A review by chasitywick
Skinny Bitch: A No-Nonsense, Tough-Love Guide for Savvy Girls Who Want to Stop Eating Crap and Start Looking Fabulous! by Kim Barnouin, Rory Freedman

1.0

I never actually finished this book. I started reading it after I'd already switched to a vegan diet and had read other books such as The Kind Diet, Eating Animals, The China Study, Veganist and watched the move Forks Over Knives. Since none of the information was new to me, their in-your-face approach about the benefits of this way of eating just didn't appeal to me. I have lots of friends who have read this book and abslutely loved it. In fact, I'm the only person I know who didn't love it. I think it's because I already knew everything they were telling me and I enjoyed hearing the information more from a science angle more than from an I'm-skinny-so-I'm-right angle.

For those who are considering making the switch to a plant based diet, I think that The Kind Diet by Alicia Silverstone, 21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart by Dr. Neal D. Barnard and Veganist by Kathy Freston are GREAT books to read. Very informative, very well researched (especially the one by Dr. Barnard) but still easy and enjoyable reads. I loved all three of them. And the 21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart book isn't just for people who want to loose weight. That is who it's geared twards, but I found the book to be very interesting and informative and I am already at the ideal weight for my height.