Dear Readers,
Welcome to 2022!
In honor of New Year’s Resolutions, we’ve curated a list of titles that can help you work on some of the most popular resolutions. Looking for even more personal enrichment? Check out our vast collection of eAudiobooks or try something new by taking a course on Gale Presents: Udemy.
As the winter continues to keep us indoors, it’s the perfect time to work on decluttering your home or trying a new recipe. Looking to lose some stress? Take up yoga or meditation. Want to get your finances in order? Look into budgeting. Really looking to shake things up? Look into starting your own small business. If you don’t see your resolution on this list, feel free to reach out to us and let us connect you to resources!
We hope you have a wonderful new year and can’t wait to spend the coming months with you!
Happy Reading!
-Julie, Communications & Outreach Librarian
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All summaries are courtesy of each book’s publisher.
I RESOLVE TO try audiobooks.
Hundreds Available at WPL and on Libby!
Available on Libby and at Warren Public Library
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I RESOLVE TO learn a new skill or language.
Gale Presents: Udemy
Available for Free with Online (With Your Library Card) HERE
Free with your library card! With this online learning platform, users can explore more than 4,000 continuously updated, on-demand video courses across 75 categories in business, technology, design, and more to learn anytime, anywhere. All courses are taught by world-class instructors and, best of all, you can feel good knowing that the content is fresh. Courses are updated or replaced monthly with new material on emerging topics, so learners develop skills in the most relevant, in-demand areas. Purchased by Seneca District.
I RESOLVE TO start a business.
The Small Business Start-Up Kit: A Step-by-Step Legal Guide by Peri H. Pakroo
Available at Warren Public Library
Want to start a business? Don’t know where to begin? The Small Business Start-Up Kit shows you how to set up a small business in your state, while clearing state and local bureaucratic hurdles. We’ll show you how to: Choose between an LLC and other business structures, write an effective business plan, pick a winning business name and protect it, get the proper licenses and permits, manage finances and taxes, hire and manage staff, and market your business effectively, online and off. The 11th edition is updated with the latest legal and tax rules affecting small businesses, plus social media and e-commerce trends.
I RESOLVE TO build a better budget.
The 30-Day Money Cleanse by Ashley Feinstein Gertsley
Available on Libby
When were you last happy with your finances? Create lasting happiness with your financial situation – not by creating a blistering budget but by living the life you love! Ashley Feinstein Gerstley was working in financial services when she came to the shocking realization that even she was stressed about her personal finances. How could that be, with all her education and experience in dealing with money? Ashley quickly realized that her stress didn’t only arise from a lack of knowledge but the way that we as a society treat and talk (or rather don’t talk) about our money, and she created a system to turn the entire practice on its head! Through Ashley’s system, in just 30 days you will have created a healthier, happier relationship with your money by: Eliminating all money stressors Finally knowing where your money is going Breaking those panic-inducing bad money habits Learning the basics of how and where to invest Making a plan that you can not only live with but enjoy Readers who have tried the 30-Day Money Cleanse have, on average, saved over $950 through the course of the month! Are you ready to cleanse?
I RESOLVE TO repair my credit.
Credit Repair by Amy Loftsgordon
Available at Warren Public Library
This book discusses how to prioritize debts and create a budget, reduce debts and cut expenses, negotiate with creditors, correct credit report errors and remove old information, add positive information to a credit report, adopt strategies to rebuild credit, and avoid identity theft and credit repair scams. Updates to this edition include the latest student loan repayment programs, new credit-building strategies, changes to the credit scoring of tax liens, medical debt, and civil judgments, identity theft reporting developments, and more.
I RESOLVE TO cook something new.
Quick and Delicious: 100 Recipes to Cook in 30 Minutes or Less by Gordon Ramsay
Available at Warren Public Library
Create chef-quality food without spending hours in the kitchen. With unlimited access to recipes, why does anyone need another cookbook? Because not all recipes are born equal. Not all of them have been created by a global superstar chef who has built his reputation on delivering the very best food – whether that’s the ultimate fine dining experience at his 3 Michelin-star Restaurant Gordon Ramsay or the perfectly crafted burger from his Las Vegas burger joint. Over the course of his stellar career, Gordon has learnt every trick in the trade to create dishes that taste fantastic and that can be produced without fail during even the most busy service. Armed with that knowledge, he has written an inspired collection of recipes for the time-pressed home cook who doesn’t want to compromise on taste or flavor. The result is 100 tried and tested recipes that you’ll find yourself using time and again. All the recipes take 30 minutes or less and use readily available ingredients that are transformed into something special with Gordon’s expertise.
I RESOLVE TO eat more vegetables.
Vegan Vegetarian Omnivore: Dinner for Everyone at the Table by Anna Thomas
Available at Warren Public Library
For years, Anna Thomas’s fans have cooked from her trailblazing vegetarian cookbooks. Now, Anna turns her thoughts to that larger question. We are eating differently: your daughter is a vegan, or you are but your in-laws don’t think it’s dinner without meat, or you’re hosting Thanksgiving for a mixed group& In this timely and useful new book, Anna offers her solutions for reuniting our divided tables. “My idea is simple,” says Anna. “Start with the food everyone eats, design a meal or a dish around that, then expand and elaborate with just the right amounts of the right cheeses, meats, or fish for your omnivores. Everyone feels welcome, and we eat the same meal – but in variations.
I RESOLVE TO own more plants.
