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Dec 17, 2009

Krystal rated it:

Meg Cabot has a fan base like no other, and it's really no wonder. All of her books are incredibly enjoyable so long as you're into chick lit and light reads.

Don't let the title of this one fool you. The idea that the title gave me and the actually content of the book didn't mesh at all. I wasn't disappointed by what I got, it was just different.

In my opinion, the plot lines of the Heather Wells Mystery books aren't all that riveting. But Meg Cabot knows exactly what More...

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Jul 09, 2011

Summer rated it:

I thought Size 12 Is Not Fat was pretty cute. It had lot of the usual humor you expect from a Meg Cabot book. Size 12 is about former teen pop star, Heather Wells, several years after her fame has gone away. Years ago her mother ran off with her money and her agent to another country. On top of that she found her fellow pop star boyfriend cheating on her. Since then she's had to find her own way in the world since her life as a teen star is over. She's decided to make something of her life and b More...

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Dec 17, 2009

Lianne rated it:

I thought this was pretty typical chick lit, albeit of the mystery variety. It was light, entertaining and didn't require much thinking, which is why I chose it, so no complaints there. I was, however, annoyed by the heroine, Heather Wells, on more than one occasion. Although she saved the day at the end (of course), I found her to be often whiny and passive (about everything but solving the mystery). The writing style bothered me sometimes, too - the "size 12 is NOT fat" tagline was u More...

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Sep 02, 2008

Nicole rated it:

In typical Meg Cabot form, the first book in a new series introduces us to an imperfect heroine who, by the end of the book with realize her true potential and strive to make herself happy with herself/her faults and then attractive to the guy she never thought possible.

I like Heather Wells and I'm not afraid to say it. Her experience as a pre-Britney, pre-Miley tween queen has brought her to New York University, working part time as a dorm, I mean residence hall, assistant.

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May 29, 2008

Leila rated it:

I decided I wanted to see how Meg Cabot writes for adults, since I like the Princess Diaries so much. And, honestly, what red-blooded American woman wouldn't be drawn in by the title of this book? Size 12 is indeed NOT FAT. So there.

The mystery side of the story is compelling--and a little hard to figure out, I must admit. Heather's love for Cooper is sort of over-the-top (given she just broke up with his brother four months ago!)--and icky. But I enjoyed Heather's spunkiness, and am More...

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Dec 03, 2008

Liisa rated it:

If you're looking for a hardcore, edge-of-your-seat thriller, this isn't the book for you. However if you are looking for an entertaining read with a hint of mystery, I recommend "Size 12 is Not Fat" by Meg Cabot.

The downside to "Size 12 is Not Fat" is that it took considerable time to get into the story and I did guess the culprit very early on however the positives include very likeable characters and an amusing and entertaining read.

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May 11, 2008

Jenny rated it:

How does a girl go from mall performing teen pop star to assistant director of a college residence hall/ amateur detective? Heather Wells in Meg Cabot’s Size 12 is Not Fat knows – it is her life after losing her recording contract, fortune, and boy band famous fiancé. What does a girl do after all this trauma? Heather deals with the stress by getting her recommended daily exercise by walking to get her favorite comfort foods.

When girls in her dorm (residence hall) start dying in wei More...

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Oct 08, 2008

Christina rated it:

Originally read for the Pick-A-Shelf book club ^^ October is mystery.

I thought this book started off ridiculously boring. Not to mention the author clearly loved her em dashes and used them in just about every second sentence. I love my side thoughts as much as the next person, but to be interrupted that many times as she trails off on yet another tangent? Offputting.

Eventually, the book settles and the em dashes disappear. Right around the time of the first murder. Whic More...

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Mar 24, 2011

Theresa rated it:

Heather Wells was a teenage teen-idol. But now her career is gone, her famous boyfriend publically dumped her, her mother ran off to Argentina with all her money and her job is the assistant director for a dormitory at a famous New York university. Plus she’s gained a dress size or two and people keep saying she looks so familiar.

Shortly after she started working there, a freshman girl dies when she fails down an elevator shaft. The authorities believe the girl was elevator surfing, More...

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Dec 31, 2007

Kathi rated it:

This book was one of the worst mysteries that I have ever read. I hate when mysteries make everyone else in the story so dumb that only the main character realizes that it was murder. Sorry, but any death in a residence hall is going to be given a full investigation, and if a second happens, it certainly won't be shrugged off.

