The 5 Books That Changed My Life (And Why You Should Read Them)

I don't think a book has ever made me this angry, and it made me ugly cry, it made me extremely pensive, and it completely changed the way that I view myself, how I help others, and the type of impact I want to leave once I'm gone.

But, the thing is, I love this book because it shows that grief is imperfect and everyone is imperfect. They're doing the best with the emotional tools that they currently have on hand, even if that comes at the consequence of hurting the people that they love.

And even though it's gut-wrenching and heartbreaking as a reader, it's so true. And that adds just another level of intimacy between the reader and the novel, and it just left such a profound impact on me.

That is a book about forgiveness, but not necessarily forgiveness for others, but forgiveness for yourself and healing and trauma, and it was a really, really beautiful book on friendship as well.

It's just such a beautiful novel and it's interesting because it's a very heavy topic. It's one of the most important things about being a human and our experience here and yet she does it in such a funny and witty and clever way. It's just a book that warmed my heart and led me to tears by the end of it.

This is a book that taught me about taking up space and loving who you are and living for yourself. And of course, romance as well.

I think the only one that I rated a four-star was the fourth book, which was Iron Gold, and that was needed so that you can understand the leap and bounds that you're going to take when you read the next book.

The first book is kind of not surface level but very understandable, very attainable. You can understand it as a reader even though this world is so complex and so different from anything that I've ever read, it's still something you can easily understand.

That alone should make it a four or five star, but it's not just that, the writing is so beautiful in this novel and these characters blew me away. I was able to relate to all of them in some way and yet they're all so very different.