<![CDATA[Wedding Season]]>

false <![CDATA[Wedding Season]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178720366m/825139.jpg 825139 4 Seventeen weddings. Six months. Only the strong survive. Joy Silverman and her boyfriend, Gabriel Winslow, seem perfect for each other. Living together in New York City, they have everything they want and everything in common--most important, that neither one wants to get married. Ever. But when Joy finds herself obligated to attend seventeen weddings in six months (including those of her father, mother, younger brother, and five of her closest girlfriends), the couple is forced to take a new look at why they're so opposed to marriage when the rest of the world can't wait to walk down the aisle. As the season heats up and the pressure mounts, Joy must confront what it means -- and what it costs -- to be true to one's self. A witty, wicked comedy of manners in the satirical tradition of Jane Austen and Evelyn Waugh, Wedding Season is an intelligent, laugh-out-loud funny examination of friendship, faith, integrity, and the ideas and institutions that bind us together, shape our lives, and define who we are. "If Jane Austen and Candace Bushnell were to meet for a long drink in a downtown bar, the delightful result might be a contemporary comedy of manners with a decidedly old-fashioned feel. Darcy Cosper has given us just that: a sweet and sharply funny concoction that will have bridesmaids everywhere nodding their heads in recognition." -- Dani Shapiro, author of Family History "Wonderful....Wedding Season is social comedy on a grand scale. A hilarious and urbane primer on getting hitched-or not-in the twenty-first century." -- Gary Shteyngart, author of The Russian Debutante's Handbook 430854 23 3 2004 Wedding Season total:248|5:9|4:51|3:102|2:60|1:26| 248 701 437 41 2 2 false false Sun Nov 04 11:42:33 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 04 11:45:01 -0800 2007 parody of chick-lit." Right. Like ring-dings aren't devil dogs; they're a parody of devil dogs -- after all, ring-dings are round. ]]> 2 1 false false Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Nov 22 10:11:34 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 22 10:13:03 -0800 2007
Here's a prescription for chick lit books:

Make your main character a woman in her late 20's, who's employed in the literary (columnist, copy writer) or advertising fields, has lots of cool friends with fabulous jobs (no chronically unemployed,...more...]]> 2 0 false true Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 19:50:15 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 12:51:11 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 22 08:52:44 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 08:52:44 -0800 2008
Weeell, at least it was the worst book *I've* ever read. I couldn't even get past the first chapter...reading this was pure torture, I tell ya. Plotline: main character is invited to numerous weddings in a short period of time. Couldn't tell if it was meant to be...more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Oct 28 23:50:48 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 23:54:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Dec 18 18:20:23 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 18:20:23 -0800 2007 1 0 false false Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Oct 28 18:09:47 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 11 15:24:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Wed Jun 25 14:26:39 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 11:14:11 -0700 2008
The Plot: Joy is just about 30 and about to face a grueling six months where she'll attend 17 weddings, and be a bridesmaid in 5 of them. As if this weren't tough enough, Joy happens to b...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Oct 22 07:53:02 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 07:54:50 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Jan 02 19:55:45 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 19:55:45 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Jul 22 22:44:31 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 22:44:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 13:06:30 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 13:08:27 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Tue Apr 28 21:27:08 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 21:12:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 07:51:02 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 08:59:00 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Wed Mar 11 22:41:43 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 22:42:34 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Tue Jun 02 18:53:54 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 18:53:54 -0700 2009 sillly, fluffy, but fun...
bad ending, bad choice for the character Joy]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 20 09:59:13 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 09:59:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 07:19:59 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 07:19:59 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Apr 17 01:54:18 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 01:53:29 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 18 09:00:51 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 11 08:48:20 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=825139