Comments on: The Smart One by Ellen Meister

By: Amy @ My Friend Amy

Amy @ My Friend Amy — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:01:38 +0000

Stopping by late, ha ha, to say I love chick lit.

This book was just alright for me.

By: CJ West

CJ West — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:25:05 +0000

Ouch. I know the Applewood PTA was a very popular book. I’m not familiar with Meister’s work (as a guy I’m not a big chick lit reader).

As I read this I wondered what it would be like to be on the wrong end of a review like this. That it was well conceived and delivered articulately would only add to the sinking feeling I’m sure.

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Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:17:22 +0000

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By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:04:37 +0000

I enjoy certain chick lit books. I’ve never heard of this author though. Too much sex though really ruins a book.

By: Natasha Maw

Natasha Maw — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:33:04 +0000

Laura – Have you read Austenland by Shannon Hale? I thought it was good.

Janet – I do think it would be pretty boring if we all had the same tastes! My neighbor keeps recommending the Shopaholic series to me. I don’t know though. Not this year.

Amber – I haven’t read her first book. I don’t think I will either.

Trish – I really should start avoiding it as well! To tell you the truth, I really haven’t read much of it, so it was good to give it a test drive. I’ve got another one on a blog tour coming up, so I’m curious to see what the verdict will be.

Kim L. – I like to tell it like I see it. I did think the dialogue was really silly. I kept thinking, “Come on!”

Mrs. B. Roth – It’s so hard to find something that’s not raunchy anymore. In the case of this book, all of our characters had loose morals and slept with whomever they wanted. I have been reading a lot of YA lately, while I still find some language and sex, it doesn’t seem as bad.

By: Mrs. B. Roth

Mrs. B. Roth — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:16:35 +0000

The sex and language in most of the Adult books I pick up and flip through is frustrating. The Historian was a semi-recent example that I really appreciated. And I have been impressed with a lot of the young adult fiction lately, it mostly avoids the sex and language. It’s like authors of adult books feel the need to be coarse to entertain grown-ups and that’s just not the case.

By: Kim L

Kim L — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:55:33 +0000

I know how you feel. I usually don’t read too much chick lit either. Sometimes I find a rare one I enjoy, but I don’t like the shallow characters or the silly dialogue. I haven’t read this one, but thanks for doing an honest review!

By: trish

trish — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:17:37 +0000

I’m with you. I don’t like chick lit and avoid it like the plague. What I don’t like is usually things are wrapped up nicely in the end…that just doesn’t agree with me. And I don’t need graphic sex scenes in a book, which I don’t normally associate with chick lit, necessarily.

But I do wish the author the best of luck! I’m sure it’s hard writing and publishing a book.

By: Amber

Amber — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:44:33 +0000

It’s okay not to like every book you read. Have you read her first book?

By: Janet

Janet — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:27:47 +0000

Do you know what’s funny? Whenever you write a poor review for a book it makes me want to read it to see if I agree with you and I often skip the good ones. hmmm I can enjoy a chick lit novel every once in awhile if it’s good.

One of my favorite chick lit novels is Confessions of a Shopaholic…she doesn’t sleep around but she’s not exactly a strong, moral character either as the title suggests. It’s a very light and easy read, perfect for summer. It’s also a series with a total of 5 books but the first two are the best after that they are kind of weak.