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The Whole Self Club
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 5 พ.ย. 2023
Self-improvement & fun, because life is all about balance.
5 uplifting books for 2025 | Healing fiction, romance, friendships, women | NO SPOILERS!
Are you looking for books to comfort you? These are book reviews for my top 5 books from 2024, and I hope they can make into your 2025 reading/TBR list. Some of these are popular, hyped, and overhyped by BookTube and BookTok; others are underrated books. I think all of these books changed my life. Literature has power.
thewholeselfclub | business.thewholeself@outlook.com
BUY THESE BOOKS (affiliate links):
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston → Paperback: amzn.to/41ReM2M | Kindle: amzn.to/4gDiEc7
The Marriage Act: The Risk I Took to Keep My Best Friend in America, and What It Taught Us About Love by
Liza Monroy → Paperback: amzn.to/3PeJKdr | Kindle: amzn.to/4fDFK14
What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
by Michiko Aoyama | Japanese into English book translation by Alison Watts → Hardcover: amzn.to/3BBp9gv (discount price, save money) | Paperback: amzn.to/49U2eJW | Kindle: amzn.to/4actXG1
Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop: The heart-warming Korean sensation by Hwang Bo-reum | Korean into English translation by literary translator Shanna Tan → Paperback: amzn.to/4iLZClg | Kindle: amzn.to/3ZT1qAk
Everything I Know about Love: A Memoir by Dolly Alderton → Paperback: amzn.to/3PiH8Ly | Kindle: amzn.to/3PiHbXK
Video chapters | Summary | Timestamps
00:00 Welcome to The Whole Self Club.
00:04 Coming up:lot twists; books for people who are lost
00:12 Intro | Top 5 uplifting books
00:49 The 7 Year Slip by Ashley Poston
01:09 The 7 Year Slip short summary
01:30 Minor spoilers for The 7 Year Slip starting at 01:37
1:37 Minor spoilers for The 7 Year Slip by Ashley Poston
01:57 No spoilers book review: The 7 Year Slip
03:02 What kind of reader is The 7 Year Slip for?
03:16 The Marriage Act by Liza Monroy
03:26 The Marriage Act book review with no spoilers
03:40 What is the book The Marriage Act about?
04:13 Issues mentioned in The Marriage Act
04:36 Quotes from The Marriage Act
05:51 Who will enjoy The Marriage Act?
06:54 Liza Monroy’s on The New York Times Modern Love column
07:21 What You Are Looking for Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
07:26 Who translated What You Are Looking for Is in the Library from Japanese into English?
07:30 Who illustrated What You Are Looking for Is in the Library?
07:34 First thoughts on What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
07:52 What is healing fiction in literature?
08:11 What are third places?
08:44 What You Are Looking for Is in the Library summary & no spoilers book review
09:57 What You Are Looking for Is in the Library: hope, passion, emotion
10:24 Who will enjoy What You Are Looking for Is in the Library?
10:42 Quotes from What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
11:01 Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum
11:07 Who translated Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop from Korean into English?
11:10 Who is the cover artist for Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop?
11:14 First thoughts on Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
11:34 Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop short summary
13:39 Who will enjoy Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
14:01 Everything I Know about Love by Dolly Alderton
14:05 What is Everything I Know about Love about?
14:53 First thoughts on Everything I Know about Love
14:53 Everything I Know about Love book review | No spoilers
17:32 Quotes from Everything I Know about Love
18:05 Who is Everything I Know about Love for?
18:10 All books mentioned are linked in the description.
