Get Real, Chloe Torres (publication day May 13, 2025) by Crystal Maldonado is young adult chick lit of the finest kind–it centers on rekindling an old friendship, through a cross-country road trip and boy-band fandom! Newly-graduated Chloe is working at her summer job as a non-Disney princess at little-kid birthday parties, when she realizes thatContinue reading “Get Real, Chloe Torres”
Category Archives: Fat Positive
Camp Sylvania
I loved reading Camp Sylvania (2023) by Julie Murphy, as an adult with a child who is now also an adult. I so wish that there had been books like it when I was a fat child or even a fat parent of a child. Books like Camp Sylvania are so, so needed, so thatContinue reading “Camp Sylvania”
My Big Fat Fake Marriage
I enjoyed the ride of My Big Fat Fake Marriage (publication day March 11, 2025) by Charlotte Stein, although there weren’t any surprises. The banter, though, is superb!! Set somewhere in England, Hazel, who goes by Connie as an adult, works for a marketing company and is somewhat jaded, although she is close to herContinue reading “My Big Fat Fake Marriage”
On Her Terms
On Her Terms (publication date February 25, 2025) by Amy Spalding is the third book in her Out in Hollywood series, but could easily be read as a standalone. I found it to be a cute sapphic romance between the “baby gay” bisexual, plus-sized Clementine and experienced queer Chloe. Clementine meets Chloe on her firstContinue reading “On Her Terms”
A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke
Don’t let the fact that A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke (publication date February 4, 2025) by Adrianna Herrera is the third in a trilogy stop you from reading it! Herrera has written a nearly perfect historical romance, featuring Afro-Latinx characters, set in Paris in 1889, with a female doctor who runs underground women’s healthContinue reading “A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke”
My Broken Language
My Broken Language (2021) by Quiara Alegría Hudes had been on my list for a while, and I’m so glad that I finally listened to this memoir. Hudes, a Pulitzer award-winning playwright, co-authored In the Heights with Lin Manuel-Miranda, and she narrates the audiobook, which I think enhances the listening experience. Hudes’ mixed Puerto RicanContinue reading “My Broken Language”
Weight and Wisdom: Reflections on Decades of Working for Body Liberation
Weight and Wisdom: Reflections on Decades of Working for Body Liberation (publication day January 1, 2025) edited by Nancy Ellis-Ordway and Tigress Osborn, foreword by Caleb Luna, is the essay collection that has been missing in body liberation literature. Tigress and Nancy, and others, have collected dozens of personal essays from activists and therapists whoContinue reading “Weight and Wisdom: Reflections on Decades of Working for Body Liberation”
How to Get a Life in 10 Dates
In How to Get a Life in Ten Dates (publication date December 10, 2024), I loved meeting Jenny L. Howe’s newest characters–Haleigh and Jack–who live in the same world with some of the same characters from Howe’s first two books–On The Plus Side and The Make-Up Test. Twenty-five year olds Haleigh and Jack have beenContinue reading “How to Get a Life in 10 Dates”
Not For the Faint of Heart
I absolutely loved Not For the Faint of Heart (US publication day 11/26/2024) by Lex Croucher! With the granddaughter of Robin Hood, Mariel, leading a group of Merry Men and the sturdy healer using actual science, Clem, it’s a delightful romp with some serious moments. Croucher starts us off with Clemence being kidnapped by Mariel’sContinue reading “Not For the Faint of Heart”
A Jingle Bell Mingle
So . . . I was able to attend one of the book tour events for A Jingle Bell Mingle (2024) with the authors, Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone. I’ve been a Julie Murphy fan since Dumplin’ (excellent book and Netflix movie). They are hilarious, as expected, and my funniest experience had to be talkingContinue reading “A Jingle Bell Mingle”
Reading While Fat 