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Jan 03, 2008

Tabitha rated it:

Sometimes a person needs a light read. A fun read. A pick it up and put it down (finished in a day) read. This book is all of these things, but it also carries an important message in an accessible format. We meet many people in our lives and love many be eternal or fleeting. Regardless of the time that love is shared, or held on to, the depth, the intensity, the interwoven sense of purpose can vary. We may not always love the person that we love now. We may not always remain with the per More...

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Jan 11, 2008

Camie rated it:

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Dec 17, 2009

Carmela rated it:

This was so good that when it ended I felt like I had lost a friend. I got so attached to Canny, that I just wanted to call her and chat with her about her life. I would read this book again and again...in fact, I have.

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Dec 03, 2007

Kim rated it:

Well by reading some of the reviews below, I guess I am the only one that really did NOT like this book. I thought it was quite IRONIC That Violet loved the screenplay because the lead charachter didn't need to be rescued... unlike Cannie.
She seems so winey and down on not only herself but everyone else. To me this was NOt an uplifting book, It was actually rather depressing and I only finished it because it was the book selected for my book club so i felt obligated to finish it. I More...

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Oct 20, 2007

Nicole rated it:

I am rating this as an OK, based only on the fact that the plot was intricate and well thought out. The book itself was very well written and easy to follow. However, it will not go on my list of favorite books. Basically it was about a plus sized 28 yr old woman, Cannie Shapiro (she was decribed as a size 16, I thought that plus didn't start until size 18, but what do I know??) She was a reporter, had friends, an apartment, a dog, etc. She had recently asked her boyfriend of 3 years for a break More...

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Dec 04, 2008

Jennifer rated it:

I am haunted by this book. There is a scene in it that I think about all the time. I don't know if the writing was that good or if something about it just resonated with me - Either way I seriously think about it alot. Has it really been almost 6 years since I read this?

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Feb 01, 2012

SmarterLilac added it

The third worst book I have ever read. I just cannot stand main characters who portray themselves as perpetually victimized, while refusing to take any responsibility for removing themselves from the victim-state. It didn't help that I felt the author intentionally 'crafted' her characters to be as pathetic as possible, then framed the story in such a way as to imply the reader has no right to condemn any of them for their decisions. Insultingly bad, even for a genre (I refuse to call this anyth More...

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Feb 09, 2009

Marie rated it:

My first grader can sound out words and takes great interest in what I'm reading. He didn't understand the title of the book, so I told him that it was about someone who sleeps all night and never gets up to get in their parents' bed.

My husband wanted to know if it was fiction. He was hoping not.

I liked this book because I liked the character and cared about her. She's likable and funny and she means well. My major criticism about this book, however, is that the unrea More...

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Jun 18, 2008

Leslie rated it:

This book made me second guess my judgmental stance on "chick lit." It's a genre I usually avoid, mostly because I tend to be a pretentious asshole. But I really, really enjoyed this book. Weiner is smart, witty, and insightful. I laughed outloud. Much to my surprise, I couldn't put this one down.

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May 31, 2011

Gail rated it:

The title of this book is a little deceptive. It does have some sexual scenes in it, but that is not what the book is about. The main character breaks up with her long time boyfriend. She is a plus size girl. He writes in a magazine about how it is to “love a larger women.” She is devastated by this, justifiably so, and thus begins a path to learn to love herself. She is a great character with a great sense of humor. She has had a rough life. Her father leaves the family early on and b More...

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Aug 09, 2008

Elizabeth rated it:

This is the third book I have read by Jennifer Weiner. I first read Goodnight Nobody, which I really enjoyed, and then Little Earthquakes, which was also really good. This was good too, but in a different way...I wouldn't say I enjoyed it as much as those, but it was still a great story and I am happy to have read it.

While I adored Cannie in so many ways (her wonderful sense of humor, loyalty to her family and friends, and her ambition) I also found myself perturbed by her, at time More...

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Feb 25, 2008

Laura rated it:

So I don't forget it, I have to share a super funny line:

"He'd had a few turn-downs in high school, when he'd had really bad skin, and before he'd discovered that pot and a ponytail could reliably attracted a certain kind of girl."

