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Jill Nystul

Goodreads Author

Born

in Long Beach, California, The United States

February 20

Website

http://www.onegoodthingbyjillee.com

Twitter

byjillee

Genre

Historical Fiction, Contemporary, Humor and Comedy

Influences

Cheryl Strayed, J.K. Rowling, Diana Gabaldon, Arianna Huffington, C.S. ...more

Member Since

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Jill Nystul's memoir, One Good Life, was published by Putnam Books in May 2015. Her popular blog One Good Thing by Jillee was a 2013 Parent's Magazine Blog Award Winner, and has been featured on The OWN Show, Mother Earth Living Magazine, First for Women Magazine, All You Magazine, and elsewhere. She holds a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from Brigham Young University, and won a regional Emmy award in 2004 for her work as a producer of the daytime lifestyle show "Good Things Utah." Nystul currently lives near Park City, Utah with her husband and children. ...more

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Average rating: 3.73 · 130 ratings · 24 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	One Good Life: My Tips, My Wisdom, My Story 3.58 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jillee Bean and the One Good Thing by Jill Nystul (Goodreads Author), Samantha Hollister 4.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jillee Bean and the One Good Thing by Samantha Hollister, Jill Nystul (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Victoria Saxon (Editor) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One good life; my tips, my wisdom, my story 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jill Nystul rated a book it was amazing The Correspondent by Virginia Evans (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Me after finishing “The Correspondent” by Virginia Evans —-> 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I don't think I've loved, yet been so torn up by, a book since I read “Me Before You” by JoJo Moyes. Way more emotional than I bargained for, but one of those books that you simply h ...more
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Jill Nystul rated a book it was ok The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn, #1) by Peter S. Beagle (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Count me in with the other bewildered 2-star reviewers who thought they would LOVE this book and really WANTED to love this book, but alas, like star-crossed lovers, it just wasn’t meant to be. TBH fantasy is not my favorite genre, by a long shot, bu ...more
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Jill Nystul rated a book really liked it The Founding (The Morland Dynasty, #1) by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jill Nystul rated a book really liked it Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jill Nystul rated a book really liked it To Kill a King (Master of War #8) by David Gilman (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jill Nystul rated a book really liked it Cross of Fire (Master of War #6) by David Gilman (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jill Nystul rated a book really liked it The Forsyte Saga (The Forsyte Chronicles, #1-3) by John Galsworthy	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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