Juliet, Naked

I read Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby in the beginning of summer, but haven't gotten around to write about until now. I think it is the kind of book that needs to sit for a while in my brain and sink in to really appreciate it. What drew my first to this book was the cover art, which reminds me a bit about the opening scenes to one of my favourite films, Juno.
It's a story about obsession and what it can do to you. How it changes your life, a slightly sad and depressing book, but somewhere in it there is also happiness.
Josefine
Title: Juliet, Naked Author: Nick Hornby ISBN: 978-0-141-02064-8

The Peach Keeper

Ok I promise this will be the last chick-lit post for a while now. But I can't help but to mention the latest book I've read from one of my favourite authors, Sarah Addison Allen.
Sarah Addison Allen is an author I come back to again and again. Her two previous books The Sugar Queen and Garden Spells left me with such a nice fuzzy feeling so I had high expectations of The Peach Keeper and as always Addison Allen delivered.
To me, that is what makes a favourite author, you can go back to them over and over again, and they always deliver.
Josefine
Title: The Peach Keeper Author: Sarah Addison Allen ISBN: 978-1-444-70667-3

Reliability

Sheila O'Flanagan's Bad behaviour is what I think of as an ordinary chick lit book. You pick it up at the airport, train or petrol station before leaving for your holiday. You know what to expect and O'Flanagan delivers just that. There are no surprises, good or bad, it is just a consistent, entertaining, well written book throughout. And sometimes that is exactly what you need!
Josefine
Title: Bad behvaiour Author: Sheila O'Flanagan ISBN: 978-0-7553-3218-2

Coleman's best so far

I go through periods when I read much from the same genre and a couple of weeks over the summer, it was chick-lit. This time there was a mix of authors I've read before and some new. First Cally Taylor's début novel Heaven can wait, then there were books by Rowan Coleman, Sheila O'Flangan and Sarah Addison Allen all authors I've read before.
Lessons in laughing out loud by Rowan Coleman is the third book I've read from her and I must say I think it is the best of her books so far. It had a bit of a dip towards the end, but then it picked back up again in the last chapters to end quite well.
I am still waiting for my library to purchase her newest book Happy home for broken hearts.
Josefine
Title: Lessons in laughing out loud Author: Rowan Coleman ISBN: 978-0-09-955126-3

Can heaven wait?

I've read much about Cally Taylor's first novel Heaven can wait, following her path to publishing through her blog and was prepared for an uplifting chick-lit book. What I was not prepared for, was it to be so sad. Some parts of the book are funny and witty, then there are so many parts that are heartbreakingly sad. However, the best features of the book, is that Taylor nails each and everyone of the emotions. I can sense what each and everyone of the characters are feeling and that makes me care about them and their stories, turning the pages wanting and needing to know how it ends.
In short, it is a wonderful book. It took me a long time to get to this novel (my list of books I want to read, never seems to shorten) but when I read it, I was a bit gutted I had waited so long to get to it. Her second novel Home for Christmas is on my to read list as well, and hopefully I'll get to it sooner, I might just bump it up a bit.
If you want to see what Taylor is up to (including being a new mum) you can find her website here.
Josefine
Title: Heaven can wait Author: Cally Taylor ISBN: 978-1-409-10323-3