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Good in Bed (Cannie Shapiro, #1)
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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 from their relationship due to certain incompatabilites, such as; she worked, he perpetually went to college and smoked pot. She earned her own way, he was a spoiled baby still taken care of by his parents, and so on. During their break, he got a job writing a column called "Good in Bed" for a national magazine. His first article was about her and entitled "Loving a Larger Woman." Basically the first half of the book she spent mad at him about the article, then pinning over him trying to get him back, then crying and whinning that she was fat and no one would ever love her. I just felt like slapping her and saying "Build a bridge and get over it." (BTW, that's my daughter's line) I mean, I am no skinny person, but I have never moped and whined about it like this character did. Maybe I just can't relate to someone who has felt that much self loathing and with that little self esteem, but regardless, the main character annoyed the crap out of me. About halfway through, the story line picked up a little. She did some other things while pinning and whining and crying. She changes a lot by the end...if you can stand her through the first 3/4 of the book, then you might like how she turns out in the end.
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August 16, 2007
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I think plus size starts at 14. If you ever go into a plus size store, you'll see that their sizes go from 14-? not really sure.
I started looking through the comments because I was hoping someone else out there picked up on the size 16 thing... especially because the book says that she is 5'10"!!! sorry, but a size 16 at that height may be a LITTLE curvy, but is certainly not plus sized enough to be called a 'large woman'.
Elisha, actually, most plus size stores start at 14, that's the smallest size at Lane Bryant.
Wow, Nicole, it sounds like the book was a bit too . . . realistic for you.
Wow, Nicole, it sounds like the book was a bit too . . . realistic for you.
You should read the Danielle Steel novel Big Girl to see what whining about size really is. I used to do what she did and beat myself up over my weight and being that I was the same size as she was, I understand the stares and mean comments people tend to give and wanting to buy cute clothes (not even skimpy), but they're all for people who are a size 10 and smaller. I thought the whole "build a bridge and get over it thing" was typical of someone who just can't relate to being bigger in this society at all--and it was corny and heartless.
I haven't finished the book and don't know that I want to... it's turning kind of fairy tale ish and preachy and I'm not sure I really want to finish it.