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Size 12 Is Not Fat
Size 12 Is Not Fat | Meg Cabot
Heather Wells Rocks!Or, at least, she did. That was before she left the pop-idol life behind after she gained a dress size or two -- and lost a boyfriend, a recording contract, and her life savings (when Mom took the money and ran off to Argentina). Now that the glamour and glory days of endless mall appearances are in the past, Heather's perfectly happy with her new size 12 shape (the average for the American woman!) and her new job as an assistant dorm director at one of New York's top colleges. That is, until the dead body of a female student from Heather's residence hall is discovered at the bottom of an elevator shaft.The cops and the college president are ready to chalk the death off as an accident, the result of reckless youthful mischief. But Heather knows teenage girls . . . and girls do not elevator surf. Yet no one wants to listen -- not the police, her colleagues, or the P.I. who owns the brownstone where she lives -- even when more students start turning up dead in equally ordinary and subtly sinister ways. So Heather makes the decision to take on yet another new career: as spunky girl detective!But her new job comes with few benefits, no cheering crowds, and lots of liabilities, some of them potentially fatal. And nothing ticks off a killer more than a portly ex-pop star who's sticking her nose where it doesn't belong . . .
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CaramelLunacy
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Mehso-so

In some ways a quick fun mystery with the dynamic we remember from Princess Diaries - Heather Wells is a former teen pop star working at a college dorm so she can enroll in classes, trying to figure out what to do with her life. She is also living with a sexy private investigator, Cooper, who is the older brother of her former boy band fiance.
Then freshman girls are found dead, ostensibly from elevator surfing and Heather grows suspicious.

CaramelLunacy The unpleasant note for me was the very Noughties body positivity being expressed by body-shaming anyone smaller, which just felt ugly. 2y
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Charityann
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Meg Cabot never disappoints! Enjoyable and humorous read.😊📖📚

BethM I love this series! 4y
BethM I love this series! 4y
Librarianaut That series was really fun!! 4y
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tdrosebud
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📚 Size 12 is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
🎬 27 Dresses
🎤 Long Cool Woman (in a Black Dress) by The Hollies

#manicmonday @JoScho

JoScho Thanks for playing 💕👗 5y
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Librarybelle
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Heather Wells was a pop sensation in the 1980s, rivaling the Debbie Gibson‘s and Tiffany‘s of the music world. Now, she works at an university and lives with her ex‘s brother, who is very dreamy, in a dangerous sort of way. And, she solves murders.

I read this ages ago, and it is typical Cabot: lots of fluff with humor. It‘s also one of her adult series. #DooWop #LilithJuly

MidnightBookGirl I LOVE this series! 5y
KarenUK Love this title 😊💕👍 5y
Amabear Love Cabot 🙌🏻 I read all her teen books as a kid 5y
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julesG
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Don't ask me why I thought of these books for #YourBestAmericanGirl. I haven't even read them yet.

#NoFemmeber @Billypar @Cinfhen
#YesFemmeberInNovember

Cinfhen Great titles!! And fun interpretation for today‘s prompts!! 5y
AlaMich Those titles are the best! 5y
Liatrek This is one of my favorite books series ❤️ 5y
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Billypar Great titles! Messages like that are so important to promote in today's culture, especially in the U.S. 5y
LA_Mead I love this series! Hilarious! 5y
Librarianaut These books were so much fun to read! 5y
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Liatrek
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This was posted by Goodreads on Facebook and wanted to share 😊. 1. Heather Wells ( Size 12 is not Fat)
2. Eve Dallas ( In death series )
3. Elinor Dashwood ( Sense and sensibility) Which three are you?

EchoLogical This is way too hard for me to just pick 3 but I'll share it and tag you in the post. LoL 6y
jouleian 1) WillowDean (Dumplin') 2) Alaska (Looking for Alaska) 3) Fat Charlie (Anansi Boys) and I had to think really hard about that 😂😂😂 bc like @EchoLogical stated it's too hard to pick just 3. 6y
Liatrek @EchoLogical Lol I totally get that. If I was asked the same question tomorrow I might pick differently. But I picked Heather because I share her love of food, bubble baths and anti exercising. Eve for our shared love of coffee and anti social tendencies 😊 Elinor because we are both the oldest and often responsible for taking care of sister and mom. 6y
Liatrek @jouleian I have Dumplin and Anansi boys on my TBR pile hope to read them soon 😊 6y
jouleian @Liatrek AMAZING books and Anansi Boys is hysterical 6y
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vkois88
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Heather Wells leaves her #PopLife behind after her mother uses her and robs her blind of the money she made as a teen in the spotlight... to top it off, Heather also walks in on her longtime boyfriend in the middle of relations with another woman. So she does what any other self-respecting woman would do. She packs up, and rents an apartment from her ex's brother, then starts a new job as an RA at a dormitory in a New York college. ⬇⬇

vkois88 Things quickly go downhill when one of the students is found dead. Heather must solve the mystery before the school closes down the newly dubbed "Death Dorm." #PrinceofJuly @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Sounds good!! ❣️ 6y
vkois88 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks the whole series is pretty amusing 😊 6y
GripLitGrl Good book👍😎❤ 6y
vkois88 @GripLitGrl it is! Glad you think so as well ❤ 6y
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Audrey
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An enjoyable light mystery albeit slightly predictable and repetitive. It could use some editing (and how many times can someone say it‘s not a dorm but a residence hall?). But I liked it enough that book 2 will go on my tbr.

