A fantastic book that I had to make myself put down in order to get a couple of hours sleep, then I woke up early just to read more! It is a funny and sometimes painful book about an overweight woman who becomes a contestant on a reality show called Fat to Fabulous. This book is a really truthful fictionalized account of being fat in a society that loves thin. An excellent read...5 stars!

The Next Big Thing was actually better than I expected it to be. My friend, being a little overweight, bought the book and read it and then told me about it saying that "it wasn't as good as she expected, but go ahead and give it a try". So I did and I loved it! It was great! I really got into it and couldn't put it down once I started. It has a great ending and a very easy-to-relate-to main character. Loved it!

I thought this was a very fun and entertaining book. For a former "chubby" girl who was working to loose weight and keep it off... it reminded me that no matter what size I could keep my chin up :D

I enjoyed this book...there was a good mix of likeable and unlikeable characters...and there was always the feeling that something was going to happen to the main character so it kept me interested. I would say it's a good pick for those who like Weiner or Weisberger chick lit.

Funny and touching story of a size 18 woman in love with a man she met online - who thinks she's a size four. When offered a chance to lose weight on a nationally-aired reality show, she jumps at the chance.

I loved the way the authors hooked us in to the female characters. They were richly drawn and a delight to follow. I'd read more from this author.

It was a great chick-lit type of book if you like Jennifer Weiners books then you will love this one it's along the same line.

Good book! I enjoyed the "inside" story of a reality show. It was interesting to see how the public perceived Kat, which is not what she expected at all. Better than typical chick lit, a lesson for us all about misconceptions and expectations concerning weight.

This a new author for me. I enjoyed the book a LOT! I could relate to some of what the main character was going through. It had some surprisings twists and turns, which I also like in a book. Nice quick read.

This book will make you laugh out loud, especially if you have ever gotten sucked into the reality tv shows. . . Kat is a contestant on a show called "from fat to fabulus".

a quick, cute read about a fat girl who becomes a contestant on a reality tv show - "from fat to fabulous". in the end she realizes that her weight was the least of her prollems, yet it took her loosing a few pounds to realize that she could no longer blame her weight for her lifes problems.

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This book sat on my TBR pile for months. I wish I had read it earlier. I loved it and read the 1st 100 pages in one night and finished the book the next day. After reading this book I had to see if the author wrote anything else. It was that good. Some of the other reviews really sum up how great the book is. It gives you a peak into what reality tv can look like to the contestants, the families back home etc. I think the best part was the author used the reality tv idea to really speak out but not sound preachy. She let her character do the talking about fat, body image, food, clothing.

Hard to like the main character, but a quick and often amusing story about a reality show contestant.

It was a light read...The usual predicatable chick lit...but a great book to take to the beach.

good book

Pretty good chick lit.

This was a good, fast chick lit book. I really enjoyed it.

I bought this book because it was recommended by Jennifer Weiner, one of my favorite authors. It was great.

Quick read, and not as predictable as the average chick lit book!

A FUN READ

I could not put this book down! Funny, great read!

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