3 “New Year, New You” Books Worth Checking Out For 2021

Few hobbies are more pandemic-proof or recession-proof than reading. Whether you prefer hardcovers or e-books, you can read just about anywhere. Many of us are still home-based, and below are 3 recommendations — all available for ordering online through Amazon and other top book-related retailers — for those seeking some “New Year, New You”-related reading.

Ruby Warrington’s The Sober Curious Reset: Change the Way You Drink In 100 Days Or Less

New York City-based Ruby Warrington is an author, writer, and former features editor of the UK’s Sunday Times Style supplement. In 2013 Warrnington created The Numinous, an online magazine that has been at the forefront of conversations about modern spirituality. Widely credited with coining the term “sober curious,” she is also the host of the Sober Curious podcast, and author of Material Girl, Mystical World, Sober Curious and The Numinous Astro Deck. The Sober Curious Reset is her latest book, inviting readers into a 100-day process of radically rethinking their drinking. Each “day” features observations, exercises, and insights, offering a more profound process of self-discovery than common month-long programs like Dry January or Sober September. The Sober Curious Reset is not about preaching total abstinence, rather, it is about empowering everyday people to make the right “drinking choices” for themselves, whatever that might look like.

Timothy Caulfield’s Your Day, Your Way: The Fact & Fiction Behind Your Daily Decisions

Timothy Caulfield is a media maven and populist snake-oil debunker, author of the best-selling books Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything? and The Cure For Everything!, and creator and host of the Netflix series A User’s Guide To Cheating Death. Caulfield is also a lawyer, professor, and fellow of the Royal Society Of Canada. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy, and serves as the research director of the University of Alberta’s Health Law Institute. Caulfield’s latest book is Your day, Your Way: The Fact & Fiction Behind Your Daily Decisions. Part pop-science and part self-help, the book is a friendly, funny, fact-based guide to changing how you make decisions in order to live a better — maybe even your best — life.

Harley Pasternak’s The Body Reset Diet: Revised Edition

Expert trainer and New York Times best-selling author Harley Pasternak has worked with most of Hollywood, whipping celebs into shape for roles and the red carpet and also appearing as a celebrity trainer on Revenge Body with Khloé Kardashian. With The Body Reset Diet, he introduced his ultimate reset plan to the word, and rebooted readers’ systems to set them on the path to thinner, healthier, happier lives. Now he has updating this beloved plan with a new introduction, the latest findings in nutritional science, and new recipes that showcase trendy superfoods like matcha and acai. This 3-phase program focuses on what he believes to be the easiest, most effective way to slim down: blending. The 5-day jumpstart includes delicious, expertly crafted smoothies, dips, snacks and soups, all customizable to any preference or diet restriction.

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About the Author

Darren Paltrowitz Darren Paltrowitz is a New York resident with over 20 years of entertainment industry experience. He began working around the music business as a teenager, interning for the manager of his then-favorite band Superdrag. Since then, he has worked with a wide array of artists including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, Loudness, Rachael Yamagata, and Amanda Palmer. Darren's writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including the New York Daily News, Inquisitr, The Daily Meal, The Hype Magazine, All Music Guide, Guitar World, TheStreet.com, Businessweek, Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, and the Jewish Journal. Beyond being "Editor At Large" for The Hype Magazine, Darren is also the host of weekly "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" series, which airs on dozens on television and digital networks. He has also co-authored 2 published books, 2018's "Pocket Change: Your Happy Money" (Book Web Publishing) and 2019's "Good Advice From Professional Wrestling" (6623 Press), and co-hosts the world's only known podcast about David Lee Roth, "The DLR Cast."