic Habits by James Clear yesterday — a recommendation from my friend Ashley and another one of those habit books that I […]

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Ryan Holiday

By NataliePosted on October 30, 2019
  • Books

A few years ago my boss recommended a book when I was looking for a mindset resource for a coworker: The Daily Stoic by Ryan […]

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