It feels like I've been reading Half of Me forever--when I started my weight-loss blog one million years ago, Jennette Fulda, aka PastaQueen, had already been on the weight-loss blogging scene for a million years before that, writing intelligently, engagingly, frequently brilliantly about her health and fitness efforts. She's always been inspiring and funny and smart and level-headed and such a pleasure to read, and then she went and got a book deal and we all said yay! and holy crap! and that is so cool.

Finally, the book--Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir--is out in stores, and it's our next selection for the Elastic Waist Book Club. We'll devour it this weekend, and start talking about it on Wednesday. As always, here are some links to get you started:

• Jennette's blog
• The official book site
• The Amazon reviews
• A fancy New York Times mention
• The very cool cover picture featured in The Eagle Tribune