DECEMBER
December Recent Reviews
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INTERVIEWS
Gwen Cooper, author of Diary of a South Beach Party Girl, talks about her next Miami novel and reveals where she's heading this New Year's Eve.
DREAM THEMES
Where would we be without book publishers, publicists, editors, authors, book store staff . . . ? Book publishing is a common theme in chick lit novels and is our latest Dream Theme.
SNEAK PEEK
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The Birds & the Bees - Milly JohnsonMilly Johnson, joint winner of Chicklit Club's Most Promising Author of 2007, is back with a new novel, out in February. Romance writer Stevie Honeywell has only weeks to go to her wedding when her fiance Matthew runs off to Majorca with her glamorous new friend, Jo MacLean. And even though Stevie and Jo's partner, Adam, blame each other for the situation, they realise they need to work together to win back their errant partners. The master plan - getting together as a couple to make the others jealous. So, like the Scottish country jig The Birds and the Bees, the couples all change partners and learn some revealing truths about each other along the way. And just who will Stevie be dancing with when the music stops? |
AUTHOR NEWS
If you've hit the turkey and Christmas pud a bit hard this year, this memoir from Shauna Reid may be just the thing you need to inspire you to battle the bulge.
Seven years ago, Reid was 23 years old, living in the Australian capital of Canberra and weighed 160kg (25 stone). Determined to turn her life around, she created the successful blog The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl and her transformation from couch potato to svelte goddess began. More than 12,000km and 80kg (13 stone) later, Reid is literally half the woman she used to be. Her book The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl follows the twists and turns of her lard-busting adventure as she curbs the calories and learns to love the gym. There are travel tales from Red Square to Reykjavik, plus romance and intrigue as she meets the man of her dreams during a pub quiz in Scotland. As her UK visa runs out, will she be deported back to Australia or will love triumph?
It's out just in time for new year resolutions on January 1. Reid now writes about her “non-fat escapades” at What's New Pussycat? |
HOLIDAY READS
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Amy's Honeymoon - Julia LlewellynThis is one Roman holiday you won't want to miss out on. For Amy the only thing missing from her five-star honeymoon in Rome is a husband. But after her cancelled wedding and no chance of a refund on the honeymoon, she's decided to jet off to bask in the Italian sunshine alone. Except no one seems willing to leave her alone. If it's not nosy hotel guests, it's famous movie stars desperate to exchange suites. How's a girl supposed to wallow in misery when, under protest, she's dragged off to shop till she drops, or to film premieres or made to ride around the streets on a Vespa? |
INDUSTRY NEWS
The Romantic Novelists' Association has announced its longlist for the Romantic Novel of the Year 2008 Award. The award will be presented in London on February 4.SCREEN SCENE
| The Starter Wife, based on Gigi Levangie Grazer's 2005 novel, has been picked up as a weekly TV series. Originally a six-part mini-series, starring Debra Messing as the spurned Molly Kagan (Gracie Pollock in the book), the USA Network has ordered another 10 episodes of the show, which is due to start production in March and be added to the US's summer programming. Network executives say the decision to continue the show was based on its rating success and critical recognition through its 10 Emmy nominations. The series will see Molly reinvent her life. The mini-series, which was shot in Australia's Gold Coast, is currently screening in Australia, on Channel Ten. |  |
YEAR OF AUSTEN
She's been dead for nearly 200 years but Jane Austen remains a powerful influence in the chick lit world. Have you lost count of the number of books that have come out this year tied to the author and her characters?
There was Austenland, by Shannon Hale, about a woman who enters the make-believe world of Regency England at an Austen-themed resort.
Me and Mr Darcy, by Alexandra Potter, sees a New York bookstore manager time-travel back to meet the man himself.
In Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict, by Laurie Viera Rigler, a woman wakes up to find herself living the life of a single woman in Regency England.
Lost in Austen: Create Your Own Jane Austen Adventure, by Emma Campbell Webster, allows the reader to become Elizabeth Bennet and determine which storylines and characters you will encounter.
You can even learn some moral lessons from Austen's characters in Debra White Smith's faith-oriented, non-fiction book What Jane Austen Taught Me About Love & Romance.
Not exactly fitting the chick lit definition but if you want to know about life from the perspective of Fitzwilliam Darcy, try Mr Darcy's Diary by Maya Slater, which traces the events of Pride and Prejudice through the hero's eyes. Or there's Mr Darcy's Diary, by Amanda Grange, and Mr Darcy Presents His Bride, by Helen Halstead, about what happens after his marriage to Elizabeth. You can even find out about the love interest from Emma in Mr Knightley's Diary, by Amanda Grange.
