Ana's bookshelf: all en-US Tue, 01 Apr 2025 04:44:14 -0700 60 Ana's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Normal People 41057294
A year later, they’re both studying at Trinity College in Dublin. Marianne has found her feet in a new social world while Connell hangs at the sidelines, shy and uncertain. Throughout their years in college, Marianne and Connell circle one another, straying toward other people and possibilities but always magnetically, irresistibly drawn back together. Then, as she veers into self-destruction and he begins to search for meaning elsewhere, each must confront how far they are willing to go to save the other.

Sally Rooney brings her brilliant psychological acuity and perfectly spare prose to a story that explores the subtleties of class, the electricity of first love, and the complex entanglements of family and friendship.]]> 273 Sally Rooney 1984822179 Ana 0 3.81 2018 Normal People
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]]> A Little Life 22822858
Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride.ĚýYet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, is Jude himself, by midlife a terrifyingly talented litigator yet an increasingly broken man, his mind and body scarred by an unspeakable childhood, and haunted by what he fears is a degree of trauma that he’ll not only be unable to overcome—but that will define his life forever.]]> 720 Hanya Yanagihara 0385539258 Ana 0 currently-reading 4.28 2015 A Little Life
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]]> <![CDATA[Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals]]> 54785515 The average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief. Assuming you live to be eighty, you have just over four thousand weeks.

Nobody needs to be told there isn’t enough time. We’re obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists, overfilled inboxes, work-life balance, and ceaseless battle against distraction; we’re deluged with advice on becoming more productive and efficient and life hacks to optimize our days. But such techniques often end up making things worse. The sense of anxious hurry grows more intense, and still the most meaningful parts of life seem to lie just beyond the horizon. Still, we rarely make the connection between our daily struggles with time and the ultimate time management problem: the challenge of how best to use our four thousand weeks.

Drawing on the insights of both ancient and contemporary philosophers, psychologists, and spiritual teachers, Oliver Burkeman delivers an entertaining, humorous, practical, and ultimately profound guide to time and time management. Rejecting the futile modern obsession with “getting everything done,� Four Thousand Weeks introduces readers to tools for constructing a meaningful life by embracing finitude, showing that many of the unhelpful ways we’ve come to think about time aren’t inescapable, unchanging truths, but choices we’ve made as individuals and as a society—and that we could do things differently.]]> 271 Oliver Burkeman 0374159122 Ana 5 4.20 2021 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
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]]> <![CDATA[All Your Perfects (Hopeless, #3)]]> 38926487
Quinn and Graham’s perfect love is threatened by their imperfect marriage. The memories, mistakes, and secrets that they have built up over the years are now tearing them apart. The one thing that could save them might also be the very thing that pushes their marriage beyond the point of repair.

All Your Perfects is a profound novel about a damaged couple whose potential future hinges on promises made in the past. This is a heartbreaking page-turner that asks: Can a resounding love with a perfect beginning survive a lifetime between two imperfect people?]]> 305 Colleen Hoover 1501193325 Ana 0 3.97 2018 All Your Perfects (Hopeless, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)]]> 62627512 A special hardcover collector’s edition of It Ends with Us, featuring an exclusive Q&A between Colleen Hoover and her mother, a beautiful foil cover, an embossed case with the author’s signature, and newly designed endpapers—from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Starts with Us.

Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town where she grew up—she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. And when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life seems too good to be true.

Ryle is assertive, stubborn, maybe even a little arrogant. He’s also sensitive, brilliant, and has a total soft spot for Lily. And the way he looks in scrubs certainly doesn’t hurt. Lily can’t get him out of her head. But Ryle’s complete aversion to relationships is disturbing. Even as Lily finds herself becoming the exception to his “no dating� rule, she can’t help but wonder what made him that way in the first place.

As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of Atlas Corrigan—her first love and a link to the past she left behind. He was her kindred spirit, her protector. When Atlas suddenly reappears, everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened.]]> 373 Colleen Hoover Ana 0 3.87 2016 It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Way Forward (The Inward Trilogy)]]> 100697520
In these rapidly changing times, it is more important than ever to know ourselves well and fully, even and especially in the face of turmoil. The Way Forward encourages readers to connect more deeply to their intuition, using it to remain focused and grounded amidst a world in constant flux.

In his latest collection of poetry and short prose, Yung Pueblo offers clear strategies for managing the unknown, inhabiting your personal power, and bringing your truest, healthiest self to relationships. Progressing naturally from both Inward and Clarity & Connection , The Way Forward is exactly that­­—an inspired beginning.]]> 240 Yung Pueblo 1524874833 Ana 0 4.38 The Way Forward (The Inward Trilogy)
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]]> <![CDATA[8 Rules of Love: How to Find It, Keep It, and Let It Go]]> 62634115 The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Think Like a Monk offers a revelatory guide to every stage of romance, drawing on ancient wisdom and new science.

Nobody sits us down and teaches us how to love. So we’re often thrown into relationships with nothing but romance movies and pop culture to help us muddle through. Until now.

Instead of presenting love as an ethereal concept or a collection of cliches, Jay Shetty lays out specific, actionable steps to help you develop the skills to practice and nurture love better than ever before. He shares insights on how to win or lose together, how to define love, and why you don’t break in a break-up. Inspired by Vedic wisdom and modern science, he tackles the entire relationship cycle, from first dates to moving in together to breaking up and starting over. And he shows us how to avoid falling for false promises and unfulfilling partners.

By living Jay Shetty’s eight rules, we can all love ourselves, our partner, and the world better than we ever thought possible.]]> 352 Jay Shetty 198218308X Ana 0 3.91 2023 8 Rules of Love: How to Find It, Keep It, and Let It Go
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]]> <![CDATA[Lighter: Let Go of the Past, Connect with the Present, and Expand the Future]]> 60564460 Ěý
A radically compassionate plan for turning inward and lifting the heaviness that prevents us from healing ourselves and the world, from the New York Times bestselling author of Clarity & Connection

“During the years when I had abandoned myself, my mind felt undeniably heavy. I knew I needed to find a clear way to help me feel lighter.�
Ěý
yung pueblo’s path to deep healing began only after years of drug abuse had taken a toll on his mind and body. Searching for a way forward, he found that by honestly examining and addressing the anxieties and fears that he had been running away from, he no longer felt like a stranger inside of his heart and mind. And once he dedicated himself to meditation and trusting his intuition, he started to finally feel mentally lighter, with more love emerging from within. This was not an easy journey, and it's one that he is still on, but it showed him that real healing is possible.

In Lighter , yung pueblo demonstrates how we can all move forward in our healing, from learning self-compassion to letting go to becoming emotionally mature. As the heaviness falls away, our minds will finally stop feeling overburdened with tension and we’ll be able to reconnect with the present. And the world around us will hopefully become more inviting in crisp and newly vibrant ways. But these are just the first steps. As we grow stronger and expand our self-awareness, it’s our responsibility—and also part of the healing journey—to take actions to support the health and harmony of all people. The final section of Lighter shows how we can and must contribute to building a world that is no longer structurally harmful but, instead, structurally compassionate.Ěý

yung pueblo’s hope is that as more of us heal, our actions will become more intentional, our decisions will become more compassionate, our thinking will become clearer, and the future will become brighter.]]> 288 Yung Pueblo 0593233174 Ana 0 4.06 2022 Lighter: Let Go of the Past, Connect with the Present, and Expand the Future
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]]> <![CDATA[Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)]]> 44421460 What would you change if you could go back in time?

In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time.

In Before the Coffee Gets Cold, we meet four visitors, each of whom is hoping to make use of the café’s time-travelling offer, in order to: confront the man who left them, receive a letter from their husband whose memory has been taken by early onset Alzheimer's, to see their sister one last time, and to meet the daughter they never got the chance to know.

But the journey into the past does not come without risks: customers must sit in a particular seat, they cannot leave the café, and finally, they must return to the present before the coffee gets cold . . .

Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s beautiful, moving story explores the age-old question: what would you change if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for one last time?]]> 213 Toshikazu Kawaguchi 1529029589 Ana 0 3.66 2015 Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
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]]> The Midnight Library 52578297
When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change.

The books in the Midnight Library enable Nora to live as if she had done things differently. With the help of an old friend, she can now undo every one of her regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life. But things aren't always what she imagined they'd be, and soon her choices place the library and herself in extreme danger.

Before time runs out, she must answer the ultimate question: what is the best way to live?]]> 288 Matt Haig 0525559477 Ana 0 3.96 2020 The Midnight Library
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]]> Everything I Know About Love 46041465
When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming an adult, journalist and former Sunday Times columnist Dolly Alderton has seen and tried it all. In her memoir, she vividly recounts falling in love, finding a job, getting drunk, getting dumped, realizing that Ivan from the corner shop might just be the only reliable man in her life, and that absolutely no one can ever compare to her best girlfriends. Everything I Know About Love is about bad dates, good friends and—above all else� realizing that you are enough.

Glittering with wit and insight, heart and humor, Dolly Alderton’s unforgettable debut weaves together personal stories, satirical observations, a series of lists, recipes, and other vignettes that will strike a chord of recognition with women of every age—making you want to pick up the phone and tell your best friends all about it. Like Bridget Jones� Diary but all true, Everything I Know About Love is about the struggles of early adulthood in all its terrifying and hopeful uncertainty.]]> 368 Dolly Alderton 0062968785 Ana 4 3.98 2018 Everything I Know About Love
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]]> <![CDATA[Other People's Love Letters: 150 Letters You Were Never Meant to See]]> 2051819
� "i think UR great. wanna have wine & Tequila again sometime?"

