Kelly Michelle Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Educator (on a hiatus from teaching); newly disabled; music connoisseur; lover of sunsets, sci-fi and cats; always seeking the good, true, and beautiful.
Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
Suleika JaouadKelly MichelleI just finished All My Knotted-Up Life by Beth Moore (would definitely recommend!), and in the past loved Becoming by Michelle Obama, and Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad.
Paperback, 2022
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall KimmererKelly Michelle@IAmMarielleT I feel like I don’t know how to speak for what humanity as a whole should read, but for all of us in America, I would say Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer and This Here Flesh by Cole Arthur Riley.
Paperback, 2015
$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van PeltKelly Michelle@aprilfiet A book with a similar vibe that I love is Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt!
Hardcover, 2022
$29.99Member price:$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Devotions: A Read with Jenna Pick: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
Mary OliverKelly Michelle@Phwji @KirkMcCall68 My most recent one was a YA novel called Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl - I found it especially helpful as someone deconstructing purity culture. And I’ve been rereading Mary Oliver’s collection of poems called Devotions.
Paperback, 2020
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad about Feeling Good (about Sex)
Nadia Bolz-WeberKelly Michelle- “Pastrix” by Nadia Bolz-Weber - Nadia is the queen of helping people feel like they can show up as they are, and this is one of her memoirs - “Shameless” by Nadia Bolz-Weber - great for those deconstructing purity culture
Paperback, 2020
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
To Be Taught, If Fortunate
Becky ChambersKelly Michelle@mayhewbergman To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers was very thought-provoking!
Paperback, 2019
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bright Dead Things: Poems
Ada LimónKelly MichelleFor those of you who enjoy poetry, Ada Limón, the new poet laureate of the US, writes so gorgeously. I'm currently reading her volume called "Bright Dead Things, and whew, it's lovely!
Paperback, 2015
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Project Hail Mary
Andy WeirKelly Michelle@LShalott This year, Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt, and Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. All time, probably Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer.
Paperback, 2022
$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Hole in the World: Finding Hope in Rituals of Grief and Healing
Amanda Held OpeltKelly Michelle@robertjmonson I'm savoring A Hole in the World by Amanda Held Opelt, and rereading Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer.
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Dog Songs: Poems
Mary OliverKelly Michelle@Phwji @KirkMcCall68 My most recent one was a YA novel called Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl - I found it especially helpful as someone deconstructing purity culture. And I’ve been rereading Mary Oliver’s collection of poems called Devotions.
Paperback, 2015
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book