On the screen scene, this year has seen the release of the movie adaptation of Karen Joy Fowler's The Jane Austen Book Club.
And hold on to your bonnets ladies, cos the Lost in Austen TV mini-series is on its way next year about Amanda (Jemima Rooper), who swaps her modern-day London life with Elizabeth Bennet (Gemma Arterton).
SNEAK PEEK
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Seeing Me Naked - Liza PalmerWith two world-famous writers in her family, 30-year-old Elisabeth Page's career as a pastry chef is decidedly not up to their snooty standards - despite working in LA's hottest restaurant. Her plans to start a patisserie are on hold and her relationship with childhood sweetheart Will Houghton, a globe-trotting journalist, only adds to her loneliness. Then basketball coach Daniel Sullivan bids on one of her pastry tutorials at a charity auction and Elisabeth's life takes an exciting turn. Does she have the guts to let others see her naked . . . and let them love her, warts and all. From the author of Conversations with the Fat Girl. |
INDUSTRY NEWS
| One of the new paperback releases from Little Black Dress in January is The True Naomi Story, by A.M Goldsher, a story about one girl's journey to stardom.
Naomi Braver goes from waiting tables to signing a record deal with her band, having a hit single And Then, and playing packed stadium gigs. But stardom isn't all it's cracked up to be. Soon Naomi's adrift in a world where lovers are players, where friends quickly become enemies, and where you never quite know just who you can trust. Can Naomi learn to play the game of fame? Author Alan Goldsher is a Chicago-based writer/musician who has more books on the way, including the sequel Reality Check, out in February. |
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And from Julie Cohen is One Night Stand about romance novelist Eleanor Connor. Although she's written 17 erotic novels, her own life is more mundane. But then one night she makes a one-night-only conquest of her own, only to wake up alone, a bit repentant, and as she later realises, very pregnant. Desperate to find her missing lover, she enlists the help of neighbour Hugh to help her search - but begins to realise that the perfect partner could have been right under her nose all this time. Cohen is the author of the 2006 novel Spirit Willing, Flesh Weak about a fake psychic who is caught up in a media frenzy when a prediction comes true. |
TAKE TWO
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Confessions of Super Mom and Super Mom Saves the World
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INTERVIEW
Head to our interview with Robyn Harding, author of the chick lit classic The Journal of Mortifying Moments, and get the scoop on her next release all about mid-life crises.
SNEAK PEEK
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Rubbish Boyfriends - Jessie JonesDayna has had more than her fair share of rubbish boyfriends. First there's Simon, a boy with the libido of a rabbit on Viagra. Then Chris who is kind, sensitive and loving. Oh, and he wants to be a rock star. As if. Then there's wisecracking Cockney geezer Archie, closely followed by sweet, lovely Mark. But of course, they all turn out to be - for various reasons - rubbish. Just as she's despairing of ever finding Mr Right, along comes Cristian. He treats her like a princess, so why, then, doesn't her heart sing? Chance encounters with all of Dayna's exes bring her to the present day - in labour in a maternity ward. But who's the daddy? Jessie Jones is the pen-name of author Maria Beaumont. |
TOP 10
Do you agree with the chick lit books that have made our list of the Top Books of 2007? To agree, disagree or let us know about your favourite reads of the year, email your comments to ChickChat.
NEW RELEASES
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When the Boys are Away - Sarah Webb (2007)Meg Miller has returned to Dublin with her two children, Dan and Lily, after becoming fed up with trailing around the globe after her partner Simon, a professional sailor. But life is far from smooth sailing at home, what with the home renovations, annoying in-laws and her own infuriating family. So Meg teams up with her neighbour Tina, whose banker husband works in London all week, and finds that sometimes life is easier without the men around. But as a secret from Simon's past is revealed, will Meg jump overboard?7/10 |
RELEASE DATES
What's in store for 2008: Want to know which books are about to hit the shelves over the coming months? From Marian Keyes and Jennifer Weiner, to Sophie Kinsella and Emily Giffin ... 2008 is sure to be a big year in chick lit. Head to our new section Release Dates for a continually updated list of all the upcoming releases. To have a book added to the list, email .
