Book Recommendations

From A Self-Intorvert

On June, 2020, a mandate 'stay-at-home' order was put in place. For most, this was a something hard to believe; "Staying inside for 4 weeks straight, who in their right mind would even find anything to do?" A valid question, but they have yet to meet me, a self-proclaimed introvert. When people think of an intorvert, they are mostly thinking about someone who is shy, queit, or "not a people-person". I like to view being an introvert as someone who chooses to see the world internally than externally. Being gifted with breaking down innner thoughts and ideas from an obverant view point. Also someone who finds comfort in their own company and with a stay-at-home order in place, that's just were I found myself.


"The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone." - Johann Wolfgange Von Goethe.


During my self-quarintine, I realized a lot of things needed to be worked on. First being my relationship with UberEats, it was time to let them go; but another was being myself. Learning to be comfortable with ones-self, you actually have to do the work from within. Who knew! With nothing but free time on my hand, I was able to drive into one of my many loves; reading. From self-healing to laugh-out-loud funny books, below are some recommendations from the books I've read through out this quarintine!


  • A debut novel by Akwaeke Emezi. Centering around a young Nigerian woman named, Ada, Freshwater explores the surreal, dark, unsettling, heartwrenching, and powerful show of how we all construct our identities. Great read for spooky season too!

  • An intro to the 'Brown Sisters' series, Get A Life, Chole Brown. Follows the story of a chrocinally ill woman's step-by-step guide on getting and enjoying her life with the help of a tattooed, motorcycle riding handyman.

  • These next two reads wre definitely the ones that fed my soul throughout quarintine. First titled, Healing Her. A book filled with poems that conduit for your own journey back to self-love - and allows you to hold space for the darkness, those peaty, blackened soils that provide the most richness for personal growth.

  • What Happened To You? is a book that shares a conversation on trauma, resilience, and healing. With M.D.,Ph.D Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey, it takes a deeper dives into the why factor on how our past trauma grow and affect our adult lives.
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