Archive for July 22nd, 2010

Chick Lit Classics is a regular feature on Chick Lit Reviews where we highlight the books we feel are classics of the chick lit genre. Feel free to discuss our choices in the comments section!

This week I have chosen one of Tina Reilly’s early releases, Wedded Blitz. Tina now writes under her full name of Martina Reilly, and the books under that name are a bit more serious and have a much more serious looking cover too, but I really enjoyed some of Martina’s early books, and Wedded Blitz is one of them. It’s a funny, heart warming and enjoyable read about a woman who is determined to make it on her own in business after the demise of her marriage, and I loved every page. It originally came out in 2005, and has already been released with an updated cover, but I think it’s a fantastic read and it’s one I’d definitely recommend!

“Warring spouses, embarrassing parents and the battle of the hairdressing salons …When Dublin girl Jane married local boy Jim, she thought it was for ever. But now there are cracks in their marriage that they just can’t seem to fix. When Jim announces he’s moving out, Jane is left to pick up the pieces of their family life. And then her mother decides to visit…Determined to remain upbeat, Jane plans to make a real success of her work, only to discover that Cutting Edge, the hairdressing empire, is opening a shop yards away from her own humble salon. With her staff in uproar and customers deserting them in droves, Jane decides to play Cutting Edge at their own game. Then life deals Jane and Jim one dreadful blow, past hurts rush to the surface, and they are forced to confront what drove them apart in the first place.”

As always, Chloe and I are looking at ways to make the site bigger and better, and we’ve had lots of fantastic new features appear since the site started; Chick Flick Tuesday’s, Chick Lit Classics, Industry Interviews and now we have some more features we would like to announce.

Sophie Kinsella Week: Official Dates
First off I would like to let everyone know that Sophie Kinsella week will officially be running from Sunday 29th August right through until the 4th of September. We will be reviewing every single Shopaholic book to date (including the new one Mini Shopaholic), we will be interviewing Sophie as well AND we will have a competition for one lucky reader to win the entire set of Shopaholic books. To win it though, you’ll have to answer some Sophie/Shopaholic related questions so get brushing up!

Chick Lit Reviews Book Club
Starting soon, we will be having our very own Chick Lit centered book club.

Cover Stories
When Chloe and I post up a book cover, we always give you guys an opinion on what we think of it. That got me thinking a while back, and I started to wonder what authors think of their covers so starting fairly soon, we will be presenting ‘Cover Stories’, where authors tell us how their covers came around and how they’ve evolved (which will be particularly fun with authors like Jill Mansell, whose earlier works have fairly basic covers).

Week In Review
The one thing Chloe and I are always worrying about is how few review spots we have compared to how many reviews we’ve got ready to go. So we’ve decided to bring in a weekly post featuring mini reviews about the books we read the previous week. Each review will be between 100-150 words with the full review to follow at a later date. We would also like you lot to be a part of it, so each week we want you to leave a comment and tell us what you’ve been reading!