In the Company of Books

We're doing something a little different today! Hanging out in my bedroom, and discussing the books that have kept me company this year. There have been many, so here's a shorter list of some of my favourites, along with a few quotes/poems. Enjoy!

NONFICTION

• Attached by Amir Levine + Rachel Heller
• Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
• all about love by bell hooks
• The School of Life by Alain de Botton
• Recovery of Your Inner Child by Lucia Capacchione
• Everything Is Spiritual by Rob Bell
• How to Be Here by Rob Bell
• Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay Gordon
• The Highly Sensitive Person by Dr. Elaine Aron

POETRY

• New and Selected Poems (Vol 1) by Mary Oliver
• Devotions by Mary Oliver

ADULT FICTION

• The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
• The Love Square by Laura Jane Williams
• Our Stop by Laura Jane Williams
• The Mothers by Brit Bennett
• Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan
• Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan
• Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
• Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

KIDS FICTION

• The Giver by Lois Lowry
• How to Make Friends with a Ghost by Rebecca Green
• Here We Are by Oliver Jeffers
• (any book) by Vashti Harrison
• The Great Hibernation by Tara Dairman
• Evie and the Animals by Matt Haig
• The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams
• I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day

NEXT TO MY BED RIGHT NOW

• Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
• Grounded by Ruth Allen
• Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
• Turning by Jessica J. Lee