Review: Not a Diet Book: The Must-Have Fitness Book From the World's Favourite Personal Trainer

Not a Diet Book: The Must-Have Fitness Book From the World's Favourite Personal Trainer by James Smith
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The best book ever on the fitness industry, advice, diet, exercise!

James Smith is "That Hashtag-Calorie-Fucking-Deficit Guy" (#CFD!) He covers a range of topics from diet, diet fads, training routines, supplements, sleep, when to eat, how to eat, motivation, and even women's menstrual cycles.

What it all comes down to in losing weight, fat, getting healthier, lowering your BMI etc is just going on a calorie deficit diet. More calories out than in will make you lose weight, it's really that simple.

All these diet fads are just some ways in consuming less calories overall, and whichever one you believe in will generally work because it's a placebo. Some others are better than others, for example Intermittent Fasting is a great way to lose fat because you're basically skipping breakfast and only consuming lunch and dinner, less calories, more weight loss.

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Review: Not a Diet Book: The Must-Have Fitness Book From the World's Favourite Personal Trainer

Not a Diet Book: The Must-Have Fitness Book From the World's Favourite Personal Trainer by James Smith
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: A Conjuring of Light

A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell
My rating: 2 of 5 stars



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Review: Wildflower

Wildflower by Drew Barrymore
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life

Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life by Marie Kondō
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: The Carrie Diaries

The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Enjoyed it! Would I re-read it? Probably not :P It's very "highschool" well actually it literally is :P It's when Carrie was in her senior year, right before she goes to New York and Brown. It's the beginning, if you will.

It has mostly all the highschool themes, cliques, fitting in, girls being mean to eachother, shitty friends, shitty boyfriends, coming out of the closet, being back stabbed by a friend, jealousy, figuring out what you want to be in life, finding out who you are, self identity, loyalty to friendships, being cheated on, trying different courses seeing what you like, wondering if a boy likes you or not.

Carrie is very annoying at times and to me unrelatable and way too forgiving and naive lol but hey she's in high school. If I had to identify with a character it probably would have been The Mouse because she actually thinks rationally, scratch that, she actually thinks properly lol

Maggie is unbelievably annoying, dumb, and emotional. I've actually known girls like Maggie though.

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I hated Sebastian... the entire time, he's one of those play boy's that think he's all that and deserves the best when he's the worst and he's self centered and dumb. But he's hot...
I thought Maggie was definitely going to become pregnant by the end lol
I liked how Carrie's sister Dorrit ended up with George because he was a really nice guy.
I like how it ended with Carrie being lost and stuck in New York and having to call her because the pretty popular girl in school gave her her number. I also like how those two ended up being friendly to eachother.
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Review: Where the Crawdads Sing

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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Review: The Bear and the Nightingale

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
My rating: 2 of 5 stars



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Review: Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam M. Grant
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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Review: Someone We Know

Someone We Know by Shari Lapena
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

2.5/5 stars
It was okay... I've read better Who dunnit' type of books.

The book starts off with family teenage drama. The mom finds out her son has been snooping into their neighbors homes. She doesn't react well and makes a mistake of writing a letter to the homes he broke into. The parents scare the boy into not doing it again. You learn about all their neighbors for the who dunnit part. The detectives ask everyone questions.. mostly everyone withholds extra info making the book longer then it should have been lol...

The entire book is centered around the Who Dunnit. There's no extra of anything which makes it just feel rushed and unimaginative.

The ending wasn't even that good.

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Review: Speaker for the Dead

Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America

Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America by Scott Adams
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: The Body: A Guide for Occupants

The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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