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I have reviewed many books over the years, and some reviews have been more interesting or fun to write than others. The below list were my favorites to write.
• Ada, or Ardor
• Choose Your Own Autobiography
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• If Not, Winter
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
• The Kid Table
• Like Water for Chocolate
• Lolita
• The Monk
• The Night Circus
• Oathbringer
• Return of the Native
• Rhythm of War
• S
• Things Fall Apart
• The Unit
• The Woods Are Always WatchingCategories:
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Tag Archives: health
It Starts With Food, by Dallas and Melissa Hartwig
All right. I finally read the book behind Whole30. I’ve always scoffed at Whole30 before, but after having most of my gluten-related symptoms come back after 4-5 months gluten-free, I know I need to do some sort of elimination diet … Continue reading
The Gluten-Free Bible, by Jax Peters Lowell
Not much to say about this one. It’s pretty much just a reference book, a how-to on living gluten-free. I learned a lot about what to do and what to watch out for. I was able to make some changes … Continue reading
Why We Get Fat, by Gary Taubes
Basically a lot of distilled science about insulin resistance and the need to eat far fewer carbs. I could never get through Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes. It was too scientific for me. I heard this book was … Continue reading
Salt Sugar Fat, by Michael Moss
Subtitled: How the Food Giants Hooked Us. Michael Moss is an award-winning journalist who takes us through years of research into the way processed food has evolved, how it has changed the patterns of our eating, and its impact on … Continue reading
Wheat Belly, by William Davis
I thought the premise of this book was really interesting, but I’m not sure I bought into the science behind it. There were a lot of case-studies where the removal of symptoms could be related to wheat-removal, but also could … Continue reading
The Metabolic Effect Diet, by Jade and Keoni Teta
Summary: A weight-loss book. No, I take that back – a “fat-loss” book. So…not sure what to say about this book. I saw it come through the library system and decided to try it out. It was advertised as having … Continue reading
The Weight of the Nation, by John Hoffman and Judith Salerno
Well, this book gave a lot of the negative information you won’t get in most books on health and weight loss, which I appreciated, but otherwise seemed to skim on the very surface of this topic and didn’t really tell … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Adult, Prose, Wellness
Tagged body image, health, mini-review, nonfiction
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Mindless Eating, by Brian Wansink (audio)
I have been fascinated by mindful eating and food psychology for a long time. Back when I first began my weight loss journey at Thanksgiving of 2009, I started with only two ideas in mind: eat only when I was … Continue reading
The Omnivore’s Dilemma (& In Defense of Food), by Michael Pollan (audio)
I have never before read a book about how people eat, other than the one photography book that was more about sociology than food (Around the World in 80 Diets). I avoid food books on purpose, because many are political … Continue reading
Protected: The Spark, by Chris Downie
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The Zen Leaf 