Banish Your (Inner) Bitch

Mastering Your Mean Girl: The No-BS Guide to Silencing Your Inner Critic and Becoming Wildly Wealthy, Fabulously Healthy, and Bursting with Love is Melissa Ambrosini’s guide to  learning to love the great gal within and bring her forth to rock this life.  Go forth in love.  So Suzy Says.

Love & Money

Money, A Love Story: Untangle Your Financial Woes and Create the Life You Really Want   talks about your relationship with money – and how to make it positive.   Learning to  live happily with money comes down to love—which is why love is the basis of money maven Kate Northrup’s  book.  So Suzy Says.

One 2 Ten

Los Angeles 1 to 10 introduces Angeleno tykes to numbers and counting through the distinct imagery of Los Angeles and clever rhymes.  Brightly colored, the book highlights LA landmarks from Griffith Park to the Pacific Ocean.  Makes a great party favor for a child’s birthday party.  So Suzy Says.

Fish Brains

In What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins  ethologist  and author Jonathan Balcombe  takes us under the sea and behind the aquarium glass to reveal what fishes can do, how they do it, and why.  Take this bait and learn a little something about our fishy friends.  So Suzy Says.

Inside Warhol’s World

After Andy: Adventures in Warhol Land  by Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni is a page turning romp through the fascinating world of art icon Andy Warhol.  Fun. And true.  There’s also Uncle Andy’s Cats by Warhol’s nephew,  James Warhola which is the perfect companion book for kids and adults alike.   So Suzy Says.  

Remembering to Color

Color Your Mind: A Coloring Book for Those with Alzheimer’s and the People Who Love Them is Maria Shriver’s latest contribution to help those we love.  Another reason I admire Ms. Shriver.  So Suzy Says.    

Inspirational Words

The Last I Love You by Madalyn Beck is full of inspirational quotes to inspire your mood.   Keep a copy next to your bedside table of books and go to bed – or start the day – with a positive thought.  So Suzy Says. 

Party Food

Peter Callahan’s Party Food: Mini Hors d’oeuvres, Family-Style Settings, Plated Dishes, Buffet Spreads, Bar Carts is a beautiful and fun book that will show you how to serve up festive food for any celebration.  So Suzy Says.

Starry-Eyed

In her latest, The Stars in our Eyes, Julie Klam explores the world of celebrity: why they fascinate us, why they’re so important in our society and what it means to be famous today.  An interesting reflection on today’s pop culture players.  So Suzy Says.    

Funny Diarist

Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) by humorist David Sedaris has kept  diary for 40 years.  This collection is the first volume of his private musings.  Funny and insightful.  So Suzy Says.

Class Mom

Laurie Gelman’s debut, Class Mom is about a year in the life of Jen Dixon, kindergarten class mom.  Gekman’s novel is a clever send-up of the petty and surprisingly cutthroat terrain of parent politics.  A laugh out loud read.  So Suzy Says.

Butterflies

Actress Roma Downey—best known for  Touched by an Angel—has created a beautiful book, Box of Butterflies, filled with encouragement, hope and assurances  of God’s comforting presence in our lives.  So Suzy Says.

Bring Home a Pub

The Dead Rabbit Drinks Manual: Secret Recipes and Barroom Tales from Two Belfast Boys Who Conquered the Cocktail World by Sean Muldoon  Jack McGarry and Ben Schaffer is part cook book and part memoir.  The book combines inventive recipes from the wildly popular New York City bar and the inspiring rags-to-riches story that began in Ireland and … Continue Reading

The Doctor is In

In  Sex, Lies & STDs: Hollywood’s Beloved Doctor Sets the Record Straight on STDs and Reveals some of the Best Kept Secrets my doctor, Robert Huizenga  explains how each STD is actually spread, and how to effectively avoid contracting one of them.  A useful read.  So Suzy Says.

Grandma Says

You’re never to old to be hip — or so Instagram’s hippest grandma Baddievankle shows.  In Baddiewinkle’s Guide to Life,  the grand dame shares her thoughts on living and dressing adventurously.  It’s a fun read with common sense reminders of how to get along in this life – with flourish.  So Suzy Says.

Transcend the Mundane

21 Days to Resilience: How to Transcend the Daily Grind, Deal with the Tough Stuff, and Discover Your Strongest Self  is  positive psychology expert, Dr. Zelana Montminy’s practical, science-backed toolkit to develop your capacity to handle whatever life throws your way—and thrive!  Read it and rock! So Suzy Says.

Rooster & Cat

Super Rooster and Wonder Cat  by Alma Hammond and Hugh Keiser follows the adventures of besties Rooster and Cat whose usual superpower practice  is interrupted by Crab, Ray, and Shark who are very different.. Children will enjoy following Rooster and Cat as they overcome their fear to discover new friends with special powers of their own.  Super Rooster and … Continue Reading

Rule Breaker

Ariel Levy ‘s The Rules Do Not Apply:A Memoir is New Yorker staff writer Levy’s NYT best-selling memoir about over coming horrific loss and finding reinvention.  A moving read.  So Suzy Says.

Behold – a Good Read

Behold the Dreamers  is Imbolo Mbue’s debut novel about a young Cameroonian couple making a new life in New York just as the Great Recession upends the economy.  The page turner explores the trap doors in the American Dream along with other eta issues in our society in a gripping tale.  A satisfying read.  So Suzy Says.

Into The Water

Into the Water is Paula Hawkins’ – author of #1 New York Times bestseller  The Girl on the Train –  thrilling  new page-turner of psychological suspense.   This novel is sure to quicken your heart beat.  So Suzy Says.