SNEAK PEEK
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The Trouble with Marriage - Debby HoltFrom the author of The Ex-Wife's Survival Guide comes this story about what happens after the happily ever after? Ten years into Robin and Tilly's marriage, the grind of bills, chores and looking after two small children has diminished the spark. But Tilly is convinced their love can survive even the attentions of interfering in-laws and a glamorous ex-girlfriend. When dramatic news ignites into a full-blown crisis, Tilly is forced to face the fact that her marriage is under real threat. Can she and Robin find a way to recapture what they had before? And when temptation arises in an unexpected form, can she find the will to resist? |
AUTHOR NEWS
Jane Porter's sequel to Odd Mom Out has just gained a new title, thanks to one of her readers. After the original title Alpha Mom had to be dropped because of a copyright issue, Porter's website called for suggestions, and the winning title was Mrs Perfect. The book, out in May, is about the leading alpha mother from Odd Mom Out. Here's what the cover looked like before the title change (we've blanked out the title). The synopsis is: “For Taylor Young life is very good. She has a handsome husband who loves her, three gorgeous children, a personally designed and decorated dream house. Suburbanite trendsetter and super mom - life couldn't be more perfect. And as long as no one notices the fragile woman beneath her coiffed and polished image, things will stay that way. Then, a devastating secret bursts Taylor's fairy-tale bubble, suddenly making her a cul-de-sac pariah, and stripping her of the role that defined her. With her struggling to maintain her alpha image, Taylor finds help from the unlikeliest of people, her nonconformist nemesis, Marta Zinsser. But to become the woman her family truly needs, Taylor must first believe in the person she is hardest on - herself.”
SCREEN SCENE
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A movie based on Elinor Lipman's 1990 book Then She Found Me, about schoolteacher April Epner whose life goes into turmoil when her husband leaves, her adoptive mother dies and her over-the-top birth mother Bernice appears, is due in US cinemas in April 2008.
It stars Helen Hunt (who also makes her feature directorial debut) as April, Bette Midler as talk-show host Bernice, and Matthew Broderick as husband Ben. Colin “what would chick lit flicks do without him” Firth plays love interest Frank, the father of one of April's students. The romantic comedy got good reviews at the Toronto Film Festival in September. |
CHICKLIT CLUB AWARDS
Welcome to the inaugural Chicklit Club awards*. Congratulations to all winners of the Pink Thong** trophies for 2007 - thanks for some great stories and characters.
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Motherland - Maria Beaumont An engaging read about a woman who hits rock bottom, with an ingenious way of numbering the chapters. |
Most popular |
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Shopaholic & Baby - Sophie Kinsella The fifth in the series about our beloved Rebecca Brandon (nee Bloomwood) just flew off the shelves. |
Most popular (Australian) |
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Those Faraday Girls - Monica McInerney A compelling family saga of five sisters and a baby from Tasmania from a master of storytelling. |
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Getting Rid of Matthew - Jane Fallon This TV producer really nailed this story about the mistress who no longer wants her married lover. |
Most original conceptMost inspirational |
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The Next Thing on My List - Jill Smolinski A passenger in June Parker's car dies and she feels compelled to finish a list she finds in the woman's handbag, 20 Things to Do Before My 25th Birthday. The author is currently in the midst of her own list. |
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Marta Zinsser, Odd Mom Out - Jane Porter This single mum teaches us all why we should be leader of our own pack - you just want to read more about her. |
Best new character (Australian) |
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Holly Evans, You Had Me at Halo - Amanda Ashby A character so full of life . . . even in death! |
Most marketable |
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The Men's Guide to the Women's Bathroom - Jo Barrett Just everyone wanted to know all about this book and the secret women's business that goes on in bathrooms - even Hugh Jackman. |
Best tearjerker |
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The Friday Night Knitting Club - Kate Jacobs And for those who haven't yet read it, I won't tell you why. |
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Scot on the Rocks - Brenda Janowitz Brooke Miller aims to survive her ex-boyfriend's wedding with her dignity ever-so-slightly intact. You'll enjoy it with a big grin on your face. What? You know you want to read it. |
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Milly Johnson (The Yorkshire Pudding Club) and Paige Toon (Lucy in the Sky) A tied result for the authors of two top-notch chick lit books that will make you definitely want to read their next offerings. |
Best Chicklit Club interviewee |
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Carol Mason (The Secrets of Married Women) Her story will inspire other writers to try, try again. Read it here. |
Editor's Choice |
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I Did a Bad Thing - Linda Green One of my favourite books of the year and not just because I work on a newspaper. |
Best chick lit website |
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Chicklit Club Naturally! Tell all your friends about it. And it'll only get bigger and better in 2008. |
*Only books in our New Releases list for 2007 that have been rated by the Chicklit Club editor as of 15 December 2007 are eligible for this year's awards. |
SNEAK PEEK
Someday My Prince Will Come - Jerramy Fine
Here's a memoir for all those who dreamt as a child of becoming a princess. Jerramy Fine finds the Queen's oldest grandson, Peter Phillips, in Britain's royal family tree when she is only six years old, and decides immediately that he will be her future husband. But growing up with hippie parents (who gave her a boy's name!) in the middle of Colorado makes finding her prince a much bigger challenge than she bargained for. She spends her childhood writing love letters to Peter c/o Buckingham Palace, and years later, when her sense of destiny finally brings her to London, she must navigate the murky waters of English social circles. Along the way, she meets Peter's mother, Princess Anne, befriends Diana's brother Earl Spencer, and parties with the Duchess of York. Yet life is not the Hugh Grant movie she hoped it would be. But just when she thinks it might be time to give up and return to America, Peter magically appears in her life.
