Good in Bed

No, this is not a manual .
I enjoyed this light and speedy read by Jennifer Weiner. The book is about (and narrated by) plus-sized Cannie, a late 20's journalist in Philadelphia. She has recently split with her boyfriend and not much later finds that he is writing a column "Good in Bed" in a Cosmopolitan-ish women's magazine. Of course, the articles are about her -- the first is titled "Loving a Larger Woman". So starts her journey of seeing herself in a different light. The novel is very light and humorous. It is also quick -- I read it in about 3 days.

My one *big* gripe with this book is that it didn't seem to make it past a copy editor before being printed. Ok, I'm sure it did but it was full of mistakes. There were a few words missing, which I can forgive. I have a harder time forgiving things like dates/time frames that don't totally match up, inconsistencies in information throughout the book, etc. I don't want to say anything more specific for fear of ruining the plot for someone. Most people can probably overlook these things but to me they really stood out.

[PrincessFiona]

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Nellie...sounds like an inspiring title It caught my attention anyway!!!

kris

My sister just read this book and really enjoyed it. She's mailing it out to me tomorrow- I can't wait to get it! Sounds like it is good summer reading . . . but maybe I'm too optismistic that summer is here? 8)

[SueC]

I'm right in the middle of this book (and I only started it yesterday--it is a quick read!). I'm really enjoying it, but Nellie, I'm noticing the grammatical errors as well! I haven't picked up on any inconsistencies time-wise but after reading your review, I'll probably start looking for them!

[DCJenn]

I read this in a day while we were at the beach back in March. (before Nikolai...now I read about a sentence and fall asleep)

It's really funny (like snort through your nose funny) and Jennifer Weiner has a movie out now based on one of her other books (the movie with Cameron Diaz and Shirley McClaine)

Jenn

[SueC]

My sister says the movie (In Her Shoes)is cute!

[houseelf]

O.K. I'm going to have to be Debbie Downer here and not give it a rave review. (big surprise ).

Although this book has the earmark of a book I would enjoy (i.e. light chick lit), I am not enjoying it and actually somewhat bored. (This coming from an uber-enthusiastic reader of Bridget Jones and I Don't Know How She Does It). It just is...too fluffy and has already been done. Perhaps her other books are better?

Kelly

[Gwendolyn]

I read her book Little Earthquakes about pregnancy and motherhood. There is even a medical resident husband character. I loved it. It took me a while to get into (I'm not much of a "light chik lit" reader), but I really enjoyed it...sobbed through the last few chapters!!! It was also a quick read.

[mommax3]

I also really enjoyed "Little Earthquakes" and "In Her Shoes". I had vetoed "Good In Bed" because I have a 10 year old son with insatiable curiosity and honestly, I just didn't want to deal with explaining it to him if he happened to see it. I would probably enjoy it.....maybe I will pick it up at a used book store if I find myself heading off on a trip without my kids sometime.

Sally

[Gwendolyn]

I just started it last night