� "I can't believe you're real, and I think about you constantly in some way or the other all day. I haven't given the finger to anyone driving since I met you."

� "With you I learned how to fight cleaner, how to talk things out better, and how to make a strong loving family out of nothing. These are priceless gifts that I will carry with me the rest of my life. One more thing you did for you left, and I had to get through it."

� "P.S. I look forward to your letters too much to call. Also, where do you stand on chains?"]]> 192 Bill Shapiro 0307382648 Ana 0 to-read 3.80 2007 Other People's Love Letters: 150 Letters You Were Never Meant to See
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]]> Anne & Henry 24885809
Henry Tudor’s life has been mapped out since the day he was born: student body president, valedictorian, Harvard Law School, and a stunning political career just like his father’s. But ever since the death of his brother, the pressure for Henry to be perfect has doubled. And now he’s trapped: forbidden from pursuing a life as an artist or dating any girl who isn’t Tudor-approved.

Then Anne Boleyn crashes into his life.

Wild, brash, and outspoken, Anne is everything Henry isn’t allowed to be—or want. But soon Anne is all he can think about. His mother, his friends, and even his girlfriend warn him away, but his desire for Anne consumes him.

Henry is willing to do anything to be with her, but once they’re together, will their romance destroy them both?

Inspired by the true story of Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII, Anne & Henry beautifully reimagines the intensity, love, and betrayal between one of the most infamous couples of all time.]]> 304 Dawn Ius 1481439413 Ana 0 to-read 3.01 2015 Anne & Henry
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]]> <![CDATA[Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear]]> 24453082 Big Magic cracks open a world of wonder and joy.]]> 276 Elizabeth Gilbert 1594634718 Ana 0 to-read 3.95 2015 Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
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]]> <![CDATA[Congratulations, by the Way: Some Thoughts on Kindness]]> 18373298 The New York Times, where its simple, uplifting message struck a deep chord. Within days, it had been shared more than one million times. Why? Because Saunders's words tap into a desire in all of us to lead kinder, more fulfilling lives. Powerful, funny, and wise, Congratulations, by the Way is an inspiring message from one of today's most influential and original writers.]]> 64 George Saunders 0812996275 Ana 0 to-read 4.17 2013 Congratulations, by the Way: Some Thoughts on Kindness
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]]> My Life After Now 15752348
And now her life will never be the same. Now, how will she be able to have a boyfriend? What will she tell her friends? How will she face her family?

Now her life is completely different...every moment is a gift. Because now she might not have many moments left.]]> 304 Jessica Verdi 1402277857 Ana 0 to-read 3.88 2013 My Life After Now
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are: Love, Style, and Bad Habits]]> 19288260
In short, frisky sections, these Parisian women give you their very original views on style, beauty, culture, attitude and men. The authors--Anne Berest, Audrey Diwan, Caroline de Maigret, and Sophie Mas--unmarried but attached, with children--have been friends for years. Talented bohemian iconoclasts with careers in the worlds of music, film, fashion and publishing, they are untypically frank and outspoken as they debunk the myths about what it means to be a French woman today. Letting you in on their secrets and flaws, they also make fun of their complicated, often contradictory feelings and behavior. They admit to being snobs, a bit self-centered, unpredictable but not unreliable. Bossy and opinionated, they are also tender and romantic.

You will be taken on a first date, to a party, to some favorite haunts in Paris, to the countryside, and to one of their dinners at home with recipes even you could do -- but to be out with them is to be in for some mischief and surprises. They will tell you how to be mysterious and sensual, look natural, make your boyfriend jealous, and how they feel about children, weddings and going to the gym. And they will share their address book in Paris for where to go: At the End of the Night, for A Birthday, for a Smart Date, for a A Hangover, for Vintage Finds and much more.

How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are will make you laugh as you slip into their shoes to become bold and free and tap into your inner cool.]]> 253 Anne Berest 0385538650 Ana 0 to-read 3.63 2014 How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are: Love, Style, and Bad Habits
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]]> <![CDATA[Falling in Love with English Boys]]> 7878343 293 Melissa Jensen 014241851X Ana 0 to-read 3.40 2010 Falling in Love with English Boys
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]]> That Summer 104379 For fifteen-year-old Haven, life is changing too quickly. She's nearly six feet tall, her father is getting remarried, and her sister—the always perfect Ashley—is planning a wedding of her own. Haven wishes things could just go back to the way they were. Then an old boyfriend of Ashley's reenters the picture, and through him, Haven sees the past for what it really was, and comes to grips with the future.

]]> 208 Sarah Dessen 0670061107 Ana 0 to-read, summer 3.48 1996 That Summer
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]]> <![CDATA[The Last Little Blue Envelope (Little Blue Envelope, #2)]]> 9462775
Months later, a mysterious boy contacts Ginny from London, saying he's found her bag. Finally, Ginny can finish what she started. But instead of ending her journey, the last letter starts a new adventure—one filled with old friends, new loves, and once-in-a-lifetime experiences. Ginny finds she must hold on to her wits . . . and her heart. This time, there are no instructions.]]> 282 Maureen Johnson 0061976792 Ana 0 to-read 3.83 2011 The Last Little Blue Envelope (Little Blue Envelope, #2)
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]]> The Six Rules of Maybe 6598461 336 Deb Caletti 1416979697 Ana 0 to-read 3.66 2010 The Six Rules of Maybe
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]]> The Bell Jar 6514 294 Sylvia Plath 0571268862 Ana 0 to-read 4.05 1963 The Bell Jar
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]]> We Were Liars 16143347 A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.
A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies.
True love.
The truth.

We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from New York Times bestselling author, National Book Award finalist, and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart.

Read it.

And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.]]> 242 E. Lockhart 0385741278 Ana 0 to-read 3.66 2014 We Were Liars
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]]> The Boy Most Likely To 18392495 My Life Next Door

Tim Mason was The Boy Most Likely To:
- find the liquor cabinet blindfolded
- need a liver transplant
- drive his car into a house

Alice Garrett was The Girl Most Likely To:
- well, not date her little brother’s baggage-burdened best friend, for starters.

For Tim, it wouldn’t be smart to fall for Alice. For Alice, nothing could be scarier than falling for Tim. But Tim has never been known for making the smart choice, and Alice is starting to wonder if the “smart� choice is always the right one. When these two crash into each other, they crash hard.

Then the unexpected consequences of Tim’s wild days come back to shock him. He finds himself in a situation that isn’t all it appears to be, that he never could have predicted . . . but maybe should have.

And Alice is caught in the middle.

Told in Tim’s and Alice’s distinctive, disarming, entirely compelling voices, this return to the world of My Life Next Door is a story about failing first, trying again, and having to decide whether to risk it all once more.]]> 434 Huntley Fitzpatrick 0147519284 Ana 0 to-read 3.77 2015 The Boy Most Likely To
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dead-Tossed Waves (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #2)]]> 6555517 416 Carrie Ryan 0385736843 Ana 0 to-read 3.92 2010 The Dead-Tossed Waves (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Wolves of the Sapphire Sun: This one's for the wild ones.]]> 20835166
Designed to be read and pondered upon as a “novel-made-out-of-poems�, these pages will call you into certain depths and ask you to connect the dots wherever there are open spaces. You are impelled to feel and to think. And to chew on this paper until it runs through your veins.]]> 262 C. JoyBell C. 1495900800 Ana 0 to-read 4.24 2014 Wolves of the Sapphire Sun: This one's for the wild ones.
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]]> <![CDATA[Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)]]> 12000020
But against all odds, when Ari and Dante meet, they develop a special bond that will teach them the most important truths of their lives, and help define the people they want to be. But there are big hurdles in their way, and only by believing in each other—and the power of their friendship—can Ari and Dante emerge stronger on the other side.]]> 390 Benjamin Alire Sáenz 1442408928 Ana 0 to-read 4.29 2012 Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
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]]> It 18108757
A truly one-off collection of Alexa's writing, doodles and photographs, It combines stories of early style inspirations such as her grandpa and the Spice Girls, discussion of figures of obsession like Jane Birkin and Annie Hall, and reflects on heartbreak, how to get dressed in the morning, the challenges of taking a good selfie, and more. Interspersed with pages from Alexa's notebooks and many a photo of a good night out, It appears in real cloth, with hand-crafted marbled endpages covered in polkadots, stripy head and tail bands, and luxiouriously creamy paper. Witty, charming and with a refreshingly down-to-earth attitude, It is a must-have for anyone who loves fashion, worries about growing up, or loves just about everything Alexa Chung.]]> 192 Alexa Chung 1846147549 Ana 0 to-read, girl-power 3.35 2013 It
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]]> #Girlboss 18667945 In the New York Times bestseller that the Washington Post called "Lean In for misfits," Sophia Amoruso shares how she went from dumpster diving to founding one of the fastest-growing retailers in the world.

Sophia Amoruso spent her teens hitchhiking, committing petty theft, and scrounging in dumpsters for leftover bagels. By age twenty-two she had dropped out of school, and was broke, directionless, and checking IDs in the lobby of an art school�
a job she’d taken for the health insurance. It was in that lobby that Sophia decided to start selling vintage clothes on eBay.

Flash forward ten years to today, and she’s the founder and executive chairman of Nasty Gal, a $250-million-plus fashion retailer with more than four hundred employees. Sophia was never a typical CEO, or a typical anything, and she’s written #GIRLBOSS for other girls like her: outsiders (and insiders) seeking a unique path to success, even when that path is windy as all hell and lined with naysayers.

