Picked it up off of the New Books shelf, and now I shall have to read more. A little anticlimactic, but really very fantastic tale of how confidence (and sex appeal via that confidence) might actually work.

That's right: I read a "Cosmopolitan's Best Beach Read." And I'm not sorry. I have discovered the antidote to Stephen King. And it is a light, fluffy as a pink bunny, English novel. It was like a rated-PG Sex in the City.

This book started a little slow, but half way thru it picked up and I really enjoyed it.

One of my favorites from Clare Naylor.

I must say that Clare Naylor's book, The Goddess Rules was not what I expected it to be. Yes, it's about a single girl looking for love- but it took turns that I didn't expect. The story follows Kate Disney, who's dating a hopeless loser, because she's happy to settle for what she has. When Mirabelle Moncur, Marilyn Monroe like sexpot from the sixties, moves in, she begins to teach Kate to embrace her inner sexpot. Yes, this sounds more hokey than it is-- I actually really liked the Moncur character. Mirabelle helps Kate learn and discover new things about herself and make decisions that she may not be ready to accept.

Yes this book follows all the same patterns for traditional chick lit. However, at one point it did get a little eyebrow raising, (they threw in a juicy sex scene... yeah!) and I enjoyed it. It took a slightly different route than most books, and I enjoyed that it was something "new" to a "getting old" format. I had fun when I was reading this book- it wasn't life changing or entirely engrossing... but it was still good to read. I'm giving it a postive 6.5/10- recommended for light and fluffy beach reading.

It took a while for this one to get going. The second half of the book was better than the first.

A very funny narrator and quirky characters and tons of witty banter. Kudos to the author for keeping me interested though the main character was ridiculously stupid about her boyfriend, long after the time she should have gotten a clue. Listened to this on audiobook.

2.5 stars. It was a bit hard to get behind the protagonist on this one. She was one of those girls who has it better than you but is an idiot and doesn't realize. Good cast of secondaries, though. Certainly an amusing little book, just a bit too realistic for my tastes, only with more hot men. I prefer, if it's going to be realistic, that it not get my hopes up. :-P

This was a well written book. Not often that I read a book from an English author. This was one I just happened to see while browsing the shelves at the library thought it looked interesting so I got it. Took a little to really get into it but once I did it was great! Wonderful story of how relationships are; especially as I have been in similar relationships and had similar endeavors as both Katie and Mirri had. Ironically I have been in both Kate and Mirri shoes a number of times. Really allows you to put into perspective your own life when you read a similar story through the eyes of others. Definitely consider reading other books from this author when I come across them.

Quick Read~Amusing Read

Another book Listened to The Goddess Rules by Clare Naylor. This book was ok I got lost in the first 3 chapters, al in all the romance was good and the story was fun. I give it a 6. I think my favorite part was when the main character make friends with an actress and he lion cub.

Cute zippy little British chick novel. Fun!