The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding Viking, Feb., 2000. Amazon.co.uk Bridget Jones, the Modern Single Everywoman is back in this sequel to the runaway bestseller, Bridget Jones' Diary . Bridget has actually found a boyfriend, Mark Darcy, but now an entirely new set of problems arise. A series of farcical and hilarious misunderstandings send Bridget and her friends running to their collection of pop psychology self-help books for assistance, and Mark Darcy running for cover. The pace kicks into high gear when Bridget sets off for a disastrous trip to Thailand and she is arrested for drug smuggling, through no fault of her own.
Thai prisons are a great diet aid.
If possible, the second Bridget Jones novel is even funnier than the first one. From the transcript of the funniest interview ever with British actor Colin Firth to the riffs on everything from dieting to having one's flat remodeled, Fielding is in top form here. A Novel of Texas by Edwin Shrake Hyperion, April, 2000. As with all good books, this story demanded to be written, and readers of adventure are indeed fortunate the Edwin Shrake has done such an exciting job of picturing the struggling Republic of Texas in its infancy. It is obvious that Mr. Shrake has read widely and schooled his story telling talent in the letters and diaries of early Texas.