[referral code]<\/a>, and started reading it on my way home from my vacation. Despite being in a plane\/at an airport for over 14 hours, the trip went quick (as trips do when you have a good book to read).<\/p>\nI love Margaret Atwood, and Alias Grace was no exception.<\/p>\n
The Chocolate Money by Ashley Prentice Norton<\/h3>\n I loved this novel. I find it hard to describe, but it’s essentially about a little girl (turned teenager and adult later in the book) who is growing up with a self absorbed, dysfunctional chocolate heiress as a mother.<\/p>\n
I gobbled it up in under a week.<\/p>\n
My mom bought this book and loaded it on her Kindle. This enabled me to read it since we share an Amazon account. Free!<\/p>\n
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai<\/h3>\n I’m currently reading this book. It’s really good. You can tell that it’s written by a young girl, and the writing is good but not amazing, but with a really good story, that doesn’t matter.<\/p>\n
Malala focuses on the school that her father ran and she went to, and the horrors that her valley underwent under the Taliban. I’m only about 60% through the book but she hasn’t really focused on the shooting.<\/p>\n
So far I’d recommend it.<\/p>\n
What I’ve Watched<\/h2>\n I love documentaries, and I also have a bit of a weakness for MTV reality TV. This will become apparent below..<\/p>\n
Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead<\/h3>\n I love documentaries that make me want to get off my ass and get moving. I find that they usually stoke small lifestyle changes on my part. When I watched Forks Over Knives, I cut out a lot of the dairy that I was eating prior to watching it. Even though I knew that animal products weren’t healthy, I still ate them. Seeing real life examples of the effects of these things and real statistics kicks me into gear.<\/p>\n
This documentary had a similar effect. The documentary is about a man who was overweight, had a rare disease, and was overly stressed. He took a few months off and went on a juice diet, and was committed to living a healthier lifestyle. His juice fast lasted for several months, and the transformation was pretty amazing.<\/p>\n
I didn’t buy into the whole juicing thing, but it does make you think about what you’re eating and whether or not you are getting the nutrients you need.<\/p>\n
Catfish the TV Show<\/h3>\n We caught an episode of this when we were travelling and were hooked.<\/p>\n
There’s something so interesting about watching people fall in love online, and find out who their internet amour really is. It’s probably more interesting for me, because I met my fiance the old fashioned way – at a party (when I was 18).<\/p>\n
Plus, Nev and Max are adorable so that’s helpful.<\/p>\n
I watch this for free on mtv.ca.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Any suggestions on my next favourite documentary or book?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"My posts in the past that touch on what I’ve watched and read recently are pretty popular. I guess I can see why – I love getting recommendations of good books to read and documentaries to watch. Recap of May Recap of April To find documentaries, I usually just call out on Twitter to find …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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