Credits | Elements used in this video:
The Whole Self illustrations - DanielDS, illustrator and comic book artist | www.artstation.com/daniel_dssouza2 | danieldssouza0@gmail.com
Song | "Feelings" by @Danvillebeats
Strawberry milk pic: sudachirecipes.com/japanese-strawberry-milk/
Japanese lunch pic: www.japanesecooking101.com/onigiri-bento-lunch-recipe/
Alison Watts book translator video: available from The Society of Author’s website societyofauthors.org/2024/02/08/catch-up-with-the-2023-translation-prizes/
What You Are Looking for Is in the Library illustrations by Rohan Eason: available from www.rohaneason.com/
Library video by Cottonbro Studio: www.pexels.com/pt-br/video/vista-traseira-livro-estante-prateleira-4873467/
What you will find in this video:
✨Books about friendships & making friends
✨Romance books
✨Books about books, bookshops, and libraries
✨Asian, Korean, Japanese books
✨Easy reading, light books, brain-off, casual, low commitment, low effort
✨Cozy books, feel-good, feel like home, happy, wholesome, heartwarming
✨ Books to read when you’re sad, books that will cheer you up, make you smile, bring joy, mood-lifting stories, uplifting books
✨Books for unhappy people, get out of a slump, motivational, energizing books,
✨Books about third places, community-centered
✨Contemporary Fiction, memoir, life lessons
✨ Books written by women
#booktube #bookreview #bookrecommendations
thewholeselfclub | business.thewholeself@outlook.com
BUY THESE BOOKS (affiliate links):
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston → Paperback: amzn.to/41ReM2M | Kindle: amzn.to/4gDiEc7
The Marriage Act: The Risk I Took to Keep My Best Friend in America, and What It Taught Us About Love by
Liza Monroy → Paperback: amzn.to/3PeJKdr | Kindle: amzn.to/4fDFK14
What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
by Michiko Aoyama | Japanese into English book translation by Alison Watts → Hardcover: amzn.to/3BBp9gv (discount price, save money) | Paperback: amzn.to/49U2eJW | Kindle: amzn.to/4actXG1
Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop: The heart-warming Korean sensation by Hwang Bo-reum | Korean into English translation by literary translator Shanna Tan → Paperback: amzn.to/4iLZClg | Kindle: amzn.to/3ZT1qAk
Everything I Know about Love: A Memoir by Dolly Alderton → Paperback: amzn.to/3PiH8Ly | Kindle: amzn.to/3PiHbXK
Video chapters | Summary | Timestamps
00:00 Welcome to The Whole Self Club.
00:04 Coming up:lot twists; books for people who are lost
00:12 Intro | Top 5 uplifting books
00:49 The 7 Year Slip by Ashley Poston
01:09 The 7 Year Slip short summary
01:30 Minor spoilers for The 7 Year Slip starting at 01:37
1:37 Minor spoilers for The 7 Year Slip by Ashley Poston
01:57 No spoilers book review: The 7 Year Slip
03:02 What kind of reader is The 7 Year Slip for?
03:16 The Marriage Act by Liza Monroy
03:26 The Marriage Act book review with no spoilers
03:40 What is the book The Marriage Act about?
04:13 Issues mentioned in The Marriage Act
04:36 Quotes from The Marriage Act
05:51 Who will enjoy The Marriage Act?
06:54 Liza Monroy’s on The New York Times Modern Love column
07:21 What You Are Looking for Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
07:26 Who translated What You Are Looking for Is in the Library from Japanese into English?
07:30 Who illustrated What You Are Looking for Is in the Library?
07:34 First thoughts on What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
07:52 What is healing fiction in literature?
08:11 What are third places?
08:44 What You Are Looking for Is in the Library summary & no spoilers book review
09:57 What You Are Looking for Is in the Library: hope, passion, emotion
10:24 Who will enjoy What You Are Looking for Is in the Library?
10:42 Quotes from What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
11:01 Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum
11:07 Who translated Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop from Korean into English?
11:10 Who is the cover artist for Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop?
11:14 First thoughts on Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
11:34 Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop short summary
13:39 Who will enjoy Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
14:01 Everything I Know about Love by Dolly Alderton
14:05 What is Everything I Know about Love about?
14:53 First thoughts on Everything I Know about Love
14:53 Everything I Know about Love book review | No spoilers
17:32 Quotes from Everything I Know about Love
18:05 Who is Everything I Know about Love for?