I'm kinda struggling with this one. I had high hopes, but it's not quite what I expected from the blurb on the back. I'm getting distracted by her LENGTHY flashbacks of her life, which are meant to give background and context to the More...

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Feb 18, 2008

Janet rated it:

Blah. What is up with these 20-something books? The I-don't-like-my-job, I-can't-find-a-mate, I'm-almost-30 angst books? They are all written in the EXACT same voice, and even hit the same highlights (in both this book and Girls are Weird, a father's funeral results in a hook up with an ex--I guess I really dodged a bullet there).

In the interview after the book, the author seems very proud of herself that she wrote an anti-fairy tale, meaning the protagonist does not end the book More...

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Nov 21, 2007

Annalisa rated it:

The first 100 pages seemed to be the manual for what every fat girl wants to say instead of a story. I also had a hard time visualizing a personality for Cannie, she seemed more an alter ego for the author. When I have to be told she is funny, she is a good person, and I'm not reading these qualities, that is never a good sign.

But then we delved into the character's childhood and I started relating to her, and then she did start to be funny and lovable. The quirky actress never seem More...

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Jan 13, 2012

Danielle rated it:

this book had a lot of things going on---none of it was interesting.

it starts off with this ross-and-rachel-"break" situation and a (semi) harsh column about dating a 'large' woman, and then it turns into a soap opera (i expected an evil twin to appear)! it was just bad. real bad.

also: she was a size 16, at 5'10, with big boobs!! lord. really. cry me a river.

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Feb 04, 2009

Ashley rated it:

This book hurt my soul. I found that I couldn't put it down... It's not well written, completely mindless and the story is nonsense.

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May 19, 2008

Brenda rated it:

This was typical "pink lit" and I wasn't overly impressed. From reading the authors bio you learn that admittedly it is a based on her life, except it's a highly unlikely fantasy she once had when a boyfriend broke up with her. And it does read like self-indulgent wank, that is until the part where she goes crazy. That was a bit interesting, though it was self-indulgent wank on the characters part there.

It was a decent, quick mindless read on a hot day if you feel the need More...

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Dec 16, 2009

Lindsey rated it:

It's been a while since I read this one, but it was really good. She goes through complete humiliation and has her own self-hatred thrown up in her face in a national magazine. She learns to move on and when she thinks that she can finally make it, the rain really pours down on her. She eventually finds love for herself as well as someone to love her for who she is. It's the old 'you have to love yourself before you can expect anyone else to love you' story. Great book. I think it is defin More...

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Jun 12, 2011

Ellen rated it:

Whiny and self-indulgent wish fulfillment. This book left a bad taste in my mouth. I should've just reread Bridget Jones's Diary.

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Dec 27, 2008

Lightreads rated it:

Snarky, plus-sized heroin deals with life and love and all that. There's a fair amount to criticize here -- the vast over reliance
on coincidence as a literary device, the unevenness of an author who started out to write a funny book and then realized halfway through that she had more
here to work with so maybe she should get a little serious. But that's just the thing, there's more here to work with. The endnotes to this book explained
a lot of my more spectacular eye roll moment More...

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Jan 28, 2012

Athornton rated it:

I read this book on the advice of my sister telling me it was a good book. Truthfully, I did not know what to expect based on the title. It turned out to be a good book. It is the story of a plus-sized newspaper reporter who goes on a break from her boyfriend. He then starts writing for a Cosmo like magazine about their love life (hence the title of the book) and her being plus-sized. She realizes how much she wants him back and starts stalking him a bit. His father dies and she goes to co More...

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Dec 21, 2011

Roberta rated it:

Chick-lit romantico e un po’ stucchevole, Brava a letto ripropone tutti i cliché del genere, ma rappresenta una piacevole lettura per qualche ora di puro relax.
Candace, giornalista presso un giornale di Philadelphia, decide di prendere una pausa dalla sua relazione con il fidanzato Bruce. Poco dopo però scopre che lui ha parlato di lei nella sua neonata rubrica per il patinato rotocalco “Moxie”. Il suo pezzo, “Amare una donna abbondante”, le rivela che la loro storia è finita, e nel più imb More...

