I’m not usually a huge fan of “chick lit” authors, but Marian Keyes is one that I have always enjoyed. Her characters are lively and there is typically something going on in her books that is a little more serious. In some of her books there are women who are widowed, facing drug problems or [...]
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Something Blue by Emily Giffin
I have to admit that I may have made a mistake in reading this book as I had never read Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin. My understanding (now) is that Something Blue is a sequel involving many of the same characters but told through a different character’s view. I do plan to go back and [...]
Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
I grew up reading Judy Blume books. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret was one of those books all of my friends read and it pushed the envelope a little bit as far as youth books went for it’s frank discussion of the details of puberty. When I heard that Judy Blume had started [...]
Dune Road by Jane Green
This is the newest book by Jane Green that came out over the summer. It is another light, airy, chick lit type of book set in Highfield, Connecticut. For those who have read previous Jane Green books, this town is a familiar one even including some familiar characters from past books. Some of the themes [...]
Angels by Marian Keyes
This is one of the books that Marian Keyes wrote about the Walsh sisters. I already have written about Anybody Out There? which was about Anna, one of the younger sisters. Angels is about Margaret, or Maggie, the oldest of the Walsh girls. I’ve read all of her books about the Walshes and I have [...]
One Fifth Avenue by Candace Bushnell
I wasn’t sure what to expect from Candace Bushnell’s newest book, One Fifth Avenue. Everyone knows her best for the Sex and the City series and while I never read it or watched it on television, I enjoyed the recent movie more then I would care to admit. With that in mind I tried to [...]
Baby Proof by Emily Giffin
This story brings together many of the different issues faced when trying to decide whether or not to start a family. Claudia Parr is the main character and she has known her whole life that she does not want to be a mother…and she had pretty much given up on finding a man who did [...]
A Tale of Two Sisters by Anna Maxted
From one extreme to the other, this book, A Tale of Two Sisters, is a lot lighter then the last book I wrote about. Anna Maxted has written several other books that I have enjoyed so when I saw this one I didn’t have to think twice. This book is about two sisters who are [...]
Anybody Out There? by Marian Keyes
Marian Keyes is one of my favorite chic lit authors. Anybody Out There? is a continuation of a series of books that she has written about the Walsh family. The Walsh family is an Irish family consisting of five girls. This book is the story of Anna and starts with her at home in Ireland [...]