How Not to Kill Your Houseplant: Survival Tips for the Horticulturally Challenged by Veronica Peerless
Available at Warren Public Library
Do you have a black thumb? Does just looking at plants cause them to wither and die? Peerless offers advice on keeping houseplants alive, even if you’re horticulturally challenged. She shows you how to create an oasis of happy flourishing houseplants, and even give suggestions for different areas of your house.
I RESOLVE TO take a vacation.
Bucket List USA by Fodor’s Travel
Available at Warren Public Library
Whether you want to camp in the Grand Canyon, eat an authentic cheesesteak in Philly, walk through a sunflower field in Kansas, party at Mardi Gras, or take in the Aurora Borealis in Alaska, Fodor’s travel experts all across the United States are here to help! Fodor’s Bucket List USA: From Epic to Eccentric, 500+ Ultimate Experiences guidebook is packed with carefully curated musts to help you check your dream USA to-dos off your travel wishlist and discover quirky and cool extras along the way. It’s everything you need to see, do, eat, drink, hike, bike, and brag about!
I RESOLVE TO try yoga.
Restorative Yoga by Caren Baginski
Available at Warren Public Library
Restorative yoga is different than other active yoga styles that focus on stretching and movement. A restorative practice emphasizes mindful rest and stillness, and utilizes props like bolsters and blankets to ensure the body is fully supported, completely relaxed, and whole prepared to receive the deep peace, balance, and healing that comes through this gentler practice. This book includes: 39 restorative poses with variations to fit any body, 17 healing sequences for body and mind, helpful guidance on preparing your body for a restorative practice and more.
I RESOLVE TO start meditating.
Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day by Jay Shetty
Available at Warren Public Library
Instead of attending his college graduation ceremony, Shetty headed to India to become a monk, to meditate every day for four to eight hours, and devote his life to helping others. After three years, one of his teachers told him that he would have more impact on the world if he left the monk’s path to share his experience and wisdom with others. Moving back home to north London, Shetty found his old friends were experiencing tremendous stress, pressure, and unhappiness. He began coaching them on well-being, purpose, and mindfulness. Here he shows readers how we can clear the roadblocks to our potential and power.
I RESOLVE TO try a new cleaning routine.
Good Housekeeping Simple Household Wisdom: 425 Easy Ways to Clean & Organize Your Home edited by Sara Lyle Bow
Available at Warren Public Library
Your home is the place where you’re free to relax, entertain, and express your personality. Filled with fabulous photographs of every room, plus genius tips, savvy shortcuts, and quick fixes for tidying, decluttering, organizing, adding style, and more, Good Housekeeping Simple Household Wisdom is your go-to guide for turning a house into the home you’ll love even more.
I RESOLVE TO declutter my space.
Outer Order, Inner Calm: Declutter and Organize to Make More Room for Happiness by Gretchen Rubin
Available at Warren Public Library
With clarity and humor, Gretchen Rubin illuminates one of her key realizations about happiness: For most of us, outer order contributes to inner calm. And for most of us, a rigid, one-size-fits-all solution doesn’t work. In this easy-to-read but hard-to-put-down book, Gretchen Rubin suggests more than 150 short, concrete clutter-clearing ideas so each reader can choose the ones that resonate most. The fact is, when we tailor our approach to suit our own particular challenges and habits, we’re far more likely to be able to create the order that will make our lives happier, healthier, more productive, and more creative. In the context of a happy life, a messy desk or crowded coat closet is a trivial problem–yet Gretchen Rubin has found that getting control of our stuff makes us feel more in control of our lives. By getting rid of things we don’t use, don’t need, or don’t love, as well as things that don’t work, don’t fit, or don’t suit, we free our mind (and our shelves) for what we truly value.
I RESOLVE TO explore a new hobby.
Get a Hobby!: 101 All-Consuming Diversions for Any Lifestyle by Tina Barseghian
Available at Warren Public Library
Is your daily grind taking the joy out of life? Don’t get glum—get a hobby! In this entertaining, information-packed guide, journalist and ReadyMade contributing editor Tina Barseghian invites you to explore 101 thoroughly absorbing diversions, from conventional to downright wacky, that’ll satisfy every taste, talent, and timetable. The bonus: Practicing a hobby boosts your all-around mental and physical health, as longtime family practitioner Dr. Miguel Figueroa reveals in the Foreword.
I RESOLVE TO change my routine.
Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Chip Heath
Available at Warren Public Library (book and audiobook) and on Libby (eAudio)
In a compelling, story-driven narrative, the Heaths bring together decades of counterintuitive research in psychology, sociology, and other fields to shed new light on how we can effect transformative change. “Switch” shows that successful changes follow a pattern, a pattern you can use to make the changes that matter to you, whether your interest is in changing the world or changing your waistline.
I RESOLVE TO take more chances.
Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
Available on Libby (eAudio)
Researcher and thought leader Dr. Brené Brown offers a powerful new vision that encourages us to dare greatly: to embrace vulnerability and imperfection, to live wholeheartedly, and to courageously engage in our lives. Every day we experience the uncertainty, risks, and emotional exposure that define what it means to be vulnerable, or to dare greatly. Whether the arena is a new relationship, an important meeting, our creative process, or a difficult family conversation, we must find the courage to walk into vulnerability and engage with our whole hearts. In Daring Greatly, Dr. Brown challenges everything we think we know about vulnerability. Based on twelve years of research, her book argues that vulnerability is not weakness but rather our clearest path to courage, engagement, and meaningful connection. The book that Dr. Brown’s many fans have been waiting for, Daring Greatly will spark a new spirit of truth—and trust—in our organizations, families, schools, and communities.
