100 Most Influential Books by Women

December 17th, 2007 · 11 Comments

Via BookGal–I’ve bolded the ones I’ve read.
1. Margaret Mitchell, Gone With the Wind
2. Anne Rice, Interview With the Vampire
3. Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse
4. Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway
5. Virginia Woolf, The Waves
6. Virginia Woolf, Orlando
7. [...]

Popularity: 40% [?]

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Little Pink Slips by Sally Koslow

August 26th, 2007 · No Comments

Synopsis:
When her magazine is taken over by a bullheaded celebrity, editor-in-chief Magnolia Gold tries to go along to get along–until she gets handed a pink slip.
Review:
I am not ashamed to admit that I love a good ‘n’ dishy roman a clef. But Little Pink Slips was a HUGE disappointment. I felt like author [...]

Popularity: 26% [?]

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Tags: American Literature

Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen by Alix Shulman

August 19th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Synopsis:
Despite being both beautiful and smart, former teen beauty Sasha’s love life is a shambles, and–even worse–she’s approaching 30 with rapid speed.
Review:
I usually don’t say blank is the new blank, but I’ve never been more glad that 30 is the new 20 than after reading this depressing book. When I was in my 20s, [...]

Popularity: 42% [?]

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Tags: American Literature

The Book of Jane by Anne Dayton and May Vanderbilt

July 2nd, 2007 · 3 Comments

Synopsis:
Jane’s always found it easy to believe in God, but when she loses everything overnight she has to learn what’s really important.
Popularity: 36% [?]

Popularity: 36% [?]

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Tags: American Literature

Odd Mom Out by Jane Porter

June 8th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Synopsis:
Marta Zinsser and her daughter Eva are finding it hard to make friends in their snooty Washington State neighborhood, especially because none of the other moms seem to understand the pressures Marta faces as a single working mother.
Popularity: 41% [?]

Popularity: 41% [?]

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Tags: American Literature

Austenland by Shannon Hale

June 2nd, 2007 · 6 Comments

Synopsis:
When her great-aunt bequeaths her a trip to a role-playing resort called Austenland, Jane must discover whether playing dress-up in Regency clothes can cure her of her Colin Firth obsession and help her find real love, once and for all.
Popularity: 48% [?]

Popularity: 48% [?]

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Tags: American Literature

The Uses of Enchantment by Heidi Julavits

May 21st, 2007 · 2 Comments

Synopsis:
When Mary was 16, she may or may not have been abducted and raped by an older man, whose life was ruined by her accusations.
Popularity: 97% [?]

Popularity: 97% [?]

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Tags: American Literature

Cousins by Rona Jaffe

February 26th, 2007 · No Comments

Synopsis:
Restlessness in her current relationship leads a NYC woman to wonder if her family’s legacy has doomed her to unhappiness.
Popularity: 56% [?]

Popularity: 56% [?]

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Tags: American Literature

The First Wives’ Club by Olivia Goldsmith

January 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

Synopsis:
Three spurned first wives plot the ultimate revenge against their ex-husbands.
Popularity: 24% [?]

Popularity: 24% [?]

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Tags: American Literature

The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus

December 17th, 2006 · 2 Comments

Synopsis:
The trials and travails of an Upper East Side nanny as the family she cares for repeatedly violates her boundaries.
Popularity: 24% [?]

Popularity: 24% [?]

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Tags: American Literature

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