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7 days of books:Day 1 - A good read

Bob Toovey : 9 January 2006

For the next 7 days we are featuring books relating to size and self acceptance. That includes fact and fiction and the odd book about cooking. We kick off our series with two good reads

Cereal Killer: A Savannah Reid Mystery - By G.A. McKevett

I took a look at Amazon to find out more about this book but I could only find a short synopsis.

In a world where stick thin women adorn fashion magazines and silver screens, plus-sized private eye Savannah Reid is grateful for the wild success - and fabulous fashion tips - of full figured model Cait Connor. When Cait is found dead after months of extreme dieting, everyone assumes the risky regimen did her in. But then a second full figured model meets an untimely end, and it's time to weigh the facts...and search for suspects.

However the reason I am mentioning it all is the plot line. It is not one I have heard of before and the leading character is plus sized AND it seems to be making a dig at the fashion industry, seems like a good start!

Here are the links for Amazon UK and US

The Sterkarm Handshake - By Susan Price

This is a science fiction book and a historical book and highly detailed to boot. The plot revolves around a team from the 21st century who travel through a time tube and take part in the lives of the Sterkarm clan in 16th-century England. One of the characters, Andrea falls in love with one the young clansman. The book details how the clan lives and how they deal with the time travellers. Things go bad to worse, the sense of conflict increases and the action becomes both increasingly violent and increasingly complicated.

Andrea is a ‘fat girl’ who feels more worthy and better suited to the 16th century. So an added angle of self worth and body image combines with what seems a good plot.

There is a follow up book called Sterkarm Kiss where Andrea gets chance to travel back to the 16th century again, mainly because she feels she does not fit in to her world due to her size.

Here are the links for Amazon UK and US

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