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Eliz87
| Tuesday, September 02, 2003 - 10:15 am
I have been really getting into this genre lately. I LOVE the Marian Keyes books. I have read Watermelon, Rachel's Holiday, Angels, Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married and Last Chance Saloon in the past three months. I just finished "The Devil Wears Prada" by Lauren (?) Weisberger (I LOVED this book) and am getting ready to read "The Thin Pink Line." Granted, these are not literary classics, but they are enjoyable reads (I like to laugh when I read, and I hate "romance" novels), and great tools of escapism for this 30-something housewife and stay-at-home mom. :-)
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Honey51
| Tuesday, September 02, 2003 - 11:56 am
Eliz, Have you read the Stephanie Plum books by Janet Evonavich? They are "laugh out loud" funny. I read "The Devil Wears PradA" and really enjoyed it.
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Kaili
| Tuesday, September 02, 2003 - 12:02 pm
I also read The Devil wears Prada- it was a good one. I read one Plum one (can't remember the title). My favorites have been the Shopoholic series though.... I started reading Last Chance Saloon...still have it but never got into it. I think I read 2 chapters.
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Lizajane
| Tuesday, September 02, 2003 - 3:54 pm
I just finished Marian Keyes' "Sushi for Beginners" I loved it! I just "discovered" this genre (romantic comedy?) and I'll read anything I can get my hands on. I'll definitely be trying more Marian Keyes, and I've also really enjoyed Jennifer Cruisie, Suzann Ledbetter and Emily Carmichael
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Alegria
| Tuesday, September 02, 2003 - 4:35 pm
Try Nancy Martin ('Dead Men Don't Wear Diamons' & 'How to Murder a Millionaire'). She reminds me of Evanovich but I prefer her writing style. She is like a mixture of Jennifer Crusie & Evanovich.
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Seamonkey
| Tuesday, September 02, 2003 - 10:17 pm
The Nanny Diaries... And Jennifer Weiner's books, Good in Bed and In Her Shoes.. good reads..
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Marysafan
| Monday, September 08, 2003 - 6:59 am
I just finished "The Cape May" by Faith Sullivan. I highly recommend it.
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Crazydog
| Monday, September 08, 2003 - 2:35 pm
I was at Barnes and Noble and they had this whole shelf devoted to these types of books. It's funny. They're all about the same size, have a cartoonish picture on the cover. Since I'm not a chick, what started this trend? Was it the Bridget Jone's Diary? Aren't all these books the same? Single successful woman goes out and finds surprises in life and in her choice of men?
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Marysafan
| Monday, September 08, 2003 - 3:20 pm
I did it again! I meant "The Cape Ann" by Faith Sullivan. I am going to see my friend in New Jersey in less that two weeks...and I am getting exicted! Can you tell! lol! (Cape May is a town in New Jersey) So sorry for the mix up!
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Lizajane
| Monday, September 08, 2003 - 4:10 pm
Thanks to this thread I am now most of the way thru Janet Evanovich's "Seven Up", and I am really enjoying it. For once I would have liked to have started a series with the first book, but this was the only one in at the library. It reminds me of the ________Factor books with bounty hunter Dixie Flanagan. Can't remember the author, sorry, but they are quite similar to Evanovich.
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Snee
| Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 9:13 am
check out sparkle hayter's series about a female media exec who finds trouble everywhere. one title is 'the last manly man'. these books are quirky and hilarious.
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Mak1
| Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 3:54 am
Lizajane, I read Seven Up this week, too. You'll enjoy the whole series. Most of the same characters are in all the books, and crazy Grandma Mazur makes me laugh so hard!
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Lizajane
| Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 1:44 pm
Thanks Mak. I finished it and went to the library to find another and they didn't have any! She must be very popular.
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Eliz87
| Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 5:25 am
I just finished "Four to Score" and "High Five" by Janet Evanovich...they were the only ones my library had on the shelf. I loved them and can't wait to read the rest (although, since I'm a cheapskate, I'll wait for the library to get them heh). I have Jennifer Weiner's "Good in Bed" waiting on the counter. That looks like it should be good.
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Eliz87
| Friday, October 03, 2003 - 6:21 am
Well I enjoyed the Janet Evanovich books so much (thanks Honey51) that I went to the library yesterday and picked up "One for the Money" and "Two for the Dough." They also had "Seven Up," surprisingly, so I got that too. So now if I can get numbers three and six, then eight and nine, I think I'll be caught up on Stephanie Plum (and Grandma!). :-) I finished "Good in Bed" and it was a good book, just not what I was expecting. I didn't expect it to be so depressing in parts. Usually these types of books are rather lighthearted. I liked the happy ending though. Also just finished "Candy and Me (A Love Story)" by Hillary Liftin. It was a cute book...kind of an autobiography and candy fanzine in one. It was very short -- only took a few hours to read it. I've been waiting for "The Nanny Diaries" for months. The library has it, but it's always checked out. Has anyone else read this?
