National Book Lovers Day

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Happy National Book Lovers Day! Another wonderful meeting with an excellent theme of National Book Lovers Day.

Here is a list of books recommended by our members in the meeting today.

  1. How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber
  2. How to Talk So Teens Will Listen & Listen So Teens Will Talk by Adele Faber
  3. Together by Vivek H Murthy (The healing power of human connection in a sometimes lonely world)
  4. Barack Obama Speeches by Barack Obama (There are 85 speeches which would be a great reference for the Pathways level 5 project)
  5. Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
  6. Artemis by Andy Weir
  7. Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis (Stop believing the lies about who you are so you can become who you were meant to be)
  8. Girl, Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollis
  9. Dollars and Sense by Dan Ariely (How we misthink money and how to spend smarter)
  10. Becoming by Michelle Obama
  11. Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan (Winner of 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography)
  12. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
  13. Dragons Love Taos by Adam Rubin
  14. Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People by Vanessa Van Edwards


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