Good In Bed by Jennifer Weiner

This was actually a re-read for me. I read it back some four or five years ago when I was looking for some exciting new chick lit novels to tide me over between Melissa Senate novels. Cruising around Amazon, I came across somebody's list of their favorite chick lit novels and since they had Melissa's novels listed as well as this one, Jen Weiners first, I thought I'd give it a shot. I've been a Weiner fan ever since. (and it's pronounced "winer" not "weener" so no innuendos, please...well, unless it's a really GOOD innuendo. hehehe)

Anyway, the reason I decided to re-read this novel was because her newest release, Certain Girls is the sequel to Good in Bed. Since it had been so long since I'd rad GIB, I thought a refresher was in order. And I'm glad I did because honestly, it was like getting reaquainted with an old friend.

Good In Bed gives us a peak into the life of Candace "Cannie" Shapiro, a "larger woman" who has just broken up with her boyfriend of four years only to have him begin writing a monthly column for a national publication, Moxie (think Cosmopolitan) in which he paints a picture of what it was like to love a "larger woman."

From there the novel takes us on a journy through what happens next--pregancy, new friendships, getting over the ex, finding good fortune, facing the depths of despair and finally figuring out what life is all about. A lot of aspects of this story are fantastical--she just so happens to stumble into a friendship with a Hollywood starlet--but just as much is also really down to earth "I've been there and can identfiy" that it rounds out quite nicely.

It's a fun read with heavy subject matter woven beautifully into a memorable story. I can't wait to start reading Certain Girls and finding out what happened after Good in Bed ended.

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