March Feature: Chick Lit Meet the Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford, author of Emma’s Secret Reviewer Spotlight: Angela A. Celebrity Reviewer: Clive Cussler, author of Trojan Odyssey Librarian's Choice Award: Literary Locales Reading Recommendations

It all began with one character: Bridget Jones. Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding was the catalyst for a new genre in fiction known as “Chick Lit”. The genre consists of novels about strong, single women in their 20s and 30s who share their personal and professional trials and tribulations through witty dialogue and conversational storytelling. The genre reflects trends in society. It can be compared as the literary equivalent to such popular shows as HBO’s hit “Sex and the City”.

Recommended Reading from "Chick Lit"

• Bridget Jones's Diary by Fielding, Helen
• Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Banks, Melissa
• The Adrian Mole Diaries by Townsend, Sue
• Animal Husbandry by Zigman, Laura
• Bad Boy by Goldsmith, Olivia

From Clive Cussler, author of Trojan Odyssey:

“My favorite book is H.M.S. Ulysses by Alistair MacLean. In my estimation no other sea story comes close to the action, drama and heart rending saga of the doomed crew of a black sheep cruiser in the British Navy during World War II.”