Good in Bed

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Summary: Really liked it
Review: While this is not THE best book I have ever read- I did enjoy it. It was entertaining and well-written, and I did find myself getting into the storyline and actually caring what happened. There are basically 2 kinds of books for me- ones I start and never finish, and those I start and can't stop reading until its done. This one was the latter. I would recommend it.

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Summary: Chew the Fat!
Review: Jennifer's novel, "Good in Bed", will make you think twice about making fun of someone who is overweight. Jennifer made the characters in this novel speak out with a real voice that allows the reader to personally identify with them. Sweet revenge at the end of this novel leaves the reader thinking to him/herself: "You go girl!"

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Summary: Funny and Uplifting
Review: This book started off a bit slow, but had me completely addicted by the halfway point. It's a great book that has more to it than the "I need to lose weight" sob stories. Read this book over a weekend if you're looking for some great women's fiction.

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Summary: Well worth the read, entertaining
Review: This is a really good book -- particularly if you like wit mixed with a bit of cynicism. I think most women can completely relate to the main character in some way or another. It had me laughing out loud several times.

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Summary: Not just your run of the mill "fat girl" bood
Review: This book is fresh and funny. How can you not relate to Canni?? Anyone who has ever not felt 100% about the looks, body, or lovelife can identify with the trials that she goes through to find her true happiness with herself.

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Summary: Fabulous!
Review: I could not put this book down. I am drawn to reading Red Dress Ink books, all the single-woman stories that keep me laughing and loving to read. I was recommended this book by a co-worker and Good In Bed was hands down one of the best reads in awhile. I read it in 2 days, sneaking in some reading while I was suppossed to be working. Truly enjoyable!

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Summary: More serious than I expected, a light interesting story
Review: I really didn't expect the story to be as involved as it was. It was a good book to read, very different from the norm and it kept me reading till the end.

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Summary: Pretty Good
Review: The 20-something girl in Good in Bed is, like everyone else, battling her body, searching for love, and trying to make sense of it all. Despite the happy-go-lucky thread throughout the novel, this is a fun, satisfying light read. For women only.

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Summary: Great!!!!
Review: This is one of the best book I ever read! One of the best charecters I ever grew to know. Nobody could ever dislike this book, its got it all! This book is happy, sad, funny and involving.

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Summary: A great read, light, fuzzy, but with a hangover
Review: This story would be, as the cover so aptly self-describes, the best beach reading. However some of us read in other places as well. Not that I want to complain about this too much - the protagonist, Cannie, is entertaining, and her escapades I follow with great interest. The chatter is non stop, amusing, and one does not really notice that most of the people here are barely hidden clichees or non even that (Josh, Cannie's brother, manages to have no personality and nothing to say). But ultimately, I am disappointed in the author's failure to follow through on the hard and harsh topic of obesity, the ever thinning image of the ideal women, and the problems of over eaters. Instead of sticking to it, the author goes deeper and deeper into the roccoco plots and turns of her narrative. At the end, utterly lost, all that is left is to bring a deus ex machina, a fairy god mother to solve the plight of this lady. At the end, we have the equivalent of fat girl becomes thin and marries the prince if just phrased differently. The final neat closure's sweetness is so cloying as to leave one with a literary hangover.