I love Jenny Colgan books, and Meet Me at the Cupcake Café is even better than the usual fare because it combines two of my favorite things: sweet and funny chick lit with yummy food. When protagonist Issy Randall is made redundant (American translation: laid off), she decides to follow her dream of opening a […]

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 […]