INTERVIEW
Find out about Jo Barrett's new release, This is How it Happened, all about getting revenge on an ex-boyfriend.
NEW RELEASES
Sushi for One? - Camy Tang
This is a very promising, witty debut from Camy Tang, who claims to be a loud Asian chick, writing loud Asian chick lit. It's the first book in a series about four cousins. The heroine of this book, Lex Sakai, is about to become the OSFC (Oldest Single Female Cousin) of the family. This makes her a target of her infuriating grandma, who decrees that she will pull funding from the volleyball team Lex coaches unless she brings a boyfriend to the next family wedding. And grandma is quite willing to keep sending men Lex's way until one sticks. As a Christian, Lex is inspired by Ephesians to compile her own list of traits for the perfect man. But the one man she keeps running into, physical therapist Aidan, doesn't seem to fit the requirements on her list. As Lex battles to find another team sponsor, a serious injury brings Aidan into her life even more.7/10
To find out more about Camy Tang, head to our interview.
TOP TEN
Who says you can't have it all? Well, the stories from our Yummy Mummies Top Ten for starters.
SNEAK PEEK
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The Summer of Secrets - Martina ReillyHope is about to go travelling. She needs to escape from her IT job in London and think about what she wants to do with the rest of her life. But the plane she's travelling on crash lands, killing most of her fellow passengers. Holly wakes up in hospital, with her best friends Julie and Adam at her side. They are taking her home to Ireland to recuperate. But home is the last place Hope wants to go - not with all the secrets she's carrying. Despite its somber theme, reviewers have called this heart-warming and funny. |
INTERVIEW
We put the questions to Kate Lace, the new girl on Little Black Dress' books.
'TIS THE SEASON (PART IV)
These anthologies offer a triple treat from a group of chick lit writers, with the stories all set around the festive season. |
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Santa, Baby
In Jennifer Crusie's Hot Toy, mayhem ensues as Trudy Maxwell grabs the very last action figure off the shelf.
In Christmas Bonus, by Lori Foster, two dedicated co-workers indulge in a steamy office romance as they plan the Christmas party. And Carly Phillips' Naughty Under the Mistletoe sees no-nonsense lawyer Toni intent on seducing her boss but she kisses his twin brother by mistake.Carly Phillips |
Shop ‘Til Yule Drop
In A Publicist and a Pear Tree, by Alesia Holliday, publicist Leah looks like being left alone for Christmas after her sister gives birth prematurely to twins. Naomi Neale's King of Orient Are tells the story of personal shopper Keely while Jingle This, by Stephanie Rowe, is about copywriter Angie who has just been dumped by her boss. Stephanie Rowe |
This Christmas
In Jane Green's Vacation, Sarah Evans uses a trial separation from husband Eddie to take some life-changing steps. But as Christmas approaches, she realises she misses him. In
Jennifer Coburn's The Second Wife of Reilly, Sarah O'Shaugnessay is looking to find her husband's ex a new man.