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Kaili
| Friday, October 03, 2003 - 7:02 am
Eliz- I just checked it out from my library- haven't gotten far in it but heard it was good and taht it's supposed to be somewhat along the lines of "The Devil Wears Prada". Did anyone read "See Jane Date"? I was poking around at the Internet Movie Database and looking up al these different cast members from shows, etc to see what else they have been in. I found out they made a movie of that book, but I think uit said a TV movie. The character Natasha Nutley is played by Piper from "Charmed". I wanna see it!!!
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Slothkitten
| Friday, October 03, 2003 - 7:51 am
Hey,Eliz87!I read The Nanny Diaries a few months ago..interesting to read accounts of nannies and the families (from the nannies point of view). It's sort of a expos`e of overworked,underpaid, NYC nannies and the families that use them to raise the kids...I felt it was ok..it's lightly written even though some of the stories about the rich families treatment of thier own kids was pitiful..some parts interesting and funny! Oh,the only reason I ever get new books at the library is reserving them,this is my so-easy way....if your library is online ,you just use your card,make a account,put those books on hold for yourself and even if books are at another library..they'll send them to yours!Costs zero! I'm in a huge city now,so it's easy,but for many years lived in tiny Arkansas town of pop.631..but we had our own closet sized library that happened to be a county library..big county w/about 30 libarys...every Wed...here comes the van with all the books,lol!The system even borrowed books for me all the way from Maine!Love this system,and it's a great way to get those new and hard to find books...before this,I rarely found a new book actually checked in either! I'm adding Candy and Me to my next list..:.)
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Pannie
| Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 8:25 am
Is Janet Evanovich a mystery writer? I'd like to find another author to add to my 'must-read' list. I enjoy two authors that have women detectives: Sue Grafton and Nevada Barr. Grafton is well-known; I think she is writing her next book: R is for Rupert. LOL! Barr, a former Park Service employee, places her lady ranger in various parks in the U.S. It's fun to read about the different parks and the adventures she has. As I live in northern California, so my favorite takes place nearby in Lassen Volcanic Natl. Park: Firestorm.
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Lizajane
| Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 10:20 am
Pannie I love Sue Grafton, except I can never remember which letters I've read. Evanovitch is similar only with more humour. I've now read 3,4,6,7 and I'll be starting 5 soon. *Sigh* just once I'd like to read something in order.
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Pannie
| Monday, October 06, 2003 - 6:40 pm
Lizajane - I found Evanovitch at the bookstore yesterday. I noticed the numbers in her title - even saw a 9, so you have more to read. I like the idea of more humor! I'll check them out closer. I wonder what Grafton's going to do after she gets to 'Z'? hehehe I started at 'G', then went back to the beginning of the alphabet. I am waiting for R...
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Mak1
| Monday, October 06, 2003 - 7:28 pm
Pannie, I find the Evanovitch series laugh-out-loud funny. I love the main characters and the messes they all end up in. Even her pet has adventures, lol. Eliz, there's another Evanovitch/Stephanie Plum book you may not have noticed. It's a really short book and came out around Christmastime last year. The title is Visions of Sugar Plums. It isn't as good as the others, in my opinion, but if you're missing Stephanie and Lula, it's ok. It's very humorous, just a silly story.
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Eliz87
| Tuesday, October 07, 2003 - 8:19 pm
Oh cool, Mak. I'll have to give that one a go. Thanks!! :-)
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Not1worry
| Wednesday, October 08, 2003 - 6:30 pm
I Do, But I Don't by Cara Lockwood is about a wedding planner. Since I didn't see the JLo movie, I can't draw comparisons. But it was a cute story and I really like the heroine. Lots of misunderstandings and psycho brides.
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Mamie316
| Wednesday, October 08, 2003 - 9:23 pm
I just started reading The Devil Wears Prada and I am enjoying it much more than I thought I would.
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Froggiegirl621
| Monday, November 03, 2003 - 12:47 pm
I just finished "The Nanny Diaries" and really liked it. It took me a bit to get into it, but that's usual for me with any book. But once I got hooked in I couldn't put it down and finished it in about 3 days. Next up is "Confessions of a Shopaholic" by Sophie Kinsella, which Kaili referred to me. Sounds like a fun book, and the best part is there are two more so far in this series, which makes my trips to Barnes & Noble much easier. Not1, I was going to pick up "I Do, But I Don't" but decided on "The Nanny Diaries" instead. Glad to hear you liked it, and it's now on my list of books to buy! I'm a bit late in joining this thread, but thanks to Kaili for telling me about it, and to Eliz87 for starting it!!!
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