Chick Lit

Mini Reviews

February 15, 2012

Sadly, I fell WAY behind on my 2011 reviews. So, occasionally, I’ll be posting mini reviews to help catch up. This is round two. Check out round one, if you like. Though they all deserve their own posts, this will have to do. Wintergirls, by Laurie Halse Anderson Rating: My third encounter with Laurie Halse [...]

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A Field Guide To Burying Your Parents, by Liza Palmer

March 9, 2010

Title: A Field Guide To Burying Your Parents Author: Liza Palmer Pages: 304 Publisher: Hachette Copyright: 2010 Format: Paperback Rating: ____________________________ When Grace Hawkes’s mother died five years ago, she bolted from her life and shut down emotionally. She cut off contact with her three siblings and left her boyfriend. Now, her father, who abandoned [...]

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Everyone is Beautiful, by Katherine Center

July 5, 2009

Title: Everyone is Beautiful Author: Katherine Center Pages: 256 Publisher: Ballantine Books Copyright: 2009 Format: Hardback Rating: ____________________________ I read this book for my new book club. And every single person in the group liked or loved this book. In fact, one member found it to be a life-changing experience. Lanie Coates, her husband Peter, [...]

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The Actor and the Housewife, by Shannon Hale

June 22, 2009

Title: The Actor and the Housewife Author: Shannon Hale Pages: 352 Publisher: Bloomsbury Copyright: 2009 Format: Hardback Rating: ____________________________ I feel a special bond with Shannon Hale. I’ve read most of her books. She is a local Utah author. I obsessively read her blog. And I’ve met her. So, I was ecstatic to receive an [...]

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The Boy Next Door, by Meg Cabot

September 28, 2008

The Boy Next Door, by Meg Cabot, is told exclusively through emails, which is a fun update to epistolatory tales.  Even though Mel lives in Manhattan and is a gossip columnist, she cares.  She cares enough to check in on her neighbor and discover her after a brutal attack.  She cares enought to assume the care of [...]

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Comfort Food, by Kate Jacobs

May 19, 2008

I requested Comfort Food from my local library after Trish’s pseudo-review of it. (In fact, she blames her inability to review other books on CF’s readability.) I have, of course, seen The Friday Night Knitting Club sitting on the bestseller’s shelf of my local Borders for months. Trish though, made me want to read CF [...]

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Love Walked In, by Marisa de los Santos

April 18, 2008

For the first two-thirds of this book, I was in love. The prose was so taut and engaging, I didn’t want to put the darn book down (even though I am technically supposed to be reading Emma). The cultural references alone (books, movies, music) were enough to keep me riveted. I loved the pert and [...]

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