Author |
Message |
Jen
Member
07-27-2003
| Saturday, November 26, 2005 - 9:26 am
Both we excellent! I didn't think I would like either, but they were written really well, from two different people's point of view. I recommend them both.
|
Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Saturday, November 26, 2005 - 1:05 pm
I'm waiting for my library to get Something Blue. I guess I need to harass them a bit more so they will order it....or have a few of my reading buddies request it so there is a bit of demand! Just finished Dumping Billy by Olivia Goldsmith. A great book for a lazy weekend.
|
Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, November 26, 2005 - 1:14 pm
I was surprised at how much I enjoyed Dumping Billy. I don't know why I would be but I thought it would be just okay but it was really cute.
|
Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, November 27, 2005 - 11:36 am
I just started reading This Matter Of Marriage by Debbie Macomber last night. I usually breeze through her books. They are light and fun and I love them.
|
Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 1:41 pm
I finished the Macomber book. It was very sweet. I'm halfway through Comfort & Joy by Kristin Hannah. Another very sweet book. I really enjoy her novels. I haven't read one I didn't like.
|
Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 8:25 am
I already finished Comfort & Joy. It had a twist in it that I really did not expect. Good book. I started Beyond The Blonde by Kathleen Flynn-Hui last night. It's about a colorist in a Manhattan salon.
|
Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Thursday, December 01, 2005 - 5:16 pm
Janet Evanovich's next Stephanie Plum book is called "Twelve Sharp" but looks like it won't be released until next June. April is release date of "Motor Mouth" the 2nd in Metro girl series. They are re-releasing some of her earlier books but Stephanie Plum is my favorite. I am ready for some good roll-on-the-floor belly laughs!
|
Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Monday, December 05, 2005 - 9:41 am
Finished The Ivy Chronicles by Karen Quinn...the story of a wealthy New York woman who in one day loses her good job and her husband (who had been unemployed for a while) and has to make a go of it on her own. She starts a business helping New Yorkers get their children into the top nursery schools. It was a very enjoyable read. Have started reading Something Blue.
|
Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, December 05, 2005 - 9:43 am
I liked The Ivy Chronicles, Yes. I have no idea what book I am going to start now.
|
Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 7:33 am
Finished Something Blue (by Emily Giffin) last night. At the start I thought that it was simply going to be a retelling of the first book from Darcy's point of view. I am glad that there was some overlap, then it went on to what happened next. Very fun read. Read Something Borrowed first, though.
|
Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 8:57 am
I've just started The Starter Wife by Gigi Levangie Grazer. It's about a Hollywood wife who's left by her producer husband and how her lifestyle changes after that.
|
Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 9:02 am
Mamie, I am glad you mentioned that one. I read Maneater by her this year and I don't think our library had The Starter Wife. I just checked and they now have two copies...I am first on the waiting list!
|
Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 9:04 am
I'm about halfway through it now. It's got a lot of insider Hollywood talk but I'm sure she knows of which she speaks!
|
Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 8:02 pm
I still think Jennifer Weiner is the cream of the crop for Chick Lit.. I'd read all four of her novels. Have yet to see the movie made from "In Her Shoes" but it seems like she hit the jackpot with the casting.. I mean, a movie made from your second book and they cast Shirley McClaine?? Cameron Diaz and Toni Collette?
|
Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Sunday, December 18, 2005 - 1:24 pm
I love Jennifer Weiner, too. What a fun author to read. She seems like "one of the girls." Just read After All These Years by Susan Isaacs. Love that she has female characters that are older (this character was late 40s) and interesting people. This one is about an almost-divorced woman who gets up in the middle of the night and finds her husband dead in her kitchen. She tries to pull the knife out, further implicating herself. Right before they are about to arrest her she goes on the run, where she works at solving the crime and finding the real murderer. I enjoyed it. I've got another of hers that I just may start next!
|
Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 7:37 pm
OK Mamie, I finished The Starter Wife. I loved most of it, though really didn't like the ending. I felt like it was a bit rushed, or unfinished, or I didn't get the point... something! She does crack me up with all the name dropping she does. I figure most of it isn't true, but still it was amusing.
|
Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, December 28, 2005 - 8:52 am
I agree about the ending. The fun part was all the name dropping and cattiness.
|
Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, December 31, 2005 - 12:20 pm
I read Something Blue yesterday while my foot was propped up. At first, it was hard to even want anything good to happen to Darcy but the ending did make me cry. Very quick, satisfying read.
|
Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, January 01, 2006 - 8:26 pm
I finished Dying In Style by Elaine Viets yesterday. It was a fun cozy mystery about a mystery shopper. I'm looking forward to another one with the same characters. It comes out in October. I started Lone Star Cafe by Lisa Wingate last night. It's cute so far.
|
Jen
Member
07-27-2003
| Monday, January 02, 2006 - 8:51 am
Read Fashionistas over the break. It was better than I thought it would be. I think this is the one that Lindsay Lohan is supposed to be making a movie of. Reminded me of The Devil Wears Prada since it takes place at a magazine, but the main character in this one is a bit more experienced and doesn't take too much crap.
|
Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 9:34 am
I was the same way, Mamie, about Something Blue. I thought they did a good job of making her somewhat self-aware of her selfishness, which did humanize her a lot. I wonder if she will write another book with these characters.
|
Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 7:26 pm
i am just starting 'driving me crazy' by peggy webb. any book that starts with, "a year ago when i divorced stanley, i expected heroes to line up outside my door to worship at the shrine of my pot roast and my crotchless panties. what i got was one hot hunk who loved shrines but hated commitment and one geriatric who drooled his soup and peed on the toilet seat" okay, so what's not to love? i'll let you know if it continues to be funny.
|
Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 8:55 pm
I just finished Feet First by Leanne Banks. Very cute book. I really loved the main characters. Jenny had a lot of spunk and wasn't one of the whiney women that usually inhabit chick lit.
|
Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 2:14 pm
I just started reading Size 12 is Not Fat by Meg Cabot. The title grabbed me and I've always liked her books. It is a departure from her norm with a murder mystery thrown in.
|
Not1worry
Member
07-30-2002
| Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 5:15 pm
Oh good, thanks for mentioning that one, Mamie. I've liked her other books. My library has it on order, but I was still able to put it on hold.
|