You fell in love with Cannie Shapiro, now meet Rose Feller in Jennifer Weiner's follow-up to the greatly loved Good In Bed! Rose Feller is thirty years old, a high-powered attorney, with a secret passion for romance novels, an exercise regime she's going to start next week, and dreams of a man who will slide off her glasses, gaze into her eyes, and tell her that she's beautiful. Meet Rose's sister Maggie. Twenty-eight years old, drop-dead gorgeous and only occasionally employed, Maggie is a backing singer in a band called Whiskered Biscuit. She dreams of fame and fortune -- and of getting her dowdy big sister to stick to a skin-care regime. These two women with nothing in common but a childhood tragedy, shared DNA, and the same size feet, are about to learn that their family is different than they ever imagined, and that they're more alike than they'd ever believe. Funny and poignant, richly detailed and wrenchingly real, In Her Shoes will speak to anyone who's endured the bonds of sisterhood, and to everyone who's dreamed of trying something else on for size.

RELEASE NOTES:

Bookrelay release to Tanya04 Second class post

Received today, thank you.

I've already read Good in Bed and am eager to see how this book compares.

BOOKRING

This book is now going to go travelling for a while. Because it is an international ring, if you join after I have set up you will be placed at the bottom and may have to ship internationally.

Please journal the book when you receive it - so we know where it is. Then make another journal entry when you finish - let us know what you thought of the story. And please try to not hold onto the book for much over 30 days. Enjoy.

Here's the list of participants, their locations, shipping preferences and where the book is currently:

pepita-di-Corfu - Greece Read!
Melydia - US - US only
Kellyhp - US - US prefered
Saphyre - US - US only Moving
Dumbfox - US - Intl Skipped
Jacque74 - US - Intl It's On it's Way
Sidney - Canada - Intl
Sidney1220 - US - Intl
dionnelynn - US - Intl
kurkil5 - US - Intl
Camis - UK - prefers UK
sunlightbub - UK - Intl
safness - UK - Intl
Back to me.

i expected this book earlier but i think it is better it arrived today, since i have just finished reading everything else that needed to be read, so i'll get down to it straight away!!! Thanks Tanya04 for sharing!

i finished the book a couple of days ago, but i was out of town and i had no connection to the internet so i'm sorry for delaying journaling this. i enjoyed it quite a lot, i found myself in Rose's shoes many times, and now i think i'll try to find 'Good In Bed' as well. i'm PMing the next participant for an address.

RELEASE NOTES:

already on it's way to melydia!

This came in today's mail. I'm in the middle of another bookring book right now but I'll start it ASAP. Thanks!

This is my second Weiner book (the first being the popular Good In Bed), and I must say her writing is some of the most indulgent I've ever come across. The author insertion is so obvious - all the characters are Weiner (or her opposite, or a person she wishes she knew) in a different costume. The thing that separates her books from your average teen-penned romance is that her themes are so universal that author insertion becomes reader insertion. You see her characters and think, "That's me. That's my life." Therein lies her appeal.

As with most chick lit, the plot was fluff and totally predictable from the start, but that did not make it any less enjoyable. Rose is the older, successful, overweight sister. Maggie is the younger, trouble-making, gorgeous sister. Throw in an intersecting story about an elderly woman named Ella who lives in Florida with her entertaining neighbors at the Golden Acres senior citizen community and you have a fun little romp of a story.

My only real complaint about this book was the all too convenient flashbacks. Too often someone would make some comment which would be followed by an explanation of some childhood event or something they "always" did, which for whatever reason had never been mentioned before. One glaring example of this was Sydelle's strict adherence to the Jewish faith, which was never brought up until it became an issue. Such "oh by the way" moments made it feel like the character development was done on the fly.

All the same, this was a fun, quick read. Weiner's always good for one-liners and amusing exchanges, and a happy ending is guaranteed. I don't imagine most men would enjoy this book (though I think it could teach them a lot about the female psyche), but I would definitely recommend it to any woman looking for little bit of literary candy.

RELEASE NOTES:

Kellyhp asked to be skipped so I mailed it off to Saphyre this morning.

This arrived yesterday. I am in the middle of another bookring, but I will get to this one very soon. Thanks for including me!

(I finished this book almost a week ago and have just been waiting for an address from Dumbfox so I can pass it on. If I do not hear back within the next few days, I will move on to the next name on the list, so this book can keep moving)

This was one of my first experiences at chick-lit, and I wasnt disappointed. I really enjoyed the story, even if some of it seemed to be a little far-fetched and convenient. Thanks so much for this ring!

After waiting for so long to hear from dumbfox, it has been decided to just skip to the next person on the list. This book will be on its way just as soon as I have an address.

I have PMd Jacque74 for an address. As soon as I hear back the book will go out in the mail. I just wanted to keep everyone posted, and thank everyone for being so patient. And special big thanks to Tanya04 for starting this ring and for being so helpful and kind and patient.

Great book.