One book I be­lieve that every­one should read is Skin­ny B**ch. This book goes be­hind the closed doors of the meat in­dus­try and ex­plains the hor­ri­ble process that an­i­mals en­dure in or­der for hu­man be­ings to eat meat. It al­so guides peo­ple on a path of healthy eat­ing and it has in­flu­enced many peo­ple around the world - in­clud­ing my­self, to be­come veg­e­tar­i­an. In the first three chap­ters of the book the au­thors ex­plain how an­i­mals such as cows, chick­ens and pigs are bru­tal­ly mur­dered. The chap­ters leave very lit­tle­to the imag­i­na­tion as you read how in­no­cent an­i­mals are shocked, hung and be­head­ed in or­der to pro­duce steaks, sausages etc for peo­ple.

In the lat­ter half of the book, the au­thors go in­to great de­tail to teach you al­ter­na­tives to eat­ing meat. They dis­cuss nu­tri­tion and a healthy lifestyle. The au­thors in­tro­duce read­ers to or­gan­ic veg­eta­bles and they dis­cuss "fake meats" that are tasty. They pro­vide recipes and give nu­tri­tion­al facts about every day foods. Skin­ny B**ch is a won­der­ful book to read be­cause of all the in­for­ma­tion on nu­tri­tion that it pro­vides. Af­ter read­ing the book you will won­der why you ever ate junk food and maybe even why you ever ate meat.

Tay­lor Abra­ham

Holy Name Con­vent

Ed­i­tor's note:

This is a great es­say, Tay­lor. You cer­tain­ly got my at­ten­tion from the ti­tle of the book to its con­tent. The de­tails made me cu­ri­ous, and they made me want to read the book. The on­ly sug­ges­tion I have to im­prove your book re­view is to watch your dic­tion.For in­stance, an­i­mals are not mur­dered. They are slaugh­tered. Again, great work!