I also found the main character, Heather to be whiny and very unsure of her self. While reading, I had to keep reminding myself that she was 28 since her actio More...

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Dec 03, 2011

Melissa rated it:

This is, in my opinion, Meg Cabot's best series she's written to date. Better even The Princess Diaries series and The Mediator series, the Heather Wells mysteries is the first of Cabot's work I've read that's written for adults. Her humor is saturated throughout the entirety of the novel, along with well-rounded characters, great plotline and a lack of dull moments.

The character of Heather Wells is introduced in the first novel and immediately I was captured by the strength in this More...

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Oct 26, 2008

Marianne rated it:

This book deserved 2.5 stars really. I liked it ok, but not much more than that. The character was cute but a lot of the writing was very simple. I got really tired of the author using the same expressions all the time ( "haven't I seen you before?" and "I know because I read it in a People magazine") I got so tired of them that I almost stopped reading. The storyline is cute and there is a little romance thrown in so it was a great read after a heavier memoir.

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Feb 05, 2009

george rated it:

I read the second in the Heather Wells series first by mistake. So now I finally got around to the first one, Size 12 is Not Fat. Thankfully it had been a while since I read the other one, so I didn't remember the exact recap presented. Heather Wells is an ex-teenage pop star, who has just broken up with her major boy band boyfriend; her mother has run off with her manager and Heather's life savings, and now she's living with her ex-boyfriend's brother (whom she happens to be in love with) and w More...

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Jan 01, 2009

bookczuk rated it:

Well, it's not!!!

Synopsis

Heather Wells Rocks!

Or, at least, she did. That was before she left the pop-idol life behind after she gained a dress size or two -- and lost a boyfriend, a recording contract, and her life savings (when Mom took the money and ran off to Argentina). Now that the glamour and glory days of endless mall appearances are in the past, Heather's perfectly happy with her new size 12 shape (the average for the American woman!) and her new job a More...

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Nov 13, 2011

Shannon rated it:

It held my attention to the point where I did want to find out who the killer was, but it was annoying as hell. My main issue was it felt like a YA novel (and it's not supposed to be).

-Pop culture references crammed into every possible space and most of the time completely irrelevant.

-Frequent phrases being thrown around. The title (Size 12 is Not Fat), the constant correction of 'dorm' to 'residence hall' (Heather Wells, the narrator, corrects herself AND everyone aroun More...

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Nov 01, 2011

Colleen rated it:

Heather Wells was a teen she was at the height of fame as a pop singer and linked to an equally popular boy band member. Well, her fame lasted for 15 minutes (she lost her contract after she put her foot down about only singing songs she wrote), her seemingly forever boyfriend dumped her, and her mom ran off to Mexico with Heather’s money and a new boyfriend. Heather was left with virtually nothing, and she started to gain weight. I wasn’t sure that I was going to like this series when I star More...

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Aug 07, 2011

Elizabeth rated it:

As much as I enjoy Meg Cabot books, I find that when she writes a series of books, quality varies between installments. I read Size 14 first and enjoyed it much more. (Not sure what would have happened if I had read them in the same order). Part of the problem is that the books repeat each other quite a bit.

Our heroine Heather Wells is a former teen pop start now trying to put herself through college by working in a residence hall. Shortly after the semester begins, young girls s More...

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May 07, 2011

Ciara rated it:

heather wells is a former teen pop sensation, in the style of tiffany or britney spears. some years after she became famous, her mother absconded to argentina with heather's entire fortune, as well as her manager. then heather told her label boss that she wanted to record her own songs. he laughed at her & said no, & then dropped her from the label. then she walked in on her fiance, jordan (a singer in a boy band, also on the label from which heather was dropped, which is owned by his father), g More...

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Jan 23, 2011

Rachel rated it:

Size 12 Is Not Fat is the first book in the Heather Wells mystery series. Heather Wells is a former teen popstar. Her record label fired her when she decided she wanted to write her own songs and her mother ran off with her manager and her money. She's started a new job as the assistant director of a residence hall at New York College and plans to go back to school as well. When two girls who live in the residence hall are killed, the police chalk it up to elevator surfing accidents. Heather sus More...

