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January 10, 2012

Said and Done by Annie Sparrow

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Said and Done Author: Annie Sparrow Genre: Chick-Lit Publisher: Orbit Books Release Date: 2001 Pages: 358

Emma is a 35-year-old legal secretary. Working in a small office of a large solicitors firm in London hasn’t exactly prepared her for the high life, neither has marriage to Tony, her husband of seven years.

Tony left the army six years ago and has been working as a bouncer on the door of the local pub. Emma, has put on weight and hides behind

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Something Borrowed by Tina Reilly

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Something Borrowed Author: Tina Reilly Genre: Chick-Lit, Irish Publisher: Times Warner

Vicky McCarthy doesn’t know who she is. Adopted as a baby, a fact revealed to her when she was twelve, she just never really fitted it. Finally her curiosity has got the better of her and she wants to trace her birth mother.

Meanwhile in work, the bosses son, Ed, has just started working for her. Vicky is convinced that he’s being groomed

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Someone Like You by Cathy Kelly

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Someone Like You Author: Cathy Kelly Release Date: 2001 Pages: 688

Three woman meet on a cruise ship on the River Nile and a bond is formed that will last forever. Single, sexy Hannah is trying desperately to forget the man who betrayed her and is concentrating on her career – but is she really happy living a single life again? Emma has been married for two years to a wonderful man, but she’s desperate

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Said and Done by Annie Sparrow

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
saidanddone
Title: Said and Done Author: Annie Sparrow Genre: Chick-Lit Publisher: Orbit Books Release Date: 2001 Pages: 358

Emma is a 35-year-old legal secretary. Working in a small office of a large solicitors firm in London hasn’t exactly prepared her for the high life, neither has marriage to Tony, her husband of seven years.

Tony left the army six years ago and has been working as a bouncer on the door of the local pub. Emma, has put on weight and hides behind

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PS, I Love You by Cecelia Ahern

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Artist @ 12:55 pm
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Title: PS, I Love You Author: Cecelia Ahern Genre: Chick-Lit, Irish Publisher: HarperCollins UK Release Date: Jan 1 2007 Pages: 512

Not all books have the same target audience or aspire to literary greatness. PS, I Love You is not great literature, it is, I suppose, something to wipe the sand off with.

However, for a book of this category its main topic is that of grief, the grief of a young widow and her life in the year following her husband’s death; this encapsulating

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Where Rainbows End by Cecelia Ahern

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Where Rainbows End Author: Cecelia Ahern Genre: Chick-Lit, Irish Publisher: HarperCollins

Cecelia Ahern’s first book PS, I Love You was published in January of this year. I read it and, having done so, it was with some trepidation that I approached Where Rainbows End, her second novel.

The story is based around two childhood friends: Rosie and Alex. Neighbours from the age of five they grow up together and have stuck beside each

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Red Letter Day by Colette Caddle

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Red Letter Day Author: Colette Caddle Genre: Chick-Lit, Irish Publisher: Simon and Schuster Release Date: 2004 Pages: 483

Twenty-seven-year-old Celine Moore became a widow after her husband Dermot died in a tragic accident and the people of Kilmont have supported and sympathised with her ever since. However, when they discover she has been finding comfort in the arms of local married hotshot Kevin Gilligan, they turn against her and Celine finds herself an outcast.

Unable

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Redeeming Hope by Anna O’Malley

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Title: Redeeming Hope Author: Anna O'Malley Genre: Chick-Lit, Irish Release Date: Jan 1 2005 Pages: 456

Anna O’Malley is the pseudonym for popular thriller writer Maggie Gibson who decided to try her hand at women’s fiction. Redeeming Hope is her debut and I think I can safely say that Gibson’s future as a popular fiction author is well and truly secure. If you’re looking for an easy read – with a little bit more &#8211

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The Onion Girl by Tina Reilly

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: The Onion Girl Author: Tina Reilly Genre: Chick-Lit, Irish Publisher: Poolbeg Press Release Date: Jan 1 2001 Pages: 520

“being abandoned is worse than someone telling you you’re worthless. At least if someone says you’re worthless, they’re still here, beside you, talking.” – Act Three, Naked by Alfonso Morelli

Two people who once meant everything to each other are about to meet again, but ten years later can the spark still be there

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The Other Side of the Story by Marian Keyes

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: The Other Side of the Story Author: Marian Keyes Genre: Chick-Lit, Irish Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Release Date: 2007 Pages: 656

Three women with seemingly unrelated lives form a circle where everything that goes around, comes around.

Jojo Harvey is a literary agent, and also energetic, ambitious and sexy to boot. Highly competitive, Jojo is desperate to climb the corporate ladder. But, with inter-office politics running high, life isn’t easy – and of course Jojo

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