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May Challenge Reviews
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Prize for May: Two (2) winners will receive a paperback copy of Just Friends With Benefits by Meredith Schorr. One (1) bonus winner will receive a signed paperback copy of A Scottish Ferry Tale by Nancy Volkers. You must post the link to your review in the Mister Linky below. This can be to your blog, GoodReads page, or other sources such as Amazon.
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The winners are:
Just Friends With Benefits- Chanpreet Singh & Jencey Gortney
A Scottish Ferry Tale- Jade @ Sort of Beautiful
http://queenofreading.blogspot.com/2011/05/review-truly-madly-by-heather-webber.html
book 9
I have just finished Pieces Of My Heart by Sinead Moriarty and it was surprisingly good despite one of the main characters suffering from anorexia.
http://mrsbeee.blogspot.com/2011/05/chick-lit-reading-challenge-11.html
Jo recently posted..Chick Lit Reading Challenge 11
This book started off slow, but I liked the ending. It both let down and exceeded my expectations. Plus the message in “Face Value” by Kathleen Baird-Murray deals with plastic surgery, something that has become commonplace.
Halfway through Heaven can Wait by Cally Taylor Lovin it!
I just posted my review of A Scottish Ferry Tale! Such a fun, fun read!!!
Michelle recently posted..Book Worm Time- A Scottish Ferry Tale by Nancy Volkers
I just posted my review of A Scottish Ferry Tale. I’m getting back into chick lit again which has me super stoked.
Jenn recently posted..Review and Author QA- Nancy Volkers A Scottish Ferry Tale
Review up on blog and on here for Jessica Chambers “Voices on the Waves” Lovedddd this book!!
Laura@Thereadingnook recently posted..Jessica Chambers Review- Voices on the Waves
just posted my review for Goodnight Tweetheart by Teresa Medeiros.
Laura@Thereadingnook recently posted..Jessica Chambers Review- Voices on the Waves
My review for May is ‘Men I’ve Loved Before’ by Adele Parks. I was really looking forward to this as I adore Adele Parks’ novels. Consequently it might be that my expectations ran a little high this time.
Neil and Nat don’t want children. Ever. Until Neil changes his mind. Ructions occur. Nat seeks solace in her ‘Little Black Book’ looking up ex-lovers in a quest to discover whether marrying Neil – The One – proves to be a case of marrying The Wrong One. But, for me, this is where the story fell down. I was anticipating a lot more drama and input with these ex-lovers. Instead there was very little mentioned about them. Instead Nat analyses herself for pages and pages and pages. She seems to have a personality which goes the full spectrum… from sensible, well-educated businesswoman to a female more screwed up than an un-ironed shirt. Consequently the middle of the book was saggy with too many pages spent trying to keep up with Nat’s meandering mind which had me threatening to lose my marbles. The character Neil tested my patience. It was lovely to read about a man changing his mind over wanting children. And some of Neil’s attempts to persuade Nat to become a mother were heart-warming. But then Neil took to both the bottle and a very expensive habit of visiting strip clubs. This culminated in Neil spending thousands of pounds on one particular private dancer. And that’s when I stopped empathising with Neil. He came across as the last man a woman would be persuaded to have a child with! The characters and storyline eventually rallied, but no sooner was the story back on track it was quickly wrapped up. Thankfully there was a happy ending!
In celebration of the movie launch, I re-read Emily Giffin’s Something Borrowed for my May Challenge. I liked it even more this time around, and you can read it here:
http://thebookfetishblog.com/2011/05/something-borrowed/
Ashley recently posted..Something Borrowed
Now that blogger is up and running I posted another review: http://queenofreading.blogspot.com/2011/05/seven-up-by-janet-evanovich-chick-lit.html
Michele recently posted..Seven Up by Janet Evanovich Chick Lit Challenge- TBR Challenge
Hi everyone,
I just posted my review of Something Borrowed (book and movie). In my opinion, the book was better than the movie.
Nancy
Nancy @ The Chick Lit Bee recently posted..Book & Movie Review- Something Borrowed
I read Second Time Around by Beth Kendrick. Loved it! I would definitely recommend it to everyone
Kaley recently posted..May Chick Lit Review- Second Time Around
Sari & Sins by Nisha Minhas is one of those books I wish I could go back in time and not read! It was just underwhelming.
Just posted my review for Attachments by Rainbow Rowell. I absolutely loved the book!
I posted up a quick review of Candace Bushnell’s “Summer and the City”.
Michelle recently posted..Happy Mothers Day!
Finally got around to reading Getting Personal by Chris Manby. I’m not sure why I kept putting it off!
