BOOK RECS - Ally Dalsimer

2025

Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies

by Laura Esquivel

My Cats Can't Cook

by Dr Mrs Summer Still

PlantYou: 140+ Ridiculously Easy, Amazingly Delicious Plant-Based Oil-Free Recipes

by Carleigh Bodrug (Author), Dr. Will Bulsiewicz MD (Foreword)

VBQ - The Ultimate Vegan Barbecue Cookbook: Over 80 Recipes - Seared, Skewered, Smoking Hot!

by William Damon

A Round of Golf with My Father: The New Psychology of Exploring Your Past to Make Peace with Your Present

by William Damon

50 States, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do

by National Geographic

The Stress-Proof Brain: Master Your Emotional Response to Stress Using Mindfulness and Neuroplasticity

by Melanie Greenberg PhD

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Laughter Is the Best Medicine: 101 Feel Good Stories

by Amy Newmark

How to Giggle: A Guide to Taking Life Less Seriously

by Hannah Berner (Author), Paige DeSorbo (Author)

A Year of Self-Care: Daily Practices and Inspiration for Caring for Yourself (A Year of Daily Reflections)

by Dr. Zoe Shaw

by Veeda Bybee

A Few of My Favorite Things: Recipes Inspired by Family-Friendly Musicals

Langley Powell and the Society for the Defense of the Mundane

by Jeff Giles

The Neuroscience of Manifesting: The Magical Science of Getting the Life You Want

by Sabina Brennan

She Said Yes to Herself Unapologetically: The Empowerment Guide For Women

by Chanelle Coleman

2024

101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think

by Brianna Wiest (Author), Thought Catalog (Editor)

Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success

by Adam Grant

At Our Table

by Patrick Hulse (Author), Madelyn Goodnight (Illustrator)

The Physician (The Cole Trilogy Book 1)

by Noah Gordon

The Halloween Tree: A Scary Halloween Book

by Ray Bradbury (Author), Joseph Mugnaini (Illustrator)

Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness

by Rick Hanson PhD (Author), Forrest Hanson (Author)

Color Escape, Volume 2: Learning to Love Me

by DeVeria Flowers-Sanders

Blast

by Robert Blake Whitehill

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

by Daniel James Brown

The Friend Ship

by Kat Yeh (Author),
Chuck Groenink (Illustrator)

My Journey in Haiku

by Cyrus Webb

The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act

by Isaac Butler

The Amazing Martika

by Martika Daniels

The Mindfulness Memory Activity Book for Adults and Seniors: 140 Puzzles and Brain Games

by Kennard Shelton

The Art of Letting Go: Stop Overthinking, Stop Negative Spirals, and Find Emotional Freedom

by Nick Trenton

Murder Past Due (Cat in the Stacks Mystery)

by Miranda James

Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

by Cal Newport

The Power of Discipline

by Daniel Walter

The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life

by Anu Partanen

The Psychologist's Shadow

by Laury A. Egan

The Queen of Sugar Hill

by ReShonda Tate

Embracing Defeat

by John W. Dower

7 Habits of Highly Effective People

by Stephen R. Covey

A Christmas Carol

By Charles Dickens

Olive, The Other Reindeer

by Vivian Walsh (Author), J.otto Seibold (Author, Illustrator)

The Little Book of Gratitude

by Dr. Robert A Emmons

It's Okay Not To Be Fabulous Every Day!

by Ally Dalsimer

Roses in the Mouth of a Lion

by Bushra Rehman

Creation: A Novel

by Gore Vidal

The Zyprexa Papers

by Jim Gottstein

Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar...

by Cathcart and Klein

Flirting with Danger

by Claire Baxter

Encyclopedia Walking: Pop Culture & The Alchemy of Rock ‘N’ Roll

by Jon Kanis

Words I Choose To Live By

By Cyrus Webb

Deadrise

by Robert Blake Whitehill

tuesdays with Morrie

by Mitch Albom

Just One Little Light

by Kat Yeh

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