Archive for April 20th, 2010

Chick Flick Tuesday highlights the best chick flicks in the movie world as well as bringing you news on upcoming chick flick releases as well as letting you all know about which chick lit books are being made into chick flick movies!

This week’s pick is the rather fab 27 Dresses which was released in 2008 and stars Katherine Heigl and James Marsden. I watched this about six months ago and I fell in love with it. I thought it was sweet, and funny and had an rather interesting plot. My favourite scene of the entire movie was when Katherine’s character Jane tries on all 27 of her bridesmaid dresses, it was a fantastic scene with some good, bad AND ugly dresses! It’s a definite much watch for chick flick lovers.

Jane is career-oriented and secretly in love with her employer, George. She spends much of her time as a bridesmaid, and has 27 dresses as evidence. Then her structured and ordered life comes unhinged when her younger sister, Tess, re-enters her life, and a reporter, Kevin, is attracted to her. Kevin decides to publish Jane’s secret and her overwhelming wardrobe. Things get even more complicated when Jane finds out she may end up losing George to none other than her very own sister.

I absolutely loved Allie Spencer’s debut Little Black Dress novel Tug of Love. It seems the Romantic Novelists’ Association also loved it as Allie won the 2009 RNA New Writer’s Award! I loved Tug of Love so much that I pre-ordered her second LBD adventure The Not-So-Secret Diary of a City Girl and I received it earlier this week and I loved that, too, and you can read my review here! Allie agreed to do an interview with us, and here are her answers!

1. Tell us about your latest novel The Not-So-Secret Diary of a City Girl.

It’s another romantic comedy, this time set in a fictitious bank in the City of London: there are hedge fund traders, financial fraud, some rather nasty loan-sharks, a feckless sister, an especially gorgeous and persistent hero – and a very feisty heroine. It’s a story of stocks, shares and sex in the City.

2. Are you working on a third book? Can you tell us anything about it?

I am working on another book, but I get a bit superstitious talking about them before they’re finished! What I will say, though, is that it the setting is completely different from either ‘Tug of Love’ or ‘City Girl’ – and the hero is my favourite one yet.

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Ruth Saberton has kindly offered us five copies of her debut novel Katy Carter Wants A Hero to give away to our lucky readers. I absolutely LOVED the book - funniest book of the year so far, as far as I’m concerned - and you can read my review here. All you have to do to enter is to email us at [email protected] - easy peasy. Please include your postal address, as the only people to see it will be myself and Chloe. The competition is open to UK residents only and ends on Sunday 25th April at midnight. Good luck!

Katy Carter knows she’s no domestic goddess: she’s scatterbrained, she needs a fire extinguisher at the ready when she’s cooking, and she daily falls off the diet wagon. But that doesn’t stop her fantasising about a hero to call her own. And Katy thinks she’s found him in fiance James, a charming, high-flying city banker. So why, then, does Katy find herself scribbling steamy historical romances every spare moment she gets, and daydreaming about becoming a published author when she ought to be paying attention in staff meetings? As her wedding day looms, Katy determines to become a wife James can be proud of, and employs the help of her best friend Oliver to impress his colleagues and his family. But despite best laid plans, the pair set off a hilarious train of events that leads Katy on a crazy journey through celebrity, chaos, makeovers and, finally, into the arms of her hero…