Is there anything more fun than reminiscing about old movies with new friends? In Looking for Andrew McCarthy, Jenny Colgan not only offers a great chick lit novel (girl gets dumped and goes on an impossible quest across the US), but also a look back at all those brat pack movies that I loved (and [...]

I love wacky books, and Talking to Addison, by Jenny Colgan, doesn’t disappoint. The narrator lives with a bunch of misfits, one of whom she is determined to befriend, despite his evident lack of interest in talking to her. The whole book is very funny, but there are a few truly hilarious, tears-rolling-down-your-face moments, and [...]