18:10 All books mentioned are linked in the description.
Credits | Elements used in this video:
The Whole Self illustrations - DanielDS, illustrator and comic book artist | www.artstation.com/daniel_dssouza2 | danieldssouza0@gmail.com
Song | "Feelings" by @Danvillebeats
Strawberry milk pic: sudachirecipes.com/japanese-strawberry-milk/
Japanese lunch pic: www.japanesecooking101.com/onigiri-bento-lunch-recipe/
Alison Watts book translator video: available from The Society of Author’s website societyofauthors.org/2024/02/08/catch-up-with-the-2023-translation-prizes/
What You Are Looking for Is in the Library illustrations by Rohan Eason: available from www.rohaneason.com/
Library video by Cottonbro Studio: www.pexels.com/pt-br/video/vista-traseira-livro-estante-prateleira-4873467/
What you will find in this video:
✨Books about friendships & making friends
✨Romance books
✨Books about books, bookshops, and libraries
✨Asian, Korean, Japanese books
✨Easy reading, light books, brain-off, casual, low commitment, low effort
✨Cozy books, feel-good, feel like home, happy, wholesome, heartwarming
✨ Books to read when you’re sad, books that will cheer you up, make you smile, bring joy, mood-lifting stories, uplifting books
✨Books for unhappy people, get out of a slump, motivational, energizing books,
✨Books about third places, community-centered
✨Contemporary Fiction, memoir, life lessons
✨ Books written by women
#booktube #bookreview #bookrecommendations
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Is there anything you want but are too scared to pursue? Let’s talk about it. My video looks nothing like @LifeOfRiza videos, @ColtKirwan videos, @seemcat videos, @amandamaryanna videos, or @MadisynBrown videos (people whose work I admire because I absolutely love cinematic vlogs and video essays). I know I don’t have the best TH-cam camera, the best TH-cam background, or the best editing skill...
How to balance fitness, work, relationships, hobbies & more | The Whole Self Club trailer
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In my 20s, something I wonder all the time is how to balance everything I want to do. How to find time to read, go to the #gym, date, have a social life, be with my family and have #hobbies if I work and if I am a #college student? This channel is the answer to this very question. I will share my journey trying to learn Spanish, getting to know myself, going to #therapy, living in my 20s, #dati...
Hi! Your videos are incredible, and I’m sure your audience would love to see more of them more often. If managing everything feels overwhelming, I’d love to step in and help. I can handle the entire post-production process for you-editing videos, designing thumbnails, and optimizing for SEO. Just share your footage and channel profiles, and I’ll make sure everything is ready to go for consistent uploads. Let’s set up a 10-minute chat tomorrow to talk more about this exciting opportunity!
I couldn’t agree more! It’s so important to be brave and step out of our comfort zones, even if it’s at our own pace. Facing our fears and challenging ourselves is how we grow and discover our true potential. 🌟💪
Yesssss!! 🙌🙌🙌
Wow, what an incredible story of friendship, love, and courage! It’s so inspiring to see how love exists in so many beautiful forms. Thank you for sharing such a powerful and heartwarming book❤️👏
Oh, thank you so much for your words! This book is definetely worth the read 🥺
BUY THIS BOOK (affiliate links): The Marriage Act: The Risk I Took to Keep My Best Friend in America, and What It Taught Us About Love by Liza Monroy | Paperback: amzn.to/3PeJKdr | Kindle: amzn.to/4fDFK14 Follow The Whole Self Club on Instagram: instagram.com/thewholeselfclub
I loved hearing about the diverse and international authors you discussed! It was a pleasure listening to you break down the themes of the books and the lessons you took from them 💛✨
@@BeyondeMobility oh my, thank you so much for this compliment! I'm so happy you liked it 😊
Getting things done 👏🏿
Yessss!