Mistletoe and Holly, by Liz Ireland, sees Holly Ellis return to her family home finally with a boyfriend in tow to find the house devoid of festive spirit. Liz Ireland |
AUTHOR NEWS
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Red Dress Ink's December release, The Hunt, by author Jennifer Sturman is the latest in the Rachel Benjamin mystery series. A follow-up to The Pact, The Jinx and The Key, the new novel sees Rachel meeting her future in-laws. But then she receives a cryptic message: her friend Hilary is missing. Hilary was last seen in the company of Igor, a budding Internet tycoon with strange fashion sense and even stranger secrets - secrets Hilary had been threatening to expose. Someone is orchestrating an elaborate scavenger hunt across San Francisco, dangling Hilary as the prize. Now Rachel has to track down her friend while trying to convince fiancé Peter's parents that she's normal. |
NEW RELEASES
Dedication - Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus
The girls are back! After the disappointing second novel, Citizen Girl, from the authors of The Nanny Diaries, Dedication proves to be an entertaining read about a woman looking for closure. Kate Hollis gets a phone call from her best friend Laura that her ex-boyfriend, pop star Jake Sharpe, has come back to their Vermont hometown with a fiancée in tow. Kate immediately hops on a plane, just a few days before Christmas, with the intention of confronting him. Since Jake just up and left her 13 years ago, his recording career has laid bare some of their most private relationship moments, including his breakout hit Losing, about their first sexual encounter. With flashbacks to high school, the story takes Kate from her days of pining for a distant Jake to him standing her up at prom. Now she's back in his life, will she exact revenge?7/10
CLUB COMP
Congratulations to Tina M, of Singapore, for winning a copy of Camy Tang's Sushi for One? A copy of the book will be on its way to you shortly. Thanks again to Camy for providing the book for this competition.
AUTHOR NEWS
Cecelia Ahern's next book has been renamed Thanks For the Memories (originally known as Desire Lines) and the release date has been pushed back to April. No cover is available yet.
Published by Harper Collins, its synopsis says: “How can you know someone you've never met? Joyce Conway remembers things she shouldn't. She knows about tiny cobbled streets in Paris, which she has never visited. And every night she dreams about an unknown little girl with blonde hair.
When she leaves hospital after a terrible accident, with her life and her marriage in pieces, Joyce moves back in with her father. All the while, a strong sense of deja vu is overwhelming her and she can't figure out why…
Justin Hitchcock is divorced, lonely and restless. He arrives in Dublin to give a lecture on art and meets attractive doctor Sarah, who persuades him to donate blood. It's the first thing to come straight from his heart in a long time.
When Justin receives a basket of muffins with a note simply saying thank you, he is sure someone is playing a trick on him. But then a series of gifts begin to arrive. Intrigued and disturbed, Justin is determined to find out who is sending them. What he discovers will change his life forever.”
SNEAK PEEK
The Sneak Peek section now has more than 100 titles for you to check out. You can never again claim that you have no idea what to read next. Perhaps you'd like to try some of these new releases . . .
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Private Members - Leonie FoxWelcome to St Benedict's Country Club and Spa. As a home away from home for the A-list, membership comes at a premium - only the over-sexed, the over-rich and the over-beautiful need apply. This chic retreat comes with its own drugs baron and you simply must sample the foie gras in the Michelin-starred restaurant. WAGs and racing drivers rub shoulders on the famous golf course, site of many a hole in one, and you'll be able to join your celebrity companions for a glass of Cristal in the terrace bar after a hard day's posturing for the paparazzi. But beware. The St Benedict's experience involves more sex, bad behaviour, blackmail and deviance than most women can handle. Are you ready to join the Club? Being marketed as golf's answer to Footballers Wives. And reportedly X-rated! |
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Clicking Her Heels - Lucy HepburnAmy is devastated when her boyfriend mistakenly believes that she's been cheating on him. His revenge is to sell her entire collection of beloved shoes on eBay - but nothing hurts quite so much as the loss of a pair of ballet shoes, once owned by her late mother, a ballerina. Amy decides to track down each pair of shoes and then return home to win back Justin's heart. She sets off on a journey which takes her around the world. |
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You Spin Me Round - Sam O'ReillyIt's 1985. Legwarmers, goths and Madonna are all the rage, and naive Netta Royce begins her first term at Goldsmith's College. She falls in with Pilar, an eccentric faux-posh Essex girl; Mel, a wildly hedonistic Greenham person and man-addicted Emily. Netta joins in with their quest for the perfect one-night stand, man-bashing, quaffing cheap wine, and even enduring a run-in with the police at Greenham Common. Then Netta makes one terrible mistake, which gives the term “sex war” a whole new meaning. Written by a former Cosmopolitan writer. |
SCREEN SCENE
PS I Love You : If you've been holding your breath, waiting to see if the movie lives up to Cecelia Ahern's moving book, wait no more. The movie, directed by Richard LaGravenese, will have the audience alternating between laughter and tears. Academy Award winner Hilary Swank does a fine job portraying Holly Kennedy, the American widow trying to piece her life back together without her Irish husband Gerry, who dies of a brain tumour. Gerry, played by relatively unknown actor Gerard Butler, is a charming, full-of-life character who arranges for letters to reach Holly to teach her how to move on with her life. Like in the book, Holly's best friends, married Sharon (Gina Gershon) falls pregnant and man-hungry Denise (Lisa Kudrow) gets engaged - and there's even a boating mishap. But her love interest Daniel (Harry Connick Jnr) is a quirky bartender from her mother's pub, who doesn't think before speaking. And in another departure from the book, Holly's pre-planned holiday sends her to Ireland. It is a movie that deviates from the book's plot enough to give fans who have read the book inside out a fresh experience, without losing any of its emotional power. Highly recommended - just remember some tissues!
