Fall is approaching and it’s the perfect time to get cozy with a couple of new books. Here’s my list of four books you have to read this fall.
One of the things that I couldn’t wait to do after passing my licensure exam, was to read the books that I actually wanted to. After receiving my PASS back in May, I started buying books and finishing the ones that I already had.
This is my list of four books to read this fall. There’s a little mix of everything; psychology, food, stocks, etc. I am convinced that books never come by coincidence, but that they have a message for us at the time we need to understand them. Hopefully, you’ll find your next book here.
Four Books To Read This Fall (2021)
Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows by Melanie Joy
Book description: Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows offers an absorbing look at what social psychologist Melanie Joy calls carnism, the belief system that conditions us to eat certain animals when we would never dream of eating others. Carnism causes extensive animal suffering and global injustice, and it drives us to act against our own interests and the interests of others without fully realizing what we are doing. Becoming aware of what carnism is and how it functions is vital to personal empowerment and social transformation, as it enables us to make our food choices more freely—because, without awareness, there is no free choice.
My review: This is a must-read book for everyone who is horrified by the idea of eating dogs but doesn’t bat an eye to the consumption of cows and other animals. Melanie Joy’s book is an important contribution to the industry as she examines the psychological aspects of carnism and helps deconstruct a system that allows us to perpetuate animal cruelty.
The Neatest Little Guide to Stock Market Investing by Jason Kelly
Book description: Accessible and intelligent, The Neatest Little Guide to Stock Market Investing is what every investor, new or seasoned, needs to keep pace in the current market. This book is a must-read for anyone looking to make money in the stock market this year!
My review: If you’re a beginner like me, this is the book for you. It covers a lot of ground and summarises all of the main investment philosophies while explaining the most important concepts with clarity. There’s also a plethora of resources that you can keep coming back to as a reference guide when you finish reading it.
The Plant-Based Athlete: A Game-Changing Approach to Peak Performance by Matt Frazier and Robert Cheeke
Book description: The only research-based guide for connecting a plant-based diet with peak athletic performance, featuring interviews with professional athletes who’ve made the switch from meat to plants. The Plant-Based Athlete by Matt Frazier and Robert Cheeke reveals incontrovertible proof that the human body does not need meat, eggs, or dairy to be strong. Instead, research shows that a consciously calibrated plant-based diet offers the greatest possible recovery times, cell oxidation, injury prevention, and restorative sleep, and allows athletes to train more effectively, with better results. However, committing to a plant-based diet as an elite athlete, first-time marathoner, or weekend warrior isn’t as simple as swapping vegetables for meat. Even the slightest food adjustments can impact performance. That’s why Matt Frazier, founder of No Meat Athlete, and Robert Cheeke, founder of Vegan Bodybuilding, wrote this groundbreaking book, to guide those interested in making this important shift in how to do so with the best, most transformative results.
My review: This is a book that I had been waiting for, ever since I learned Robert Cheeke’s story in 2014. He was one of the instructors at the Plant-Based Nutrition course I took back in May with the Center for Nutrition Studies and he recently released this book that’s so well constructed. Bein vegan is one thing, but being a vegan athlete is a whole other thing with specific nutritional needs and that kind of information is not easy to find from reliable sources. This is truly a comprehensive guide on the how-to’s of a plant-based diet as a vegan athlete.
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur
Book description: The book is divided into four chapters, and each chapter serves a different purpose. Deals with a different pain. Heals a different heartache. milk and honey takes readers through a journey of the most bitter moments in life and finds sweetness in them because there is sweetness everywhere if you are just willing to look.
My review: I’m well aware that this book came out back in 2014, yet I’ve never owned it or read a single page until very recently. This book generated a lot of traction, and with that came a divided audience. Why? Well, because it’s one of a kind and it broke all the traditional rules of poetry. The poems Rupi Kaur writes, all vary in scale; from two words to whole sonnets. She also wrote it in lower case letters, which I felt that created a more personal bond between the poems and the reader. The poems are mostly complemented with drawings which fit the book perfectly. If you’re anything like me, you are probably skeptical because this book went so mainstream; but I can’t stress this enough, read it!
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