ChickLit...Ladies' writers on the run!

I FOUND AN INTERESTING SITE just created few months ago set-up by one lady (Leah) and being powered by wordpress to share her passion in book reading. Another lady, Chloe (a dooyoo member like me) joined Leah to share her passion as well and this is the reason why I found this site thru Chloe's dooyoo profile.

As the site's name, ChickLitReviews.wordpress.com provides reviews of books mostly written by female writers. The site has a dedicated section for additional information about these authors, including a section for future interviews of these writers.

Unfortunately, I have not read any of the books listed in the site, so maybe it is also time to choose some of them and have a go. Honestly, I seldom read books written by female writers without any descrimination in mind. I dont know, but the appeal of the stories written by them is not strong compared to my favourite writers like Jeffrey Archer, Harlan Coben, James Patterson and Stephen King. I could remember three female writers that Ive read their novels: Mary Higgins Clark (majority of her books), Sarah Waters (Tipping the Velvet) and one of the short stories of Annie Proulx, Brokeback Mountain.

Clark's style of writing and stories made her in my top list of female American authors. I was influenced by my female boss, 17 years ago to read her novels. From then on, I was hooked with her stories highlighting the personalities of female characters and the supporting role of men in the stories. (Updates: My former boss way back in AIT just created her own blog and worth reading it: Musings of a Retiree). I will also feature thru my blog her passion in making Japanese "Origami" paper dolls and the books she loved!

Anyway, try a look of Leah's reviews as well as Chloe's favourite books. I think the site will be my future source of information for upcoming books of authors like Jodi Picoult and Stephenie Meyer.

Harlan Coben, America's top thriller writer

Harlan Coben is becoming the best American talent in crime-thriller writing. He already received numerous awards such as 3 major US crime awards and Anthony award for his "Deal Breaker" novel. His starring character, Myron Bolitar has established a best selling series which include the following:Darkest Fear, The Final Detail, One False Move, Back Spin, Fade Away, Drop Shot and Deal Breaker.

His website is: Harlan Coben

"Frankly I like his Bolitar's stories... tackle pressing issues on family and relationships; work ethics, friendship and love... Byron's character portrays the essence of being human - ambitious and learning from his mistakes. His care and affection to his parents is not to be ignored" Reymos

"No Second Chance has a terrific opening featuring a first-person narrator... I gobbled up the plot, finishing fat and foolish..." Will Cohu, Daily Telegraph

"Harlan Coben has made his intentions clear: he wants to fool his readers. And he makes a good job of doing so in The Innocent... The enjoyably intricate plot takes several turns before we are fooled for the last time and the villains and motive are revealed. A book to read in the one gulp.." Daily Telegraph

Welcome to my E-library

Im building up my e-library which provides lists of various books and authors which really inspired me to read more and be an avid fan of their characters.

Someday in my hometown, I will be able to have a mini-library of my own which everyone could visit and of course to spend time to read my collections for free!

Im hoping that this mini-library will look like this: