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I loved this and need a physical copy. There were so many good points I enjoyed hearing (a few are listed below). A lot of self help/motivation tend to all sound the same and yeah, are cheesy and cliche, but I felt like he really built off the cliches. I also love that he promoted vocational/trade schools and what he has done for youth fitness programs and Special Olympics.

•vision is purpose and meaning
•create small goals
•if you only shoot for the small goals, you may miss out. when you shoot big, you give yourself the opportunities for all the snall things
•have joy in what you do
•busyness is bullshit. if it matters to you, make the time
•you work a dream to come true, you don't whine it into existence 
•how many hours do you think you waste every werk complaining about things that happen to you that are out of your control ? how much time do you spend worrying about things that might happen, that you couldn't possibly predict or prevent? 
•give back, pay it forward
lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

This reminded me of Love and Other  Words by Christina Lauren but make it small town/ranch with a mix of cowboy instead. I devoured this book! It's a perfect palette cleanser when you need a quick read.
funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix

This was perfection and so cute. The banter was so fun from beginning to end and there were so many sweet moments. It was reminding me vaguely of the movie Letters to Juliet. It was all so heartwarming and still had me swooning with tears at the end. 
dark medium-paced

The stalker trope had me feeling the darkness of this book. All the characters were on some level of....mental....but it was crazy in a good read sort of way, haha. This was a great Hunchback of Notre Dame inspired dark romance. 
fast-paced

I mean.... This was basically just 50 pages of sex
funny lighthearted medium-paced
Loveable characters: Yes

This was a cute read! I was expecting the story to go a different way and also more focus on grief but it was still a cute, easy, light read. The characters were all fun and unique. 
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"Everything changes in this world. Not always for the worse. Wounds heal, if you let them."

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lighthearted fast-paced

Super cute secret identity royal romance novella! 
fast-paced

Quick little spicy friends to lovers Halloween themed novella .
funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Yes

This book has me hard core SWOONING. This was so beyond cute I already want to reread it. I need this turned into a movie. I'm obsessing. It was so cute.
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"I’m a simple woman: forget flowers; give me a cupcake and it’s a perfect date." 
adventurous medium-paced

This was a bit slower for me than A River Enchanted but I enjoyed the characters and each of their adventures throughout in this one.
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"How sometimes even the worst of experiences turn us into what we need to be, even though we would rather avoid the pain. But we grow stronger—we grow sharper—and before we truly even know it, we are looking back on it all. We see who we were and we see who we have become, and it is why the spirits watch us and marvel.”

"I want to write a ballad with you, not in notes but in our choices, in the simplicity and routine of our life together. In waking up at your side every sunrise and falling asleep entwined with you every sunset. In kneeling beside you in the kail yard and leading a clan and overseeing trade and eating at our parents’ tables. In making mistakes, because I know that I’ll make them, and then restitution, because I’m better than I once ever hoped to be when I’m with you.”