Chick Lit

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I've seen all that buzz on it! I read Marie Claire and Redbook and when I saw it in Redbook I was like "Oh! I know her!" Sorta. Kinda.



Congratulations and it's definitely on my read list. I'm in a book club so I might pimp it to them for the summer so everyone has to buy a copy.

I only know you from what you post here but I'm so proud that you wrote a whole book. That sounds so dorky but seriously. You wrote a book! A real book! Sold on Amazon--not some vanity publisher. That's huge!

[dragonfly80]

I read a book called Room for Improvement by Stacey Ballis a few weeks ago and loathed it. This might not be a good reason to hate but the heroine in it was heavy, like she kept talking about being a pretty large size yet she was super promiscuous. I'm not saying that it would have been better if she was thin but she kept going on about being big, then she'd eat an unholy amount of crap and sleep with a random guy. By the end of the book she'd slept with like 3 different guys and it was just disgusting to me. She needed some self esteem, a diet, and a psychiatrist to help her get over her issues. Amazon readers gave it 5 stars with 11 reviews.

I guess I'm sort of a literary prude, I hate that books are supposed to be realistic and all about today's modern women because the woman has sex with a lot of men and doesn't sustain a real relationship with them.

[kore]

freelancergirl said:

I mentioned this a few months ago in the What are You Reading Thread, but my novel, The Department of Lost and Found, was released two weeks ago by HarperCollins. It's being catagorized as "women's fiction" b/c it's heavier than most chick lit, but if you like CL, you might like my book! Cosmo, Marie Claire and Redbook (which selected it for its May Book Club picked) have all raved about it.

God, I hope this doesn't come across like a total promotionally-whoring post! And if it does, I apologize! I chat in the celeb threads but lurk here and am finally coming out of my shell!

If you can't blab here safely, where can you blab?

I just read the synopsis online and looks like a good read. Will definitely pick it up!

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dragonfly80 said:

I read a book called Room for Improvement by Stacey Ballis a few weeks ago and loathed it. This might not be a good reason to hate but the heroine in it was heavy, like she kept talking about being a pretty large size yet she was super promiscuous. I'm not saying that it would have been better if she was thin but she kept going on about being big, then she'd eat an unholy amount of crap and sleep with a random guy. By the end of the book she'd slept with like 3 different guys and it was just disgusting to me. She needed some self esteem, a diet, and a psychiatrist to help her get over her issues. Amazon readers gave it 5 stars with 11 reviews.

I guess I'm sort of a literary prude, I hate that books are supposed to be realistic and all about today's modern women because the woman has sex with a lot of men and doesn't sustain a real relationship with them.

I know what you mean. Maybe it's because I'm married and my life in no way resembles that anymore---honestly, it didn't when I was single but maybe it did for some friends so I was more patient with it?

Who knows?

I guess that's why I enjoy the ones that are more silly than skanky. Like the Meg Cabot books. Or the Marian Keyes books. Or even the Anna Maxted's. They're always about a little more than martinis, shoes and sex. It might be about a boy but there's usually more going on with work or family life.

I just read A Tale of Two Sisters and really enjoyed it. Maybe because of what I'm going through now but it was nice because it was about two sisters and they're struggle with trying to get pregnant and how it affects their relationships with each other and also their spouses. Not the typical fluff.

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I'm a big fan of Meg Cabot's books as well. I just finished the second Heather Wells one and have Queen of Gossip waiting for me.

I just finished a really great book - God-Shaped Hole by Tiffanie DeBartolo. It wasn't at all what I was expecting and really enjoyed it. That, and the "Slightly" series by Wendy Markham. I've read the first two and they were fun reading. I also finished Good in Bed and Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner and really enjoyed them as well. I've just been on a HUGE CL kick lately.

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I've mostly liked the Meg Cabot books that I read, but just this weekend I read Queen of Babble and was not impressed at all. First of all, the basic premise seemed to be ripped off from Can You Keep a Secret by Sophie Kinsella. Also, the main character was supposed to be cute and funny and quirkly with witty little asides (also, just like Becky from Kinsella's Shopoholic books) but it just didn't work for me. She was annoying and really boring with her constant obsession about the oral sex. I mean, I can understand why she'd be cringing about it, and all, but it just got so boring to read about on literally every other page in the book for the next several chapters that I didn't care and was just like, it happened, you did it, now get over it already!

[Maddiemoo]

I almost bought Queen of Babble this weekend, but just trying to get through the first page was stressing. I like that Meg Cabot writes in a sort of casual voice, but this one just seemed way too spazzy and all over the place, so I passed. I do like her other books, though, so maybe I'll brave it if I find it used.

[stillmecholo]

stargirl said:

I've mostly liked the Meg Cabot books that I read, but just this weekend I read Queen of Babble and was not impressed at all. First of all, the basic premise seemed to be ripped off from Can You Keep a Secret by Sophie Kinsella. Also, the main character was supposed to be cute and funny and quirkly with witty little asides (also, just like Becky from Kinsella's Shopoholic books) but it just didn't work for me.

I liked Can You Keep a Secret, but OMG did I hate the Shopaholic books. I read the first one and though it was OK but I could not get through the second one. Becky did not learn a single thing from the first book and I really, really wanted to punch her.

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Aww, see I read Queen of Babble today and enjoyed it.

[kore]

sarcasticcheese said:

Aww, see I read Queen of Babble today and enjoyed it.

I read it when I came out in hardcover awhile ago, and liked it. I do however like her Heather Wells stories more (Probably because I live in the area that these stories take place and can visualize a lot of it more so).