Jennifer Weiner

This book is a sequel to Jennifer Weiner's first book Good In Bed.  It's been about 13 years from the ending of the last book.  Candance's daughter, Joy, is about to be bat mitzvahed, she's married to her diet doctor husband Peter and things are going pretty good.  Of course the good times can't last forever and the family hits a few bumps in the road of life.  The book is funny, sweet,

Edited from the back: Weiner creates a tale of romance, forgiveness, and extreme sleep deprivation as four very different women navigate one of life's transitions: new motherhood. With her trademark warmth and humor, Weiner tells the story of what happens after happily ever after. My thoughts: again, an enjoyable listen that I wish was not abridged b/c I want to know everything there is to know about these people. I found them a mix of likable, frustrating, strong and immature but the one needing to grow does and the ones needing to forgive and/or heal begin that journey as well. From Simon & Schuster, Recorded Books; read by the author. NFM

Edited from the back blurb: Canni Shapiro is smart, sharp, plus-sized and perfectly content to write about celebrities' lives on the pages of the Philadelphia Examiner. Then her ex-boyfriend writes about their ex-sex life in his column for a national magazine. Radiant with wit, bursting with surprises, and written with bite and bittersweet humor . . . gut-level real and laugh-out-loud funny. My thoughts: yes to how they described it but there were also tears for me at a couple of points. The reader did a great job. Very enjoyable listen. My only complaint is that it was abridged . . . I know that there must have been more story lines with some of her friends/family and I wish I had heard them. Read by Paula Cale; from Simon & Schuster and Recorded Books. NFM

From the Barnes and Noble Synopsis:

Readers fell in love with Cannie Shapiro, the smart, sharp-tongued, bighearted heroine of Good in Bed who found her happy ending after her mother came out of the closet, her father fell out of her life, and her ex-boyfriend started chronicling their ex-sex life in the pages of a national magazine.

I was able to relate to the main character in this book, Cannie.  She's an overweight journalist who has placed too much emphasis on her self-image.  Some of the events seem too good to be believed, I would place this in the modern day fairy tale category.

This is a collection of 11 short stories.

21 short stories written in support of the War Child charity by various authors. Some were great, some were weird, some I skimmed through because they annoyed me and some were just okay, but overall I quite enjoyed them. Why not try them for yourself?
Feb challenge: Girls Night Out - Jennifer Weiner, Meg Cabot, Sophie Kinsella et al