Erin Judge

Absolutely charming. This is more of a coming-of-age story than a story about the main character's present-day life, with a thoughtful retrospective take on her relationship with her career, her relationship to her body and food, and of course her romantic exploits. The overall feeling is having a cup of delicious cocoa and reminiscing about the past with a new friend that you can tell will become an old friend. Highly recommended, especially for bi women, plus-sized women, and anyone else who says "woohoo" when someone at a concert shouts "Class of 1999". (Note: there is a good bit of diet talk and body hate in the retrospective part of the book, and lots of appetizing descriptions of food throughout.)… (mere)

I loved this book! I hated that I had to put it down (several times) instead of reading it in one sitting like I wanted. Most of the books I had read about big women (or RPSMs) made them unlikable characters, mad at the world. But in this book, Natalie (the main character) was for the most part a positive person, despite her mother's negativity. She is in tune with her body and what she wants sexually. But what is keeping her from having a real relationship? Natalie takes a vow of celibacy until she can confront mistakes she has made in past relationships.… (mere)