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Nov 17, 2010

Madison rated it:

But Someone Might Get Murdered Anyway

The book Size 12 is not fat by Meg Cabot, is a realistic fiction book that takes place

in present day New York at New York College. The main character, Heather Wells, is a

former pop star who now works as a dorm advisor at New York College. When two girl

are found dead at the bottom of an elevator shaft in Heather’s building, the police and

everyone in the building are quick to decide that t More...

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Mar 30, 2010

Amanda rated it:

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Feb 08, 2010

BarkLessWagMore rated it:

This is a cute chick-lit book with a side of mystery. Heather is a former pop singer who caught her fiance with another woman and whose mom ran off with her small fortune. She's now working as an assistant director at a residence hall at a college and is doing her best to leave her past behind her. I really enjoyed the fact that this girl isn't a whiner like so many chick lit princesses and is getting on with her life on her terms. She's no longer a skinny young pop star and is living in a rente More...

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Jul 30, 2009

Ellen rated it:

I read the sequel to this book, Size 14 is Not Fat Either before reading Size 12 is Not Fat. Either way, the Heather Wells series is hysterical. Heather is nearing 30, a former teen pop star, who after finding her fiancee getting oral sex from another woman, walks out on her engagement, only to be dropped by her record label, which is owned by her fiancee's father.

Heather's mother and manager run off to Argentina with all her money and her father goes to prison for embezzlement. Left More...

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Jun 26, 2009

LK rated it:

I have been trying to get an opportunity to read some of Meg Cabot's work. She is a prolific writer and I have always heard good things about her books, but haven't been able to find the time to read any of them, while trying to get Misfit McCabe launched, write the sequel, read material and write reviews for the LL Book Review, and oh, there's that little thing called the full time day job (which usually ends up being full time and a half). With a title like Size 12 Is Not Fat, I decided that More...

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May 21, 2009

Michelle rated it:

After losing her recording contract, boy-band famous fiance, and her life savings (courtesy of her mother) Heather Wells is in serious need of a job. Still it's a stretch when the girl who used to be a household name (if only to tweens) becomes an assistant director at a New York college dormitory, I mean, residence hall. Heather spends her days solving problems for 19 year-olds and her nights pining for her landlord, Cooper, private investigator and Mr. Unconventional Himself. Oh and just to ma More...

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Dec 29, 2010

Giannina rated it:

Well, this was a good book.

Really, when I was downloading this, what I had in mind was that this book would be like the Shopaholic series. The title and the cover itself had chic-lit all over it. I thought it would be something about a girl who's not exactly the thinnest girl around and blah blah blah. But I was wrong.

Heather Wells works in Fischer Hall as an assistant director of the dorm. She's a retired pop sensation. Why she retired? She was fired after telling Mr. Cartwr More...

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Nov 26, 2011

Sheri rated it:

Size 12 is not Fat (Heather Wells, #1)
Chick-Lit/murder/mystery/comedy
Heather Wells was a teenage music sensation. Her career ended when her rock star boyfriend dumped her for the new rising (musical) star. Not only did her career go down the drain, but her mother ran off to South America with all of her money , and her father has been incarcerated most of her life.

Out of work and no where to go she finds residence in her ex-boyrfriends brothers house. She also finds wor More...

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Jun 03, 2011

Rebecca rated it:

Another Cabot book. I am not really a fan of her 'adult' books. They are still written for kids and have kid-like dreams and plots for the adult characters. Seriously, a teen pop princess who has fallen from the ranks and is now a dorm (excuse me, resident hall, a joke that got super old, super fast, and super annoying) assistant or something like that. it seemed like a lot of people looked after one resident hall on a huge college campus. Seemed like a waste of people, but whatever makes the bo More...

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Oct 08, 2011

Katherine rated it:

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May 23, 2011

Vicki rated it:

Heather Wells has it all, or at least she did. But then her pop star career peaked at 18, her label dropped her, her fiancee (of boy band fame) cheated on her, and her mother ran away to Argentina with her manager and all of her money. Now, Heather is a few sizes bigger, a lot of cash shorter, and handing out condoms instead of autographs at her new job, building director at Fischer Hall, one of New York College's dorms - er, residence halls. Then girls in her building start dying and Heather do More...

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