Sweet Little Lies
This book is a follow up to Lauren Conrad's first book, LA Candy, which I really liked. I thought that Sweet Little Lies was even better than the first book. It was cute, glamorous, fast paced, edgy and funny all rolled up into one. I love how she puts an 'inside look' at Hollywood reality t.v. shows and being a celebrity. Because she was on The Hills for so long you wonder how much of this was her experience. I can honestly say I couldn't put it down. I am looking forward to the next book in the series!
Food Rules
Michael Pollen is the narrator of the movie Food, Inc. that scared the crap out of Michael and I. He has written several books on healthy eating and this is his latest. There are some things that are common sense in the book, but what I really benefited from was the research he did on food science, sugars, and the use of corn and soy in foods. It's shocking, almost unbelievable to consider the lack of nutrition in most of the things people eat. The key is eating "real" food and not just empty calories (sugar), sodium and carbs.
Even with good intentions, you have every ingredient working against you. High sugars, sodium, preservatives of every kind... it's given me a new definition of "soy"lent green, because they can make soy and corn look and taste like pretty much anything you want! Scary! If you have the desire and will power to start eating right, this book is a sensational review of some basic Food Rules. It's becoming easier, more affordable, and more popular to eat healthy, organic and local. I decided to jump on the train and I am never getting off it. I suggest you come too.
If you have to cry, go outside
Kelly Cutrone is best known for being the snarky boss on MTV's The Hills and The City and now she has her own show on Bravo. I think she's really honest, kinda crazy and a really amazing business woman. Her book is part memoir, part spiritual guide, part you-go-girl empowerment and part business manual, all in her straightforward, no-holds-barred style. In many ways, it's feminism as take-the-bull-by-the-horns (or take-the-city-by-the-horns), whether she's talking about organizing an art benefit against censorship, raising her daughter solo, or running her business, PR company People's Revolution.It's a quick read but the pull-no-punches lessons and Cutrone's brand of being herself as well as vision for women in the workplace is a refreshing one, and it's certainly entertaining.
I especially like that while there's juicy stories, Cutrone isn't trying to sell herself as a publicist or her brands or even fashion or PR as industries (if anything she somewhat warns younger readers away unless they can hack it). Instead she tells how she grew up with an inherent sense of who she was and what she was capable of and learned by doing. Her ability to own up to her mistakes and failures while still offering up rules for success is what makes this book so bold and memorable.
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