A Day At The Beach
USA Today has named the Beach Reads: Summer Sizzlers for this year. Sadly, YOUR MOUTH DRIVES ME CRAZY is not on the list. This clearly is an incomplete list. However, it is an interesting list. Here are the suggestions:
Daddy’s Girls by Tasmina Perry - This got 5 out of 5 on something called the “sizzle scale” which appears to mean that the books don’t require a great deal of thinking but are sexy and fun. It earned this ranking because, in the words of someone at USA Today: “It’s a celeb soap opera in which the rich and famous obsess about their love lives 24/7. No workaholics here, only sexaholics. ” This seems to follow the sex sells theory of fiction. Works for me.
Just Sex by Susan Kay Law - This got a 3 out of 5 on the above-referenced scale (don’t make me repeat it - just go look). For whatever it’s worth, I love this cover. The USA Today folks say: “This modest, middle-aged matron with her homemade cookies and solid moral values is a magnet for hot, younger men. If only.” They do make the heroine sound sexy, don’t they?
Party Girl by Anna David - It got a 4 out of 5 on the all-important sizzle scale. It’s described as: “Mere mortals vicariously hobnob with the glam set while feeling morally superior. Fun.” They also talk about debauchery and detox. Always fun topics.
How To Be Cool by Johanna Edwards - A respectable 3 out of 5 on said scale. I’ve read Edwards before and enjoyed her voice. In fact, the book I read had a cover that looked exactly like this one…well, really close to this anyway. On this, the USA Today folks say: “Princes turn into frogs while frogs turn into princes.” I’m thinking that’s not the actual plot, but I’ve been wrong about these things before.
Second Chance by Jane Green - Another 3 out of 5 on the scale. The scuttlebutt goes like this: “London is the second-most-expensive city in the world, yet money woes and squalling kids never intrude because love and good pals conquer all.” I do love London…
Anyone out there read any of these? Anyone have any thoughts or comments on any? A few sound good to me. Just have to decide where to put the money.
July 6th, 2007 at 4:01 pm
To be honest, none sound good to me. Sorry. Maybe that HelenKay book should have been on there.
July 6th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
I read HOW TO BE COOL and enjoyed it (I really like Edwards’s books), and I have JUST SEX in the TBR mountain.
July 6th, 2007 at 7:35 pm
I’ve never heard of any of those authors except for Jane Green. I read Jemina J and Straight Talking by her. They’re both really good. I haven’t read that new book by her yet though. Those books really don’t sound that good to me though.
July 6th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
nope.
July 6th, 2007 at 9:28 pm
No, I’ve never heard of any of those authors.
July 7th, 2007 at 5:48 am
Clearly someone made a big blunder by not putting “Your Mouth Drives Me Crazy” on that list! All those are new authors to me.
July 9th, 2007 at 2:39 am
No, haven’t read any of those
July 11th, 2007 at 10:07 am
Personally i am looking forward to your new book “Your Mouth Drives me Crazy” can’t wait to read it!!