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Archive through September 30, 2006

The TVClubHouse: Movies & Library ARCHIVES: Movies & Library 2007 ~ 2008: "Chick Lit": Archive through September 30, 2006 users admin

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Hussy
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08-06-2004

Tuesday, May 23, 2006 - 2:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hussy a private message Print Post    
The first one is Weekend Warriors then Payback, Vendetta. I have read the two of them and I am love the story line....Cin

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, May 23, 2006 - 3:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I haven't read those. I recently read Pretty Woman by Fern and totally enjoyed it. I have Hey, Good Looking sitting in my TBR pile.

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 3:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
i just got "coyote dream" by jessica davis stein from the book sale at the library up here and read it in two days. it was so good! i didn't want it to end! it's about native americans in the 4 corners area and an art dealer in NYC who goes on the annual shopping trip her father usually has taken. a wonderful novel about love, creative artwork, the reservations of the navajo and hopi native americans, etc.
i hope she has written other novels. this was her first and it was a keeper!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 7:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I am reading the rerelease of Luanne Rice's first book, Angels All Over Town. It's okay. Not really reeling me in yet.

Yesitsme
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08-24-2004

Sunday, June 25, 2006 - 5:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yesitsme a private message Print Post    
Just finished Bachelor Boys by Kate Saunders. Very cute and an easy read...I read it in a day. It is the story of a woman who is dying and asks the girl who grew up next door (who is like a daughter to her) to find wives for her sons so they won't be alone. Very typical chick lit, but still it was fun and there was a lot of warmth and I liked all of the characters a lot.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Sunday, June 25, 2006 - 5:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I liked that one, Yes.

I just started The Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes.

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Monday, June 26, 2006 - 12:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
Just finished The Devil Wears Prada. It was an interesting book and now I am anxious to see the movie with Meryl Streep. I probably learned more about Jimmy Choo's than I ever needed to know!

Jen
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07-27-2003

Friday, June 30, 2006 - 2:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jen a private message Print Post    
I read chick lit like crazy and am pretty particular. I just read Stupid and Contagious by Caprice Crane. I absolutely LOVED it! It made me laugh out loud. I passed it on to a friend of mine who loved it and her husband read it as well and liked it too. My mom read it and didn't really enjoy it, but I think it is a generational thing. If you love the 80's, you will love this!

I loved, loved,loved it!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Friday, June 30, 2006 - 5:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I've been looking at that one, Jen. I'll have to get it now.

I am reading Admissions by Nancy Lieberman, about the process of applying to private schools in New York. It's a lot of fun.

Jen
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07-27-2003

Sunday, July 02, 2006 - 11:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jen a private message Print Post    
Mamie, I read Admissions a while back. I thought it was okay, but I think I was expecting a bit more. If that is how it really is to get into schools in NYC, I can imagine parents and kids going crazy. They are NUTS!

Can't wait to hear what you think about Stupid and Contagious. Really, it is the best chick lit I have read in a few years!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Sunday, July 02, 2006 - 2:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I liked The Ivy Chronicles a lot more than Admissions but it wasn't a bad read.

Jen
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07-27-2003

Monday, July 03, 2006 - 11:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jen a private message Print Post    
Just finished The Younger Man by Sarah Tucker. It was kind of slow and I didn't really like the main character all that much. It was just okay.

Jen
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07-27-2003

Monday, July 03, 2006 - 2:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jen a private message Print Post    
Just finished Hardly Working by Betsy Burke. Don't waste your time. Same old chick lit, but too long and drawn out with boring characters. Too much switcharoo. I need to read something good!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Friday, July 14, 2006 - 4:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I'm reading The Comeback Kiss by Lani Diane Rich. She's a member of one of my online reading groups and she writes very fun, light chick lit. This one has some of the same characters as her other book, Maybe Baby, which was also a very fun read.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, August 07, 2006 - 9:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I finished reading Summer At Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs. I'm a big fan of her books but this one was just okay for me. It's the first in a new series and I'm not sure if I will buy whatever book comes next.

I am now reading Sex, Lies and Online Dating by Rachel Gibson. It's the first of her books that I've ever read and it's good fun, so far.

Bandit
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07-29-2001

Friday, September 01, 2006 - 2:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bandit a private message Print Post    
I'm just about done with A Good Yarn by Debbie Macomber. Very cute.

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Sunday, September 03, 2006 - 10:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
i've read all the macomber books about cedar cove. i love them! her old stuff was just crap romance...she has gotten a lot better in the last few years.
i am looking for more lani diane rich books. the one i read about an old lady being kidnapped was hard-to-put-down, witty and very entertaining. i think i laughed out loud a dozen times.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Sunday, September 03, 2006 - 11:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Tabby, I just read Lani's new one called The Comeback Kiss, had some of the same characters. It was cute.

I have the new Macomber book coming in the mail. It's 6 Rainier Drive. I love the Cedar Cove series.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Saturday, September 16, 2006 - 10:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I just finished Girls Night Out by various authors. Some of the stories were good but more of them were not. Pretty much the same theme.

Jen
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07-27-2003

Saturday, September 16, 2006 - 8:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jen a private message Print Post    
I started Girls Night Out and stopped after 3 stories. I decided I am not a short story reader. I need thing to develop and to read a full story.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Saturday, September 16, 2006 - 11:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I pretty much feel the same way. I do have Jennifer Weiner's new book and it's short stories but I love her writing so I'll read another one!

Jen
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07-27-2003

Sunday, September 17, 2006 - 10:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jen a private message Print Post    
I have read a few recently...

Why Mom's are Weird, from Pamela Ribon, the author of Why Girls are Weird. I liked it, not as much as her first, but it was engaging. The main character goes home to help out her mom and sister when her mother breaks her foot. The music reference in the book make it stand out from regular chick lit.

Me vs. Me by Sarah Mlynowski was okay for a fantasy/sci-fi chick lit book. She has written a few like this for young adults too. I hate sci-fi, so to keep reading it took some effort. It was decent. The main character lives one day in her life in Phoenix and the next day is a redo with her new life in NYC.

Room for Improvement by Stacey Ballis was good. She is a designer who goes on a Trading Spaces like show. It was a fun, quick read.

Chalupa
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09-21-2005

Friday, September 22, 2006 - 9:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chalupa a private message Print Post    
Jen...I agree about Me vs Me. Not my favorite Sarah Mlynowski but it was decent. Have you read Fishbowl or Milkrun by her? Fishbowl is my favorite Sarah book. I think she's hysterical.

Jen
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07-27-2003

Thursday, September 28, 2006 - 9:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jen a private message Print Post    
Has anyone read Bitter is the New Black? That is my next purchase.

Jen
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07-27-2003

Saturday, September 30, 2006 - 7:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jen a private message Print Post    
Okay, I have started Bitter is the New Black and love it! It is completely funny and I can't wait to see what happens to her. It is a biography so if you are looking for it, that is where it will be found.