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Well-written chick lit?

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mimolette · 28/06/2013 09:28

Please don't flame me, but am after some easy reading! Can anyone recommend any well-written, not too cringey chick lit (or even mum lit)?
Or anything easy going and funny (eg really loved The Common Reader)?

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GW297 · 04/07/2013 23:28

Lindsay Kelk has a new one out.

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InLoveWithDavidTennant · 03/07/2013 22:45

i absolutely love milly johnson and melissa hill

tumbletumble · 03/07/2013 06:55

Maybe you're right decaff. I struggle a bit with the definition of chick lit.

SolidGoldBrass · 02/07/2013 20:11

Try Christina Jones, particularly Jumping To Conclusions and the one about the greyhound. The later ones get a bit too silly with all the magic spells, though Heaven Sent has good characters.

decaffwithcream · 02/07/2013 20:10

Second Joanna Trollope, Sophie Kinsella and the earlier Emily Barr books.

decaffwithcream · 02/07/2013 20:09

I really can't see Anne Tyler or Penelope Lively as chick lit. Great authors though.

HenriettaPye · 02/07/2013 20:08

Paige toon! Love her books

GW297 · 02/07/2013 20:04

Jane Costello too! Girl on the Run was my favourite.

Boonyjinkies · 02/07/2013 18:55

Jane Green and Victoria Clayton

Chubfuddler · 02/07/2013 18:41

Nancy Mitford.

DStone · 02/07/2013 18:39

Jojo Moyes - brilliant! And quite a few to choose from...

drwitch · 02/07/2013 16:39

the horsey ones by fiona walker are like the best of jilly cooper without the snobby/racist/dubious attitudes to body fat bits
Jane Fallon is the one that viannefox is talking about
Anna Maxted wrote a brilliant book about anorexia called running in heels
cause celebre (by helen fielding aka the bridget jones one) is very good as well

BOF · 01/07/2013 21:25

I read Erica James' The Queen Of New Beginnings- it was quite a satisfying romp,mand very funny in parts.

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mrsmindcontrol · 01/07/2013 14:46

Adele Parkes

makescakeswhenstressed · 01/07/2013 14:39

I meant Erica James. Obviously

EnlightenedOwl · 30/06/2013 22:22

just reading and enjoyed very much on Kindle quartet of books by Janet Tanner - starting with The Black Mountains, only £2 each

makescakeswhenstressed · 30/06/2013 20:51

Erics James books are excellent with complex plots and some good twists whilst generally being happy easy reading

if you want a good weepy that's beautifully written try Never Change by Elizabeth Berg

oddslippers · 30/06/2013 20:44

Lisa jewell books are always a good read

GW297 · 30/06/2013 20:43

You had me at hello by Mhari McFarlane. Enjoyed both!

VianneFox · 30/06/2013 20:42

Yes to Catherine Alliott. Also have enjoyed a couple of Adele Parkes and Carole Matthews. Oh and another-for the life of me I can't remember her name but she was a writer/producer on 'spaced' and married to ricky gervais

GW297 · 30/06/2013 20:41

Sophie King

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