Femme Fatale Booklist:
Books to become your dream girl. This list is curated to unleash the empowered woman inside, tap into your dark feminine energy, and help you succeed in every area of life. Sections are listed below:
Self-Development/Mindset
Seductive Psychology
Femme Fatale/Dark Feminine/Feminist Reads
Business/Finance/Entrepreneurship
Productivity
Mental Health
Physical Health
Fashion & Beauty
Get educated. Expand your mind. Enjoy xx
Self-Development/Mindset:
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck
The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz
Atomic Habits by James Clear
You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay
Don’t Believe Everything You Think by Joseph Nguyen
The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery by Brianna Wiest
Boundary Boss: The Essential Guide to Talk True, Be Seen, and (Finally) Live Free by Terri Cole
The Confidence Formula: May Cause: Lower Self-Doubt, Higher Self-Esteem, and Comfort In Your Own Skin by Patrick King
The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson
Choose Your Story, Change Your Life: Silence Your Inner Critic and Rewrite Your Life from the Inside Out by Kindra Hall
When You’re Ready, This Is How To Heal by Brianna Wiest
Hunting Discomfort: How to Get Breakthrough Results in Life and Business No Matter What by Sterling Hawkins
The Four Pivots: Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves by Shawn Ginwright
The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
Seductive Psychology:
48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
Mastery by Robert Greene
The Art of Seduction by Robert Greene
How To Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Power vs. Force by David Hawkins
Femme Fatale/Dark Feminine/Feminist Reads:
Unbound: A Woman’s Guide To Power by Kasia Urbaniak
Pussy: A Reclamation by Regena Thomashauer
Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl―A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship by Sherry Argov
A Single Revolution by Shani Silver
This Is Your Brain On Birth Control by Sarah Hill
Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler
Regretting Motherhood: A Study by Orna Donath
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Me by Caroline Criado Perez
Women Who Run With The Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
The Second Sex by Simone De Beauvoir
The Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone De Beauvoir
A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
Women & Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard
Spinster by Kate Bolick
What French Women Know: About Love, Sex, and Other Matters of the Heart and Mind by Debra Ollivier
Living Forever Chic: Frenchwomen's Timeless Secrets for Everyday Elegance, Gracious Entertaining, and Enduring Allure by Tish Jett
Business/Finance/Entrepreneurship:
Never Split The Difference by Chris Voss
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini
The 2-Hour Cocktail Party by Nick Gray
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
Girl On Fire by Cara Alwill Leyba
Women, Work & the Art of Savoir Faire: Business Sense & Sensibility by Mireille Guiliano
Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High by Joseph Grenny
Living On Purpose: Five Deliberate Choices to Realize Fulfillment by Amy Eliza Wong
The Earned Life: Lose Regret, Choose Fulfillment by Marshall Goldsmith
The High 5 Habit: Take Control of Your Life with One Simple Habit by Mel Robbins
Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential by Tiago Forte
The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups by Daniel Coyle
Rich As F*ck: More Money Than You Know What to Do With by Amanda Frances
Rich Bitch by Nicole Lapin
Like She Owns the Place by Cara Alwill Leyba
So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport
The First Minute: How To Start Conversations That Get Results by Chris Fenning
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making by Tony Fadell
The Hard About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness by Morgan Housel
Productivity:
The Science of Self-Discipline: The Willpower, Mental Toughness, and Self-Control to Resist Temptation and Achieve Your Goals by Peter Hollins
Free Time: Lose The Busy Work, Love Your Business by Jenny Blake
Vision to Reality: Stop Working, Start Living by Curtis Jenkins
Deep Work: Rules For Focused Success in A Distracted World by Cal Newport
Finish What You Start by Peter Hollins
Mental Health:
Becoming The One by Sheleana Aiyana
Attached by Amir Levine
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by David D. Burns
Whole Again by Jackson MacKenzie
Take Your Lunch Break by Massoma Alam Chohan
Stop Overthinking by Nick Trenton
Codependent No More by Melody Beattie
Designing the Mind: The Principles of Psychitecture by Ryan A. Bush
Radical Acceptance: Awakening The Love That Heals Fear and Shame by Tara Brach
Recovery from Gaslighting & Narcissistic Abuse, Codependency & Complex PTSD by Don Barlow
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson
Inner Child Recovery Work with Radical Self-Compassion by Don Barlow
What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry & Oprah Winfrey
Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown
Physical Health:
The China Study by T. Collin Campbell
The Blue Zones by Dan Buettner
How Not To Die by Dr. Michael Greger
Befriending Your Body by Ann Saffi Biasetti
Brain Over Binge by Kathryn Hansen
The Power of Self-Discipline by Peter Hollins
Fit at Any Age: It's Never Too Late by Susan Niebergall
French Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano
The Archetype Diet by Dana James
Fashion & Beauty:
The Lucky Shopping Manual: Building and Improving Your Wardrobe Piece by Piece by Andrea Linett & Kim France
Dress Like A Parisian by Alois Guinut
Parisian Chic by Ines de la Fressange & Sophie Gachet
Why French Women Wear Vintage: And other secrets of sustainable style by Alois Guinut
Ageless Beauty the French Way: Secrets from Three Generations of French Beauty Editors by Clemence von Mueffling
Skincare: The Ultimate No-Nonsense Guide by Caroline Hirons
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moonlight sonata | myg [teaser]
pairing : pianist!yoongi x fem!reader
rating/genre : m (18+) // angst, smut, fluff, enemies to lovers
summary : Passion is a fickle thing. It is a feeling that drives you to success, but if lost -- you can turn as stagnant as a pond. Min Yoongi has always took pride in his passion, his skill, his art. But what happens when slowly the flame dies inside him? He returns back home, to the place where he had started to love music. But, you are there. The bane of his existence. You hate him like a sweltering flame, bigger than his passion for music. And you, are not so thrilled with the news of his return. What happens when you both inevitably cross paths and start a saga of hate and love?
