Live and breathe books.

Story or Die, by Lisa Cron

The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World, by Matt Kracht

Flared Stiff, by Julie Anne Lindsey

Mocha, She Wrote, by Ellie Alexander

Flower Flash, by Lewis Miller

Obama: An Intimate Portrait: The Historic Presidency in Photographs, by Pete Souza

No Farm No Fowl, by Julie Anne Lindsey

Lost Coast Literary, by Ellie Alexander

The Hundred Dresses, by Eleanor Estes

Murder in Real Time, by Julie Anne Lindsey

Murder Comes Ashore, by Julie Anne Lindsey

Partners in Lime, by Bree Baker

Deadly Cover-up, by Julie Anne Lindsey

Murder by the Seaside, by Julie Anne Lindsey

The 21st Century: Photographs From the Image Collection, by the National Geographic Society