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Chick lit…

April 23, 2008 on 11:17 pm | In Just Stuff |

Do ALL chick lit books read the same? There seems to be some sort of formula here. Working girl, messy life, London, parents in suburbs, girl friends and men. Of men, there seem to be two types: the good looking guy who she will fall for, but who will turn out to be an SOB and the slightly offbeat character who is actually her true love, but believe me…she will look the other way as long as possible! Chick lit authors probably take these ingredients, toss them around here and there and work in other things and voila…there it is!! Their runaway bestseller! While this may sound patronising, actually it isn’t. I really, really love Chick lit books! They’re so full of life, and the contemporary and conversational tone the author sets is something I find really cool.

I read Bridget Jone’s Diary about ten years ago and I thought it was amazing. Here was a book that didn’t read like a book. At that time I hadn’t even heard of chick lit. I read the book that Helen Fielding wrote before Bridget Jones and I read the sequel to Bridget Jones too. The movies were passable I’d say. I am not so fond of Renee Zellweiger ( I find her Brit accent very slow and pronounced, but maybe its just me)

I haven’t read that many chick lit books over the years. I got into a phase of reading books by Indian authors and that hasn’t left me yet. So when I popped into my library last week, for some reason I picked out a book that literally screamed ‘chick lit’. Pink cover, shopping bags, high heels….:)

I started read it..oh, by the way, its called The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopoholic, and I am thoroughly enjoying it. I’m enjoying predicting how bad things will turn out for this girl, and seeing my predictions come true too!!

There’s not much to review in it, and although its not like some of the fluff I so shamelessly read (historical romances, and the like…), I don’t think I’ll be posting a review about it. That’s why this post comes under the Just Stuff category. But for now…i’m getting back into the world of the serious shopoholic.