I just finished The Thirteenth Tale. It was...very gothic. I won't say I didn't enjoy it, but you'd have to like things in the Victorian gothic style to like it. The writing was very good though, and there were definitely some unexpected twists.
Just started The Nakesake and I'm really enjoying it so far.
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Eve Eleanor arrived June 5, 2007
#2 due March 9, 2010
I finished Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi last night and then quickly followed it with a quick chick lit novel called Cocktails for Three by Madeleine Wickham. She's the same author that wrote the Shopaholic series, but is using a different pen name now (maybe her real one?).
Reading Lolita in Tehran required attention and focus, and I found it taking me longer than usual to read through. It is both a instructional type book (she's an English Professor) but also an intensely personal memoir of her life and experiences in Iran during the revolution. I highly recommend it, especially if you're a English lit fan.
Cocktails for Three on the other hand was a silly, quick, novel. It was a fun switch after the more serious Tehran subject, but not exactly one I'd recommend.
I...and then quickly followed it with a quick chick lit novel called Cocktails for Three by Madeleine Wickham. She's the same author that wrote the Shopaholic series, but is using a different pen name now (maybe her real one?).
Here's a question for all of you. You know I'm not a big chick lit fan, but I do really enjoy Sophie Kinsella's books. Are the books released under her other name (I think Madeleine Wickham is actually her real name) similar, or are they of a different quality? When an author adopts a pen name it's usually because they're publishing something fairly different than their other material, right?
Here's a question for all of you. You know I'm not a big chick lit fan, but I do really enjoy Sophie Kinsella's books. Are the books released under her other name (I think Madeleine Wickham is actually her real name) similar, or are they of a different quality? When an author adopts a pen name it's usually because they're publishing something fairly different than their other material, right?
Honestly, I'm not sure why she used different names b/c the book was very much like all the other books of hers that I've read. Books like Remember Me, Can You Keep a Secret, and the Shopaholic series (which I didn't like as much as her other books btw). So, I'd say go for it.
