Chick Lit
Check out these Chick Lit titles.
Bridget Jones by Helen Fielding - if you missed Bridget Jones somehow, this has to be your first stop in Chick Lit reading. Real, ridiculous, hilarious, and just like the girl inside all of us, she makes unreachable goals, chases after the wrong guy, blunders through what could be incredibly awkward and embarrassing moments and keeps her chin up the whole way through. Love.
The true and outstanding adventures of the Hunt Sisters by Elisabeth Robinson - "Olivia Hunt's Hollywood life has come to a grinding halt. A hotshot producer accustomed to first-class amenities, Olivia has just been unceremoniously fired after her last movie tanked. Her boyfriend, Michael, has dumped her. And she's not the blonde she used to be: dark roots are coming in at an alarming rate. her next project is a well-crafted suicide note."
Dedication by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus - Kate Holliss ex-boyfriends face plasters newsstands and TV, the Internet, and the multiplex. Jake Sharpe is one of the biggest recording stars on the planet, and every song hes famous for is about Kate. For over a decade his soundtrack has chased her - from the gym to the supermarket, from the dentists office to the bars. Now thirty-year-old Kate gets the call that Jake has finally landed back in their Vermont hometown for an MTV special. The moment she has been waiting for has arrived. On the eve of their prom, Jake Sharpe vanished, resurfacing when his song “Losing” - about his and Kates first sexual experience - shot to the top of the Billboard charts. And the hits kept coming, each more personal than the one before. Now Kate gets her chance to confront Jake and reclaim her past.
Sophie Kinsella - they may have created this category just for her. Each of her books could fit in here and are all equally fun. Confessions of a Shopaholic, Twenties Girl, The Undomestic Goddess, Remember Me?, and many more.
A Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank - "Generous-hearted and wickedly insightful, The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing maps the progress of Jane Rosenal as she sets out on a personal and spirited expedition through the perilous terrain of sex, love, and relationships as well as the treacherous waters of the workplace. With an unforgettable comic touch, Bank skillfully teases out issues of the heart, puts a new spin on the mating dance, and captures in perfect pitch what it's like to be a young woman coming of age in America today" (from GoodReads.com)
The Last Original Wife by Dorthea Benton Frank - "an intoxicating tale of
friendship and love that is as refreshing as a soothing breeze across a
golden lowcountry marsh and as invigorating as a dip in cool, salty
waters on a sizzling South Carolina summer day...Leslie Anne Greene
Carter is the last original wife among her husband's group of cronies.
They've all traded in their first wives-the middle-aged women they long
ago promised to love and cherish 'til death did them part-for riper
peaches: younger . . . blonder . . . more enhanced models" (from GoodReads.com)
Yankee Doodle Dixie by Lisa Patton - Returning to her home in the South, Leelee Satterfield opens another restaurant but finds returning to her former life challenged by memories of the Vermont man who stole her heart and the daiquiri-laced advice of her three best friends.
P. S. I love you - if you somehow missed this one, it is really the ultimate journey to finding one's self, and through the eyes of one who loves you. As the heroine follows letters and notes left for her by her deceased husband, she finds peace with his life ending and a new place for hers to begin.
Bridget Jones by Helen Fielding - if you missed Bridget Jones somehow, this has to be your first stop in Chick Lit reading. Real, ridiculous, hilarious, and just like the girl inside all of us, she makes unreachable goals, chases after the wrong guy, blunders through what could be incredibly awkward and embarrassing moments and keeps her chin up the whole way through. Love.The true and outstanding adventures of the Hunt Sisters by Elisabeth Robinson - "Olivia Hunt's Hollywood life has come to a grinding halt. A hotshot producer accustomed to first-class amenities, Olivia has just been unceremoniously fired after her last movie tanked. Her boyfriend, Michael, has dumped her. And she's not the blonde she used to be: dark roots are coming in at an alarming rate. her next project is a well-crafted suicide note."
Dedication by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus - Kate Holliss ex-boyfriends face plasters newsstands and TV, the Internet, and the multiplex. Jake Sharpe is one of the biggest recording stars on the planet, and every song hes famous for is about Kate. For over a decade his soundtrack has chased her - from the gym to the supermarket, from the dentists office to the bars. Now thirty-year-old Kate gets the call that Jake has finally landed back in their Vermont hometown for an MTV special. The moment she has been waiting for has arrived. On the eve of their prom, Jake Sharpe vanished, resurfacing when his song “Losing” - about his and Kates first sexual experience - shot to the top of the Billboard charts. And the hits kept coming, each more personal than the one before. Now Kate gets her chance to confront Jake and reclaim her past.
Sophie Kinsella - they may have created this category just for her. Each of her books could fit in here and are all equally fun. Confessions of a Shopaholic, Twenties Girl, The Undomestic Goddess, Remember Me?, and many more.
A Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank - "Generous-hearted and wickedly insightful, The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing maps the progress of Jane Rosenal as she sets out on a personal and spirited expedition through the perilous terrain of sex, love, and relationships as well as the treacherous waters of the workplace. With an unforgettable comic touch, Bank skillfully teases out issues of the heart, puts a new spin on the mating dance, and captures in perfect pitch what it's like to be a young woman coming of age in America today" (from GoodReads.com)
The Last Original Wife by Dorthea Benton Frank - "an intoxicating tale of
friendship and love that is as refreshing as a soothing breeze across a
golden lowcountry marsh and as invigorating as a dip in cool, salty
waters on a sizzling South Carolina summer day...Leslie Anne Greene
Carter is the last original wife among her husband's group of cronies.
They've all traded in their first wives-the middle-aged women they long
ago promised to love and cherish 'til death did them part-for riper
peaches: younger . . . blonder . . . more enhanced models" (from GoodReads.com)Yankee Doodle Dixie by Lisa Patton - Returning to her home in the South, Leelee Satterfield opens another restaurant but finds returning to her former life challenged by memories of the Vermont man who stole her heart and the daiquiri-laced advice of her three best friends.
P. S. I love you - if you somehow missed this one, it is really the ultimate journey to finding one's self, and through the eyes of one who loves you. As the heroine follows letters and notes left for her by her deceased husband, she finds peace with his life ending and a new place for hers to begin.
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