'TIS THE SEASON (PART III)
The Xmas Factor - Annie Sanders
Meet two women with very different approaches to the festive season. Academic Beth starts planning for Christmas months ahead, hoping to put on the perfect day for her new husband and his grown-up children. For Carol, who's just been made editor of ailing magazine Women's Weekly, she's so busy trying to turn it around that she doesn't even notice December is fast approaching. But she did manage to book her son and herself into a cottage in a quiet village, which is where the two women's lives converge.
Did you know? The authors that make up the Annie Sanders team, Meg Sanders and Annie Ashworth, also wrote a book offering advice on surviving the silly season called Trade Secrets: Christmas. Their next novel, The Gap Year for Grown-Ups, is out in June.
AUTHOR NEWS
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Kate Lace, aka romance writer Catherine Jones, has a three-book series with Little Black Dress. The Chalet Girl, published in September, is set in the glamorous world of snowy pistes, gorgeous ski instructors and glittering apres-ski nightlife. But for Millie Braythorpe, four months of endless bed-making and cooking for guests have taken their toll, and the only thing she really looks forward to is her nightly gig singing in a little French bar. Then Luke comes to stay at her chalet and before she knows it Millie's head over heels in love. But is Luke to be trusted? |
| Out this month, The Movie Girl is about fashionista Gemma, who gets a job as assistant wardrobe mistress on a lavishly produced film. And A-lister Jono Knighton has taken a real shine to her, so life just gets better and better. There's just the small matter of his wife, the petrifying Rowan, to consider! |  |
And due in August is The Trophy Girl.
SNEAK PEEK
Filthy Rich - Wendy Holden
When Mary meets Monty, heir to a stately pile, romantic bliss seems assured. But after the roof falls in and the pictures are flogged, happiness is thin on the ground. Beth exchanges Holland Park for simple weekends at the country cottage her husband's banker bonus has bought. They only offered a little over the asking price - why don't the locals like them? Uber-WAG Alexandra needs a country mansion and fast as her footballer boyfriend is being transferred. And then there's Morag, the terror of the village on an eco crusade. When the village launches an allotment project, they become dramatically embroiled in a bitter struggle over sex, power and money. Holden says it's her best book yet. Out in January.TAKE TWO
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Carrie Adams' sequel to The Godmother is out this month. The Stepmother sees Tessa King finally settling down and marrying the love of her life, James. But he has been married before, and has three daughters and an ex-wife Bea who don't like her. |
CLUB CHALLENGES
It's always a case of great expectations when women follow the path from here to maternity. For a reading program with babies as the theme, head to December's Club Challenge.
INDUSTRY NEWS
Amazon's been making a list and checking it twice - gonna find out who's been popular and liked. The book-selling site has put together its Best Books of 2007 selection. No chick lit books have made it on to the Editors' Top 100 Picks.
But a few titles from the chick lit stable have won a place on the Customers Favourites: Top 100 Bestsellers list. Janet Evanovich and her Stephanie Plum franchise makes it in at No. 17 with Lean Mean Thirteen and No. 39 with Plum Lovin'.
Ann Brashares' fourth book in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood, comes in at No. 43.
And Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic & Baby is at No. 80.
Check out the rest of the list (no prizes for guessing that J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is in the top spot).
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