#GIRLBOSS proves that being successful isn’t about where you went to college
or how popular you were in high school. It’s about trusting your instincts and following your gut; knowing which rules to follow and which to break; when to button up and when to let your freak flag fly.' to 'In the New York Times bestseller that the Washington Post called "Lean In for misfits," Sophia Amoruso shares how she went from dumpster diving to founding one of the fastest-growing retailers in the world Sophia Amoruso spent her teens hitchhiking, committing petty theft, and scrounging in dumpsters for leftover bagels. By age twenty-two she had dropped out of school, and was broke, directionless, and checking IDs in the lobby of an art school—a job she’d taken for the health insurance. It was in that lobby that Sophia decided to start selling vintage clothes on eBay. Flash forward ten years to today, and she’s the founder and executive chairman of Nasty Gal, a $250-million-plus fashion retailer with more than four hundred employees. Sophia was never a typical CEO, or a typical anything, and she’s written #GIRLBOSS for other girls like her: outsiders (and insiders) seeking a unique path to success, even when that path is windy as all hell and lined with naysayers. #GIRLBOSS proves that being successful isn’t about where you went to college or how popular you were in high school. It’s about trusting your instincts and following your gut; knowing which rules to follow and which to break; when to button up and when to let your freak flag fly.']]> 256 Sophia Amoruso 039916927X Ana 0 to-read, girl-power 3.63 2014 #Girlboss
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]]> <![CDATA[Grace's Guide: The Art of Pretending to Be a Grown-up]]> 22168240
Face it—being a young adult in the digital era is one of the hardest things to be. Well, maybe there are harder things in life…but being an adult is difficult! So Grace Helbig has written a guide that’s perfect for anyone who is faced with the daunting task of becoming an adult.

Infused with her trademark saucy, sweet, and funny voice, Grace’s Guide is a tongue-in-cheek handbook for millennials, encompassing everything a young or new (or regular or old) adult needs to know, from surviving a breakup to recovering from a hangover. Beautifully illustrated and full-color, Grace’s Guide features interactive elements and exclusive stories from Grace’s own misadventures—like losing her virginity solely because her date took her to a Macaroni Grill—and many other hilarious lessons she learned the hard way.

Amusing and unexpectedly educational, this refreshing and colorful guide proves that becoming an adult doesn’t necessarily mean you have to grow up.]]> 240 Grace Helbig 1476788006 Ana 0 to-read, girl-power 3.95 2014 Grace's Guide: The Art of Pretending to Be a Grown-up
author: Grace Helbig
name: Ana
average rating: 3.95
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]]> <![CDATA[I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl]]> 18330189 Stop listening to that voice inside your head that tells you you’re not good enough. Stop worrying that you don’t have the perfect body, perfect job, perfect relationship, or perfect anything for that matter. Stop letting other people draw boundaries and limits around your life. And start living the life that you truly want (now!), the one you didn’t think you had the courage to imagine, but the one that’s absolutely possible! Including stories from thirty incredible women, Alexis has compiled everything she’s learned into one complete guide to being That Girl, the best version of you.]]> 240 Alexis Jones 0989322289 Ana 0 to-read, girl-power 3.91 2013 I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and #bethatgirl
author: Alexis Jones
name: Ana
average rating: 3.91
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Be a Hepburn in a Hilton World: The Art of Living with Style, Class, and Grace]]> 5777570
Full of fun assignments, notable names and real-life examples, Christy offers a new look at seemingly "old fashioned" advice. She covers diet, speech, work ethic, friends, relationships, manners, makeup, and fashionable yet modest clothing, showing modern ladies how they can be beautiful, intelligent and fun while retaining values and morals.]]> 196 Jordan Christy 1599951835 Ana 0 to-read, girl-power 3.13 2009 How to Be a Hepburn in a Hilton World: The Art of Living with Style, Class, and Grace
author: Jordan Christy
name: Ana
average rating: 3.13
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]]> Men Explain Things to Me 18528190
She ends on a serious note� because the ultimate problem is the silencing of women who have something to say, including those saying things like, “He’s trying to kill me!�

This book features that now-classic essay with six perfect complements, including an examination of the writer Virginia Woolf ’s embrace of mystery, of not knowing, of doubt and ambiguity, a highly original inquiry into marriage equality, and a terrifying survey of the scope of contemporary violence against women.]]> 130 Rebecca Solnit 1608463869 Ana 0 girl-power, to-read 3.84 2014 Men Explain Things to Me
author: Rebecca Solnit
name: Ana
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2014
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]]> F*ck! I'm in My Twenties 14553836 128 Emma Koenig 1452110530 Ana 0 to-read, girl-power 3.48 2012 F*ck! I'm in My Twenties
author: Emma Koenig
name: Ana
average rating: 3.48
book published: 2012
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]]> <![CDATA[Don't Worry, It Gets Worse: One Twentysomething's (Mostly Failed) Attempts at Adulthood]]> 16171220 no idea what she was doing. But hey, what twentysomething does?

In Don’t Worry, It Gets Worse, Nugent shares what it takes to make the awkward leap from undergrad to "mature and responsible adult that definitely never eats peanut butter straight from the jar and considers it a meal.� From trying to find an apartment on the black hole otherwise known as Craigslist to the creative maneuvering needed to pay off student loans and still enjoy happy hour, Nugent documents the formative moments of being a twentysomething with a little bit of snark and a lot of heart. Based on her popular Tumblr blog The Frenemy, Don’t Worry, It Gets Worse is a love note to boozin�, bitchin� ladies everywhere.]]> 208 Alida Nugent 0452298180 Ana 0 to-read, girl-power 3.39 2013 Don't Worry, It Gets Worse: One Twentysomething's (Mostly Failed) Attempts at Adulthood
author: Alida Nugent
name: Ana
average rating: 3.39
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[20-Something, 20-Everything: A Quarter-Life Woman's Guide to Balance and Direction]]> 319220 Hassler herself left a fast-moving career that wasn't right for her and instead took the risk of starting her own business. Now, based on her own experience and interviews with hundreds of women, she shares heartfelt stories on issues from career to parents to boyfriends to babies. Yet she provides practical exercises, too, to enable the woman of today to chart a new direction for her own life.
]]> 329 Christine Hassler 157731476X Ana 0 to-read, girl-power 3.58 2005 20-Something, 20-Everything: A Quarter-Life Woman's Guide to Balance and Direction
author: Christine Hassler
name: Ana
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2005
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fabulous Girl's Guide to Decorum]]> 774906
Authors Kim Izzo and Ceri Marsh know first-hand that today’s young women require etiquette advice that speaks to their modern sensibilities. Yes, we girls need to know how to write a perfect thank-you note and set a proper table–but we also need to know how to handle a one-night stand, how to ask for a promotion, what to wear at an art opening, and when a budding romance should move from supper to sex.

With The Fabulous Girl’s Guide to Decorum , Izzo and Marsh have written the etiquette guide for the new millennium and created the ultimate icon of style for the 21st The Fabulous Girl. She’s liberated but chic, impeccably mannered but never a snob, confident but compassionate, full of verve instead of vanity. She’s the epitome of Audrey Hepburn-esque style and savoire faire at the workplace, at a dinner party, and even in the bedroom.

The Fabulous Girl’s Guide to Decorum addresses all aspects of urban life, including careers, friendships, families, entertaining, socializing, romance, and sex (these days they don’t necessarily go hand in hand!) and provides invaluable advice on how to navigate these tricky waters with unfailing grace. From what to wear at a power lunch to how to behave at a film premier, Izzo and Marsh address topics such
·Coping with an office backstabber
·Taxi and door-holding protocol on dates
·How to handle an affair with the boss
·Hosting the perfect dinner party
·How to handle fair weather friends
·Protocol for first-night sex
·The 10 things an FG will always have in her handbag
·Saving face when a male buddy has become too attached
Charming, witty and eminently practical, The Fabulous Girl’s Guide to Decorum is as essential as the little black dress and a must for every young woman’s bookshelf.]]> 320 Kim Izzo 0767910109 Ana 0 to-read, girl-power 3.65 2001 The Fabulous Girl's Guide to Decorum
author: Kim Izzo
name: Ana
average rating: 3.65
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]]> <![CDATA[It's a Wonderful Lie: 26 Truths About Life in Your Twenties]]> 521051 304 Emily Franklin 044669777X Ana 0 to-read, girl-power 3.45 2007 It's a Wonderful Lie: 26 Truths About Life in Your Twenties
author: Emily Franklin
name: Ana
average rating: 3.45
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]]> <![CDATA[Life After College: The Complete Guide to Getting What You Want]]> 9693417
In Life After College Twitter meets What Color is Your Parachute for 20-somethings. Written by popular blogger and life coach Jenny Blake, Life After College provides tips, inspirational quotes and coaching exercises for every area of life Work, Money, Home, Organization, Friends & Family, Dating & Relationships, Health, Fun & Relaxation, and Personal Growth.ĚýThe book is like having a portable life coach by your side -- it is a "one stop shop" that is part journal, part motivator, and part guidebook. Life After College is a powerful life-planning tool that no twenty-something will want to be without!]]> 304 Jenny Blake 0762441275 Ana 0 to-read, girl-power 3.84 2011 Life After College: The Complete Guide to Getting What You Want
author: Jenny Blake
name: Ana
average rating: 3.84
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]]> <![CDATA[A Guide to Elegance: For Every Woman Who Wants to Be Well and Properly Dressed on All Occasions]]> 107607 What Not to Wear
from one of fashion's
most enduringly
stylish women ... Written by French style guru Madame Genevieve Antoine Dariaux, Elegance is a classic style bible for timeless chic, grace, and poise -- every tidbit of advice today's woman could possibly need, all at the tips of her (perfectly manicured) fingers.From Accessories to Zippers, Madame Dariaux imparts her pearls of wisdom on all things fashion-related -- and also offers advice on other crucial areas in life from shopping with girlfriends (don't) to marriage and sex.]]> 240 Geneviève Antoine Dariaux 0060757345 Ana 0 to-read, girl-power 3.87 1964 A Guide to Elegance: For Every Woman Who Wants to Be Well and Properly Dressed on All Occasions
author: Geneviève Antoine Dariaux
name: Ana
average rating: 3.87
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]]> 101 Secrets for Your Twenties 17623735 Every twenty-something needs a little black book of secrets. Our twenties are filled with confusion, terrible jobs, anticipation, disappointment, cubicles, break-ups, transition, quarter-life crisis, loneliness, post-college what the heck, moderate success sandwiched in-between complete failure, and we need a worn, weathered guide stashed somewhere close by to help shed some light on this defining decade.

