Barbara Freethy’s Some Kind of Wonderful is a story about a “no roots” guy and a “left almost at the altar” gal brought together by a baby dropped on their doorstep.
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Ex and the Single Girl
The novel Ex and the Single Girl, by Lani Diane Rich, is a quick read and the story has promise, but it would have been much better if it had just been told in a straightforward manner. The wacky (read: borderline insane and extremely annoying) family and all of the secrets are meant to add […]
In Search of a Love Story
Rachel Schurig’s In Search of a Love Story starts off with an interesting premise: can life without chick lit and chick flicks lead to romantic difficulties? If a woman hasn’t read Pride and Prejudice, how can she be expected to recoganize obvious clues about what kind of guys she’s dating?
Elly in Bloom
Elly in Bloom, by Colleen Oakes, is the floweriest book I’ve ever read. I know I’ve read other chick lit featuring florists, but this one describes flowers and bouquets and wedding arrangements in exquisite-verging-on-excruciating detail. It’s kind of fun, but it gets a bit tedious.
Love Stuck
Susie Gilmore’s Love Stuck is based on a cute idea: the protagonist can’t decide between two men, so about halfway through the book, she leaves it up to you: read only the left-hand pages for Bachelor #1, and only the right-hand pages for Bachelor #2. When I was a kid, I loved the Choose Your […]
Love Regifted
Part love story, part family drama, Stephanie Haddad’s Love Regifted doesn’t really manage to pull off either one. The story about the new love interest was fine, but the old one was absurd (see spoilers, below). And pretty much everything related to the mysterious phone call was both obvious (I knew immediately what was going […]
Out of the Blue
Isabel Wolff will always remain one of my favorite chick lit authors, even though I was incredibly disappointed by her third book, Out of the Blue. It’s the story of a woman whose husband has an affair and leaves her, sort of, but never manages to completely make the break – and she doesn’t really […]
Welcome to My Planet
Shannon Olson, the eponymous heroine of Shannon Olson’s Welcome to My Planet (Where English Is Sometimes Spoken) is a mess: bad job, worse credit, crazy family, and terrible taste in men. There are a few funny moments, and the writing is pretty good, but it’s just too far out there – what kind of self-respecting […]
Straight Talking
Jane Green’s first book, Straight Talking, is not her best. Tasha is both shallow and selfish, and I couldn’t root for her no matter how hard I tried. At one point she found out something hurtful and I actually thought “serves you right!” (She said as much to herself, too, but that still wasn’t enough […]