Archive for September 16th, 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’ve chosen one of Irish author Colette Caddle’s novels as our Classic choice. Colette had been publishing books for a while now and is definitely a Chick Lit staple. Red Letter Day was one of the earlier Chick Lit novels I read and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Celine’s story isn’t a happy one and I found myself caught up with all the twists and turns that occurred and I couldn’t help hoping Celine would get a happy ending. It’s a book well worth picking up if you can as it’s Colette at her best!

Recently married to Dermot and tipped as Irelands hottest new designer, Celine Moore is relaxed, happy and looking forward to an exciting future. Why then just five years later, is she barely able to hold her head up high in her local Dublin neighbourhood, at odds with her father and sister in law and accepting a job in a second hand clothes shop. Celines life changed the night Dermot failed to return from work. The shock of Dermots violent end destroys all her happiness and ambition. Aching loneliness and anger take their place, and without thinking through the consequences, Celine embarks on a affair with a married man. Desperate to put some distance between herself and the local gossips, a new start in a new place and a new job seems like the perfect opportunity to start again. But its not long before she realizes that however much you try to run away, your past has a habit of catching up with you dramatically in the end…

The cover for Bernadette Strachan’s latest novel Why Do We Have To Live With Men? has had a bit of cover change since the original version was released a while back. I must prefer it to the older one and I love the sound of the book, having enjoyed previous books by Bernadette. Why Do We Have To Live With Men? is released on 28th October 2010!

Why do we have to live with men? As another evening with her best friends and a few bottles of wine comes to an end, Cat O’Connor is left pondering this very question. And, escaping from a ruined love affair, she is about to find the answer.

When Cat joins a group of women in a huge, decaying farmhouse deep in the countryside, she prepares to embark on six months without men. Cat is promised a nirvana of serenity where the chores are done without mutinous mutterings, where nourishing food simmers on the Aga and where feelings are taken seriously.

But Cat soon discovers that women are no saints either . . .