This is that book.

Expanded from the blog post, "21 Secrets for Your 20s" that spread like Internet wildfire with nearly a million readers in 190 countries, 101 Secrets for Your Twenties will encourage, inspire, prompt a plethora of LOLs, and kick-start your life forward with its witty, honest, and hilarious wisdom-stuffed-pearls to help you rock life in your twenties.

"Wow, may I just say how freakishly applicable these "secrets" are to my life in my 20s?"
@ABsport19

"I haven't laughed all day, until I read this. Hysterical & brilliant truth...So thankful for @PaulAngone"
@kenin312

"Probably some of the best pieces of advice for 20-somethings ever. I especially love 5Flol"
@Emilyann54

"I wish I had this list when I was in my 20s...I hope more people in their 20s, feeling all alone can read this."
Reader, AllGroanUp.com]]> 208 Paul Angone 0802410847 Ana 0 girl-power, to-read 3.52 2013 101 Secrets for Your Twenties
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]]> <![CDATA[Better than Beauty: A Guide to Charm]]> 454885
Better than Beauty resuscitates the long-lost art of charm with hints, tips, and tricks guaranteed to boost our charm quotient. First published in 1938, this classic compendium is overflowing with timeless advice to help guide you through a maze of social interactions with wit and finesse. Much more than an etiquette or personal grooming book, Better than Beauty tackles complicated social situations with delicacy. You'll learn

-How to engage in creative conversation
-How to be pleasant on paper and refined on the telephone
-How to choose your confidantes with care
-How to maintain peace in difficult situations
-How to find the most flattering clothing for your figure
-How to deflect unwanted advances
-How to be kind to atrocious people
And much, much more...]]> 156 Helen Valentine 0811834514 Ana 0 to-read, girl-power 3.59 1938 Better than Beauty: A Guide to Charm
author: Helen Valentine
name: Ana
average rating: 3.59
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]]> <![CDATA[What I Know Now: Letters to My Younger Self]]> 116917
In this moving collection, forty-one famous women write letters to the women they once were, filled with advice and insights they wish they had had when they were younger.

Today show correspondent Ann Curry writes to herself as a rookie reporter in her first job, telling herself not to change so much to fit in, urging her young self, "It is time to be bold about who you really are." Country music superstar Lee Ann Womack reflects on the stressed-out year spent recording her first album and encourages her younger self to enjoy the moment, not just the end result. "Your hair matters far, far less than you think," is the wry advice that begins the letter bestselling mystery writer Lisa Scottoline pens to her twenty-year old self. And Maya Angelou, leaving home at seventeen with a newborn baby in her arms, assures herself she will succeed on her own, even if she does return home every now and then.

These remarkable women are joined by Madeleine Albright, Queen Noor of Jordan, Cokie Roberts, Naomi Wolf, Eileen Fisher, Jane Kaczmarek, Olympia Dukakis, Macy Gray, and many others. Their letters contain rare glimpses into the personal lives of extraordinary women and powerful wisdom that readers will treasure.

Wisdom from What I Know Now

"Don't let anybody raise you. You've been raised." -Maya Angelou

"Try more things. Cross more lines." -Breena Clarke

"Learn how to celebrate." -Olympia Dukakis

"You don't have to be afraid of living alone." -Eileen Fisher

"Please yourself first...everything else follows." -Macy Gray

"Don't be so quick to dismiss another human being." -Barbara Boxer

"Work should not be work." -Mary Matalin

"You can leave the work world--and come back on your own terms." -Cokie Roberts

"Laundry will wait very patiently." -Nora Roberts

"Your hair matters far, far less than you think" -Lisa Scottoline

"Speak the truth but ride a fast horse." -Kitty Kelley]]> 208 Ellyn Spragins 0767917898 Ana 0 to-read, girl-power 3.43 2006 What I Know Now: Letters to My Younger Self
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name: Ana
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Walk in High Heels: The Girl's Guide to Everything]]> 136696 How to Walk in High Heels also illuminates the finer points of achieving better homes and gardens, tackling technophobia, climbing the career ladder, and joining the jet set. From the practical, such as what to do when a heel breaks and how to catch a mouse, to the imaginative, such as how to enjoy karaoke and swim in sunglasses.]]> 448 Camilla Morton 1401302750 Ana 0 to-read, girl-power 3.57 2005 How to Walk in High Heels: The Girl's Guide to Everything
author: Camilla Morton
name: Ana
average rating: 3.57
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]]> <![CDATA[The Go-Getter Girl's Guide: Get What You Want in Work and Life (and Look Great While You're at It)]]> 6698275

Every office has one â€� a Go-Getter Girl â€� someone who seems to just know certain stuff about how to get the plum jobs/lifestyleĚýshe wants and damn, always looks great while she's at it. Magic? No, it’s about strategizing--and The Go-Getter Girl’s Guide shows you how.

Born out of interviews with hundreds of successful, stylish young women--including award-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien,ĚýSpanx founder Sara Blakely, and bestselling novelist Emily Giffin--The Go-Getter Girl’s Guide provides a no-excuses, big-picture way of thinking about your life and career, as well as day-to-day strategies for how to:

Navigate the tricky terrain of office politics
Find and use a mentor
Figure out when it’s time to get a new job (or career)—and have the courage to act
Dress (and groom!) for success
And take care of yourself physically and emotionally

Ěý

Combining the practical career wisdom of What Color Is Your Parachute? with the savvy fashion guidance of The Little Black Book of Style,Ěýthis dynamite guideĚýis sure to bring out the Go-Getter in generations of women to come.
]]> 235 Debra Shigley 031255575X Ana 0 to-read, girl-power 3.66 2006 The Go-Getter Girl's Guide: Get What You Want in Work and Life (and Look Great While You're at It)
author: Debra Shigley
name: Ana
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2006
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]]> <![CDATA[The Girl's Guide to Kicking Your Career Into Gear: Valuable Lessons, True Stories, and Tips For Using What You've Got (A Brain!) to Make Your Worklife Work for You]]> 1559057
Guess what? If you’re not looking out for your career then nobody is. If you want to be both passionate about what you do and successful, then you must take control of your professional destiny. Only you can determine who you are, what you can do, and where you want to go. If you are stuck in your career, frustrated at your position within a company, or bored with the profession you have chosen, then it is time to change your thinking. This book will hold your hand while you step back and evaluate where you started, where you are on your career path today, and most important, where you want to be tomorrow.
Tired of your current job? Ready for the next steps? Eager to show the world everything you have to offer?

Caitlin Friedman and Kimberly Yorio see it all the women derailing their careers because they believe that if they just sit quietly, work hard, and please their coworkers, someone upstairs will recognize their talents and dedication and deliver big rewards. But in today’s ultra-competitive workplace, nothing could be further from the truth. If you want your dream job with your dream salary, and all the opportunities and fulfillment that come with it, you have to stand up and go for it--without shame, guilt, or hesitation!

