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In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren.

I got most of these books from the library and won one from Deep South Magazine.

Ruthless: A Pretty Little Liars Novel by Sherri Shepard

Waxed by Robert Rave

Be Careful What You Pray For by Nicole S. Rouse

Sins of the Mother by Victoria Christopher Murray

The Ugly Sister by Jane Fallon

Holly Rollers by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

Modelland by Tyra Banks

I won- In Front of God and Everybody by K.D McCrite 

Follow Friday

Question: What book genre do you avoid at all costs and why?
I cannot read horror books. I just can't do it. They're too spooky for me. I can't read westerns, either.

Review: Skinny Chicks Eat Real Food by Christine Avanti

Title: Skinny Chicks Eat Real Food: Lose the Fake Food and Kickstart Your Weight Loss
Author: Christine Avanti, CN
Publisher: Rodale Books
Publish Date: December 20, 2011
Source: NetGalley











Summary from Goodreads:

Skinny Chicks Don’t Eat Salads author Christine Avanti explains how women and men can
control their appetites and lose weight by avoiding the fake and processed foods that are
actually making them fatter.
 Many women think that products labeled “fat-free,” “sugar-free,” or “lite” are the key to easy weight
loss. The truth is that these so-called healthy packaged foods are filled with processed ingredients and
chemicals that actually contribute to weight gain by causing us to overeat.
In The Real Food Diet, nutritionist Christine Avanti explains why a diet rich in all-natural produce, whole grains, and lean protein packed with the nutrients responsible for maintaining stable blood sugar levels and speeding up metabolism is by far the more effective option. Avanti draws on the latest research to provide guidelines for what and how often readers should eat to ensure that pounds are dropped—and offers specific meal plans, grocery lists, and a collection of flavorful recipes filled with fresh, seasonal ingredients.
 A guide to eating real food in a factory-food world, a weight loss plan, and a real-food cookbook in one, The Real Food Diet will instruct and inspire readers to steer clear of fake food and eat the balanced, all-natural way we were designed to eat.

 My thoughts: This book was very informative on how to eat real food. By real food, she means food that comes from the ground. She tells you which foods to eat for vitamins, minerals and fiber. She even has a list in the back of the book of real food you can find in the grocery stores like Wal-Mart and Trader Joe's. I also liked how she had a blog roll of some of the food blogs I actually read like Kath Eats Real Food. This is a book everybody can learn something from. If you are really serious about eating real food, you should read this book because it has some valuable information.

WWW Wednesday

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?

I'm currently reading The Lying Game by Sara Sheperd and Then Came You by Jennifer Wiener.

I recently finished reading Not a Good Look by Nikki Carter.

What I plan on reading next is All That Glitters by Alisa Valdez-Rodriguez, The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd or Tout Sweet by Karen Wheeler.

 

Follow Friday

Question of the week: Go count the number of unread books on your shelf. How many?

I have fourteen from the library, four of my own, and two ebooks on my nook. I get most of my books from the library.:)

Review: A Not So Simple Life (Diary of a Teenage Girl) by Melody Carlson

 

Summary from Goodreads:

Fifteen-year-old Maya Stark seems to have it all–fame, fortune, a Beverly Hills lifestyle, and an eighties pop star dad who’s making a comeback. But looks can be deceiving, and on the inside, Maya is miserable. Her parents are divorced, her dad is away on tour, and being biracial, she struggles with her identity. Then, to make matters worse, her mother has returned to using drugs and is quickly depleting their finances. In a plan to become emancipated from her messed-up mom, Maya takes a job on Rodeo Drive. Selling designer clothes compromises Maya’s earth-friendly “green girl” values, but she is desperate.

Just when Maya thinks she’s got it all worked out, her life caves in. Her mom “embezzles” Maya’s savings and is later arrested on DUI and cocaine possession charges and is facing jail time. With nowhere to live, Maya is sent to spend the summer with her relatives. In the collision of two very different worlds, Maya must figure out where she fits in–or does she fit in at all?

My Thoughts:
    I liked this book. Maya is the main character of the book and it's written in diary format. She's a regular fifteen year old girl, but her dad is a famous pop star from the 80s and her mom is a drug addict. Maya has basically had to raise herself because her mom leaves her for days at a time and her dad is on tour. This book was an easy read. It's the type of story where you read it and relax for the evening. Once I got into it, I wanted to know what would happen to Maya. I liked the Green tips at the end of every chapter especially about the multiple uses of baking soda. This was my first time reading this series and I plan on reading the second book of Miss Maya.

Follow Friday

Follow Friday is a meme hosted by Parajunkee and AllisonCanRead.
When you've read a book, what do you do with it? (Keep it, give it away, donate it, sell it, swap it?)

If I bought the book, I'd keep it. These days most of my books are library books so I return them.