And that side only comes out when necessary, like, again, a real teen. This girl could describe microwaved catfish to me and I would still be salivating.īluebelle also has another side to her, and it’s a tad bit whiny, I think, but it’s not overwhelming, so it’s cool. Oh, and the food… she talks about all of her favorite foods like she’s performing spoken poetry, and it will make you hungry. Honestly, you forget her size most of the time, and you just have to laugh at the things she says there’s so many subtle jokes. It’s like, finally, a teen character that actually acts and talks like a real teen!īluebelle, our MC, is overweight, and that’s kind of the main point of the whole book, but you never feel like that’s her main trait. Here’s what it’s got going for it… An Amazing Main Character Not the best, though, either, but it’s certainly a refresher for me after all the not-so-amazing reads I feel I’ve been trying lately. *Note– This book has also been published under the title Big Bones. Or, maybe more specifically, Bridget Jones’s Diary for teens. Really, I feel like it’s chick lit for teens. As for the food diary, though, BB doesn’t just document what she’s eating, she documents what she’s feeling–and she has a lot to say!”
Suddenly, losing weight and moving more are the least of her worries. Then a tragedy occurs in the family, and things get seriously complicated. To get out of this immediate health crisis, she agrees to make an effort. There, she is told that she is overweight (no surprise) and prediabetic (big surprise) and must lose weight, move more, and keep a food diary. When BB has a worse-than-usual asthma attack, her mom insists she go to the doctor. “Sixteen-year-old Bluebelle, also known as BB or Big Bones, lives her life unapologetically. The Book Cover and Description, Taken from Goodreads:
The book follows along what she has written, although it’s not read like true diary entry by diary entry–the scenes come and go like a normal read. The Book Overviewīasically, this book is about a technically overweight teen who is told by a doctor to keep a food diary, and then that food diary becomes more of a real diary. And it was a tad unique, so… “cute” it is. And… I am not disappointed with this one!Īll in all, I would call it “cute.” Not perfect, but not terrible by a long shot. Yeah, I’m a slow reader, even when I’m technically being read to, haha.īut, anyway, I settled on My Ideal Boyfriend Is a Croissant because, hey, same, girl. And, well, I happened to finish it in record time–just 2 weeks for me. Okay, so… seeing as how I had a lot of time on my hands over this past winter “break”… and, yes, break in quotations because y’all know I’ve always got to keep myself busy, but I still had some extra time to fill around the holidays… I decided to pick up a hot n’ fresh new read.
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