The Girls� Guide to Kicking Your Career into Gear gives you everything you need to decide what you want out of work and create a plan to make it happen. From how to negotiate a raise or a promotion to starting a new profession, Friedman and Yorio provide savvy, reassuring advice on how to successfully navigate every aspect of your career. Their sure-fire tools will show you how
Sell yourself (without selling out)
Master the secrets of the New Girls Network
“Manage upward� to impress the right people, the right way
Overcome the fears—from public speaking to risk-taking--that hold you back
Cope with workplace underminers
Ask for what you deserve
Fight the stereotypes that often keep women from moving up

Based on interviews with more than 100 successful women who have shattered the glass ceiling and made great professional strides, The Girl’s Guide to Kicking Your Career into Gear is your ticket to taking charge of your career once and for all � and getting where you want to go.]]> 240 Caitlin Friedman 0767927664 Ana 0 to-read, girl-power 3.34 2008 The Girl's Guide to Kicking Your Career Into Gear: Valuable Lessons, True Stories, and Tips For Using What You've Got (A Brain!) to Make Your Worklife Work for You
author: Caitlin Friedman
name: Ana
average rating: 3.34
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]]> <![CDATA[The Bad Girl's Guide to Getting What You Want]]> 108285 192 Cameron Tuttle 0811828964 Ana 0 girl-power, to-read 3.71 2000 The Bad Girl's Guide to Getting What You Want
author: Cameron Tuttle
name: Ana
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2000
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]]> <![CDATA[Kiss My Tiara: How to Rule the World as a SmartMouth Goddess]]> 36479 219 Susan Jane Gilman 0446675776 Ana 0 to-read, summer 3.61 2001 Kiss My Tiara: How to Rule the World as a SmartMouth Goddess
author: Susan Jane Gilman
name: Ana
average rating: 3.61
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]]> <![CDATA[Getting from College to Career: 90 Things to Do Before You Join the Real World]]> 593497
Getting from College to Career gives you the essential information and guidance you need to get your foot in the door of the real world. Don't start your first job search without it!]]> 287 Lindsey Pollak 006114259X Ana 0 to-read, girl-power 3.87 2007 Getting from College to Career: 90 Things to Do Before You Join the Real World
author: Lindsey Pollak
name: Ana
average rating: 3.87
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]]> <![CDATA[He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know]]> 2181667
In 50 Double Standards Every Woman Should Know, author Jessica Valenti calls out the double standards that affect every woman. Whether Valenti is pointing out the wage-earning discrepancies between men and women or revealing all of the places that women still aren’t equal to their male counterparts—be it in the workplace, courtroom, bedroom, or home—she maintains her signature wittily sarcastic tone. With sass, humor, and in-your-face facts, this book informs and equips women with the tools they need to combat sexist comments, topple ridiculous stereotypes (girls aren’t good at math?), and end the promotion of double standards.]]> 219 Jessica Valenti 1580052452 Ana 0 to-read, girl-power 3.89 2008 He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know
author: Jessica Valenti
name: Ana
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2008
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]]> <![CDATA[All Work, No Pay: Finding an Internship, Building Your Resume, Making Connections, and Gaining Job Experience]]> 13132713
These days, a college resume without internship experience is considered “naked.� Indeed, statistics show that internship experience leads to more job offers with higher salaries—and in this tough economy, college grads need all the help they can get.

Enter Lauren Berger, internships expert and CEO of Intern Queen, Inc., whose comprehensive guide reveals insider secrets to scoring the perfect internship, building invaluable connections, boosting transferable skills, and ultimately moving toward your dream career. She’ll show you how
Ěý
Discover the best internship opportunities, from big companies to virtual internships
Write effective resumes and cover letters
Nail phone, Skype, and in-person interviews
Know your rights as an intern
Use social networking to your advantage
Network like a pro
Impress your boss
Get solid letters of recommendation
Turn internships into job opportunities
Ěý
With exercises, examples, and a go-getter attitude, this next-generation internship manual provides all the cutting-edge information students and recent grads will need to get a competitive edge in the job market. So what are you waiting for?]]> 208 Lauren Berger 1607741687 Ana 0 girl-power, to-read 3.82 2012 All Work, No Pay: Finding an Internship, Building Your Resume, Making Connections, and Gaining Job Experience
author: Lauren Berger
name: Ana
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2012
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]]> <![CDATA[You Majored in What?: Mapping Your Path From Chaos to Career]]> 6125586 The Question? You know the one. It's the question that haunts you from your early undergrad days to months, even years, after you graduate... "What are you going to do with that major?" Inevitably this unleashes waves of anxiety, whether you're a liberal arts student unsure what your degree has prepared you for, someone with a "practical" major whose career field is oversaturated (or just unappealing), or a recent grad still searching for inspiration. But take heart - The Question is fundamentally flawed. Your major does not equal your job!

In You Majored In What?, nationally known career counselor Dr. Katharine Brooks dispels the myths and the old-fashioned thinking that can make your transition to the "real world" so daunting and chaotic. Developed from more than twenty years of teaching and guiding students to successful careers, her Wise Wanderings career coaching system helps you mine your academic and life experiences for career gold through creative yet practical techniques including visual mapping, storytelling, and experimenting. Thanks to the Wise Wanderings system, you can forget what you've been told about the job search. You don't have to know where you'll be in ten years. You don't have to have picked the perfect major. The job-finding process doesn't have to be one more burden on your already overburdened schedule. All you have to do is pay attention. Embrace the chaos. Think. Create maps. Construct small experiments. Celebrate your education. Consider possible lives. Tell stories. And start wandering. Wisely, of course. You'll be amazed at what's waiting out there for you.

]]> 304 Katharine Brooks 0670020826 Ana 0 to-read, girl-power 3.60 2009 You Majored in What?: Mapping Your Path From Chaos to Career
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]]> <![CDATA[What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20]]> 6081261
Inspiring listeners all over the globe to reimagine their future, this revised and updated edition of What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 features new material to complement the classic text.

Major life transitions such as leaving the protected environment of school or starting a new career can be daunting. It is scary to face a wall of choices, knowing that no one is going to tell us if we make the right decision. There is no clearly delineated path or recipe for success. Even figuring out how and where to start can be a challenge.

As head of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Tina Seelig's job is to guide her students as they make the difficult transition from the academic environment to the professional world--providing tangible skills and insights that will last a lifetime. Seelig is a wildly popular and award-winning teacher and in What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 she shares with us what she offers her students -provocative stories, inspiring advice, and a big dose of humility and humor. This audiobook is filled with captivating examples, from the classroom to the boardroom, of individuals defying expectations, challenging assumptions, and achieving unprecedented success. Seelig throws out the old rules and provides a new model for reaching our potential. We discover how to have a healthy disregard for the impossible; how to recover from failure; and how most problems are remarkable opportunities in disguise. What I Wish I Knew When I Was Twenty is a much-needed audiobook for everyone looking to make their mark in the world.]]> 184 Tina Seelig 0061735191 Ana 0 to-read, girl-power 3.82 2009 What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20
author: Tina Seelig
name: Ana
average rating: 3.82
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]]> <![CDATA[It Ain't Over . . . Till It's Over: Reinventing Your Life--and Realizing Your Dreams--Anytime, at Any Age]]> 21856020 New York Times bestselling author of The Right Words at the Right Time comes a one-of-a-kind collection of inspiring stories about ordinary women who have reinvented themselves in extraordinary ways.“You can be anything you want to be.� “Reach for the moon.� “It’s never too late to make a change.� We’ve heard it all. But anyone who has ever tried to make a big life change knows that it can be a bit more complicated—and scary—than that. How do you get up the nerve (and confidence) to actually take the leap? No one knows better than the women profiled in this powerful book by actress, activist, and bestselling author Marlo Thomas.

Using the same kinds of personal stories that made Thomas’s landmark collection The Right Words at the Right Time a blockbuster success, It Ain’t Over…Till It’s Over introduces us to more than fifty amazing women who are proving that it’s never too late to live out a dream—to get a PhD, travel the world, launch a business, indulge a creative impulse, make a family recipe famous, or fill a void in life with a challenging new experience. Meet a homemaker who fulfilled a childhood ambition by going to med school at age forty-three; a widow with three young kids who turned a jewelry-making hobby into a successful business on Etsy; a woman who lived out a childhood dream by taking a cross-country trip (on horseback, no less!); and a sister and mother who channeled their immense grief from losing a brother and son in 9/11 into creating a global foundation to care for the emotionally wounded.

Brimming with anecdotes that will inspire smiles, tears, and—most of all—hope, It Ain’t Over speaks to women of all ages with an empowering The best is yet to come.]]> 402 Jennifer Otter Bickerdike 1476739935 Ana 0 to-read, girl-power 3.78 2014 It Ain't Over . . . Till It's Over: Reinventing Your Life--and Realizing Your Dreams--Anytime, at Any Age
author: Jennifer Otter Bickerdike
name: Ana
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2014
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]]> <![CDATA[Out of Sight, Out of Time (Gallagher Girls, #5)]]> 10560331 New York Times best-selling spy-girl series, and the fifth book delivers the most nerve-wracking, high-stakes adventure yet.

The last thing Cammie Morgan remembers is leaving the Gallagher Academy to protect her friends and family from the Circle of Cavan-an ancient terrorist organization that has been hunting her for over a year. But when Cammie wakes up in an alpine convent and discovers that months have passed, she must face the fact that her memory is now a black hole. The only traces left of Cammie's summer vacation are the bruises on her body and the dirt under her nails, and all she wants is to go home.

Once she returns to school, however, Cammie realizes that even the Gallagher Academy now holds more questions than answers. Cammie, her friends, and mysterious spy-guy Zach must face their most difficult challenge yet as they travel to the other side of the world, hoping to piece together the clues that Cammie left behind. It's a race against time. The Circle is hot on their trail and willing stop at nothing to prevent Cammie from remembering what she did last summer.]]> 294 Ally Carter 1423147944 Ana 0 to-read 4.33 2012 Out of Sight, Out of Time (Gallagher Girls, #5)
author: Ally Carter
name: Ana
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2012
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]]> <![CDATA[Uncommon Criminals (Heist Society, #2)]]> 10327303
There are only three problems. First, the gem hasn’t been seen in public in thirty years. Second, since the fall of the Egyptian empire and the suicide of Cleopatra, no one who holds the emerald keeps it for long, and in Kat’s world, history almost always repeats itself. But it’s the third problem that makes Kat’s crew the most nervous and that is simply� the emerald is cursed.

Kat might be in way over her head, but she’s not going down without a fight. After all she has her best friend—the gorgeous Hale—and the rest of her crew with her as they chase the Cleopatra around the globe, dodging curses, realizing that the same tricks and cons her family has used for centuries are useless this time.