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Sep 24, 2011

Kim rated it:

I'm more into reading YA novels, but I picked this one up because it was on my "recommended" list. It's more of an adult read, (which I am) and I normally stay away from them, but I really unexpectedly loved this book

Cannie is a very insecure 28 yr. old writer. She decided to "go on a break" from her boyfriend Bruce, (a laid back, pot smoking dude whose parents pretty much support him). But once on this break, she sees his new column in Moxie magaine talking about More...

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Sep 06, 2011

Harmonybites rated it:

I've read a lot of chicklit off a recommendation list recently, and of the twenty I read, this stood out for having a heroine not too stupid to live, or too bitchy, and not having a plot that insulted my intelligence, and had one of the few heroines I could relate to.

That heroine and first person narrator is Cannie Shapiro, an entertainment reporter who regrets letting go of her slacker boyfriend--who recently got a column "Good in Bed" in a Cosmopolitan-like magazine. And More...

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Aug 27, 2011

Sumando Libros rated it:

Veamos...

Antes que nada, debo decir que por lo general me baso en la sinopsis de los libros para escogerlos, y cuando me topo con uno, en el que la sinopsis es mas bien una minireseña , no me dan ganas de leerlo, porque siento que el editor me dice: Ojito ojito! este libro es bueno!!! no te lo vayas a perder... entonces que es lo malo??? pues que el editor me dice todo esto con una cara de ansiedad y un tonito de desesperacion que me tocan los nervios.

Y porque por lo gene More...

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Jun 24, 2011

Kara rated it:

Okay, I admit it, very reluctantly... I like chick-lit. Scratch that, I like well written chick-lit- sometimes. (As you can probably tell, I'm NOT a huge fan of the stigma of being a chick-lit reader.) This falls into the well-written category, though. I went out of town for the weekend and, horror of horrors, left my book at home. A friend had given me this to read with her endorsement, and it was still in my car, so what the heck?

The set-up for this story is an eye-rolling cli More...

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May 20, 2011

Cyndy rated it:

I actually received Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner from a friend who thought I'd enjoy it. I'm still not sure if she thought I'd enjoy it because she thought it was a good book or because I'm a plus-sized woman, but I definitely had a different view of this book after reading it the second time.

::: The Plot :::

Candace "Cannie" Shapiro doesn't exactly have a charmed life. Sure she has a great job as an entertainment reporter for a newspaper, but she has a mother who More...

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May 06, 2011

Sarahlynn rated it:

while I enjoyed the novel very much, I still haven't forgiven her for it. My lingering anger, plus the nastiness of the scene from In Her Shoes included at the back of my paperback copy of Good in Bed as a teaser for her second novel, put me off her work for a while.

Have you read Good in Bed? If you have, you probably remember that the main character is fat. I mean, really fat. Fat like she takes up more than her fair share of the seat on public transportation and people sneer at her. More...

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Apr 17, 2011

Valeria rated it:

Le donne "normali", le donne Cannie, sono antieroine?

"Brava a letto" è, come dicono altre recensioni qui, un titolo che conduce fuori strada, la protagonista, Cannie, è il sogno di tutte le ragazze un poco martoriate dalla vita, anche il mio certo mica mi chiamo fuori, è pure una conformista un poco antipatica, la storia si svolge in modo lineare e con pochi o nulli colpi di scena, tutto è abbastanza prevedibile. La sorpresa risiede nell'avere a che fare con un di More...

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Mar 08, 2011

Carol rated it:

I started this book thinking I was reading Chick Lit or its older sister Women's Fiction. It soon became clear to me that Good In Bed is literary fiction. Jennifer Weiner has been very vocally involved in a discussion lately about how women writers are treated by reviewers, and now I can see why this is an issue for her.

Cannie Shapiro, Weiener's protagonist in this book, is wrestling with relationship and family issues, much like male characters in novels written by men. Cannie also h More...

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