Amazing Arts: Sue Ellen's GIrl Ain't Fat, She Just Weighs Heavy by Shellie Rushing Tomlinson

I am tickled pink to be hosting a book blog tour stop for author Shellie Rushing Tomlinson, and her new book, "Sue Ellen's Girl Ain't Fat, She Just Weighs Heavy."

About The Book:

Shelly Rushing Tomlinson, the bestselling author of "Suck Your Stomach In & Put Some Color On!" returns with more helpful how-to's and keen observations from Dixie in her new book, "Sue Ellen's Girl Aint Fait, She Just Weighs Heavy."

Guided by principles from the ancient Belle Doctrine, the host of radio and television's "All Things Southern" offers down-home advice on everything from health and fitness-managing thy caloric calculations without going Straight Running Crazy and surviving the Raging Inferno Syndrome (aka hot flashes)-to the Southern art of handling your man (Bubba Whispering).

Whether giving business tips or debunking the Big Boned Theory, making political observations or celebrating the inevitable resurgence of big hair, Shellie is an adviser women can relate to and laugh with regardless of their age or which side of the Mason-Dixon they call home.

If you want a book that will leave you weak from laughing, and one that will have you nodding your head saying "Uh huh" in agreement, Shellie's book is the book for you!

Part advice book, part cookbook (oh the recipes!!!) and all one-hundred percent pure entertainment, "Sue Ellen's Girl Ain't Fat, She Just Weighs Heavy" is just an absolute joy to read. In this volume of what I hope will be an on-going series, Shellie gives her opinion and advice on menopause, social medias, manners, even a political thought or two. At the end of each chapter, she includes some of the most lip-smacking, soul-comforting, deeee-lish-ious sounding Southern recipes that I've encountered in a good long while - they sound so good, they'll make you want to slap your momma! (It's a Southern saying, ya'll - we really don't slap our mommas down here!)

So pull up a rocking chair on Shellie's front porch and sit a'spell to visit with one of the funniest ladies of Southern humor since Miss Fannie Flagg! You will be smiling the whole time, I guarantee it!

Link to buy the book: http://www.amazon.com/Ellens-Girl-Aint-Weighs-Heavy/dp/0425240851/ref=sprightly-20

About the Facebook Party:

To celebrate the Sue Ellen’s release, Shellie is having a Facebook Party! Join Shellie and the gang on June 2nd at 5:00 PM PST (6 MST, 7 CST, 8 EST) for a Southern style shin-dig! She'll be dishing on Bubba Whispering, debunking the Big Boned Theory, and how to manage going Straight Running Crazy. If you don't know what any of that is, then be sure to pick up a copy of the book (Not necessary to join the fun! Who knows - you might win a copy!) and join us at 5:00 pm on June 2nd at Shellie's Facebook page. And tell your friends - she's giving away copies of her books and some great gift certificates.

About The Author:

Shellie Rushing Tomlinson and her husband Phil live and farm in the Louisiana Delta.

Shellie is the author of "Lessons Learned on Bull Run Road," "Twas the Night Before the Very First Christmas," "Southern Comfort with Shellie Rushing Tomlinson," and the Penguin Group USA release, "Suck Your Stomach In and Put Some Color On," which was voted Nonfiction Finalist of 2009 by SIBA Independent Booksellers Alliance.

Tomlinson is owner and publisher of "All Things Southern" and the host of the weekly radio show "All Things Southern" as well as a weekly video segment by the same name. Listeners also hear Shellie in her All Things Southern radio segments aired across the South. Shellie writes a weekly inspirational feature in Newsstar and a monthly print and online column for Lousiana Road Trips.

When Shellie isn't writing, speaking, taping her show, answering email or writing content for the next deadline, you can find her playing tennis with Dixie Belle, (the chocolate lab who thinks she is in charge of running Shellie's life).

Be sure to check out her website at http://www.allthingssouthern.com/

My thanks to Litfuse Book Group for including me on this tour and for the review copy. I was not compensated for my opinions.

If you'd like to check out other blogs featuring Shellie's book, here is the tour list -

5/18

Julie at The Surrendered Scribe http://juliearduini.com

Wendy at Wall-to-Wall books http://wall-to-wall-books.blogspot.com/

Tarena at Laughing Family http://laughingfamily.blogspot.com

5/19

Susie at Scraps of Life http://cafescrapper-scrapsoflife.blogspot.com

Glenda at Authors Book Corner http://www.AuthorsBookCorner.blogspot.com

Sharon's Garden of Book Reviews http://sharonsgardenofbookreviews.blogspot.com

5/20

Heidi at Starts At Eight http://www.startsateight.com

Karla at Ramblin' Roads http://ramblinroadstoeverywhere.blogspot.com

Hope at A Little Hope...Amidst the Chaos http://a-little-hope.com