Which means, this time, Katarina Bishop is making up her own rules.]]> 298 Ally Carter 1423147952 Ana 0 to-read 4.13 2011 Uncommon Criminals (Heist Society, #2)
author: Ally Carter
name: Ana
average rating: 4.13
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]]> <![CDATA[Only the Good Spy Young (Gallagher Girls, #4)]]> 8548359 Don't miss a moment of the beloved New York Times bestselling series where spies-in-training navigate double crosses, secret missions, friendship, and first love–now with a bonus epilogue!

When Cammie Morgan enrolled at the Gallagher Academy, she knew she was preparing for the dangerous life of a spy. What she didn't know was that the serious, real-life danger would start during her junior year of high school. But that's exactly what happened two months ago when Cammie faced off against an ancient terrorist organization dead set on kidnapping her.

Now the danger follows her everywhere, and even Cammie "The Chameleon" can't hide. When a terrifying encounter in London reveals that one of her most-trusted allies is actually a rogue double-agent, Cammie no longer knows if she can trust her classmates, her teachers–or even her own heart.

The Gallagher Girls must hack, spy, steal, and lie their way to the truth as they discover that the key to Cammie's future may lie deep in the past.]]> 273 Ally Carter 1423143698 Ana 0 to-read 4.38 2010 Only the Good Spy Young (Gallagher Girls, #4)
author: Ally Carter
name: Ana
average rating: 4.38
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]]> <![CDATA[Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover (Gallagher Girls, #3)]]> 6543080 272 Ally Carter Ana 0 to-read 4.28 2009 Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover (Gallagher Girls, #3)
author: Ally Carter
name: Ana
average rating: 4.28
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]]> <![CDATA[Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (Gallagher Girls, #2)]]> 568645 I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You. At first, giddy anticipation is in the air. Gallagher Academy, Cammie's elite spy school, is hosting a visit from a covert training center for boys. Soon after the boys' arrival, though, everything goes dangerously awry when a series of security breaches are discovered at the academy. Worse yet, teenage agent-in-training Cammie is being blamed for the penetration. With the school's top-secret status at risk, the Gallagher Girls have to work quickly to save their beloved school.]]> 236 Ally Carter 1423100050 Ana 0 to-read 4.14 2007 Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (Gallagher Girls, #2)
author: Ally Carter
name: Ana
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2007
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]]> <![CDATA[Bright Young Things (Bright Young Things, #1)]]> 7719248 The year is 1929. New York is ruled by the Bright Young Things: Flappers and socialites seeking thrills and chasing dreams in the anything-goes era of the Roaring Twenties.

Letty Larkspur and Cordelia Grey escaped their small Midwestern town for New York's glittering metropolis. All Letty wants is to see her name in lights, but she quickly discovers Manhattan is filled with pretty girls who will do anything to be a star....

Cordelia is searching for the father she's never known, a man as infamous for his wild parties as he is for his shadowy schemes. Overnight, she enters a world more thrilling and glamorous than she ever could have imagined � and more dangerous. It's a life anyone would kill for...and someone will.

The only person Cordelia can trust is ­Astrid Donal, a flapper who seems to have it all: money, looks, and the love of Cordelia's brother, Charlie. But Astrid's perfect veneer hides a score of family secrets.

Across the vast lawns of Long Island, in the ­illicit speakeasies of Manhattan, and on the blindingly lit stages of Broadway, the three girls' fortunes will rise and fall � together and apart. From the New York Times bestselling author of THE LUXE comes an epic new series set in the dizzying last summer of the Jazz Age.]]> 389 Anna Godbersen 006196266X Ana 0 to-read 3.66 2010 Bright Young Things (Bright Young Things, #1)
author: Anna Godbersen
name: Ana
average rating: 3.66
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]]> Looking for Alaska 99561 Before. Miles “Pudge� Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave “the Great Perhaps� even more (Francois Rabelais, poet). He heads off to the sometimes crazy and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young. She is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart. Then. . . .
After. Nothing is ever the same.]]> 221 John Green 1435249151 Ana 0 to-read 3.97 2005 Looking for Alaska
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average rating: 3.97
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]]> <![CDATA[Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)]]> 7171637 New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments series.

The year is 1878. Tessa Gray descends into London’s dark supernatural underworld in search of her missing brother. She soon discovers that her only allies are the demon-slaying Shadowhunters—including Will and Jem, the mysterious boys she is attracted to. Soon they find themselves up against the Pandemonium Club, a secret organization of vampires, demons, warlocks, and humans. Equipped with a magical army of unstoppable clockwork creatures, the Club is out to rule the British Empire, and only Tessa and her allies can stop them...]]> 479 Cassandra Clare 1416975861 Ana 5 4.31 2010 Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)
author: Cassandra Clare
name: Ana
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2010
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Rules for Disappearing (The Rules for Disappearing, #1)]]> 13018503
Witness Protection has taken nearly everything from her. But for now, they’ve given her a new name, Megan Rose Jones, and a horrible hair color. For the past eight months, Meg has begged her father to answer one question: What on earth did he do � or see � that landed them in this god-awful mess? Meg has just about had it with all the Suits� rules � and her dad’s silence. If he won’t help, it’s time she got some answers for herself.

But Meg isn’t counting on Ethan Landry, an adorable Louisiana farm boy who’s too smart for his own good. He knows Meg is hiding something big. And it just might get both of them killed. As they embark on a perilous journey to free her family once and for all, Meg discovers that there’s only one rule that really matters � survival.]]> 320 Ashley Elston 1423168976 Ana 0 to-read 3.89 2013 The Rules for Disappearing (The Rules for Disappearing, #1)
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name: Ana
average rating: 3.89
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]]> <![CDATA[Things I Can't Forget (Hundred Oaks, #3)]]> 12551082
This summer she’s a counselor at Cumberland Creek summer camp, and she wants to put the past behind her. This summer Matt is back as a counselor too. He’s the first guy she ever kissed, and he’s gone from a geeky songwriter who loved The Hardy Boys to a buff lifeguard who loves to flirt - with her.

Kate used to think the world was black and white, right and wrong. Turns out, life isn’t that easy...]]> 308 Miranda Kenneally 1402271905 Ana 0 to-read 3.87 2013 Things I Can't Forget (Hundred Oaks, #3)
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average rating: 3.87
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]]> <![CDATA[This Is What Happy Looks Like (This is What Happy Looks Like, #1)]]> 15790873
When teenage movie star Graham Larkin accidentally sends small town girl Ellie O'Neill an email about his pet pig, the two seventeen-year-olds strike up a witty and unforgettable correspondence, discussing everything under the sun, except for their names or backgrounds.

Then Graham finds out that Ellie's Maine hometown is the perfect location for his latest film, and he decides to take their relationship from online to in-person. But can a star as famous as Graham really start a relationship with an ordinary girl like Ellie? And why does Ellie want to avoid the media's spotlight at all costs?]]> 404 Jennifer E. Smith 0316212822 Ana 0 to-read 3.68 2013 This Is What Happy Looks Like (This is What Happy Looks Like, #1)
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average rating: 3.68
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]]> Summer in the City 795115 309 Robyn Sisman 0452286123 Ana 0 to-read 3.41 1997 Summer in the City
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]]> When in Rome... 106972
Georgie Beauchamp is totally happy and in love with her wonderful, dependable boyfriend, David. So why does she always daydream about running into her gorgeous ex-boyfriend Mike? It can’t mean she’s still in love with him—especially since the cad dumped her so horribly. As luck would have it, when Georgie’s daydream actually comes true, she is dressed in unglamorous sweats and carrying a curtain rod down the street, while Mike is driving an expensive sports car and looking better than Brad Pitt at the Oscars. She longs to have the glamorous life Mike can offer—and starts to think that he might want her back in his arms.

But when he invites her for a weekend in Rome, Georgie is torn. David has always said he’d take her there for the romantic getaway of a lifetime, but his work keeps him totally tied up. So she must David, all comfort and reliability, or Mike, all flirtation and butterfly-stomachs. The decision isn’t too hard to make, and faster than she can say Vespa, she’s off to Rome with Mike, full of plans to frolic on the Spanish Steps and sip wine in intimate trattorias. But when David shows up unexpectedly, this roman holiday gets a hell of a lot more complicated. . . .


From the Trade Paperback edition.]]> 264 Gemma Townley 0345478975 Ana 0 to-read 3.39 2004 When in Rome...
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]]> <![CDATA[Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words]]> 222035 210 Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge 0609800981 Ana 0 to-read 4.15 1996 Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words
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average rating: 4.15
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]]> Over You 13499990
Brilliant at bringing humor to the trials and tribulations of the lovestruck, #1 New York Times bestselling authors Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus have crafted a tale that will resonate with any girl who has ever been in love or had her heart broken. It brims with smart observations, features a pitch-perfect teen voice, and will attract fans of Jenny Han, Sarah Mlynowski, and Lauren Barnholdt. Readers are sure to fall head-over-heels for this sharp spin on breaking up, making up, and getting even.]]> 304 Emma McLaughlin 0061720445 Ana 0 to-read 3.37 2012 Over You
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]]> The Summer of No Regrets 12925022 The summer Luke came into my life, I decided to keep him a secret. Even from my celebrity-obsessed best friend. Maybe he *was* a dead-ringer for notorious Hollywood bad boy Trent Yves. And it was possible that everything he told me was a lie. And yes, I was probably asking for trouble. But all I saw was Luke--sweet, funny, caring--someone who would let me be the real me.

