Chick Lit Book Reviews

I need a website with book reviews on it because what happened is, when I went to school on Friday, my teacher said that we have to write a book review on a novel we read in the past week but she never even told us about it. I basically have just this week-end to do a book review. If she warned us, then most of us in the class would’ve got a book to read. I would’ve got one but I didn’t know at all.

See if one of these sites helps any.

An ending that is controversial and a total shock for a chick-lit?
I’m writing a book which is in the genre of chick-lit and drama. It’s fiction too of course. Only the ending is a big shock and not your typical chick-lit happy ending and it’s a little controversial too…Would this put publishers off?

If the book is basic chick-lit throughout, then has a controversial, shocking ending, that will definitely put off readers, and publishers know that, so it’ll put them off, too.

While there’s not as rigid a formula for chick-lit as for romance, it requires a feel-good ending. You don’t end Bridget Jones or Sex and the City with a protagonist who gets a backstreet abortion and dies of sepsis, or joins a cult, or decides she likes girls. Readers will feel cheated.

I’ve got no issue with controversial and/or shocking endings, but they need to fit the genre.

Preferably with a large amount of books reviewed and both professional and customer reviews. I’ve found a few myself, but I’d like to know of one with more book reviews and a detail of the content (like movies have with R, PG-13, etc…). Thanks.

I usually read the reviews on borders.com and barnesandnoble.com.

They provide both professional reviews of the book, a synopsis, and customer reviews with extensive ratings in a variety of categories. I find these sites very helpful in choosing literature to read, even if I’m not looking to buy from them.

I have been sending out queries for my manuscript to agents and publishers and they all want me to write what genre I am aiming for. But it fits in chick lit, womens fiction and fiction-genral lit. So I haven’t been writting one at all. I have just been making sure to send it to people who except all three. Is it important to write what genre or is it ok not to-as long as I send a SASE with my query letter?
I am filling some out right now and I just saved some to my draft so I could edit them after your responses. Thank you for your answers!

You have to mention the genre of your novel so the person you’re querying knows the work is right for them (hopefully they’ll have gotten the genre from your hook, but maybe not). I think you should choose between chick lit and women’s fiction, seeing as I have no idea what fiction-general lit is. Do you mean genre fiction or something?

Chick lit is a subgenre of women’s fiction, so if you just say chick lit it should be enough.

I just wanted to know some books to read when im at the beach or loungin at home. I really like the Gossip Girl books and the A-List books. If you guys know a few light reads, preferably chick lit, it would really help me out! thanks a lot!

Anything by Laurie Notaro
She’s pretty damn funny.