Post by Katie Hawkes, PsyD, MBA

I/O Psychologist & Employee Well-Being PsyD โ€ข Ethics, HR & Psychology Professor โ€ข Recruiting & Talent Strategy โ€ข Hobby Wedding Florist โ€ข Animal Rescue Enthusiast โ€ข Ex-Twitter, Google

๐Ÿ“šย ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜†? I'm having a strong year of DNF (๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต) and finding many books to be unsticky for me (๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ-๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ). Doesn't have to be business books. Tell me anything. I tend to love mysteries ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ, memoirs โœ๏ธ, psychology ๐Ÿง , non-fiction essays or lyrical fiction musings on the deep curiosities and whimsies of life โœจ, sci-fi ๐Ÿค“, and romance if the people don't drive me up the wall with their inability to engage in basic communication ๐Ÿ’œ ๐—š๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜€๐˜€๐˜€ ๐Ÿ‘€ย I simply want something to blow me away and meld into my very being and soul, no pressure. ๐˜Š๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ: ๐Ÿค“๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ "The Ferryman" by Justin Croninย  ๐Ÿง  "Dangerous Personalities: An FBI Profiler Shows You How to Identify and Protect Yourself from Harmful People" by Joe Navarro & Toni Sciarra ๐˜–๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต: โœจ "Everything is Tuberculosis" by John Green ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ "Still Life" by Louise Penny ๐Ÿง  "Introduction to Internal Family Systems" by Dr. Richard C. Schwartz โœ๏ธ "Accidentally on Purpose: A Memoir" by Kristen Kish โœ๏ธโœจ "So Gay for You" by Leisha Hailey & Kate Moennig ๐Ÿค“ "Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ "The Compound" by Aisling Rawle โœจ "When the Cranes Fly South" by Lisa Ridzรฉn ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ: ๐Ÿง โœ๏ธ "Sociopath: A Memoir" by Patric Gagne ๐Ÿ’œ "Atmosphere" by Taylor Jenkins Reid ๐Ÿค“๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ "When No One is Watching" by Alyssa Cole ๐Ÿง  "I Hate Youโ€”Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality" by Jerold J. Kreisman & Hal Straus ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ "None of This is True" by Lisa Jewell ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ "All the Colors of the Dark" by Chris Whitaker ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ "Lies and Weddings" by Kevin Kwan ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ "The Midnight Feast" by Lucy Foley ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ: ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ "Plain Bad Heroines" by Emily M. Danforth โœจ "How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ "The Housemate" by Sarah Bailey ๐Ÿง  "The Four Tendencies" by Gretchen Rubin (interesting idea but coulda been an infographic) ๐Ÿค“ "The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet" by Becky Chambers ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ "This Girl's a Killer" by Emma C. Wells ๐˜‹๐˜•๐˜: ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ "The Tenant" by Freida McFadden ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ "The Vacation" by John Marrs ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ "The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle" by Stuart Turton ๐Ÿค“ "Docile" by K.M. Szpara ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ "The Verifiers" by Jane Pek ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ "The Marsh King's Daughter" by Karen Dionne ๐Ÿค“โœจ "Private Rites" by Julia Armfield ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ "The Other Half" by Charlotte Vassell ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ "Knife River" by Justine Champine โœจ "Murder Your Employer" by Rupert Holmes ๐Ÿค“ "The Tusks of Extinction" by Ray Nayler โœจ "Demon Copperhead" by Barbara Kingsolver