But which was the real him?]]> 290 Katherine Grace Bond 1402265042 Ana 0 to-read 3.44 2012 The Summer of No Regrets
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]]> The Summer My Life Began 13013029
Elizabeth Margaret--better known as Em--has always known what her life would contain: an internship at her father's firm, a degree from Harvard, and a career as a lawyer. The only problem is, it's not what she wants. So when she gets the opportunity to get away and spend a month with the aunt she never knew, she jumps at the chance. While there, Em learns that her family has some pretty significant secrets. And then there's Cade, the laid-back local surfer boy who seems to be everything Em isn't. Naturally, she can't resist him, and as their romance blossoms, Em feels that for the first time ever, she is really living life on her own terms.]]> 250 Shannon Greenland 014241347X Ana 0 to-read 3.74 2012 The Summer My Life Began
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]]> Unbreak My Heart 13060734
Enter her parents� plan to spend the summer on their sailboat. Normally the idea of being stuck on a tiny boat with her parents and little sister would make Clem break out in hives, but floating away sounds pretty good right now.

Then she meets James at one of their first stops along the river. He and his dad are sailing for the summer and he’s just the distraction Clem needs. Can he break down Clem’s walls and heal her broken heart?

Told in alternating chapters that chronicle the year that broke Clem’s heart and the summer that healed it, Unbreak My Heart is a wonderful dual love story that fans of Sarah Dessen, Deb Caletti, and Susane Colasanti will flock to.]]> 232 Melissa C. Walker 1599905280 Ana 0 to-read 3.81 2012 Unbreak My Heart
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]]> Even When You Lie to Me 18740851 Fans of John Green's Looking for Alaska as well as Lauren Oliver and Sarah Dessen will embrace this provocative debut novel, an exploration of taboo love set against the backdrop of a suburban high school.

Charlie, a senior, isn't looking forward to her last year of high school. Another year of living in the shadow of her best friend, Lila. Another year of hiding behind the covers of her favorite novels. Another year of navigating her tense relationship with her perfectionist mom.

But everything changes when she meets her new English teacher. Mr. Drummond is smart. Irreverent. Funny. Hot. Everyone loves him. And Charlie thinks he's the only one who gets her.

She also thinks she might not be the only one with a crush.

In this stunning debut, Jessica Alcott explores relationships-and their boundaries-in a way that is both searingly honest and sympathetic.]]> 352 Jessica Alcott 0385391161 Ana 0 to-read 3.30 2015 Even When You Lie to Me
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]]> The Boy Next Door 21853719
Gabe can't imagine skating with anyone but Maddy, and together they have a real chance at winning some serious gold medals. So, he’s determined to keep thinking of her like a sister. After all, he’s never had a romantic relationship that lasted for more than two weeks.

But when their coach assigns a new romantic skating program, everything changes. Will this be the big break that Maddy’s been hoping for or the big breakup that Gabe has always feared?]]> 347 Katie Van Ark 1250061466 Ana 0 to-read 3.49 2015 The Boy Next Door
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]]> Love, Lucy 20911403
In this stunning novel, April Lindner perfectly captures the highs and lows of a summer love that might just be meant to last beyond the season.]]> 304 April Lindner 0316400696 Ana 0 to-read 3.47 2015 Love, Lucy
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]]> City Love (City Love, #1) 18160600
Sadie is a native New Yorker. She is hopeful, romantic, and an eternal optimist who is ready to find her soul mate. Then she meets her dream boy: cute, funny, and quirky in all the right ways. The chemistry between them is unreal. Could he be the one?

Darcy is a free spirit from SoCal with rebellious tendencies and unlimited financial resources. Moving to New York City is just another adventure for her. Darcy wants this summer to be all about boy adventures—nothing serious. But how much fun is too much?

Rosanna leaves Chicago for NYC so she can put her past behind her and reinvent herself. The only thing standing in her way is the grand total of seventy-three cents she has saved. Then she meets a guy who wants to show her the glamorous side of New York—a side that she would never get to experience on her own. If Rosanna doesn't resist, she may find herself in city love.

Told from alternating points of view, City Love captures the moments in each girl's life when everything is thrilling, amazing, and terrifying all at once . . . in a way it will never be again.]]> 336 Susane Colasanti 006230772X Ana 0 to-read 3.49 2015 City Love (City Love, #1)
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]]> Better Than Perfect 22392915
But when her dad moves out and her mom loses it, Juliet begins questioning the rules she’s always lived by. And to make everything even more complicated there’s Declan, the gorgeous boy who makes her feel alive and spontaneous—and who’s totally off-limits. Torn between the life she always thought she wanted and one she never knew was possible, Juliet begins to wonder: What if perfect isn't all it’s cracked up to be?]]> 324 Melissa Kantor 0062279238 Ana 0 to-read 3.40 2015 Better Than Perfect
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]]> <![CDATA[Heat of the Moment (Moment of Truth, #1)]]> 22999921 304 Lauren Barnholdt 0062321390 Ana 0 to-read 3.40 2015 Heat of the Moment (Moment of Truth, #1)
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average rating: 3.40
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]]> The Cost of All Things 22999153 416 Maggie Lehrman 0062320769 Ana 0 to-read 3.53 2015 The Cost of All Things
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]]> Kissing in America 18478083
In this honest and emotional journey that National Book Award finalist Sara Zarr calls “gorgeous, funny, and joyous,� readers will experience the highs of infatuation and the lows of heartache as Eva contends with love in all of its forms.]]> 400 Margo Rabb Ana 0 to-read 3.51 2015 Kissing in America
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]]> First There Was Forever 18760564 Perfect for fans of Jenny Han’s The Summer I Turned Pretty and Huntley Fitzpatrick’s My Life Next Door, Juliana Romano's expressive debut is an absorbing and bittersweet story about first love, first loss,and the friends that carry us through it all.

Lima and Hailey have always been best friends: Lima shy and sensitive, Hailey funny and free-spirited. But Hailey abandons Lima to party with the popular kids and pursue Nate, her disinterested crush. As their friendship falters, Lima and Nate begin spending more time together. And before Lima knows what she’s feeling, she and Nate do something irreversible. Something that would hurt Hailey....if she knew it happened.

Lima thinks she’s saving her friendship by lying, but she’s only buying time. As the secrets stack up, Lima is forced to make a choice: between her best friend forever, and the boy who wasn’t meant to be hers.]]> 400 Juliana Romano 0698168828 Ana 0 to-read 3.63 2015 First There Was Forever
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]]> Tonight the Streets Are Ours 23310761
That’s how seventeen-year-old Arden Huntley has always thought of herself. Caring for her loved ones is what gives Arden purpose in her life and makes her feel like she matters. But lately she’s grown resentful of everyone—including her needy best friend and her absent mom—taking her loyalty for granted.

Then Arden stumbles upon a website called Tonight the Streets Are Ours, the musings of a young New York City writer named Peter, who gives voice to feelings that Arden has never known how to express. He seems to get her in a way that no one else does, and he hasn’t even met her.

Until Arden sets out on a road trip to find him.

During one crazy night out in New York City filled with parties, dancing, and music—the type of night when anything can happen, and nearly everything does—Arden discovers that Peter isn’t exactly who she thought he was. And maybe she isn’t exactly who she thought she was, either.]]> 342 Leila Sales 0374376654 Ana 0 to-read 3.44 2015 Tonight the Streets Are Ours
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]]> Not After Everything 18520658 A gritty but hopeful love story about two struggling teens�
great for fans ofĚýThe Spectacular Now, Willow, and Eleanor and Park

Tyler has a football scholarship to Stanford, a hot girlfriend, and a reliable army of friends to party with. Then his mom kills herself. And Tyler lets it all go. Now he needs to dodge what his dad is offering (verbal tirades and abuse) and earn what his dad isn’t (money). Tyler finds a job that crashes him into Jordyn, his former childhood friend turned angry-loner goth-girl. She brings Tyler an unexpected reprieve from the never-ending pity party his life has become. How could he not fall for her? But with his dad more brutally unpredictable than ever, Tyler knows he can’t risk bringing Jordyn too deeply into the chaos. So when violence rocks his world again, will it be Jordyn who shows him the way to a hopeful future? Or after everything, will Tyler have to find it in himself?]]> 245 Michelle Levy 0698162811 Ana 0 to-read 3.94 2015 Not After Everything
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]]> Last Year's Mistake 21825486 Before:
Kelsey and David became best friends the summer before freshman year and were inseparable ever after. Until the night a misunderstanding turned Kelsey into the school joke and everything around her crumbled - including her friendship with David. So when Kelsey’s parents decided to move away, she couldn’t wait to start over and leave the past behind. Except, David wasn't ready to let her go...

After:
Now it’s senior year and Kelsey has a new group of friends, genuine popularity, and a hot boyfriend. Her life is perfect. That is, until David’s family relocates to the same town and he shakes up everything. Soon old feelings bubble to the surface and threaten to destroy Kelsey’s second chance at happiness. The more time she spends with David, the more she realizes she never let him go. And that maybe she never wants to.]]> 321 Gina Ciocca Ana 0 to-read 3.71 2015 Last Year's Mistake
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average rating: 3.71
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]]> <![CDATA[The Night We Said Yes (The Night We Said Yes, #1)]]> 23287168
Before Matt, Ella had a plan. Get over her ex-boyfriend and graduate high school—simple as that. But Matt—the cute, shy, bespectacled bass player—was never part of that plan. And neither was attending a party that was crashed by the cops just minutes after they arrived. Or spending an entire night saying "yes" to every crazy, fun thing they could think of.

