Monday, June 22, 2009

A Chick Lit book

Truth be told I like to read a lot of Chick Lit, too. What is Chick Lit you may ask? Well here is a great definition from a website I love, chicklitbooks.com.
Chick Lit is a genre comprised of books that are mainly written by women for women. The books range from having main characters in their early 20’s to their late 60’s. There is usually a personal, light, and humorous tone to the books. Sometimes they are written in first-person narrative; other time they are written from multiple viewpoints. The plots usually consist of women experiencing usual life issues, such as love, marriage, dating, relationships, friendships, roommates, corporate environments, weight issues, addiction, and much more.
Chick lit is told in a more confiding, personal tone. It’s like having a best friend tell you about her life. Or watching various characters go through things that you have gone through yourself, or witnessed others going through. Humor is a strong point in chick lit, too. Nearly every chick lit book I have read has had some type of humor in it. THAT is what really separates chick lit from regular women’s fiction.
Chick lit is also a truly fascinating character study. That is one major factor that keeps me so interested in the genre. A chick lit author takes a character and puts them through a series of mostly realistic ordeals – many that many women can relate to. The end result is usually very interesting, detailed, fun-to-read and satisfying.

So I just finished one called "The Bright Side of Disaster". Of course the title caught me right away but I liked the storyline too. Here is a brief synopsis: Boy meets girl in bar. Boy asks girl for friends phone number. Friend is not interested so boy goes after girl 1. They become involved and after 5 years decide to get married. Girl becomes pregnant and is due 1 month before wedding. Boy gets cold feet day before birth and leaves. Girl meets nice neighbor who is hunkier than boy. Boy shows back up after being gone 6 months and wants to renew engagement. Girl thankfully turns him down for hunkier neighbor. This was a nice quick read and I enjoyed it as I usually do as a nice airy diversion. Checked it out from the GFPL and found out about it as a recommendation from Amazon. You know, you bought this, we thought you would also like....

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