This Week in Chick Lit
  February 18, 2011  |    Author:  admin

~ By Melina Kantor

Happy Friday, Chick Lit fans!

As always, we’re here to help you kick off the weekend with chick lit and romance related links and inspiration.

We’ve got some real treats for you this week.

News:

According to a CNN report, Nollybooks, a new publishing house, has come out with a line of chick lit books targeted towards South African women.

As they explain on their site:

Nollybooks Bookazines ™ is a series of easy-to-read, chic-lit romance fiction titles with South African storylines and characters that reflect the lives and aspirations of the people who will read them.

To make the books more appealing to women who aren’t in the habit of reading novels, the “Bookazines” have word puzzles and quizzes embedded in the pages.

This week also brought the launch of Heroes and Heartbreakers, an online community that’ll be sure to delight chick lit and romance fans. They’re promising book reviews, original fiction, author interviews, and more.

So stay tuned!

Announcements:

The lucky winner of Sarah Pekkanen’s giveaway is Jeff Salter! Keep an eye out for an email from me. You’ll have your copy of Skipping A Beat before you know it.

Are you following us on Facebook? No? Well, there’s no time like the present. Head on over and say hi to us.

Next Week on the Blog:

Monday: In honor of her new book Dreaming in English, Laura Fitzgerald will be joining us.

Wednesday: We’ll be posting a review of Absolutely, Positively by Heather Webber. Stop on over for our discussion on paranormal chick lit.

Friday: We’ll be back with another installment of “This Week in Chick Lit.”

Have a great weekend everyone! 🙂

Melina writes contemporary women’s fiction with a pinch of oregano and a dash of chutzpah. By day, she is an elementary school computer teacher. You can visit her at http://melinakantor.com.