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Your Score: An Insider's Secret To Understanding, Controlling, And Protecting Your Credit Score by Anthony Davenport is a book on how you can build your score and how to fix it. A solid financial book that I would start with. Anthony Davenport worked with Wells Fargo, and he realized this bank was doing shady stuff to make customers pay more in interest fees with credit cards and other services they offer. It's not the only bank doing this by the way! In this episode, I review this book, discuss what I liked and disliked about the book, and some lessons I got from the book that I applied to my life. 

Butcher and the Wren is a debut novel by Alaina Urquhart who is an autopsy technician. This book goes into two perspectives: the serial killers and the medical examiner. The serial killer is becoming sloppy, so will Wren find out who the killer is before it's too late? In this episode, I review this book. I also discuss what like and disliked about the book. Lastly, I provide one lesson I got from the writing of the book.

Magnolia Story is Chip and Joanna Gaines latest autobiography over their life. This book discloses their family history, how running a business together is like, and a little information on their big hit HGTV show, Fixer Upper. This is behind the scenes on how this family got started in making a business over flipping houses. In this episode, I will review the book, discuss what I liked and disliked about the book, and four powerful lessons I got from the book. 

The show You on Netflix is based on these books. There's four books in the series. You is the first one, Hidden Bodies is the second, You Love Me is the third, and the unnamed fourth one is coming out on April 4th, 2023. The first season follows the first book (You) closely then it takes a different approach than the books. These books are made by Caroline Kepnes, a New York Times bestselling author with her Joe Goldberg books. The main character, Joe, is a bookseller in You. One day, Guinevere Beck comes into the store, checks out at the register, and Joe get's her information (her first and last name) from her credit card. With that information, Joe is able to find her on the internet and eventually is able to find out where she lives. The stalker soon becomes the boyfriend. Joe does everything to be the best boyfriend, even if that means killing people. In this episode, I review the book. I also discuss what I liked and disliked about the book. 

Jennette McCurdy's book, I'm Glad My Mom Died, is a memoir about the struggle of becoming a child star. She discusses in full detail in the book on her mom's abuse, how she developed an eating disorder, and how becoming an actor wasn't her idea at all. In this episode, I review the book, discuss what I liked and disliked about the book, and any lessons I got from the book. 

This book goes over what stocks are, what dividend stocks are, and how to invest in the stock market. Matthew Kratter has written a lot of books on the stock market, worked at hedge funds, and has courses on stocks and how to trade stocks. In this episode, I review the book, discuss what I liked and disliked about the book, and one key lesson I got from the book. I also discuss one of the prime investing examples, which is Warren Buffett. 

Jennette McCurdey stared in ICarley and several other movies. Her new memoir, I'm Glad My Mom Died, came out August 9th, 2022. In this episode, I discuss how this book sold out everywhere. I also provide my thoughts on the title of the book.  

Colleen Hoover has been a top selling romance author. Her more popular books are It Ends With Us, Verity, Reminders of Him, and Ugly Love. All of her books are different, majority are independently published, and she's a good writer. This book, It Ends With Us, came out August 2nd, 2016. In 2020, Tik Tok made this book as well as many other authors books popular. People raved about the book, and I had to see what the commotion was all about. Is the book worth the hype? Is it good? It seems it is because this book has been a top selling book and has a 4.4/5 rating with 1,429,970 ratings. The book is a romance book that goes over Lily's love life. She dates a hot headed neurosurgeon named Ryle. When she is at a date with Ryle, she see's her high school love named Atlas. Her feelings are mixed, but which one will she choose? In this episode, I review It Ends With Us. I also discuss what I liked about the book, disliked, and any lessons I got from the book. 

I get asked this question a lot, so these are my three ideas on how to read when your busy.