... I found the following article in the Guardian very interesting. The new approach to chick lit has gained such a following in America that Mills & ... of modern romance for Mills & Boon, said the new chick lit heroine was a woman with whom the reader could genuinely ... ," she said. "Readers want to hear the truth and, for once, chick lit is giving it to them." Entire article here ...

... entertainment?Important social commentary?Unfairly dismissed by the patriarchal literati? What do you think??? Join Faculty Fellows in Residence Brad and Jo for Chick Lit and Cheesecake …where we will discuss the chick lit genre ... Files and Love UndercoverProfessor Caroline Smith, who teaches and writes about chick lit at GW University This Thursday (19th) – 8.30 ...

... about the characterization of serious women's literature as "chick lit". She lays this derisive nomenclature at the ... – reflecting women's lives, whether young or old, are labelled. Hence 'chick-lit': often a derogatory term used to mean books by young ... wielded their influence on every category of popular fiction. "Chick lit" was one of the terms coined at the ...

... certain books/movies/TV shows. I call it: Build a better chick lit. Here's the college edition. I used to love reading ... Clarence Thomas look like a choirboy. After a steady diet of sitcoms and chick lit, I assumed that I'd have to show up to my first college lecture ... a party staring disdainfully at the cleanest, most candle/incest lit frat bathroom in the entire world while sighing over ...

... , sorta) when I found Deb Caletti's books. (: I picked them up, thinking them to be Chick Lit at first. Alright, I was bored, you see? I don't really support Chick Lit all that much, because I think that it doesn't paint the right perception of love at all. Love isn't that gooey emotion that overwhelms you, or bad boys actually liking you or whatever ...

Make Chick Lit a definite pick-me-up when you enter the library next time.  We've put up an attractive display in the lobby of fiction with that come hither pink and pearl look to it.  Books by authors such as Lisa Kleypas, Jane Green, Sophie Kinsella, and Cecilia Ahern will vie for your attention as you browse and shop for your next fun read.