Today is National Read a Book Day, so we wanted to suggest a few (or a lot) of good reads from SwagHer clients because many of them are authors.
Self-Help/Family & Personal Development
Blue Girl Turned Gold the Trilogy Anthology by Myesha Monique Collins
Blue Girl Turned Gold the Trilogy Anthology was ignited in 2017 by Award Winning Activist and Best Selling Author Myesha Monique Collins! These anthologies are written by creators who decided to use their life experiences to grow and assist others with growth and healing. Each author independently details their experiences, transitions, transformations, limitations, and ultimate growth within self. These books were created to empower and assist in the growth and development of an organization who is already recognized worldwide!
https://bluegirlsturnedgold.org/shop
Divine Purpose by Myra Deunique Armstead
Divine Purpose was written to inspire and encourage others to continue to trust God even when your situation shows otherwise.Â
From Trauma to Transformation: All Things New by Audra Hill
After years of hopelessly going through the motions of her everyday routine, career and single motherhood, author Audra Hill was ready to throw in the towel. Tired of the disappointment of one unanswered prayer after another, she felt like everything in her life was going wrong—and she was desperate for a new start. From Trauma to Transformation reveals how Audra’s near-death experience restored her and led to the discovery of her passion and purpose.Â
Self-Help/ Communication
Leaving Legacies: Breaking the Disconnect Between Parents and Millennials By Glendora Dvine, LPC
Written by Glendora Dvine, this book is designed to give parents new ways of thinking and new techniques for parenting their children/teens. Its purpose is to increase awareness for parents and their children related to family unity and positive communication patterns. Glendora wrote this book to help parents with their children before or after a difficult time has risen.
Things I Wish I Knew: Letters to My Little Sisters by Ladonna Marie
In this day and age it is important to help young girls and young women, be the best version of themselves. The author wrote the book to help pre-teens, teenagers, and young adults to navigate throughout life’s circumstances and obstacles. In this book, the author produces solutions and positive encouragement to face life’s journey prepared. Â
Stripped to my Truth:Â UNPACKING EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE by Micaela Cae Thomas
You can never really get the “just” of someone else’s life by having them tell you simple bits and pieces of it. You don’t understand without the specifics. In this story of a young girl transitioning into adolescence and then adulthood, you get the full experience of the internal struggle placed upon her shoulders. You can resonate with the hurt and confusion as she navigates her life, her experiences and what it all means. Addressing topics that the world deems as ‘taboo’, she challenges her traumatic life history head on with her own creation of intentional alleviation.
https://www.micaelalthomas.com
Self-Help/Relationships
Through the Wave of it All by Terra Fontenot- Beard & Kamisha LaTrey
Through the Wave of it All is a book and statement both Terra and Kamisha LaTrey found to be relevant and significant to their journey of not just sisterhood, but also in identifying with their purpose in life. Everyone is not given the opportunity to go through the waves of a “life shattering” sisterhood and live to tell and share about their experience. This why we are passionate about the development of this book and the inspirational defining quotes that are included to change at least one person’s view on life.
https://www.sistersdoingmore.com/
Christian Living
God Spoke and I Listened by Shelly Lee
This book is dedicated to all of the people who want God to speak to them or who don’t believe that God speaks to you. I am a firm believer that God speaks and this book is my testimony that He does.Â
Finding Peace During the Healing Process: 21-Day Devotional by Cassidy A Lee
This devotional is for anyone who is crying out to the Lord after suffering a terrible loss. Its purpose is to encourage them to wait on God’s promises and endure the times to come. It reiterates believing in God to use the times of great pain as a way to perfect their faith. Designed for people with tight schedules, the devotional meets their needs as something succinct yet impactful. Perfect for starting a day strong with insight and clarity, it’s “small but mighty.”
Religion and Spirituality
Give Me the Fairytale by Kimberly Whitehead
Passionately written, impressively researched, and filled with powerfully transparent stories, Kim Whitehead’s Give Me The Fairytale: Reawaken Your Dreams for an Extraordinary life shows a multi-generational audience how we mistakably undervalue the parabolic messages of fairytales and how much we lose in our own achievement and personal transformation by doing so.
https://www.demandthedream.com/product-page/give-me-the-fairytale-by-kim-whitehead-softcover
Green Tea and Donuts: 6 Simple Ways to Live Your Best Life by Dr. Carlene RandolphÂ
Over the years, I have always considered myself like my mother in many ways. Heck: I looked and walked like her! At times, I even sounded just like my mom when I attempted to sing. Don’t tell her I said this, but she could never carry a note—and neither could I. In many ways, I thought that I should shoulder the same responsibilities she carried. I often heard her say, “Women are expected to carry the weight of the world, while men made children and paid the bills.†As I matured, I understood what she believed to be the truth. My dad would take the back seat to raising his daughter because he believed that only mom could impart what it meant to be “a woman in this man’s world.†There began my journey of finding me.”
https://www.amazon.com/Green-Tea-Donuts-Simple-Ways-ebook/dp/B07JFMB4XD
Romance
The Violet Rose by Charmyra E. FlemingÂ
Violet Rogers just turned thirty years old and is starting to realize the purpose for her life. Jamison Nathaniel Starks better known as, “Nate Starksâ€, is an incredible musician. The two were destined to meet, the passion and heat between them was inevitable, but so are the forces that threaten to keep them apart.Â
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1983346489/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_UUTuFbBNNES82
Cookbook
New Orleans Underground Chef by Chef Donald Smith
Chef D shares his memories and recipes in a authentic and heartfelt way. He shares some touching experiences and down home, Southern, Creole and Cajun meals.
While you might not be able to hold your physical copy of the book today, several of the books on the list above are available for digital reading, so don’t be so quick to think you can’t take part in this observance.
Should you purchase any book, please be don’t forget to leave a review for the author. Happy
National Read a Book Day!
