Each months book selection is available at the library for check out. Do you want to find new books to read and have an awesome group to chat about those new books with. Todays coffee chat is all about why i felt judged for loving romance novels. Best selling chick lit books for women of all ages chick. Join the chick lit book club on goodreads 94 members were a fun group of chick lit and romantic comedy readers who banded together on facebook and are now moving to the wonderful world of goodreads. A book club for bright, busy, yet savvy 3050 aged professional women who wish to gather with likeminded women to munch on yummy food, enjoy a glass of wine and discuss great books. She graduated from montclair state university in eventsmeeting planning and tourism. Want to be the first to know about which books are due to hit the shelves.
Keeping the book club rooted in a genre historical fiction, chick lit or a. A love for literature, as well as for art, and sharing with others enriches the experience. We are reading little women firstthe first 15 chapters are due next wednesday. New york or london our girl characters take charge, get promoted and find love, all in 300 pages or less. An area to discuss the themes, books and authors of this genre.
Each family member harbors their own secret, like the father who slept with his young. Alicia deats is a new teacher chaperoning her very first high school trip to washington dc, and nothing could be more terrifying than a class full of horny, backstabbing, boundarypushing. Although it sometimes includes romantic elements, chick lit is generally not considered a direct subcategory of the romance novel genre, because the heroines relationship with her family or friends is often just as important as her romantic relationships. The inaugural meeting of the chick lit book club at ccs met today. Giveaway is now closed last night, i attended an event in georgetown, at bcbg maxazria.
As the first book to consider the genre seriously, chick lit offers real insight into a new generation of womens fiction. Born and raised in sweden but now days live in norway. The pittsburgh chick lit book club pittsburgh, pa meetup. Chick lit or chick literature is genre fiction, which consists of heroinecentered narratives that focus on the trials and tribulations of their individual protagonists. Chick lit cafe offers authors a unique opportunity to reach thousands of the most dedicated, informed and veracious readers out there. The dc kidlit book club meets monthly in the washington, dc area. Were a fun group of chick lit and romantic comedy readers who banded together on facebook and are now moving to the wonderful world of goodreads. Bandai dc comics disney funko gundam harry potter lego architecture loungefly marvel comics pokemon pusheen star wars studio. This book club reads popular, contemporary works and meets the second monday of each month at 6.
The russian and eastern euro literature book club of dc meetup. Are you a lover of chick lit and romantic comedies. The group is now led by nancy ogle, who began attending the chick lit book club in 2012 because she thought the books would be fun, easy reads, and chick lit was about the leastlikely genre she would read on her own. Straight up and dirty sees stephanie klein repackage the pain of her breakup for a chicklit audience, but lose something along the way, says kitty laing. Author etaf rum joins lit on h st book club to discuss her debut novel. We hope you will join in the discussion, either inperson or online. Melissa amster lives in maryland dc metro area with her husband, two sons and daughter. Then, we will execute a series of highly effective targeted marketing campaigns to help increase your book sales, your author visibility and multiply your readership base. Book news dc trip, by comedian sara benincasa, is centred around a high school excursion to the us capital. The chick lit book club group 109 members goodreads. Then keep an eye on our continually updated list of the upcoming releases.
Chick lit book club local business 7 photos facebook. Join in the fun, lively discussions at the chick lit book club. Chick lit is in its death throes bridget jones look out a new breed of risktaking, notsonice literary heroines is replacing the sad singletons, writes. Th chick lit book club meets regularly to discuss young adult lit and teen issues. The genre often addresses issues of modern womanhood from romantic relationships to female friendships to matters in the workplace in humorous and lighthearted ways.
With more than 3500 rated titles, authors and 250 interviews, this is the onestop site for readers needing their fix of chick lit. Breezy and smart need not be mutually exclusive, so we asked our readers for their favorite chicklit novels that are as. Over the course of a week, the naive and dreamy girl finds herself. Chicklit club book news for dc trip by sara benincasa. Our members include librarians, teachers, authors, illustrators, parents, booksellers, and anyone who would like to discuss childrens books. I first experienced this approach at my book club in dc, where we read quite the. Book club genres all book club genres sorting by relevance book lists. Chick lit gets a bad rap, but we dont think its a waste of a genre.
The book is about an upper east side family who rents a house in mallorca for a week. Commercial and highconcept middlegrade and young adult fiction all genres, but maybe avoid christmas, talking animal books, or anything nightmareinducing. Below is a selection of the many reading groups and book discussions. She has worked with various authors, including sere prince halverson, sarah pinneo, jillian medoff, sherryl woods and brenda jackson, doing online publicity and traditional media campaigns. Please check the calendar to make sure an event is scheduled on the date you wish to attend. We have done rose, whites, byfw bring your favorite wine, this club meeting the wine selection was sangria. We have 14 student and 3 teacher members in the club. All are welcome boys too to become online fans and add to our discussions. If you love chick lit novels with a strong female protagonist, including chick lit, mommy lit and bride lit, this is the book club for you. Please note that sometimes book club events are canceled or rescheduled due to unforeseen circumstances. The fourteen original essays gathered here also explore such trends and subgenres as sistah lit, mommy lit, and chick lit jr. After the umpteenth book on the same subject or with the.
Chick lit is genre fiction which addresses issues of modern womanhood, often humorously and lightheartedly. Sophie kinsella goodreads author shelved 4 times as chicklitbookclub avg rating 3. The secondary characters really added a lot of charm to this story, and overall i thought this chick lit novel was very wellwritten and wellpaced. It was to check out the stores fall clothing line and meet two chick lit novelists from the dc area from left to right in the picture, sarah pekkanen and beth harbison while snacking on chocolate and drinking champagne. The latest addition to the little, brown chick lit stable is the clique, written by former mtv producer lisi harrison, in which a likeable middleclass junior high schooler is thrown into the.
The storyline with the american owners and their vision for the quaint hotel was pretty funny, and of course the romance angle was a big part of the story, and quite sweet. Keeping the book club rooted in a genre historical fiction, chick lit or a subject matter politics, religion, ecology seems like a great way to gather a group of people with similar interests and provide them with engaging material. Please note release dates may vary from country to country. The bum magnethappily blends surprise, humor, and wit into 294 pages of wonderful. The clubs selections feature a variety of book genres. Search results for wonder sorted by relevance page 1. She has been part of the book publicity and pr industries since 2010. A novel and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. They like love stories, and rivalries, and chocolate, and bonding. All readings and discussions in englishthis is a group for anyone who wants to tackle the great works of russian and sometimes eastern european literature. Chick lit often gets a bad name, but we dont see why. Total sucker for romantic suspense, but also reads crime, thriller, horror, mystery, scifi, chick lit, fantasy and much, much more.
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