Women's Wellness Reads For Fall [Infographic]

by Lindsay Shapka in ,

Autumn is officially here, and that means changing leaves, chilly weather, and the official start to cozy season.

Though many of us might miss the summer sun (including me!), a lot of bookworms appreciate the winter months as an excuse to get comfy and catch up on the reads we were too busy for during the rest of the year. Because the winter is typically a slower, more reflective time in our lives, it also presents a great opportunity to catch up on other goals you may have neglected, including self-development.

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Reads For The Road: "The Female Brain" by Louann Brizendine, M.D.

by Lindsay Shapka in , ,

I knew that I HAD to read this book by Louann Brizendine, M.D. (a neuropsychiatrist at the University of California) when I saw an interview with Whitney Cummings on Live With Kelly & Ryan (confession: I watch that sometimes), where she talked about how this book blew her mind and inspired her to co-write and direct a movie by the same name.

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Reads For The Road: "The Witches of New York" by Ami McKay

by Lindsay Shapka in , ,

This is one of those books that weaves you into its spell and has such interesting and dynamic characters that you are heartbroken when the story ends because you so badly want to continue to be a part of their lives.

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Reads For The Road: "Escape From Camp 14" by Blaine Harden

by Lindsay Shapka in , , ,

North Korea is a fascinating country because there is so little that we know about it. Most of the information that we have is either propaganda fed to us from the country itself or hearsay from people who have heard stories from someone who has heard a story.

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Reads For The Road: "Wilful Disregard" by Lena Andersson

by Lindsay Shapka in , , ,

This novel by Swedish writer Lena Andersson is a whirlwind of intense and all-to-real emotions. Though I am not usually a fan of novels, this book — translated from Swedish — jumped out at me (literally, it fell off the bookshelf as I walked by) when I walked into a bookstore while travelling in Sweden this past summer.

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Reads For The Road: "The Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafron

by Lindsay Shapka in , , ,

I started reading this book because it was recommended to me by a friend that I met while travelling. He pulled it off his bookshelf and told me that it was one of his favourite books in the world. When someone goes to the trouble to tell me about a book that matters to them and recommend that I read it, I do. I find that reading things that people that I know have loved helps me to get to know them better, and the fact that they want to share that with me is pretty darn cool.

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Reads For The Road: "The Social Life of Ink" by Ted Bishop

by Lindsay Shapka in , , ,

I don't know about you, but I am one of those people who always has at least one pen rolling around in the bottom of my bag. Even though I rarely take notes during interviews anymore (thinks voice recorder), and use the note function on my phone when needing to jot things down quickly, I still hold out hope that I'm going to have time to actually sit down, pull out a notebook, and put pen to paper.

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