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In her most stressing of moments she escapes by imagining herself hiding in the center of a cake. I found this a bit odd, but it intrigued me enough to continuing reading.

Ruthie being a stay-at-home-momma spent a lot of time baking. It is something her Mom taught her at a young age and as she grew older she fell in love with baking; it became a craft. The ingredients worked for her like they would work for no one else.

When Ruthie's husband was laid off at the hospital things began to get a little bit crazy. It's no surprise what happened, I'm sure you know even without reading further. Ruthie began her own business, "Eat Cake."

The story isn't all predictable, though most of it is if you're astute enough to realize it. There is a couple love stories involved as well as the relationship between mother and daughter spanning generations.

Writing anymore about the book would give away far too much detail and so I won't be. However I will tell you this is definitely chic lit. It is an easy and entertaining read. I highly recommend it to anyone who needs a breather. The book is written excellently with great character development. You'll finish reading with a smile on your face and craving for some cake. =o)

Buy Eat Cake or look to see other books written by Jeanne Ray.

Labels: chic book, jeanne ray

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Sure I was tired, but the book became more and more interesting towards the middle and before I knew it I had read 150 page to finish the book. It didn't start out as intriguing, but I definitely got caught up in this fine piece of chic lit.

Off the Record: A Novel, by Jennifer O'Connell, is about a girl named Jane who kind of played the "plain jane" role her whole life. Now a lawyer, living on her own and just meandering through life. Until her brother Andy calls her and tells her she is "Janey 245."

A rock star had written a song about Jane. He is someone she knew when she was a kid, but they hadn't seen each other since the 6th grade. But for one reason or another her pig tails and spirited ways had inspired a hit single. Or so Andy convinced her to think...

Sure it might be cool, but when you're trying to become a partner in a law firm you don't really want rock star attention. Except she suddenly found herself signing autographs and appearing on the Letterman show to reunite with Teddy Rock, formerly Theo from her childhood neighborhood.

Of course you can imagine a possible love story here, but Jane and Janey might as well have been two different people. Janey was wild, Jane was not. And let's face it, Janey would have been a great match for Teddy, but Jane...not so much.

To throw another male into the mix, a new person began working at Jane's firm. Drew. Drew had a reputation, which was based on fiction we find out, but Jane was immediately put off and treated Drew a bit unfairly.

The story also includes two of Jane's best friends; Nat and Liv. There are girl moments of what should she wear on Letterman, there were professional moments when Jane and Drew worked on a case together and of course there were anxious moments for Jane the entire time.

The book was great. An easy and entertaining read. I'd give it 3.5 stars only because it was awfully predictable and the editors did a bad job at catching typos. Otherwise it's fantastical!

Labels: chic book, fiction, Jennifer O'Connell, Off the Record

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While I admit this book took me forever to read it wasn't because the book sucked and it wasn't because it was long. So don't pre-judge, it took me forever to read because I haven't made the time.

Anyway.

The book, Fate and Ms. Fortune: A Novel is written by Saralee Rosenberg. I liked the ending few chapters of the book than I liked the rest of it. So if you were pondering a rating I'd give it 3 out of 5 stars. The book is funny and charming but did a lot of stringing along with the multiple plot lines.

Robyn Fortune is your main character and she definitely seems to have a lot of bad fortune going on in her life. She gets a divorce because her husband turned out be an obsessive gambler and ended up in jail. Her parents are on the verge of splitting up and it came out of the blue to their kids. And as a makeup artist who wants to be a stand up comedian...well things just aren't going her way.

I really liked the cultural aspects of it because Robyn and everyone around her are Jewish. So different components of a faith I know very little about were scattered throughout the story and it was fascinating to me.

At one point Robyn sees a fortune teller and honestly it is very interesting to me because many of the things she learned from the teller actually happened or were going to happen. Robyn kept referring to different coincidences which cropped up after her reading and even though this is a completely fictional story it still gave me chills.

Definitely chick lit. But I am happy I read it, it was quite entertaining and again, I loved how everything turned out.

Labels: chic book, Saralee Rosenberg

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Since I finished school I have been a reading fiend.

There have been so many books that I have let pile up and it has been quite enjoyable to start dwindling down the stack.

On Saturday I finished "Everyone Worth Knowing" by Lauren Weisberger. She also wrote "The Devil Wears Prada." Bette Robinson is the main character in this book. She's on a journey of self discovery and she morphs into this woman she isn't very proud of with very little privacy and a huge credit card bill. Haha. She is aware that she did not want to be that person. It takes some time for her to get out of the materialistic world of knowing all the right people and being able to get into the fancy, elite New York clubs. Eventually, she finds herself in a room of close friends and family, celebrating her birthday. It ends there, in that room, and I can imagine the feeling that must have swelled within her at that sight.

I don't know how she held out as long as she did working in the PR position she had landed in after quitting her job at the bank. But Bette had the life of a rock star for quite some time. Until she realized that labels on your jeans really don't matter and being able to get on a jet and sip champagne at any given moment, yes it was quite nice, but so not necessary. Especially if being that person meant disappointing everyone who ever meant anything to you. Ah Bette, you made an excellent character in a book, I really loved reading along as you blossomed. =o)

And so now I am already over 200 pages into another book, haha. My brother will shake his head when he reads this, but it is another Dean Koontz book. This one is called "Forever Odd" and though like "Intensity" it does involve a murder, this storyline is far less gruesome. In fact, I think the reason I can't put this book down is because the main character Odd (yes, his parents named him that, strange people) can see spirits and help them find closure with what they left behind upon dying. In addition, he refers to a magnetic feeling he has, like he is being pulled places to help people in danger. It is a very interesting book and I'm pretty sure I'll finish it tonight after Heroes. =o)

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I had a nice relaxing weekend for the most part.

Friday night consisted of drinking an entire bottle of wine. Beringer White Merlot. It was very, very good. No, I didn't get plastered and didn't have a hangover the next morning. But let me tell you something, I felt very relaxed and happy. I know, it's not good, there has to be moderation, but I was home and safe and clearly...I like wine.

Afterwards I finished a great book by Nora Roberts called "Dream Makers." It was actually two stories in one, and they were separately titled "Untamed" and "Less of a Stranger." Definitely chick books, love stories, but it wasn't like a Harlequinn romance or anything. Just nice love stories. My favorite was "Less of a Stranger."

I have already started a new book "Everyone Worth Knowing" by Lauren Weisberger. She also wrote "The Devil Wears Prada." I'll let you know how it goes.

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