What the best chiclit you've read

[hughjarssss]

I don't read chicknits but I need some recommendations

[hughjarssss]

chicklits

[tiredemma]

Not very original, but Bridget Jones reamins my fave 'chicklit'

(have to add that I hate 'chicklit')

[dalek]

Pleasant vices by Judy Astley - not keen on any f her other books but this one made me laugh out loud on the bus

[posieflump]

Jemima J by Jane Green

Anything by Emlyn Rees and Josie Lloyd

Mike Gayle's early ones

The Shopaholic books by Sophie Kinsella

Also like Lisa Jewell and Marian Keyes

[Love2bake]

Adele Parks is also good.

[Seeline]

Jane Green and Marian Keyes (Watermelon made me laugh out loud) Katie Ford also makes me laugh.

[hughjarssss]

Thanks everyone, my friend is in hospital and I know that she likes chicklits so I thought I'd get her a few to pass the time.
I know she hasn't had any time for reading recently so if I buy her new ones it should be ok.

Does anyone know if anywhere has any offers on at the moment?

[BlingLovin]

Bridget Jones? She has a lot to answer for - what are we supposed to respect about a woman too lazy to work who thinks shagging her boss is a good idea?

Marian Keys - laugh out loud funny with a serious thoughtful side.

[MrsTiddles]

Tesco is having a lot of offers on a lot of different books at the moment (£10 for Devil May Care instead of closer to £20). Don't know if they include chicklits, but expect they do.

[Twizzler]

Mummy said the F word by Fiona Gibson. very funny-couldn't put it down.

Jane Green also very readable.

[princessglitter]

Marian Keyes is fab.

[princessglitter]

Also Louise Bagshawe writes some very glamorous pageturners.

[Twizzler]

www.fionagibson.com

Prob not on special offer but think she is one of the best authors around at the moment. Hilarious truthful writing about parenthood. Not sure if your friend is a parent?!!

She also writes non fiction - "The fish finger years" is brilliant too.

[hughjarssss]

Thanks for all the recomondations, I'm off to Tesco online

[notthebubblyseaweed]

Ultimate chick lit to me will always be Jay Cee.

Nobody would have dissed her in a field at Glastonbury.

Hardcore.

[cornsilk]

I like Marian Keyes, but think she's not as good as she was - she's actually a bit lewd now IMO! I like Catherine Alliott.

[hughjarssss]

Who wrote Jay Cee NTBS?

[thumbwitch]

Marian Keyes
Christina Jones
India Knight
Wendy Holden
Isabel Wolff
Lisa Jewell
Catherine Alliott - early books

[notthebubblyseaweed]

Jay Cee = Jilly Cooper. Am embarrassed and small feeling now after all bluster!

[hughjarssss]

No I am the one who should be NTBS!

Which M.keyes would you recommend for someone who doesn't have children?

[cornsilk]

sushi for beginners
Lucy Sullivan is getting married
Read Watermelon anyway - it's very funny.

[cornsilk]

Have you not got kids then?

[hughjarssss]

I have, my friend who I'm buying for hasn't

[cornsilk]

What a nice mate you are then.

[handlemecarefully]

this is

I am not sure that it is chick lit per se, but it is certainly a light and easy read (I don't do serious literature)...but it is also quirky and original rather than formulaic and predictable (which a lot of chick lit can be)