Chick Lit Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/genres/chick-lit/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Thu, 25 Dec 2025 23:57:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-books-on-table-2-150x150.jpg Chick Lit Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/genres/chick-lit/ 32 32 38398750 The No-Show by Beth O’Leary https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/12/the-no-show-by-beth-oleary/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/12/the-no-show-by-beth-oleary/#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2025 08:49:42 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19439 I’m keeping it simple with another rom-com winner for post-holiday enjoyment reading. Valentine’s Day is supposed to be one of the most romantic days of the year, but for Jane, Miranda, and Siobhan it’s been a big disappointment. Three strangers, each stood up at a different place, but… by the same man. In The No-Show […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/12/the-no-show-by-beth-oleary/feed/ 3 19439 Don’t You Forget About Me https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/12/dont-you-forget-about-me/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/12/dont-you-forget-about-me/#respond Tue, 23 Dec 2025 08:29:16 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19409 Georgina is not having a great day. She’s been fired from another job and she walked in on her boyfriend having ice cream covered sex with his personal assistant. Now she’s unemployed and will never be able to look at a bowl of ice cream again without gagging. These are just two of the harsh […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/12/dont-you-forget-about-me/feed/ 0 19409 Is She Really Going Out With Him? https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/04/is-she-really-going-out-with-him/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/04/is-she-really-going-out-with-him/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2025 07:12:01 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19104 Because we’re all still recovering from any number of financial upheavals, be it taxes or the stock market I’m sticking with easy reading that pays off. Is She Really Going Out With Him? has a very similar premise to Monday’s book—a single woman at a media company forced out of her professional comfort zone in […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/04/is-she-really-going-out-with-him/feed/ 4 19104 Back After This https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/04/back-after-this/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/04/back-after-this/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2025 07:03:38 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19100 In Back After This Cecily is a podcast producer at a small media company. When she learns the company is struggling and many on her team could be laid off  she agrees to be the subject of a series about using a dating coach to find love. Not just any coach but an Instagram lifestyle […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/04/back-after-this/feed/ 2 19100 The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/11/the-scandalous-confessions-of-lydia-bennet-witch/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/11/the-scandalous-confessions-of-lydia-bennet-witch/#respond Wed, 20 Nov 2024 08:53:02 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18801 If you’ve read the Jane Austen novel Pride & Prejudice or seen the movie you know that Lydia Bennet was one of the most annoying little sisters in the fictional world, nearly bringing down her family’s reputation with her foolish behavior and hasty decisions. But what if there was more to her than that? Melinda […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/11/the-scandalous-confessions-of-lydia-bennet-witch/feed/ 0 18801 The Switch by Beth O’Leary https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/10/the-switch-by-beth-oleary/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/10/the-switch-by-beth-oleary/#respond Thu, 24 Oct 2024 07:28:50 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18728 When Leena and her grandmother Eileen both find themselves in desperate need of a change they come to an unusual decision in Beth O’Leary’s The Switch. Each move into the others’ home. For Leena this means leaving her London flat and two roommates and heading to a cottage an hour away. For Eileen, it’s leaving […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/10/the-switch-by-beth-oleary/feed/ 0 18728 Every Time We Say Goodbye https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/06/every-time-we-say-goodbye/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/06/every-time-we-say-goodbye/#respond Thu, 06 Jun 2024 07:34:30 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18477 I loved both of the novels in the Jane Austen series by Natalie Jenner so was delighted to learn it’s a trilogy with the third book newly released. Every Time We Say Goodbye follows the indomitable Vivien, the writer and intimidating brunette who was introduced in The Bloomsbury Girls. World War II has finally ended […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/06/every-time-we-say-goodbye/feed/ 0 18477 Christa Comes Out of Her Shell https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/05/christa-comes-out-of-her-shell/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/05/christa-comes-out-of-her-shell/#comments Fri, 24 May 2024 07:13:19 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18446 Christa is a scientist who studies snails on a small isolated island. She’s perfectly happy with a life free from people thanks to a childhood spent in the spotlight. Her father was a world-famous naturalist with his own wildly popular TV show, but his plane crashed in the Alaskan wilderness when she was 2-years-old. Her […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/05/christa-comes-out-of-her-shell/feed/ 2 18446 Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/04/mrs-quinns-rise-to-fame/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/04/mrs-quinns-rise-to-fame/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2024 07:20:15 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18382 The trend of lighter reading has been working for me so I thought I’d wrap up April with one more charming novel. Mainly because it combined two things I really love: a favorite TV show and sumptuous descriptions of baking. The novel is Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame and is about Jenny, a 77-year-old British […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/04/mrs-quinns-rise-to-fame/feed/ 4 18382 Check & Mate https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/12/check-mate/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/12/check-mate/#comments Fri, 08 Dec 2023 08:58:56 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18056 Mallory is only 18 but she already has an unwanted reputation. She’s the only person to have beaten Nolan Sawyer, the 20-year-old World Chess Champion who hasn’t lost in over three years. Some would be thrilled, but Mallory hates chess and hasn’t played since that infamous game. This is the board upon which Ali Hazelwood […]

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