Liatrek I love this whole series ❤️It‘s the only series I‘ve read multiple times. I hope you like the next ones 😊 6y
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Liatrek
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1. The Heather Wells series is the one I‘ve read twice. Just love Heather and her college misfits❤️ 2. Guacamole on fries and burgers 3. I recommend 30 Rock. I love Liz Lemon 4. Tagging anyone who hasn‘t posted 😊 #Tuesdaytidbits

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LouBeth
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Loving this book so far.

OrangeMooseReads Now I really want Doritos but I can‘t eat them anymore 😭 6y
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RealLifeReading
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Not a typical read for me but since I was on a #bodypositive mood for #booked2018 (I've also been listening to Roxane Gay's Hunger), I wanted to give Meg Cabot a try as I've not read her books. It was an entertaining light read, something that was good to pop into while reading all those far heavier books I seem to have gotten myself into. But it's a kind of a 3 star read for me.

Cinfhen At least you checked that prompt off your list 💜😉 6y
RealLifeReading @Cinfhen I read two books for that prompt! 😀 6y
Cinfhen Maybe it can count towards another prompt 6y
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julesG
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Liatrek This my go to re-read when I need a good laugh. Fun series❤️ 6y
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TizJ3ss
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🔪Murder Mystery👗
Hi everyone! How's your first week of October going? I hope it's going well!! 🎃
I don't read a lot of murder mysteries, but I started this series because Meg Cabot is one of my favorite authors, and I am very glad I did! Heather Wells (the mc) makes me laugh out loud! Even though each mystery is solved in each book the series has such a great overarching plot! #octbbbooks #bookstagramersoflitsy #litsygram

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Liatrek
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#fallintobooks I think the Heather Wells books would make a great TV series. A retired young pop star, a dysfunctional college dorm, a hot detective roommate, a needy Pop star ex and murder 😊 who could ask for more!

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pri_bibliophile
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#melandprireadathon day 3: Chick Lit or Women's Fiction, chick lit for me. I finished book 2 a novella, I will by Lisa Kleypas. I loved it! Now onto book 3, Bound by Marriage by Nalini Singh.

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Librarybelle
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Heather Webber knows what #fame is...she was a teen pop sensation years ago. But, her record label dropped her for gaining weight (!), and so she eventually took up a job at an university working in the dorms. Except, things happen in her assigned dorm...people are murdered.

This is the first of a series written for adults. It's cutesy, so go into it with no expectations. Nice escape from reality. #septembowie

Marchpane Sounds fun! 7y
Cinfhen Echoing @Marchpane 💗I like how you sold it ~ cutesy 7y
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Liatrek
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1. Sleep- Naps should be for adults too!
2. Tacos- Chicken or Shrimp
3. Not sure- I traveled to the top of a mountain in Mysore, India but don't know the elevation
4. I wish I had a least favorite food 😊would help.
5. Heather Wells Series, Outlander Series, GOT series 😊 series count as 1 book to me.
#friyayintro

howjessicareads Sleep is delightful!! I'm always annoyed when my kids complain about bedtime. 😜 7y
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DelaneySinger
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cephareads I love Size 12 is not Fat!! 7y
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Liatrek
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#marchintoreading Day 6 this is my go to happy read 🎉🎉😂😂 I just love this series and all it's characters.

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Liatrek
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#feistyfeb Day3. This is my go to reread when I need a fun mental break from the crazy. Heather Wells is freaking adorable with her band of misfit college dorm residents that she plays den mother too. She loves food and dreads working out and admits to being to lazy to stand up in showers. It's a very enjoyable series.

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WendyL
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Nice way to start my Sunday. Relaxation is my game plan.

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WendyL
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Taking time for a nice light read

Smangela Loved this series 7y
Liatrek This is the one series I've read at least three times! Heather is my one of my fav fictional ladies. We could that'll be besties with our cream cheese bagels and lattes 😊 7y
WendyL So far I'm loving her. I can totally relate to funny female characters that don't take themselves too seriously. 7y
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Smangela
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So many great sleuths out there from Nancy Drew to Stephanie Plum to Richard Castle to Walt Longmire... one of my favorite #sleuths has got to be Heather Wells from Meg Cabot's Size 12 series - comical hijinks ensue. If you're a fan of Stephanie Plum especially I think you'd like this series #OctPhotoChallenge #Day26

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Liatrek
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#octphotochallenge My girl crush would have to fall to the average size, cream cheese bacon bagel loving, amateur detective Heather Wells. She is freaking adorable from mother goose role in a dysfunctional college dorm knows as Death dorm to her insane hidden crush on her ex boyfriends brother. This is the series I read over and over for a good laugh. I took all the books with me when I went to India to keep me company 😊

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Liatrek
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This is my go to re-read series when I need a good mental break and laugh.Heather Wells is one of my favorite female leads because she's so down to earth and funny. We share a love of cream cheese on bagels and fluctuating waist lines. It's super fun to read!

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Pinkmeghan
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This is pretty much all of the pure #whitespine books I have! They're all some of my favorites though! #augustphotochallenge #augustofpages

[DELETED] 2232195534 I love Dance Upon The Air and that whole trilogy! Three Sisters Island and witches - might be about time to reread these!! 😀 8y
rubyslippersreads Love the pencil cup! ❤️📚✏️ 8y
Pinkmeghan Thanks @MrBook and @rubyslippersreads ! @kaysreadinglife I get in the mood for a La Nora re-read every so often myself! 8y
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queerbookreader
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Cool book. Loved reading Meg's take on a mystery novel w/ a heroine; unlike many mysteries w/ female MCs, Heather is not by any means perfect. She is kind of a hot mess. It isn't idealistic like some mysteries I read. It's funny, dismal, and exciting. I 💛 u Meg

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queerbookreader
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Has started off really great. This is such a different vibe and style from Meg's normal style and I like it a looooot. I'm excited to keep reading it 😊