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Jen’s favorite books

Siblings Without Rivalry by Adele Faber Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by La Leche League International The Conquest of Happiness by Bertrand Russell Diana by Andrew Morton I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron The Giver by Lois Lowry Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling Shoe Dog by Phil Knight Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
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The Life-Changing...
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by Marie Kondō (Goodreads Author)
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read in August 2016
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Jen Jen said: " I really enjoyed reading this book - it felt pretty practical, and provided a great framework for thinking about how we will our homes and our lives.

I was inspired by reading it and got rid of a few bags of things, donating them to Goodwill. I was ab ...more "

 
Aug 10, 2016 06:35AM  · see review
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Mandy Hale
“A season of loneliness and isolation is when the caterpillar gets its wings. Remember that next time you feel alone.”
― Mandy Hale, The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence
tags: alone, aloneness, becoming-who-you-re-meant-to-be, being-alone, being-single, butterfly, caterpillar, isolation, loneliness, lonely, metamorphosis, positive-thinking, seasons, seasons-of-life, single, single-life, single-woman, singleness, the-single-woman, transition
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Dante Alighieri
“The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.”
― Dante Alighieri
tags: afterlife, attributed-no-source, hell, morality, neutrality
2205 likes

Alphonse Karr
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.”
― Alphonse Karr, A Tour Round My Garden
tags: complaints, glass-half-full, gratitude, misattributed-abraham-lincoln, optimism, perspective, pessimism, positive-thinking, roses, thorns
2365 likes

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