Good in Bed
by Jennifer Weiner (Goodreads author!)
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Read in January, 2008
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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Read in June, 2008
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Read in February, 2008
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 current issue, b...more
"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 current issue, b...more
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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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Read in January, 2008
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Read in June, 2008
recommends it for:
people who like chic lit, are looking for an easy, yet heart touching read.
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Read in January, 2002
This is the only Jennifer Weiner book that I have read and I have to say that for chick lit, this was a good book. I tend to read the mysteries/thrillers, but every now and then you need a break. I do not remember if it was a gift from Nicole or something I picked up on my own, but I do remember that it was a good read.
As a plus sized woman myself (those of you who don't know me are now saying "of course"), I found a lot of truth and humor in this book and was hooked from the fi...more
As a plus sized woman myself (those of you who don't know me are now saying "of course"), I found a lot of truth and humor in this book and was hooked from the fi...more
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Read in September, 2007
Out of all the Jennifer Weiner books I've read so far, this is the one I enjoyed the most. Its still not my favorite in chick lit but it's good.
This story is about Cannie, a spunky, overweight girl who aspires to write a screen play. She's got great friends and her dog Nifkin. In the beginning of the book, she has just broken up with her longtime boyfriend Bruce because he's unmotivated and she feels she does not truely love him. But then she reads an article Bruce wrote about loving a lar...more
This story is about Cannie, a spunky, overweight girl who aspires to write a screen play. She's got great friends and her dog Nifkin. In the beginning of the book, she has just broken up with her longtime boyfriend Bruce because he's unmotivated and she feels she does not truely love him. But then she reads an article Bruce wrote about loving a lar...more
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Read in December, 2007
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. It wa...more
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. It wa...more
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Read in July, 2008
Cannie was a big girl with a big pride. She left her man for what she thought were better things just to find out that she let go of what she truly wanted ( Bruce )! He wrote an article that hurt her about thier love life. She didn't find it very amusing and was pretty mad. Going through the motions of trying to figure out how she felt she lost him. The ending of the story is a happy one. It makes you smile to read about the friends she makes and the things that happen to her. She comes to terms...more
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Read in February, 2008
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 skinny (...more
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 skinny (...more
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This is quite possibly one of my five favorite novels, ever. I think this was the story Weiner was born to tell; everything of hers I've read after it, including In Her Shoes which would make it to cinemas where Good in Bed still hasn't, was kind of mediocre in comparison. As I understand it Weiner has a sequel to Good in Bed coming out in April, which I await eagerly, although with some trepidation.
Good in Bed tells the story of Cannie, a larger woman whose ex-...more
Good in Bed tells the story of Cannie, a larger woman whose ex-...more
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recommends it for:
fans of funny but also books which deal with sadness and feelings in general
i always say: read every book, because behind all these sentences you will find truth. and if not it was worth reading it because there always is always a strangely true and good sentence in it.
I've found this book by coincidence on amazon.de.
Normally i read german book, but i like to enlarge my english skills. But this is not the point here.
the main character in is novel is Candance Shapiro. She's very similar to Bridget Jones, also funny, strange, confused and in the end of her thirt...more
I've found this book by coincidence on amazon.de.
Normally i read german book, but i like to enlarge my english skills. But this is not the point here.
the main character in is novel is Candance Shapiro. She's very similar to Bridget Jones, also funny, strange, confused and in the end of her thirt...more
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Read in December, 2007
Weiner tells the story about a confident woman, who works as a journalist for a paper in Philadelphia, who breaks up with her author boyfriend only to find an article written by him in a magazine about "Loving a Larger Woman".
The article begins, "I remember the day I found out my girlfriend weighed more than I did."
Aaack!
Perhaps it is all the large girl humor I find so appealing. She really nails so much of it. And Cammie, her protagonist, is a great character. Lo...more
The article begins, "I remember the day I found out my girlfriend weighed more than I did."
Aaack!
Perhaps it is all the large girl humor I find so appealing. She really nails so much of it. And Cammie, her protagonist, is a great character. Lo...more
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Read in June, 2008
I bought this book two years ago and read half of it and never finished reading it. For some reason I came across it in a box that I hadn't unpacked yet from moving and decided to reread and finish it because I had run out of books to read from the library and couldn't get back to get some for a couple days.
To my excitement, I got extremely involved in Cannie's story and LOVED, LOVED this book so much. I loved Jennifer's writing so much that I went out to the library and checked out every boo...more
To my excitement, I got extremely involved in Cannie's story and LOVED, LOVED this book so much. I loved Jennifer's writing so much that I went out to the library and checked out every boo...more
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recommends it for:
fat chicks
Alright so the truth is this is a nieche market book. I love this book, but a big reason I liked this book was because it was about a fat chick, and thoes are hard to come by. Most books about fat girls are not really about fat girls but chick lit Bridget-Jones type women who are seriously nerotic about their weight.
This is not one of thoes books. One could accuse this author of creating a vaugely cinderellaesque work here but I think that is unfair. It is true the fat chick gets her hap...more
This is not one of thoes books. One could accuse this author of creating a vaugely cinderellaesque work here but I think that is unfair. It is true the fat chick gets her hap...more
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Read in July, 2008
recommends it for:
women with body image issues
I read this book because I had heard it was a book that every "larger woman" should read. I'd give it 3.5 stars but that's not an option. But it's good enough to round up. This book is about a single woman in her late 20s who recently asked for some time apart from her boyfriend. Then she reads his magazine article about "loving a larger woman" and she feels totally humilated, having never realized that the ex thought of her as a larger woman. The book is pretty well-written ...more
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Read in June, 2006
How can you not love a book where the protagonist is a chubby Jewish girl called out to the world by her ex-boyfriend in an essay in a national magazine called "Loving a Larger Woman"? Good in Bed has some of the most hilarious moments I have read in a long time. I have really enjoyed all of the books I have read by Jennifer Weiner. She writes in a funny, real voice. She writes with pain, joy, hope, fear...in short, a lot of passion. This book dragged a bit at the end for me, as Cannie...more
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Read in June, 2008
I don't know when I became a cynic but I think I have because when lots of wonderfully improbable things started to happen to this heroine, I yelled "Oh, come ON!" But, as the author says, this is a novel that features lots of wish fulfillment for her. Her life, improved. I find that idea quite inspiring and all but started to write one of those books myself. Shouldn't we all write our lives as we'd like them to go? And apparently, some of this stuff worked out! Her other novel became...more
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