Good in Bed - Jennifer Weiner

*Good in Bed*, the debut novel by Jennifer Weiner, was first published a couple of years ago. As it has been around for a while now, I stumbled across my copy at the local gala and managed to pick it up for the grand total of 20p! Because I had got the book for next to nothing, I have got to admit that my expectations of it were not very high and I thought that I would end up abandoning the book half way through, wishing I had not even bothered. I couldnt have been more wrong! I settled down in my dressing gown one evening, with a steaming hot mug of coffee for company, to begin reading. All of a sudden, my husband dropped the remote control (which doesnt ...  Read the complete review

Cannie Shapiro is overweight and her size makes her feel uncomfortable and self-conscious. When she goes to the beach she covers the rolls with a sarong. Sounds familiar, we are conditioned to think that thin is beautiful and fat should be hidden. At the beginning of the book we hear that 28 year old Cannie is a journalist, writes a column about the famous for the Philadelphia Examiner. She had ended her 3 year relationship with writer Bruce Gruberman 3 months earlier by saying that she wanted a break. She is fine with that until she picks up a copy of Moxie, a popular women’s magazine. There she reads an article by new columnist Bruce called Loving A ...  Read the complete review

Yes, this most certainly is a book that is fabulous between the sheets, tuck yourself in and prepare yourself for a book that it extremely hard ( and very funny) to put down, Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OK, I saw this book on the shelf in Waterstones in their 3 for 2 offer and admittedly the title made me want to pick the book up and check out what it was all about. I mean "Good in Bed" just sounded soooo intriguing and definitely the kind of thing to be reading on my sun lounger by the pool! I have to admit my predictions of it involving "Sex and the City" like women playing men at ...  Read the complete review

It's rare that a book provokes me into writing this sort of review given that I usually try to focus on the positive aspects. However, 'Good in Bed' is one of the leading candidates for the most irritating, pointless, inane pieces of (and I shudder to call it this) literature I've come across. This book was leant to me by a friend, whether or not it was meant as a joke I'm still not sure but to be perfectly honest this is a waste of a tree taking up shelf space in book shops where they could simply have left the shelf empty and it would have been more productive. I've a feeling the term for this type of book is 'chick lit' (not ...  Read the complete review

OK, I have a confession to make, I bought this book because I'm, erm, somewhat rubenesque. In the end this book has become one of my favourites on my shelf. In a world of skinny protagonists Cannie makes a refreshing change, after breaking up with her boyfriend he writes an article about how she's larger than he is (well, we've all that that happen to us haven't we!). The rest of the book follows Cannie as she comes to terms with her ex, her weight, and, well I don't want to spoil the ending so I'll just say I found it to be one of the most emotional and touching I've read. If you're a fan of chick lit you really must read this ...  Read the complete review