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For the last two weeks I've been trying to form an opinio...

For the last two weeks I've been trying to form an opinion about "More to Love" -- it seems like the kind of thing I should have an opinion about, right? -- but I cannot find my place on the impressed-horrified continuum. Yes, the ladies seem kind of needy and pathetic...but aren't all of the contestants on every reality dating show needy and pathetic? Yes, they're drunk, but why should big girls in bathing suits be any different from the skinny girls in theirs?

Clearly, I need to keep thinking

The BEST FRIENDS FOREVER book tour is mostly over – altho...

The BEST FRIENDS FOREVER book tour is mostly over – although I'll be in West Dennis on the Cape tomorrow, and in Chatham on August 20, and in Toronto at some point soon. Meanwhile, this seemed like a good time to round up some of the best questions I got asked on the road. Thanks to everyone who came to see me – it was a real pleasure meeting so many of you as I made my increasingly bleary way across the country.

Feel free to keep in touch on Facebook – the all-new, frequently-updated fan page

The BEST FRIENDS FOREVER book tour is OVER...and it ended...

The BEST FRIENDS FOREVER book tour is OVER...and it ended with a bang!

At five o'clock, I got The Call. My editor was on the line. My publisher was, too. BEST FRIENDS FOREVER is a number one New York Times best seller.

I think I screamed so loud that they could hear me in New York. And I'm in San Francisco!

Eight hours later, I'm still thrilled, and amazed, and humbled, and so, so grateful to everyone who bought the book, which I hope you're enjoying.

Thanks, especially, to everyone who's friended m

Greetings from Atlanta! Lovely, cool, temperate Atlanta, ...

Greetings from Atlanta! Lovely, cool, temperate Atlanta, with its cozy, intimate airport!

I hope you've all picked up your copies of BEST FRIENDS FOREVER, and I hope to see lots of you on the road -- I'm in Atlanta tonight, St. Louis on Saturday, Framingham, MA on Sunday, Lincolnshire, IL, on Monday, El Cerrito on Tuesday and San Francisco on Wednesday.


All of the times and places are here...but meanwhile, a special treat (heh) for those who can't join me...the Free Library podcast of my Wednesday

BEST FRIENDS FOREVER is in stores today!You can read abou...

BEST FRIENDS FOREVER is in stores today!

You can read about the book in USA Today, today...and you can see me on the road.

Today, July 14: New York City, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Triangle Barnes & Noble

Wednesday, July 15: Princeton, Eno Terra Restaurant, noon

Wednesday, July 15: Philadelphia: Free Library Central Branch, 7:30 p.m

Thursday, July 16: Washington, DC, Borders Bailey's Crossroads, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, July 17: Atlanta, East Cobb Borders, 7 p.m.

Saturday, July 18: St. Louis: The Ethical Society, 900

BEST FRIENDS FOREVER comes out Tuesday (but you knew that...

BEST FRIENDS FOREVER comes out Tuesday (but you knew that already, right?)

In the meantime, three more events in St. Louis AND San Francisco, which were the top two vote-getters in my Facebook poll. Come see me...

Saturday, July 18: St. Louis, The Ethical Society of St. Louis (9001 Clayton Road), 8:00 pm

Tuesday, July 21: El Cerrito, Barnes and Noble El Cerrito, (El Cerrito Plaza), 7:00 pm

Wednesday, July 22: San Francisco, Book Passage Bookstore in the San Francisco Ferry Building (1 Ferry Building

New blog at the Huffington Post about bad reviews, bad be...

New blog at the Huffington Post about bad reviews, bad behavior, and why your "friends" are not your friends.

New event in Princeton, at noon on Wednesday, July 15, at Eno Terra restaurant, to raise money for 101, a nonprofit organization that provides college scholarships to Princeton High School students. $50 gets you lunch, wine and the pleasure of my company...and BEST FRIENDS FOREVER will be for sale! To sign up, call Eno Terra at 609-497-1777. Seating is limited!

And my closet and I are feat

Two weeks until BEST FRIENDS FOREVER!In the meantime, you...

Two weeks until BEST FRIENDS FOREVER!

In the meantime, you can read more about the book, what inspired it, and how (and where) I wrote it, at Chick Lit is Not Dead, The Mummy Chronicles, Laura Reviews, and in The Hartford Courant, which lists it as a "summer book that doesn't feel like homework."

Don't forget to go to my Facebook fan page and vote for me to visit your city on my book tour.

Last but not least, the first Fran story of the summer.

Me (calling to daughter in back seat): "Lucy, see if yo

Two new tour dates have been added to the summer schedule...

Two new tour dates have been added to the summer schedule, in addition to the dates in NYC, Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago:

Washington, DC, Thursday, July 16 at 7:30 p.m., Bailey's Crossroads Borders, and Atlanta: Friday, July 17th at 7pm, Atlanta/East Cobb Borders.

Still don't see your city? There is hope! Go to my fan page on Facebook at http://facebook.com/jenniferweiner. Once you become a fan, you can nominate your city in the comments section of my status update. Top five cities move on to

With less than three weeks until the July 14 publication ...

With less than three weeks until the July 14 publication of BEST FRIENDS FOREVER, I am delighted to finally announce my tour dates.

Tuesday, July 14: New York City, Lincoln Triangle Barnes & Noble (Broadway at 66th), 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, July 15: Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia Central Branch (1901 Vine Street), 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, July 19: Framingham, MA: Barnes & Noble, 1 Worcester Road, 3 p.m.

Monday, July 20: Lincolnshire, IL, Stevenson High School, 1 Stevenson Drive, 7 p.m. (The event