Chick Lit

The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop & Cafe

2014, Books in Bed, Chick Lit, Fiction /

Pure chicklit, that’s what The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop & Cafe is. It was a fun and quick read. I enjoyed the trips to The Antler the most. It was a little hard to believe that neither Ellen or her mother knew anything about Ruth’s history with art. I can’t imagine how she’d have kept that kind of thing a secret — why her husband wouldn’t have encouraged her to paint. It doesn’t make much sense, really. So odd.

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Someday, Someday, Maybe

1 Comment / 2013, Audiobooks, Books in Bed, Chick Lit, Favorites /

When I heard Lauren Graham had written a novel, I knew I had to read it. But, I also knew it was highly likely that I’d hate it and hate myself for reading it.

Lauren Graham is Lorelai.

The only hope for me was — either Someday, Someday, Maybe book is so completely different that I forget who wrote it or it’s so Lorelai that I felt comfortable with the characters and the storyline.

Knowing that, I had to decide whether I wanted the print version or the audio version. Discovering Lauren Graham read the audio version didn’t make the decision any easier. See above. Either/or.

I ended up reserving both the print and the audio versions. I figured I’d go with whichever arrived at the library first… the print version arrived BUT I noticed the audio version was in transit and sure enough, it was waiting for me two days later.

I bit the bullet and took the print version back unread… and we started listening.

Oy.

Disconcerting at first but it grew on us quickly, (as Lauren Graham is so good at doing, right?)

At one point, we were picking up the little kids and I decided to freak them out by turning the cd on… mid-story.

They loved it. Immediately loved it.

And while they didn’t listen to the whole thing along with us, they did listen to bits and pieces and were in the car for the ending… which caused them to HOWL in outrage that it was OVER like THAT and WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

And omg you’d have thought Gilmore Girls was ending all over again.

I’m calling this a big win for us. We had a little bit of Lorelai-like fun and I’m very glad I went with the audio version. I suspect we wouldn’t have enjoyed the print version nearly as much.

(tiny note to self: we read this in May and it was counted in my May totals.)

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Farewell, Dorothy Parker

2013, Books in Bed, Chick Lit, Favorites, Women /

Total impulse pick up because I like Dorothy Parker and because Michelle really, really likes Dorothy Parker. How could I not pick up a book where the ghost of Dorothy Parker arrives to help a movie critic (and everyone else she meets) get her life in order.

Turns out the book critic helps Mrs. Parker and everyone lived happily ever after, except Dorothy Parker (who was dead) but she was happy with the way it ended too.

Farewell, Dorothy Parker is fun chick lit for those who like Dorothy Parker.

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The Shoemaker’s Wife

2012, Books in Bed, Chick Lit, Favorites, Fiction /

If you’re an Adriana Trigiani fan, you won’t need any encouragement to read The Shoemaker’s Wife. It will be exactly what you expected and you won’t want to put it down. Probably.

I am a fan but I had a hard time getting into the book, at first – once the brothers settled into the convent, I settled in and I enjoyed every page. I think my problem was that I expected Catarina to be a lead character, I didn’t expect the boys (or just Ciro, really) to be the lead so the beginning threw me.

The ending came a little fast for me, too. I didn’t need to be “surprised” like Enza was. I knew it was coming and would have liked to see it happen, ya know? More of Laura would have been nice and it would have fit with the theme of best friends/replacement mothers.

Like she needs me to re-write her ending, right?

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Cottage at Glass Beach

2012, Books in Bed, Chick Lit, Sci Fi and Fantasy /

I thought The Cottage at Glass Beach was going to be a summer chick lit type read. It was a little more fantasy and myth than I expected. Selkies and such. I liked it, though I had a hard time caring about any of the characters for the first 50 or so pages – but by the end, I liked them all. I’d rather have read the story of the generation before Nora’s – that seems like the more interesting one. Maeve & Maire… sisters. Much more interesting than the only child Nora with daughters of her own…

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The Welcome Committee of Butternut Creek

2012, Books in Bed, Chick Lit, Fiction /

When TW finished The Welcome Committee of Butternut Creek, I asked her how it was. She told me it was amusing and my response was, “Cool.”  She said, “Why? You won’t read this.” I asked her why she thought this – if it was amusing, why wouldn’t I read it. She rambled off some things about it, while I stared at her. When she finished, I said, “Again, why won’t I read that?”  I mean, what’s not to like about it?

Light reading.

Quirky town.

New, young minister with “widows” to deal with.

There’s absolutely nothing to dislike about this, if you like fun, light, fiction. Heck, it’s a series and I might have to read another one to see what happens with the good Pastor and the widows.

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The Meryl Streep Movie Club

2012, Books in Bed, Chick Lit, Favorites, Fiction /

The Meryl Streep Movie Club is exactly the kind of book I would not have known about, much less read, if it had not been for book blogs and Sassymonkey who tells me about books like this. Life is much better because of book blogs and Sassymonkey who reads them all for me so that I only have to read a few.

This was the perfect chick lit novel for a busy work week. It also caused TW to want to watch Meryl Streep movies (which we did, but that didn’t keep her from confusing Meryl Streep with Brooke Shields a few days later.)

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