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If you haven't heard, Amulet 9 release date has just been announced! I've been waiting two years for an annoucement, but other kids and now adults have been waiting over 5 1/2 years for an announcement from Scholastic on when this book is coming out. Number nine has taken Kazu 5 1/2 years to make.

We wouldn't know who Colleen Hoover is without Tik Tok, but maybe we would? Tik Tik has put a lot of self-published authors like Colleen Hoover on the map. Hoover's most popular book, It Ends With Us, was the top selling book in 2022. Because of that, Hoover and Atria has decided to release a new Special Edition Hard Cover exclusive for U.S. and Europe. Also, Hoover has developed plans with a director and Sony productions to make It Ends With Us movie, and it should come out late 2024 or late 2025. In this episode, I talk about both and my thoughts on both. Honestly, I can't wait for the movie. Let's go!

Financial feminist is a financial guidebook to fix your finances now. There's no bias, no restrictions, but there's a way to fix your financial habits with this book. This is important as fixing your finances start with fixing your financial habits. This book addresses some of the problems with Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey, and these problems make sense. One of the big ones is a $1,000 emergency saving account that Ramsey promotes. This is a great start, but Tori mentions to strive for a bigger emergency account first (three to six months). This way you feel comfortable and are confident to start paying off debt if you have any and start investing. The other popular financial book is Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki. This book is advanced because it discusses financial moves like buying real estate you should do after you have established better financial habits. Robert doesn't mention any of that financial base first like an emergency account or debt, which I think are important. In this episode, I review Financial Feminist, discuss what I liked and disliked about the book, and any lessons I received from the book. I'll talk about credit card debt, emergency savings account, biking to work, and then why I'm probably not going to buy a house.

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Self published authors or independent authors are authors that self-publish their work. This is mostly through Amazon as Amazon provides a service where someone can upload their book. This is called Kindle Direct Publishing. In this episode, I discuss what independent publishing is, pro and con of this, and how to find if a book is self-published.

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Melinda enters ninth grade traumatized by being sexually assaulted at a party that occured during the summer. You won't know about the party and what happened to Melinda that night until the middle of the book. The scene isn't graphic. This is a great book that I recommend people to read. In this episode, I review this book, discuss what I liked about it and disliked about it, and any lessons I received from the book.

Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas goes is a sci-fi book that leads to a subpar battle scene at the end of the series (book eight). There's fae, witches, powers, assassins, and romance tropes like haters to lovers in these books. The series has eight books: Assassins Blade (1), Throne of Glass (2), Crown of Midnight (3), Heir of Fire (4), Queen of Shadows (5), Empire of Storms (6), Tower of Dawn (7), and Kingdom of Ash (8). Similar to the Harry Potter series, each book gets larger ending with Kingdom of Ash with 980 pages. In this episode, I'll review this book, talk about three ways to read the series, discuss what I liked and disliked about the series, and lessons I received from the series.