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<![CDATA[Kirsty added 'Amanda's Wedding']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65856391
to: Amanda's Wedding (Paperback)byJenny Colgan
It's no secret that I'm a massive Jenny Colgan fan, and her debut novel ' Amanda's Wedding', published back in 2000, is a real classic.
90s girl-about-town Mel is adjusting to life without posh-boy Alex, whose attempts to make it big in the music biz have propelled him to the land of the free and Bruce Springsteen. Having omitted to mention his grand tour to Mel however, he has left our heroine a tad disturbed--grounds indeed for taking comfort in the arms of smelly, over-sized accountants with juvenile tendencies. Alex's emotional return coincides with the news that Mel's old "friend" Amanda, social-climber pas excellent (sic), has succeeded in getting herself hitched to Scottish laird Fraser for whom Mel has long harboured feelings of an X-rated nature. Before long, Fraser's brother Angus and Mel's friend Fran--an evil-mouthed, scary, man-hater--join forces in an attempt to rescue the scruffy Scot from the talons of the wannabe "It" girl, whose only interests lie in a double-barrelled aristo title and an ancestral pile.
This was the first chick lit book in which I felt I could truly relate to the characters. The protaganist of Mel isn't just a dull, 'nice' girl to whom something bad happens. She's self deprecating, sometimes sarcastic and has a bit of 'oomph' about her.
This book has it all. Wit, an excellent plot, emotion, and lots of gorgeous Scottish Men. As soon as I read it, I became a confirmed Colgan fan. I would completely recommend it to those of you who have not yet read it. It will have you laughing out loud by the end of the first page.
Rating 5/5
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<![CDATA[Kirsty added 'Beachcombing']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65855712
Beachcombing (Paperback)
byMaggie Dana bookshelves: currently-reading
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<![CDATA[new comment from Kirsty]]>
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/186103-calling-all-unpublished-chick-lit-writers
Kirsty made a comment in the Chick Lit group:
Are you writing contemporary, funny, female focused fiction? Are you unpublished?
Well, Novelicious is pleased to announce a brand new weekly feature - 'Novelicious Undiscovered' !
We are inviting unpublished wannabe authors to submit an excerpt of their work in progress to the site http://www.novelicious.com , for review and critique by our readers (strictly chick lit and contemporary women's fiction only).
It's a great way to showcase your writing, and as some of the UK's top publishers, book publicists, editors and agents regularly read the site - who knows - you might just get discovered!
For more info, or to send some writing, please email kirsty@novelicious.com with the subject header 'Novelicious Undiscovered'.
At the end of the year, the piece that has generated the most interest/comments from our readers will win a lovely Novelicious Award with a proper (very pretty) trophy and everything, as part of the end of year Novelicious Book Awards (more info on that coming soon).
Come on then - get writing!!
UPDATE - Excerpts must be from the beginning of your novel (i.e. chapter one) so that your writing (characters/storyline/etc) is more clearly introduced to our readers and please send no more than 1000 words. Cheers! :)
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<![CDATA[Kirsty added 'Saving Grace']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62652444
to: Saving Grace (Paperback)byCiara Geraghty bookshelves: novelicious-books
I only bought this book because I read that the author had been signed up for a major book deal with Hodder Publishing, so I thought 'I'll buy it cos' Hodder aint gonna pay for someone rubbish'.
And they didn't!I
I can honestly say that 'Saving Grace' is my favourite book of the year so far. It doesn't seem to have been publicized very much so I feel very lucky to have found it, and I have to urge you, readers, to buy this book right now!
The Rest of this review can be found on at the link below!