Review: Slim to None by Jenny Gardiner

Title: Slim to None
Author:  Jenny Gardiner
Format: Kindle (for iPad)
Genre: Contemporary Fic
Source: Personal Copy
Published:  April 27th 2010 by Diversion Books
My Rating: ♥ ♥ 1/2

From Goodreads:

Abbie Jennings is Manhattan's top food critic until her expanding waistline makes staying incognito at restaurants impossible. Her cover blown on Page Six of the New York Post, her editor has no choice but to bench her—and suggest she use the time off to bench-press her way back to anonymity. Abbie’s life has been built around her career, and therefore around celebrating food. Forced to drop the pounds if she wants her primo gig back, Abbie must peel back the layers of her past and confront the fears that have led to her current life. 

 I grabbed Slim to None on Amazon this past week, it popped up on the "People who bought htis also bought..." list, I liked the idea of a food critic going on a diet, and it was cheap. My perfect combination! *lol* And it was a pretty good, quick and fluffy read. 

There was so much I liked about Abbie, she was a great main character with a great personality and a good job. And I suppose, in many ways she was realistic - and that may have been just what I didn't like about her. I didn't like that she kept a HUGE secret from her husband, I didn't like that she was so wrapped up in her job that she ignored her husband and that she refused to talk about her life with him. 

There was lots I loved about this book - I loved the storyline about George (the Homeless man) and the work storyline with the sneaky job stealing coworker. I liked Abbie's husband, and I appreciated the wrap up with her personal family story. I loved reading Abbie's column in the paper as well; that was a neat touch.

I did enjoy this book, it was a quick fun read. I was just disappointed in a lot of little things with this book that dragged it down for me. If you're looking for something light with a little humor - this is definitely the book!