Chicks Rule!
These days, chick lit and chick flicks have become extremely popular. As we know, chick lit is fiction targeted at single women around 30 years of age, consisting of a good dose of humor and maybe some romance. Chick flicks are movies with similar themes with women as their intended audience.
“Although usually including romantic elements, women’s fiction (including chick lit) is generally not considered a direct subcategory of the romance novel genre, because in women’s fiction the heroine’s relationship with her family or friends may be equally as important as her relationship with the hero.”, says Wikipedia.
“The Devil wears Prada”, “Everyone worth Knowing”, and “Chasing Harry Winston” by the author Lauren Weisberger are classic examples of chick lit. “The Devil wears Prada” has been made into a box-office hit starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway. According to reports, the author’s third book, “Chasing Harry Winston” will be made into a film as well. Having read all three, my verdict is watch “The Devil Wears Prada” ---it is one of the rare cases where the movie is better than the book. You can totally skip “Everyone worth knowing”. It’s not exceptionally written. “Chasing Harry Winston” is a fun read.
One author I discovered recently was Megan Crane. I read her “English as a second language”, which was hilarious, engaging, and kept me company as only a friend could! It happens to be her first novel.
The story is about Alexandra Brennan, who decides to leave the US and her dead-end job there to study her Master’s in English Literature in the UK-- All because her ex-boyfriend said she didn’t have it in her. She makes new friends, adopts a nocturnal lifestyle that involves hanging out at the pub, sleepwalks through classes during the day, draws a motley crew of friends and acquaintances toward her with whom she experiences several misadventures, only to discover that she has found home. What sets this book apart is the author’s AMAZING sense of humour. Each sentence is hilarious. The writing style is light and irreverent. I can’t wait to read her other titles “Names my sisters call me”, “Frenemies”, and “Everyone else’s girl”.
Candace Bushnell is another author who has created powerful characters and her themes revolve around slightly older women who try to balance their dazzling careers and complicated personal lives. She is best known for her novel “Sex and the city”, which is the story of four women— Carrie Bradshaw, Charlotte, Samantha, and Miranda—three in their mid-thirties and one in her forties. The book examined the lives of these successful professional women in the late 1990s and portrayed the effect of changing roles and expectations for women on the characters. This led to the phenomenally popular television series by the same name, which is loosely based on the book. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s time you crawled out from under that rock you’ve been hiding ;). Her other famous book “Lipstick Jungle” is also about three sexy, powerful career women who will do anything to stay at the top of their fields. In Bushnell’s world, “chicks” rule the roost--pun intended;)
These days, chick lit and chick flicks have become extremely popular. As we know, chick lit is fiction targeted at single women around 30 years of age, consisting of a good dose of humor and maybe some romance. Chick flicks are movies with similar themes with women as their intended audience.
“Although usually including romantic elements, women’s fiction (including chick lit) is generally not considered a direct subcategory of the romance novel genre, because in women’s fiction the heroine’s relationship with her family or friends may be equally as important as her relationship with the hero.”, says Wikipedia.
“The Devil wears Prada”, “Everyone worth Knowing”, and “Chasing Harry Winston” by the author Lauren Weisberger are classic examples of chick lit. “The Devil wears Prada” has been made into a box-office hit starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway. According to reports, the author’s third book, “Chasing Harry Winston” will be made into a film as well. Having read all three, my verdict is watch “The Devil Wears Prada” ---it is one of the rare cases where the movie is better than the book. You can totally skip “Everyone worth knowing”. It’s not exceptionally written. “Chasing Harry Winston” is a fun read.
One author I discovered recently was Megan Crane. I read her “English as a second language”, which was hilarious, engaging, and kept me company as only a friend could! It happens to be her first novel.
The story is about Alexandra Brennan, who decides to leave the US and her dead-end job there to study her Master’s in English Literature in the UK-- All because her ex-boyfriend said she didn’t have it in her. She makes new friends, adopts a nocturnal lifestyle that involves hanging out at the pub, sleepwalks through classes during the day, draws a motley crew of friends and acquaintances toward her with whom she experiences several misadventures, only to discover that she has found home. What sets this book apart is the author’s AMAZING sense of humour. Each sentence is hilarious. The writing style is light and irreverent. I can’t wait to read her other titles “Names my sisters call me”, “Frenemies”, and “Everyone else’s girl”.
Candace Bushnell is another author who has created powerful characters and her themes revolve around slightly older women who try to balance their dazzling careers and complicated personal lives. She is best known for her novel “Sex and the city”, which is the story of four women— Carrie Bradshaw, Charlotte, Samantha, and Miranda—three in their mid-thirties and one in her forties. The book examined the lives of these successful professional women in the late 1990s and portrayed the effect of changing roles and expectations for women on the characters. This led to the phenomenally popular television series by the same name, which is loosely based on the book. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s time you crawled out from under that rock you’ve been hiding ;). Her other famous book “Lipstick Jungle” is also about three sexy, powerful career women who will do anything to stay at the top of their fields. In Bushnell’s world, “chicks” rule the roost--pun intended;)
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