When is the last time you picked up a book for fun? Losing yourself in a story is the cheapest vacation you can go on! If you have been dealing with a lot of stress, a good book can transport you to anywhere in the world or a fictional world! Escape the screens, your worries, your life and jump into the world of fiction.
- Pick Up Something Fun: “We Are Never Meeting in Real Life” by Samantha Irby
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Irby has constructed a book of essays that anyone can relate to! Don’t let the word essay scare you off…they are comedic essays. She dives into awkward sexual encounters and navigating evolving friendships. Not only will this be a fun read, you’ll find great advice from a very relatable author.
- Need a Good Cry? Read: “Monday is Not Coming” by Tiffany D. Jackson
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Jackson explores the tragic disappearance of a teenage girl named Monday in this tearjerker. It follows Claudia as she searches for her best friend. She seems to be the only one who’s looking. Find out what happened to Monday in this thrilling read!
- How About Something Spooky? Beware of: “Uzumaki” by Junji Ito
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“Uzumaki” is created by horror mangaka genius Junji Ito. It explores a fictional town that is plagued with a strange curse involving spirals. Read it before it appears on screen this year!
- Upgrade your love for dystopian novels for this satire: “Severance” by Ling Ma
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Ma gives us a satirical look on the end of the world in this novel. Candace finds herself in the middle of a plague that turns people into zombies (that don’t eat people)! Read all about her transition from the office to a cult!
- A Little Romance: “The Kiss Quotient” by Helen Hoang
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Stella Lane is a mathematician! As far as dating goes…she is not the most experienced. She decides to get practice in this department with an escort. This should be fun!
If you want to establish reading more as a permanent habit, join a book club! You can do this online by following tags on Instagram. You can join groups on Facebook and Good Reads that set reading challenges monthly! You can even start your own! You can also join a book club near you! Find a book club through the Meetups app (or start one!). You can even go to Girls Night In on Instagram or Noname Book Club to find a book club chapter near you.