Good in Bed

by Jennifer Weiner

When her ex-boyfriend writes a magazine article entitled "Loving a Larger Woman", Cannie Shapiro's life goes into a tailspin.  She wants him back, she wants to lose weight, and she wants to sell her screenplay.  But none of these are happening.  Quite unintentionally, Cannie is on a path to figuring out who she is, who she was, and who she's going to be.

When the cover of the book proclaims it to be "This season's beach-book", you almost always can find a light-hearted chick-book.  And this book did start off that way - Cannie's life falls apart quite spectacularly and she begins to put everything back together with amusing levels of success.  But about halfway through this book, it took a little bit more of a serious turn.  It didn't lose its humor, or entertainment value, but I did find myself tearing up a few times, which rarely happens with me. 

The thing I enjoyed best about this book was its realistic voice.  It was like reading an e-mail from a good friend, where you can picture her sitting at her computer writing to you about what's happening in her life.  I have another book by this author, and it features the same characters, but I think I have to check and see if there are others in-between that I need to read first.  I hate reading a series out of order!