Review: Delicious-- like potato chips-- you'll devour one right after another.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 9, 2014
The three book set "Real Chick Lit for Real Chicks, The Meredith Schorr Collection" is an easy breezy, smart compilation of stand-alone novels about single girls discovering love and themselves in today's hectic and competitive world."Just Friends with Benefits" by Meredith Schorr is a romantic comedy about one singleton's love, friendship, and her own re-discovery of herself and what's most important. As a 32 year old paralegal in Washington, DC and with the proverbial biological clock ticking, Stephanie realizes she's not getting any younger and re-evaluates her friendship with Craig Hille, her secret college crush. "I wondered if Hille was a good kisser. I pictured him with his shirt off. Then I pictured me taking his shirt off. I bet he had hair on his chest but not too much, and I knew he worked out so he probably didn't have man boobs. Bigger boobs than mine was a definite deal breaker. He was so sexy when he winked at me. There had to be some reason neither of us had found 'the one' yet."Told in the first person narrative, this quick-witted chic-lit is laugh out loud funny. Likeable characters. Believable dialogue. And clever twist that honestly, I did not see coming. Looking for easy-breezy read? "Just Friends With Benefits" is totally recommended reading. 4 starsIn "State of Jane", by author Meredith Schorr, on the one year anniversary of the end of her 9 year relationship, Jane Frank decides she's ready to get back out there. But to make matters more urgent, she learns her ex has moved on and at a decidedly faster pace than she would have deemed possible--and she broke it off with him! Plus, her family is expecting her to be studying for her LSAT and thus she finds herself in limbo which is neither satisfactory or where she thought she would be at this age. But as she hits the New York City dating scene, she discovers men are a curious breed."Lainie pushed away her plate of sushi, reached across the table and put her handover mind. Then she shook her head and said, 'Sweetie, I don't think Randall will have the pleasure of seeing you in your sexy new underwear.'I felt my muscles tighten and swallowed hard. 'Why not?'Looking at me in disbelief, Lainie raised her voice and said, 'Girl, you've been blown off! Randall the Great is really Randall the rat!' Lowering her voice, she said, 'Don't feel bad though. You didn't do anything wrong aside from refusing to do him. I applaud you. He's a slug.'"Before she goes on one more heart-breaking date, she decides to take the advice of a male office co-worker a "Love `em and leave `em" attitude. She struggles to fulfill her obligations to herself, family and friends, and through trial and error, she learns much about herself and what she really wants in a relationship. "State of Jane" is a quirky, sweet and honest bit of chick lit that was just the right tone to pick me up out of the winter doldrums. A definite add to your Must Read list. 4 starsChick lit author Meredith Schorr's latest offering is "Blogger Girl". Legal secretary by day, chick lit blogger by night, Kimberley Long has just discovered her high school rival has written supposedly the next bestseller and the publishing industry, the author herself and even Kimberley's sister are all knocking on her door to review the book. With her ten year high school reunion just around the corner, decisions must be made as to how to approach this conundrum... Read it? Reject it? Crush it? Or be the pro-- and honestly review it? Trying to convince herself that being a blogger girl is more than a hobby, the hotty-associate in her office takes a liking to her and makes her re-evaluate her self-worth. "Narrowing his eye at me, he said, 'You're not just a secretary, Kimmie.' My stomach flip-flopped at his use of a nickname. 'Oh yea, I'm also a stellar book reviewer.' Placing his elbows on the desk and leaning towards me, he said, 'I bet you could also be a stellar book writer if you tried.'"Told in the first person, the characters are likeable and all too human, the romance is sweet, and the plot and sub-plots really drive the story to its satisfying conclusion. By far my favorite of Meredith Schorr's chick lit offerings, "Blogger Girl" is smart, heart-warming, funny and  def worth 5 "Champagne Flutes"!You can buy each individually or you can do like I did, bought them all at once--so I could read them one after the other. Because they are like potato chips--you won't want to stop with one. 4.5 stars