Speechless by Yvonne Collins is a light, entertaining read! It was a great way to pass some free time!
Review of Here, Home, Hope posted!
Have just finished Stand By Me by Shelia O’Flanagan – she is fast becoming one of my favourite authors.
Jo recently posted..Chick Lit Reading Challenge 12
I read Emily and Einstein. I don’t think I loved it as much as a lot of people did but it was a cute way to spend a morning.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/169272719
I finally read Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin and loved it! It is the first book by her I’ve read, but will not be my last!
In Bed With is an anthology edited by Imogen Edwards-Jones, Jessica Adams, Kathy Lette and Maggiel Alderson. The x-rated pseudonyms are hilarious!
I am so keeping “The Accidental IT Girl” by Libby Street. I loved this book! I just wish there were more books by them to read!
Just posted my review of The Perfect Manhattan. Loved this book
Just posted my review of How The Other Half Hamptons. My first not so positive review and I feel kinda bad, but didn’t want to “Say, OH I LOVED IT”
I wish “Dating Games” by Erica Munro had not been such a meh book!
“Bridemaids” was a great read! I’m looking forward to reading more by Jane Costello!
just posted my review for love struck and lovedddd it!!
Laura @thereadingnook recently posted..Review- Chantel Simmons Love Struck
Finished my first debut author book ! Friendship Bread. This challenge is going fast – I’m almost done.
Diana recently posted..Friendship Bread by Darien Gee
Sorry I didn’t know we were supposed to be leaving comments! At any rate I have another review, The Werewold Upstairs by Ashlyn Chase! Good luck everybody with the challenge!
Jade recently posted..The Werewolf Upstairs by Ashlyn Chase
The step-family from “Personally, I Blame my Fairy Godmother” by Claudia Carroll stole the show!
just posted a review for Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot!! great Read!!
I read and loved “The Celebrity Mother” by Deborah Wright! I’m keeping this one!
“A Valentine’s Kiss” by Lucie Hart is my second debut author this year, completing my 2011 Chicklitplus Reading Challenge!
“Evening Hours”by Mary Lynn Baxter would’ve been much better in my opinion had the many side story lines been better developed or left out. Maybe had those issues been addressed in a sequel I might have liked the book more.
I loved “Forget About It” by Caprice Crane! Another keeper!
I’ve completed the challenge! One of my favorites BTW!
Jade recently posted..Better Read Than Dead by Victoria Laurie
“Divine” by Michelle Holman, was simply that, divine! I loved this book!
The anthology by the RNA, “Loves Me, Loves Me Not,” edited by Katie Fforde was an amazing book. There is something in there for every one!
Review for:
My One and Only
by Kristin Higgins
Oh, Kristin Higgins, how I love thee…Kristin is on my automatic read list. As soon as she comes out with a new book, I read it ASAP. I’ve loved everything I’ve ever read by her and My One and Only is no exception.
It had all the trademarks of a great Kristin Higgins book: 1. Awesome romance 2. The heroine has a great pet, in this case a very sweet little dog that travels with her 3. Well-developed subplots involving family. 4. A subtle message of faith woven throughout, in this case the heroine (a divorce attorney) is close friends with a priest
My One and Only begins with the most hilariously awful marriage proposal of all time. Things go downhill for the heroine from then on, until she is forced on a cross country roadtrip with her ex-husband.
I highly recommend this book as the perfect summer read, especially if you’re on a roadtrip!!!!
I loved “Wicked Games” by Sasha Wagstaff! I will finally read her first book “Changing Grooms” soon and am REALLY looking forward to reading her new book “Heaven Scent”!
Sorry to be posting so late! I’ve only just finished the lovely Milly Johnson’s ‘Here Come the Girls’. Four ladies have been friends since school. One is about to hit the Big Four Oh. And she wants to celebrate in style. As school kids, they had made a vow to take a cruise together one day. Various circumstances (won’t spoil it for you!) come into play and this happens. But as the women sail the high seas, they find themselves re-evaluating life, loves, losses and second chances. Written with warmth and humour, it made me laugh and cry. Definitely recommend.
“Ladies’ Night” is an anthology published in 2005, with the benefits going to two charities, War Child and No Strings International.
Sorry I’m late! I promise I’ll be better next time
. Love reading everyone else’s reviews!
Wendi Nunnery recently posted..A Soft Place to Land- A Review
Wow! Congratulations Jencey and Jade! This is unexpected. There were some great reviews this month!
I reviewed Jen Lancaster’s fiction debut, If You Were Here and enjoyed it!