word count : 978 [teaser] // TBD for the full fic (15k+)
warnings : for the teaser - none // full fic - explicit smut, use of drugs, alcoholism, mental health issues (not glorified) (all of them will be mentioned explicitly in the final piece)
note 1 : this fic is a part of the composition of the century collab hosted by @joheunsaram @raplinesmoon and @kithtaehyung !!
note 2 : this idea has been in my drafts for so long, I'm glad I'm getting the chance to finally put it out !! i hope i am able to do as well as i expected! HAPPY YOONGI DAY !! also, big thanks to @oddinary4bts and @moccahobi for helping me with this one and saving my ass !!
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Yoongi is falling relentlessly.
He is also failing, relentlessly.
His hands slide down the keys making a sharp ping sound. They then rest on his lap, as his head hangs low and eyes burn with the tears that well up in them.
The moonlight spills into the empty auditorium as if to mock him of his upcoming days, if he goes on like this. An empty auditorium, no audience, no one who will listen to him.
He toys with the fake red ruby encrusted on the edge of the fall board, before he stands up abruptly from his seat, slings his bag over his shoulder and leaves.
He has been doing this for weeks.
He doesn't know how he got here. Not in the auditorium, that was with his Palisade parked snugly in the lot. No, it's not that. He doesn't know how he got to the point where he feels like a college student, struggling to write a composition and bleeding his tips by playing the keys for endless hours, and still not excelling or performing impressively.
It was not always like this, of course. The past five years have brought him nothing but success. He vividly remembers the first time he tapped the heels of his Chelsea boots against the sleek marble of the Juilliard and a swarm of admirers, fans, professors gathered around him.
The renowned school of music had invited him as a guest lecturer. Yoongi, a mere boy of 22, fresh out of the same school with a show stopping performance at Carnegie Hall, which was attracting the ears and eyes of people all around the world. He had clammy hands and a flushed neck as he practiced in front of his mirror in his small Brooklyn apartment.
That day, he gained a massive applause and a similarly huge following of budding musicians who looked up to him. He felt uncomfortable, out of place. As if it was not his place to gain the trust of these students, not his place to lead them when he himself didn't know where he was going, not his place to steer them in a direction when he himself looked in the eyes of his favorite professor, Mr. Castillo, to calm his nerves down. But still, he was able to do that.
And now, years later, he sees a dark fog sit upon his mind as he relentlessly tries to navigate through it.
He once thought of what he would do when he got so old that his fingers trembled when they touched the keys, when his back would hunch so he couldn't sit on the seat, when his face would be ridden with wrinkles. He came to the conclusion that at least he would still be able to write music and guide others.
Alas, he now sees himself nowhere near that Yoongi. The Yoongi he sees now is lost, unwanted, with no traces of passion and no will to move forward. He is like stagnant water, dirt and germs piling up on him. His melody is playing the same note again and again, with no chords supporting it, no tempo giving it rhythm; it sounds like a mess.
He is stuck in a happenstance – at least that's what he likes to think. Because his inner turmoil is still not bigger than his ego, and even though he is getting there, it is hard for him to swallow the thought that this is all because of him. He is not ready to accept that this is a domino effect, how one thing led to another, and now here he is.
After all these years, his brain is wired to think he can't do anything wrong. Although that is going haywire, as after years of working on himself and his self derogatory mindset, he is there again. He knows it's because of him, he just isn't ready to accept it.
Because accepting it will put him into a spiral, a dangerous spiral which will suck him in – like the eddy currents of a whirlpool, giving him no chance to escape. He knows he is weak, that's why he doesn't tread on the edge of the ledge, that's why he doesn't let things affect him. But it's high time now.
The emptiness of the auditorium has irked him, mocked him, laughed at him, made his blood boil. His fingers grip the steering wheel tighter as he changes lanes on his way home. An empty home – as empty as the auditorium.
His passion is dying, faster than the flame of a candle on a windy night. And that is concerning. Because Min Yoongi has a steadfast personality, a strong will, and a mindset to never give up. Then why is it that whenever he sits in front of the keys, his fingers refuse to move? Why is it that whenever he thinks of a melody, his fingers refuse to reciprocate it?
There was a period in his life, a few months, when he thought he was on the top of the world. The fall of a musician, and the rise of a celebrity. He didn't know the pianist in him would sleep so soundly when he embraced his public persona. Didn't know that the musician would starve when he fed his fame.
But now he knows what he needs. He needs to get back to the ground, touch his feet on the earth that gave him the platform in the first place. The place where everything started. The place where he dreamt his dream, the place where he found his first friend – a brown piano. The place which will never turn him away.
Home. His safe place. Back to his people, to the ones who never let him feel like he was a failure.
Min Yoongi is returning to Korea and there is nothing left that could change his mind.
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