Good chick lit

[kathymuggle]

Favourite chick lit books or authors?

Dish, please, I need new things to read!

Kathy

[BookGoddess]

Something Borrowed by Emily Griffin. I love it. The heroine isn't ditzy or shallow. The story rings true.

[MsBirdie]

I am in love with Nora Roberts books. I especially like the 3 sisters trilogy and THE IRISH TRILOGY

Jewels of the Sun(1999), Tears of the Moon (2000), and Heart of the Sea(2000), also montana sky. They are easy reads which I need at the end of the day.

[kathymuggle]

Nora Roberts is hit or miss with me - but the 3 sister trilogy and Irish trilogy are great!

I will look up Something Borrowed

[Getz]

Sophie Kinsella and Jennifer Weiner. Kinsella also writes under a different name. Madeline something, I think...

[willowsmom]

The first thing that comes to my mind is "Jemima J" by Jane Green. It's one of my favorites.

[terrordactyl]

shopoholic

[amcal]

Jennifer Weiner is my absolute favorite. Her characters are typically normal women, the struggle with weight and other issues. And, she has a lot of AP leanings - they usually breastfeed, cosleep, cloth diaper etc.... but, she presents it in a realistic manner - that mothering, being a woman, a wife etc... isn't' easy and we all have these things we aspire to be and do but, we are fallible. I really love how realistic her characters are.

I also love the Emily Griffin books. I started with Something Borrowed and then read the sequel Something Blue and have read her other books and really enjoyed them.

[kofduke]

I loved Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella.

[Amaranth]

Wendy Holden, Marian Keyes, Katie Fforde (I like the British stuff for some reason)

[sapphire_chan]

I really enjoyed Jennifer Lancaster's books.

[BookGoddess]

Originally Posted by kofduke

I loved Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella.

Of all of Kinsella's books this is my favorite.

[Dr.Worm]

Olivia Goldsmith is good. Especially Young Wives

[CallMeMommy]

Originally Posted by MsBirdie

I am in love with Nora Roberts books. I especially like the 3 sisters trilogy and THE IRISH TRILOGY

Jewels of the Sun(1999), Tears of the Moon (2000), and Heart of the Sea(2000), also montana sky. They are easy reads which I need at the end of the day.

Oooh, have you read the Sign of Seven trilogy?

[SparklingGemini]

I'm not sure how chic lit this is but I really liked both of Lolly Winston's books; Good Grief and Happiness Sold Separately.

Definitely want to ditto the Jennifer Weiner suggestion as well!

[bayberry*moon]

Count me in as another Sophia Kinsella fan. Aside from Shopaholic series, I liked Can You Keep A Secret as well.

[JennyClaire]

Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen

The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen

Julia's Chocolates by Cathy Lamb

Anything by Jennifer Weiner, although I wasn't thrilled with that last one (Certain Girls) because several areas of the plot were too unrealistic to believe.

I'm a library user, but I've included links to amazon so you can read a description.

[2cutiekitties]

The whole series by Emily Griffin (read them in order). OMG, I absolutely loved them. I just saw she has a new one coming out yea :

Otherwise I dont read Chick Lit. I did really enjoy Bergdorf Blondes, hated SATC.

For easy reads I go for Grisham

[mojomom]

Originally Posted by sapphire_chan

I really enjoyed Jennifer Lancaster's books.

I second Jen Lancaster. I just finished one of her books and never laughed so much. She is a smart and funny writer.

[AuntNi]

Oooh, I'm excited to see some new-to-me authors here - can't wait to check them out! :

I second the suggestions for Jennifer Weiner, Katie Fforde, Helen Fielding,and Jane Green. Amaranth, I love British chick lit, too!

I don't care for the Shopaholic books at all - to me, they're just incredibly stressful to read and not funny at all. But I do like her other books, like The Undomestic Goddess and Can You Keep A Secret?