Chick Lit Classic: Good In Bed by Jennifer Weiner
Chick Lit Classics is a regular feature on Chick Lit Reviews where we highlight the books we feel are classics of the chick lit genre. Feel free to discuss our choices in the comments section!
For anyone who loves Chick Lit Jennifer Weiner should be a staple. She’s written over half a dozen books and Good In Bed was her debut novel back in 2001. All about a girl, Cannie and the struggles she has to overcome a series of events that all starts with her ex-boyfriend’s article about “Loving a Larger Woman.” From her weight issues, to her ex-boyfriend, her parents and more this book had me laughing and crying throughout the entire book. There’s so much more to this book than what you’d think. As someone who’s struggled with self-image problems my entire life, this book was comforting and helped me to realize I’m not alone. Definitely one every reader should pick up!
For twenty-eight years, things have been tripping along nicely for Cannie Shapiro. Sure, her mother has come charging out of the closet, and her father has long since dropped out of her world. But she loves her friends, her rat terrier, Nifkin, and her job as pop culture reporter for The Philadelphia Examiner. She’s even made a tenuous peace with her plus-size body.
But the day she opens up a national women’s magazine and sees the words “Loving a Larger Woman” above her ex-boyfriend’s byline, Cannie is plunged into misery…and the most amazing year of her life. From Philadelphia to Hollywood and back home again, she charts a new course for herself: mourning her losses, facing her past, and figuring out who she is and who she can become.
Publishers Arrow have purchased the much-anticipated sequel to the famous Sweet Valley High series originally written by Francine Pascal. Over 150 books were written in the series that was published between 1983 and 2003. Now, the twins Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield are back in an adult version of the books called Sweet Valley Confidential, also written by Pascal, and it is due out in paperback in April 2011. I loved the original series, and can’t wait to see whether this book lives up to my great memories of these books!
