My 401K is Books

Health at Every Size by Linda Bacon As I mentioned in my first post, I love to read. I love fiction and fantasy and memoirs. I also love to read non fiction books. I recently finished "Health at Every Size" by Linda Bacon. I loved this book. It also took me over five months to finish it. Let me explain... Dieting doesn't work. Try telling an adult that and you'll probably be met with skepticism. Tell me that and I still doubt it. Even after almost 20 years of diets that didn't work, I'm still skeptical. As far back as I can remember, I've learned that fat people are lazy and skinny people work out and eat better. I've learned that you're only one successful diet away from having all your dreams come true. I've learned that being fat means you're unhealthy and will die from a weight related disease. Another thing I'm starting to learn is that none of that is true. Linda Bacon breaks down how our bodies react to food and exercise...

I like books. Actually, I love books. I would marry books if given the option. Photo by  Oziel Gómez  from  Pexels OK, maybe that's a bit of an overstatement. I'm probably more likely to marry my boyfriend of over six years than books. Or my dog. But that's a whole other conversation. I love to read because it can be informational, inspirational, and sometimes transformational. It can be all the -als. Books open a door to a world that you may never visit in real life. They allow adults to use their imagination in an often too real world. They pull back the curtain to allow us to experience lives we have dreamed of and feared. I am a book-loving cliché. I could go on and on and write about the beauty of words and their immense power and implications. I could write each book I've read a love letter. For now, I'll leave this with the basic fact that this blog will highlight: I love books. I love terrible young adult dystopian romances. I love celebrity memoi...