Coming in with some more book reviews! I was at the beach when I consumed most of these, and they were so perfect for that! So many good reads from so many of my favorites.
The Sweetheart List by Jill Shavis
The Sweetheart List was a cute read. I liked that Harper picked up and moved to start a new life and follow her dream of opening a bakery after a rough time in her life. Bodie and his whole family were awesome. I really liked Shay and Ham too. I enjoyed following along with Ivy’s story as well. I saw the plot twist and the problems coming, but still enjoyed the ride!
Bottom Line: Read it!
**I received a copy of The Sweetheart List from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are of my own.**
The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren
I adore Christina Lauren’s books and this was no different. I am so glad that Fizzy got her own book! I absolutely loved her and Conner. The banter and steam were awesome. You definitely feel the connection. It was such a fun, unique plot with the dating show. I loved the names that Fizzy gave Connor, and her dad is just the cutest. Definitely recommend reading, but make sure you read The Soulmate Equation first to get River and Jess’s story.
Bottom Line: Read it!
Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
The last short set of three Hazelwood books were a little bit of a let down for me. They were very copy-cut-paste stories for sure. So I was pleasantly surprised when I had the warm fuzzy feelings that I got when I first read The Love Hypothesis. But with that said, she definitely still has a lot of the same tropes and problems in this book as all of her others. And let’s not even talk about the use to the word big. Once, fine, but do we need it that many times? Insert all the eye rolls. I did appreciate all the Twilight references and the physics jokes. I do love a woman in STEM read and I really liked Elsie’s character. Her people pleasing tendencies really hit home for me. I also liked Jack for the most part. Overall, a solid read. I do hope that Ali gets away from her normal stencil and gives us something fresh next time.
Bottom Line: Read it!
Fast Like a Girl by Dr Mindy Pelz
I have been getting back into intermittent fasting after a long break. This time I have done a ton of research because I want to do it different. I have been reading up on a lot of hormone health books and they all have some common themes, getting your blood sugar and gut health under control. Many of them also suggest IF, as does my functional doctor. This book takes a slightly different approach in that Dr Pelz suggests varied fasting based on where you are in your cycle, and also eating along with your cycle. LOVE this approach. Women are different than men, things that work for them do not work for us. This book had so much good information. I also appreciate that Dr Pelz called out the pandemic issue of no one talking about metabolic health and educating people on doing better to seeing better outcomes. Bravo to her for that. HUGE ball dropped by the government and others who were the face of the pandemic.
Bottom Line: Read it.
3 Comments
Glad these were enjoyable reads. I need to read more by Christina Lauren.
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I would say I’ve been IF for a few years because I generally eat breakfast really late (or often skip straight to lunch). I don’t know if this is the best approach but eating when you aren’t hungry isn’t a good approach either.