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    <body><![CDATA[The stories were good, but it seemed like quite a few of them had unhappy endings. Not that every story should have a happy ending, but this wasn't nearly as much &quot;fun&quot; as <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= Girls' Night In" title=" Girls' Night In"> Girls' Night In</a> was, and I guess I was expecting more of the same. Overall, though, I liked the writing of most of th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/996428">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a collection of 21 short stories by American and British women writers. If you're interested in this genre and want to discover new authors, Girls' Night Out provides a starting point. However, many of these stories do not reflect what some of these authors are capable of writing. A few stor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2523175">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A nice little collection of short stories from various chick-lit authors. My standouts were; Reunion, A Little Bit Broken, Troublemaker, and What I Found. I still enjoyed the others though and think I might have found some new authors to consider in the future.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong>25 stories from the hottest female writers on the scene</strong>  <p>Too tired to doll up and head out for a night on the town? (It happens to the best of us.) Just dip into this year's must-read collection for a <em>Girls' Night Out</em> to remember and indulge in tales of reunions and weddings, sisters and friends, endings and beginnings . . . No waiting in line, no wardrobe malfunctions, no jockeying for position as you try to catch the bartender's eye. With a lineup of fantastic writers like Meg Cabot (<em>The Boy Next Door</em>), Emily Giffin (<em>Something Borrowed</em>), Kristin Gore (<em>Sammy's Hill</em>0, Emma McLaughlin &amp; Nicola Kraus (<em>The Nanny Diaries</em>), Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez (<em>The Dirty Girls Social Club</em>) and Lolly Winston (<em>Good Grief</em>), you'll be hanging with the VIPS all night long!  <p>Net proceeds to benefit War Child and No Strings  <p>Other fabulous writers featured: Jessica Adams, Cecelia Ahern, Maggie Alderson, Tilly Bagshawe, Elizabeth Buchan, Laura Caldwell, Lynda Curnyn, Kathleen DeMarco, Nicki Earls, Imogen Edwards-Jones, Robyn Harding, Lauren Henderson, Marian Keyes, Chris Manby, Carole Matthews, Anna Maxted, Lynn Messina, Sarah Mlynowski, Pamela Ribon.</p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I checked this out from the library. It is a collection of short stories in the genre of chick lit. (which is one of my favorite genres) Most of the authors are British and that has been a nice change of pace from the usual NYC setting found in most chick lit. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[this is a great book with stories from some of the most well known chick-lit writers out there.  it's really cool in that if you like a specific story, of an author you've never read before, chances are you'll be able to then go read their books.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a really good book of short stories.  They are all chick lit, and it's quick, easy, entertaining reading by the current female authors.  Proceeds go to charity- so that's a bonus!!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;I enjoy being a girl&quot;. This is what my sister-in-law would call &quot;fluff&quot; reading:). But it's great. Just a bunch of girly short stories about everyday life and what it's like to be a girl. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoy the short story format, especially when I am travelling.  There were a couple of stories that I skipped, which was not the case for <em>Girls' Night In</em>.  Overall, a fun, easy read]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great Pool Read.  It is composed of many short stories by a variety of authors.  It was worth reading because I discovered some new authors that I enjoyed their writing style.]]></body>
    
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