Bem top 🙌🏿
Thank youuuu❤
I can’t wait to follow you and your journey 💗✨
I feel so seen! Thank you 🥹
Thank you for being vulnerable and authentically you! You are so brave to do something that scared you and watching this video was truly inspirational. I can’t wait to see you flourish even more! Parabéns Amiga Linda 🤩❤🎉
Thank you sooo much for watching and for being the first one to comment 🥹🥹🥹 I'm so glad my words resonated with you & I am forever grateful for your support even before this was a concrete idea!!!!! ❤❤❤ I wouldn't be here without you, my friend 🥺 saudades!!!
@ Nada amiga, bom trabalho👏🏿🙌🏿! Saudadessss ✨💛❤️💛
Did you know that Kindle has an e-reader online? This is what I'm using to read here
Video chapters | Summary | Timestamps 0:25 Why I created a TH-cam channel 01:46 How I stopped being afraid of posting on TH-cam 03:35 I’m not on TH-cam because I’m perfect. I’m very far from being perfect 04:03 The Whole Self Club is a safe space for people all over the world to discuss languages, culture, TV shows, movies, self-improvement, and more 4:50 Everyone is scared of being on TH-cam, but we do it anyway 5:47 How to follow your dreams? 06:28 What you will find on this channel: content about balancing fitness, social life, realistic nutrition, hobbies, alone time, relationships, work, studies & more 06:44 Thank you for watching! I hope to see you again in the next videos.
Here are the credits for the elements I used in this video: The Whole Self illustrations made by DanielDS, an amazing illustrator and comic book artist | See his portfolio at www.artstation.com/daniel_dssouza2 & contact him at danieldssouza0@gmail.com Song: "Feelings" by @Danvillebeats - th-cam.com/video/giZFmLsYWOw/w-d-xo.html
So, I know the audio is kinda inconsistent and I'm sorry! I definitely learned a few things while making this, so I hope I can do better in the next ones. Thank you for watching :)
Thank you for watching! What did you think about this video? Want to contact me? Follow me on Instagram @thewholeselfclub (instagram.com/thewholeselfclub) or send me an email at business.thewholeself@outlook.com
Spotify link for De Zero a Cem by Os Garotin: open.spotify.com/track/5dpDnd3Nnw5dRql80RcI7M?si=X3pfmr3jT3y1AKuE0231JA
Spotify link for Me & U by Tems open.spotify.com/track/31kxPC3ZB9AYwCLyHaqEVX?si=L2nA_9c3S1C9FD__XutZVw
Spotify link for Fields by Giveon: open.spotify.com/track/0zh4UsKtESn0jq9nstzx0u?si=1dLph0xGT0iovt6JO-eStA
Spotify link for Please Don't Fall in Love With Me by Khalid: open.spotify.com/track/2x7cfyDxSXc1xxqxZM3hbc?si=0Sj6CLupSxabgSgkqGii-g
Spotify link for Pra Gente Acordar, a song by Gilsons: open.spotify.com/track/4uh2UmvDt2b8xrQPsWZhfv?si=JVY4l_u-RFquqYKYmCOyRA
Hear snippets from the songs on Instagram: instagram.com/thewholeselfclub
Here are the credits for the elements I used in this video: The Whole Self cartoons that appear starting 1:25 - DanielDS, an amazing illustrator and comic book artist | See his portfolio at www.artstation.com/daniel_dss... & contact him at danieldssouza0@gmail.com Song starting at 1:02 - "Feelings" by @Danvillebeats - th-cam.com/video/giZFmLsYWOw/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for watching! Did you like this video? Would you consider subscribing? If you'd like to contact me, please leave me a comment here, or send me an email at business.thewholeself@outlook.com, or follow me on Instagram @thewholeselfclub (instagram.com/thewholeselfclub)
So, I know the audio is kinda inconsistent and I'm sorry! I definitely learned a few things while making this and the first video, so I hope I can do better in the next ones. Thank you for watching :)