Archive for February 15th, 2011

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!

It was Valentine’s Day yesterday, and I tried to pick a film today that fits in with the theme of love, and what better than one of the most well known and wonderful love stories of all time - Romeo and Juliet?! Of course, there have been many film versions of this film made over the years, but my favourite has to be this 1997 remake by Baz Luhrmann featuring Leonardo DiCaprio (*swoon*) and Claire Danes as the star-crossed lovers. It’s a modern interpretation with the Shakespearian language throughout, and I’ve seen it countless times and never get bored. It’s a fantastic love story, and who doesn’t Leo as Romeo?!

“Baz Luhrmann’s dazzling and unconventional adaptation of William Shakespeare’s classic love story is spellbinding. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes portray Romeo and Juliet, the youthful star-crossed lovers of the past. But the setting has been moved from its Elizabethan origins to the futuristic urban backdrop of Verona beach.

This brilliant and contemporary retelling of the world’s most tragic love affair makes this wildly inventive Romeo & Juliet unforgettable.”

Amanda Addison has a book due out this summer that sounds like a really charming and enjoyable read! Laura’s Handmade Life is due out on 23rd June, and I think the cover is very kitsch, and certainly suits the title of the book well! I’m definitely looking forward to reading this one. Here’s the synopsis:

“Laura Lovegrove didn’t really want to leave her busy life in Ealing - all her friends lived there, it was easy to keep her two little girls entertained, and she had lots of quiet space to work on her fabric designs. But when architect husband Adi is relocated to rural Norfolk, Laura puts on a brave face and ups sticks to the sticks. She knew village life would be different, but she wasn’t quite prepared for a pokey cottage, nosey neighbours, errant poodles, and even a significant ex turning up. Worst of all, a house fire at Laura’s cottage destroys most of her beloved vintage clothing collection. Left with just scraps of fabric, Laura is determined to breathe new life into them. At the village’s sewing group she learns how to back stitch, cross stitch and a whole lot more - her new love for sewing could be her fortune! She turns her scraps into purses, bags, ties, even dog leads (which should solve the poodle problem), and soon is inundated with orders. But Adi is growing increasingly distant, just as ex Chris starts to show a whole lot of interest in Laura and her designs …”

Up until her fourth novel, Lucy Diamond hasn’t had the best of book covers for her wonderful novels. However her two recent books Sweet Temptation and The Beach Cafe have beautiful, modern covers and Lucy’s publishers have re-jacketed her earlier three works: Any Way You Want Me, Over You and Hens Reunited. They’re out in March and here they all are in all their glory! Personally, I LOVE them and I would love to get copies of them all so they can match on my bookshelf.