Yesterday I trekked the small people down to the library and got the essential library card. Which entitled us to 5 items. 1 princess book, 1 Veggie Tales tape, and 2 books for me because by then the small people were done, even if the library does have a cool train for toddlers to play in and look out of and teddy bears to hug.

I was feeling all virtuous for writing, so I read Size 12 Is Not Fat and laughed a lot. Very fun story. Okay, I didn’t laugh about the corpses, but some of the lines in this book were so perfect. And I liked how the first person voice was done. A good mystery, a good romantic storyline, and I’m looking forward to more. Because I have to find out if she does get together with Cooper. (If she doesn’t, I want him.) I also really liked the way it wasn’t hammered into the ground but the message about not starving yourself to be artificially thin (i.e. thinner than your natural body type and healthy weight) is put across in a very good way.

Highly recommend as both a terrific, entertaining story and a positive view of the real female norm for body shape/weight/size.