Once upon a time, I discovered a wonderful, wonderful book. Gail Carson Levine’s Ella Enchanted is immerses you in Ella’s world, giving you a best friend as well as an adventure.
Then Hollywood got their hands on it. And THEY RAPED IT.
Below is an off-the-cuff rant I wrote in 2004, before the movie was even released. [...]

By Danielle Corsetto
Read: July 2009
Rating: Squee!
http://www.girlswithslingshots.com
GWS is one of those comics that’s been around for years and often pops up when you’re reading other comics. It took me a long time to get around to it for some reason. Something Positive is doing a crossover, though, so I gave it a shot. And omigod perfect [...]

By Susan May Warren
Read: November-December 2006
Rating: Surprisingly Enjoyable (woah, 2 words!)
Again, school project, the same as Lambert’s Pride. I discovered that Harlequin has, in fact, been publishing evangelical Christian Chick Lit! Yes, Chick Lit! How’s that to make your head spin?
Josey has accepted Christ into her heart, but she has yet to find a man [...]

By Kristine Grayson
Read: October 2006
Rating: Fun
Not the best written book of all time, but it was enjoyable. Whatever you do, do NOT read the back cover. It’s crap and has NOTHING to do with the rest of the story. That Dear Diary crap? It’s not in the character’s voice and she doesn’t keep one. Lets [...]

By Patricia C. Wrede
Read: When I was but a lass… and July 2006.
Rating: Fun
These were my very first proper fantasy novels. I’d recently made the graduation from the low paperback shelves to the (seemingly) giant big kids’ shelves, and had only been able to find books like Mrs. PigglyWiggly and brush up on the American [...]

By Marc Levy
Rating: Disappointing
Read: June 2006
A quaint little bestseller from 2001 about love that transcends (near) death. A 2005 chick flick starring Reese Witherspoon.
The movie was better. It was much more real. That says a lot about the book.
It was passed on to me by mother, who got it from a family friend. They [...]

Christina Dodd
Rating: Hmm
Read: Feb 2006
Ok, so. Here’s how my week has been. Couldn’t take Claritin cuz I have an allergist appointment later. Thought that was why I was stuffy on Tuesday. Turned into a horrific, raging cold thing on Wednesday. So I went to the drug store on 13th for Day/NyQuil, Gatorade, and… reading material. [...]

By Candace Bushnell

Cheaper than the DVDs: Amazon.com
Rating: Typical
Read: July 2005
I adore the show to BITS. But, I read Bushnell’s 4 Blondes perhaps two years ago and was thoroughly unimpressed. She’s the Fitzgerald of her generation in that she writes about the American ‘aristocracy’, which is a thoroughly jaded, degernate, and utterly BORING set of people. [...]

By Suzanne Macpherson
Rating: Enjoyable.
Read: May/June 2005
No, I didn’t miss a write-up or stop reading- I just… well, I missed a write-up. More on Melanie Rawn’s Dragon Prince later.
Lets talk Chick Lit. I have a weakness for reading bad romances just to see how bad they are. They can also be amusing, and fun. I have [...]