But then Matt leaves town, breaking Ella's heart. And when he shows up a year later—wanting to relive the night that brought them together—Ella isn't sure whether Matt's worth a second chance. Or if re-creating the past can help them create a different future.]]> 294 Lauren Gibaldi 0062302191 Ana 0 to-read 3.57 2015 The Night We Said Yes (The Night We Said Yes, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[I Wrote This For You: Just the Words (I Wrote This For You #2)]]> 19230408 I Wrote This For You is a phenomenon that has touched countless people around the world.

The almost complete works of over 400 poems is contained in this book with select photography. Each section reflects on an aspect of life, love and loss and is a book to keep close by for years to come. It was, after all, written for you.]]> 216 pleasefindthis 1771680040 Ana 0 to-read 4.12 2013 I Wrote This For You: Just the Words (I Wrote This For You #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Selection (The Selection, #1)]]> 10507293
But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her. Leaving her home to enter a fierce competition for a crown she doesn't want. Living in a palace that is constantly threatened by violent rebel attacks.

Then America meets Prince Maxon. Gradually, she starts to question all the plans she's made for herself—and realizes that the life she's always dreamed of may not compare to a future she never imagined.]]> 336 Kiera Cass 0062059939 Ana 0 to-read 4.07 2012 The Selection (The Selection, #1)
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name: Ana
average rating: 4.07
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]]> <![CDATA[I Woke Up in Love This Morning]]> 13423475 27 Jennifer Kathleen Gibbons 1465712577 Ana 0 to-read 3.72 2012 I Woke Up in Love This Morning
author: Jennifer Kathleen Gibbons
name: Ana
average rating: 3.72
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]]> Into the Wild Nerd Yonder 6318413
Things are changing fast. Jessie needs new friends. And her quest is a hilarious tour through high-school clique-dom, with a surprising stop along the way—the Dungeons and Dragons crowd, who out-nerd everyone. Will hanging out with them make her a nerd, too? And could she really be crushing on a guy with too-short pants and too-white gym shoes?ĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýĚý

If you go into the wild nerd yonder, can you ever come back?]]> 245 Julie Halpern 0312382529 Ana 0 to-read 3.81 2009 Into the Wild Nerd Yonder
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]]> Where Things Come Back 12162432 Winner of the 2012 Michael L. Printz and William C. Morris Awards, this poignant and hilarious story of loss and redemption "explores the process of grief, second chances, and even the meaning of life." Kirkus Reviews

In the remarkable, bizarre, and heart-wrenching summer before Cullen Witter's senior year of high school, everything he thinks he understands about his small and painfully dull Arkansas town vanishes. His cousin overdoses; his town becomes absurdly obsessed with the alleged reappearance of an extinct woodpecker; and, most troubling of all, his sensitive, gifted fifteen-year-old brother, Gabriel, suddenly and inexplicably disappears.

As Cullen navigates a summer of finding and losing love, holding his fragile family together, and muddling his way into adulthood, a young, disillusioned missionary in Africa searches for meaning wherever he can find it. And when those two stories collide, a surprising and harrowing climax emerges that is tinged with melancholy and regret, comedy and absurdity, and above all, hope.]]> 228 John Corey Whaley 1442413344 Ana 0 to-read 3.82 2011 Where Things Come Back
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]]> Where It Began 11724858 A teen's world comes crashing down in this compulsively readable YA debut that's as literary as it is commercial.

Gabby Gardiner wakes up in a hospital bed looking like a cautionary ad for drunk driving and without a single memory of the accident that landed her there. But what she can recall, in frank and sardonic detail, is the year leading up to the crash.

As Gabby describes her transformation from Invisible Girl to Trendy Girl Who Dates Billy Nash (aka Most Desirable Boy Ever), she is left wondering: Why is Billy suddenly distancing himself from her? What do her classmates know that Gabby does not? Who exactly was in the car that night? And why has Gabby been left to take the fall?

As she peels back the layers of her life, Gabby begins to realize that her climb up the status ladder has been as intoxicating as it has been morally complex...and that nothing about her life is what she has imagined it to be.]]> 369 Ann Redisch Stampler 1442423218 Ana 0 to-read 3.41 2012 Where It Began
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]]> The Disenchantments 11699055
But the show must go on and The Disenchantments weave through the Pacific Northwest, playing in small towns and dingy venues, while roadie- Colby struggles to deal with Bev's already-growing distance and the most important question of all: what's next?

Morris Award–finalist Nina LaCour draws together the beauty and influences of music and art to brilliantly capture a group of friends on the brink of the rest of their lives.]]> 310 Nina LaCour 0525422196 Ana 0 to-read 3.72 2012 The Disenchantments
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]]> Ditched: A Love Story 10194548 There's a girl.
Justina Griffith was never the girl who dreamed of going to prom. Designer dresses and strappy heels? Not her thing. That said, she never expected her best friend, Ian Clark, to ask her.

And there's a boy.
Ian, who always passed her the baseball bat, handle first.
Ian, who knew exactly when she needed red licorice.
Ian, who promised her the most amazing night at prom.

Then there's a ditch.
But when Justina is ditched, figuratively and literally, she must piece together--stain-by-stain on her thrift store dress--exactly how she ended up dateless...with only the help of some opinionated ladies at the 7-Eleven.

To get the whole store, Justina will have to face the boy who ditched her. Can losing out at her prom ultimately lead to finding true love?]]> 277 Robin Mellom 1423143388 Ana 0 to-read 3.62 2012 Ditched: A Love Story
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]]> Being Friends with Boys 12022847
When a new boy enters the scene and makes Char feel like, well, a total girl...and two of her other friends have a falling out that may or may not be related to one of them deciding he possibly wants to be more than friends with Char...being friends with all these boys suddenly becomes a lot more complicated.]]> 361 Terra Elan McVoy 1442421592 Ana 0 to-read 3.53 2012 Being Friends with Boys
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]]> <![CDATA[Burn for Burn (Burn for Burn, #1)]]> 13406425
KAT is sick and tired of being bullied by her former best friend.

LILLIA has always looked out for her little sister, so when she discovers that one of her guy friends has been secretly hooking up with her, she’s going to put a stop to it.

MARY is perpetually haunted by a traumatic event from years past, and the boy who’s responsible has yet to get what’s coming to him.

None of the girls can act on their revenge fantasies alone without being suspected. But together…anything is possible.

With an alliance in place, there will be no more “I wish I’d said…� or “If I could go back and do things differently...� These girls will show Jar Island that revenge is a dish best enjoyed together.]]> 356 Jenny Han 1442440759 Ana 0 to-read 3.81 2012 Burn for Burn (Burn for Burn, #1)
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]]> Ask Again Later 16090645
Heads: The jock. He might spend all night staring at his ex or throw up in the limo, but how bad can her brother's best friend really be?

Tails: The theater geek...with a secret. What could be better than a guy who shares all Heart's interests--even if he wants to share all his feelings?

Heart's simple coin flip has somehow given her the chance to live out both dates. But where her prom night ends up might be the most surprising thing of all...]]> 336 Liz Czukas 006227239X Ana 0 to-read 3.76 2014 Ask Again Later
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]]> <![CDATA[Breathe, Annie, Breathe (Hundred Oaks, #5)]]> 16045306 From the bestselling author of Catching Jordan comes a contemporary YA you won't forget.

The finish line is only the beginning.�

Annie hates running. No matter how far she jogs, she can't escape the guilt that if she hadn't broken up with Kyle, he might still be alive. So to honor his memory, she starts preparing for the marathon he intended to race.

But the training is even more grueling than Annie could have imagined. Despite her coaching, she's at war with her body, her mind-and her heart. With every mile that athletic Jeremiah cheers her on, she grows more conflicted. She wants to run into his arms...and sprint in the opposite direction. For Annie, opening up to love again may be even more of a challenge than crossing the finish line.]]> 320 Miranda Kenneally 1402284799 Ana 0 to-read 4.07 2014 Breathe, Annie, Breathe (Hundred Oaks, #5)
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]]> What I Thought Was True 15832932 422 Huntley Fitzpatrick 0803739095 Ana 0 to-read, summer 3.71 2014 What I Thought Was True
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]]> Since You've Been Gone 18189606
On it, thirteen Sloane-inspired tasks that Emily would normally never try. But what if they could bring her best friend back?

Apple picking at night? Okay, easy enough.

Dance until dawn? Sure. Why not?

Kiss a stranger? Um...

Emily now has this unexpected summer, and the help of Frank Porter (totally unexpected), to check things off Sloane's list. Who knows what she’ll find?

Go skinny-dipping? Wait...what?]]> 449 Morgan Matson 1442435003 Ana 0 to-read 4.07 2014 Since You've Been Gone
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]]> <![CDATA[Friends with Benefits (Girl Next Door, #1)]]> 15716308
When Nat meets her sexy new neighbor, Aidan Hart, she decides his offer to be friends with benefits is perfect. Soon, Nat discovers perfection isn't all it's cracked up to be. Her ex reveals himself to be a slightly insane stalker, and, even worse, Nat discovers that keeping her heart locked up tight isn't working out like she planned. Either way, she's certain she's in for a bumpy ride.

This work is a novella.]]> 97 C.C. Wood Ana 0 to-read 3.77 2012 Friends with Benefits (Girl Next Door, #1)
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